The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-12-23

Those Who are mos hntkiayefa and
outside ~ domestic service ar iln-
fcH ana leaders ionesh1rtinfn who
lead and unload vessels. Dr section
bands un the railroads Ilt rU lnF
ui city contract work tD ntEIUrs aud
ODE division OF The ship-loalIug lusi-
noes between the races has naI ihe
CUrOt CI rrOWdIag a number ut negro
men oIt Of New Orleans Asa c.n-
sequence there ave Horo thln three
negro women 20 each man the former
supporting them selves by washing and
domestic labor. ghs coaus figures
viii probably shCN fewer negro men
60 work In New Or'clls than 10 years
ago. although he colorcd population
Of The city has decreased.
The statistics read AZ negro meetings
OF the property accumulated By ne
groes In the South are utterly mislead-
hg, The negroes own less property
~ Louisiana than they aii On slavery
time; the slight increase reported by
the auditor Is due wholly To improve
monts in value from greater general
prosperity, and II does not keen pace
with the general growth Of the COM
mnnlty, nor the percentage Of Increase
among the negroes themselves. The
proportion OF taxpayers among the
negroes Is growing smaller. and 50 Is
the per capita wealth: and II the as.
s1s or's tables he cXlmlEed. IL vii be
found that the bulk OF the property
with which the negroes are credited Is
In the hands OF few Of the race, wh0,
although called negroes. are nearly
white in color, and altogether white
W their ideas character. AMI aspira-
tons. One-fcurth of all the assessed
wealth marked belonging to negroes"
in New Orleans, belongs to a half a
dozen persons who would pass for
white in any part of the world save
the South, who secured much of this
wealth through Inheritance and have
added to 1t through their energy and
diligence. And yet these millions have
inquired before every negro convention,
and in speeches Of white sympathizers,
as evidence NJ the progress the negro
has made since slavery.
Mr.. Tillinghast declares that slavery
civilized the negro and that since the
Withdrawal of slavery the race has
gone backward. This view is sharply
substantiated in Louisiana. where the
deterioration Ct the negrc Is largely
due to the separation of the races.
which is so marked a feature Of the
South today. lermarriage between
the races is prohibited in Louisiana;
even miscegenation was made a crime
10y the las: legislature, AMI that influx
of white blCod which was a. least i'm
proving the negro mentally has ceased.
The separation is growing more mark
ed every day. The law separates the
races in the hotels, theatres, restaur-
ants, on the cars, street railways and
boats, even in the penitentiary and in
sane asylum. The trend of affairs has
separated them in other respects. The
negroes now occupy distinct quarters
of the town. In politics, religion and
social affairs they are separate. Wis
itors to New Orleans are always
surprised at the small number of
negroes they see on the streets,
the reason therefor being that the
negroes do not visit the white sub
urbs or patronize white stores. With
this separation, the white control and
discipline of the negro race has been
! lost, the negro is thrown more and
more on his own resources and the
civiliZing work of slavery is being I'M
| done. The segregation of the negro
| Is better for the white man, but il has
proved a most unfortunate setback for
| the negro.
But do not want to wander off into
discussion of the negro problem, but
merely to call your attention to the
fact that there is a flaw in the line of
argument you pursued in criticising
Mr.. Tillinghast, and that because the
South is improving today it does not
follow that the negro is improving.
If you look over the census more care
fully and see in what sections of the
South there has been prosperity You
will see disproval OF your statement.
| If you do not / shall be glad to fur
nish it,, NORMAN WALKER.
New Orleans, La, November %, 1902.