The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-06

negroes. Thus far that competition has
not been severe in the skilled trades; and,
as the whites are. willing to leave the
coarser manual labor largely in the hands
of the negroes. race-hatred has not yet
been violent except in wrcaking VEN
Seance for the crime OF rape. But the
steadiiy-Srowing frequency Of this crime
is fearfuily increasing the bitterness; and
If Booker Washingtont scheme for indus
trially educating Very large numbers of
negroes should be realized, economic jeal-
ouSy would be added to moral indigna-
ton, political rivalry and physical anti
patty, and the race problem would then
enter upon its most appalling phase.
The leading white dealer in fancy gro
ceries in Virginia town undertook not
long ago TO lecture a lady for making
purchases from an excellent negro dealer
in the same supplies. Democrats, Stand
together" said the advertisement of a
harber-shop in the same town; get your
hair cut by up-to-date white BARRIERS
Here We have political, industrial and
racial antag0nism combined in a short
sentence Any one of the three is a pos
sible cause OF bloodshed, and if all be
combined in large masses OF men the
danger becomes extreme. Mere industrial
competition has frequently led strikers
to shoot down ':scabs' of their own race
and political party; and if any one
imagines that they would be more merci-
fui to competitors of an alien race let
him recall the fact that John Randolphs
siaNes-lreed by his VIII and provided
with lahds IN Dhio-Were promptly met
armed whites ana driven from the
State; or the more recent fact that a
u2ln-load Of negroes. imported into llli-
mons, We're Tired upon by white men even
before the train had stopped
SUCH incidents: have, of course aroused
due horror in the souls Of noralists and
I.iciteu .iItuouS editoflaiS from the press.
aa,,,;,a - .n' BUSINESS oi statesmen 10
~. i-s - as ny "GluaiiS are, anu
ma, he ~ I-+n,ti7 49, ~ NC oii e-,i "a, VI
f,o,,Sti+,,t;onol rra,,,,a,,i;s ~, ,liiu a. oui
many statesmen as We hona = WI, As
nothing whatever tra+ viii tana ~ -,
crease industrial or other comnetition he
tween the races What would happen if
thousands of hieh,v-trainad naorn -,
chanics We're to invade P;cb,,en5 ana
offer to do for lower wages the work now
done by white men? What woula he The
1eeilnsS of even the lawyers floctors
manufacturers and wealthy merchants Of
the city. who now entertain such kindly
feelings FOR the negroes If they were sud
denly CONFRONTED With u small army Of
Heslo competitors with equal brains and
si"h- would they ali acGuiesce with
b,,s;,,as ;" IN the loss OF half their
Il; N'1~-.iN 1..'"' 'A''iS VI tEe
"n;sss eheeiluiiN see themselves ousted
1,|at!,, ny the abiest Of the blacks?
- ~ themselves according
cor1i,,r - IL VI nstfdct ethlcs, or ac-
since a. ,,.o,.,, i CO re o. concrete men
The answers 10 IT,
roc,I,, ,,,,;,, ~ LIST doestohs are per-
,,,,,st;oa, -, :" tiioSe Weii-meaning.
- N'liiris' WHO, with heads
s,.,,.s 1910 "tiu eyes hXed upon the
ct t1n
'ii,t' itet-
~. ~ .i,e hatd 1acts Invisible to these
10 mat educated as well
40 u'teuuc>sled negroes vote, almost TO
i-As.-i' WI 'ie poiucai party which for
d seiiei ion mas peen in opposition to the
.'ou.hein whites Whether they are wise
" 10 .iis need not be considered here.
:, - nc i"St ieiiitihs mat they do it and
.,'"1 'iie oess educated class among than
.he preachers, nave always been the lead
ing advocates OF this policy of voting
sohd!y against the whites. the result
% WHEN mas peec that the great bulk of
Tue Whl.es nave been in self-dcfence
coiiil'eiiea 10 subordinate all political
opinions 10 the supreme necessity of pre-
venting the corrupt domination of I'M
Scrupuions politicians using the negro
votes as stepping stones TO power There
has been. strictly speaking. no real dan
ger of negro rule But unquestiona blv
the only way Of escaping the rule Of
scheming white demagogues manipulating
the solid negro mass has been for the
whites to stand together. Before the var
of secession Virsinians could vote freely
as Wings. Democrats. Ilnow-Nothings or
Constitutional nonlsts. But since that
war they have either had TO risk being
plundered by political buccaneers or 10 vote
submissireIy for any candidates and any
platform labelled Democratic, No mai.
ter whether. the platform skilfulm dodraa
the tariff or fiercely denounced the robbery
of ..protecticn'': no matter whether the
party declarations upon the money cues
ton have been purposely vague and am