The Washington times., 1901-10-20
"SUPERIOR." :"

15O, 600. and are valued at about $780, =
| 900. The property per capita of every
man, woman, and child is in the reigh-
| borhood of SO. These statistics do not
mean so much to one who does not travel
! among the people. In the duties OF my
| church | am called from one end OF the
| country to the other. and l am Leing con-
| stantly surprised to find sections where
| negroes own settlement of from five to
twenty-five miles square. Just the other
day l was In Michigan, and ! thought l
was too far North for negro farmers, but
there l found a section twenty five miles
| long by seven miles wide owned by Tegro
farmers. Their farms were well stocked
and in good condition in every way. They
| have excellent schools. in which live col
ored teachers instruct the young minds.
also postmaster and a magistrate Of
their own race. Such sections are more
numerous in the South, and | mention
this example to show that our people are
doing well in all parts Of the country" j."
You are quoted as being opposed to
any plan of deporting the colored people
from their homes in this country. Is this
correct?'
In the first place, such a scheme is
not PRACTICAL Bishop Grant replied with
great emphasis. IF all the ships in the
world were chartered for the purpose 1t
would require several years to transport
the negoes to Africa. But the fact is that
nobody wants the negro 10 leave the
South Why, in some States emigration
agents are taxed $500 a day in order to
keep them out of the South The white
people down there want the negro to
stay. At least three-fourths of the H.,
900 900 bales of cotton. representing last
years crop, were produced by negro la
bor Add to this the tobacco, sugar cane,
and rice crops and ii will readily be seen
that the departure Of the negro from the
South would bankrupt it completely. The
negro when fairly treated prefers to stay
In the South, and the few agitators, white
and colored, who are calling for the mi
grafton of the negro have no following
in the rank and file of either race. No,
the negro is here to stay and the wisest
of both races will try TO find ways to re-
move friction and bring about friendly
relations"
what do you feel is the negro's duty
In trying to- bring about friendly relations
with the white people of the counry?"
THE negro must look at history" he
replied. Let him see how the Anglo
Saxons were oppressed in England by the
No!1nans; not allowed to hold office, com
PEELED to till the soil. Finally these An
glo Saxon sons of toil-healthy, robust
men-supplanted the brilliant Norman
youth whose lives of ease and comfNt
had sapped their virility My advice TO
my race is to buy land. till the soil, raise
products for the market, educate in the
schools and return to the farms, and don't
lose any time in fussing over political
hindrances while we are enjoying such
large Industrial opportunities. If we con-
tinue TO educate and develop manhood,
sound and strong, the white race is but
aiding us when they spend long sessions
in constitutional conventions devising
schemes to give an ignorant white man
privileges which are denied to black
man. The Anglo-Saxon race is strong
only In its righteousness, but when 1t is
engaged I'm anything wrong II is weak.
There never was a more powerful oligar
chy than the Shareholders, but at the first
crucial test the system fell. Ny advice
to negroes is. therefore. to look philo-
Eophicslly at the situation. to concentrate
their main efforts In t!ring the soil and
learning to be skilled workmen. BY SO
doing We lessen the causes or friction and