The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-07-25
THE NEGRO NOT DYING OUT
The Facts Shown by the Census
Statistics About to be Made
Public

SCattStiCS ABOUT 20 De Made |
Public
lhe New York Evening Post SAYS
tho tabulatlon of population by suS.
nativity and color, under the ccusus of |
1900, has now proceeded far euouuh
to show that the negro is Numerically
holding his own. Those who prcuic,cJ
that because of essential mfcr,oriivtho
negro would due out as II race tinh M
support in the returns of l00O rho
negro Is running along SO closnIv ,,i,I,
the white, whenever the fiynr"sS n "i.i'
been tabulated, as to indicate ,n,, ''",o w.
ccttcr or Tor worse, he has gained .
ilrih loo'hoIa ON this continent, and
one from which he is not likely to hc
From the figures at hand il So,,o
proDaoie mat the negro population IF
the United States in 1900 was brtwaon
9,ooo,ooO and 9,0j0,UUO. Thc ra,in
That the negro bears to the total j., ,I,o
States already counted, if snp]ind |''o ~
Ine "hoic country, would give O2S
900, excluding Indian Tcrritorv wh"r,o
perhaps there arc $4,000 mora IS
that estimate be admitted as valid -
VIII make the negro constinutc +, q
per cent. Sf the total population Of tho
country as against l1.9 a decade ,nn w
the loss being due TO the grcatc, ,,row;th
Of the Northern States and MOI 1'",u >, ",'.
'ess proportion OF negroes IN the South.
Inc only Weakness OF such an esii.
mate comes from the fact that no
wholly typical border State has vel
neeh analyZcd, and it IS in the border
0ta'es lhat the peculia, devclopmcnts
oi colofcd population are most i'm evil
oehce. Ten years ago the negro an.
pcarcd to be leaving tho bord r. States
10 go IN both dlrcctions-towards the
ootlon hclds OF the far South and to
'he large clClcS Of the North. Ken
lucky, lor example, actually lost in ne
go population between 1890 and 1900
lherc were only four other States of
Mhlch THIS was true Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont and Wisconsin,
auu III each OF these the colorcd popu-
la'loll was SO small us to make any de-
ductlons flom the figures concerning il
OF niue meaning. But III all the Dor.
ucf state region the negro seemed TO
DC losing his hold the climate does
not SUIT the thorouyh-going African so
well us that further South. Then the
social oslracism which exists whcic the
negroes number fewer than a fourth of
'iic popula'lOn, rs IN the border States.
- ta'hcf more Salling than where tbey
exist III such overwhelming numbers
az 10 DC sufficient unto themselves.
Inc antagomSm Of labor unions is
more lclt in the border States, since
trades unionism has, Us vet, no real
| 1nolhold in the far South. Al ali
events, while the final conclusions AS
10 l!'t exact numerical status OF the ne
gro "!ll have to await the ANALYSIS Of
porter returns, it is safe to say that in
the main be is fully holding his own.
| How completely The negro is count
cd Is always an interesting statistical
question. Ten years ago Congress or
der q Il record made Of the degree of
| hiG"" blood, whether mulatto, quad
| room or ocloroon, but. the information
| 'uriilshcd on this point, or rather the
| chuincfalols' %ucsses, were essentially
worthless. There is Il constant "slulT.
ING pli' from the black race going ON
among It's Gghtcst colorcd members.
usually accomplished by means of a
'SSiNSilSS' ~ COlOICu man
IN tins city, of unqucstloned veracity.
relates an Interesting incident which is
doubtless typical Of much that is going
on all over the country. This man is
SO nearly white himself that unless
seen with colo'cd people he would
hardly DC taken for Il negro. lie had
cousin several linls lighter, who, re.
lying on that fact, decided TO branch
out for himself and become white
man. lie accordingly went to Canada,
married an nnsuspiclny Anglu-SaXon
ana lived unchallcngcd among his
nclghbors as a white man. At the
time Of the Worlds Fair the Washing
ton mau, moved by curiosity, made a
return trip through the part of Canada
whc'e his cousin lived, and, not to cm-
parrass him, weuv TO his house 10 see
nm by night. lie did not know nhcth.
er he would be received or ruthlcssly
ignored. But the Canadian threw his
arms around his Cousins neck and well
coined him. lie reported that not TIE
slightest Inconvenience had ever at
tended his translation to the white
race.
One need not travel long in the
South without learning of cases of this |