Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-09-22
RAYMOND ON, THE RACE PROB
LEM.

One OF the QueStlOnS tnat mas reCelV-
ed almost universal attention during
the past few months is that concern.
ing the status of the negro in the
sauth. With the continued study of
this problem there seems to be a ten
dency to take a more reasonable view
of the conditions by which the negro is
surrounded and more sensible belief
| in the ultimate satisfactory solution OF
4 the problem Raymond of the Chi
cago Tribune, who has been making g
| tour of the south for the purpose oil
studying the problem in all it's phases
sums up his investigations as follows:
| Deprive the negro of his command
ing position as the sole labor supply
of the south.
Introduce white labor to relieve the
tries, and civilize the negro by associa-
ton
To encourage white immigration to
the south, dignity the condition of la,
Dor by eleyating the condition of the
negro.
Put little black schoolhouse with
in the sound of every plantation bell.
Educate the negro at the expense OF
the whole nation.
Stop public negro education with the
grammar school, and let all higher ed
ucation be at private expense.
Plant industrial schools of the Tusk-
egee and Hampton type in every black
county of the south.
Keep the negro out of politics in
the south until the average of the race
is at least equal to that of the Europ-
can immigrant of today.
Do this by any means satisfactory to
the rough and ready Anglo-Saxon
mind, and patch up the constitution
afterwards.
Lynch no negro for anything except
crimes against women, and then be
sure that you have the right negro.
Hang a few white men for murder
now and then, Just as an example for
their poor, black neighbors.
Sew up every pistol pocket south OF
Mason and Dixon's line.
Chain up all anarchistic negro edi-
tors north of that line, and put in COM
Portable asylums southern statesmen
who oppose the education Of the negro.
Treat the negro as man and not as
a baby, punish him when he does
wrong, reward him for right living, but
above all, teach him morality and jus
tice by the example of the white man
Stop whining about the immortality
of the negro until there are to be seen
no more mulatto children with white
fathers.
Remember always that the negro did
! not come to America of his own ac
cord, that he has but recently escaped
| from the degradation of slavery, and
that his vices and his follies, harrass
ing though they be, certainly can be
| removed by wise educational methods
| adapted to his condition and persisted
in for years and generations.
Do these things today and tomorrow
the race question Will disappear.
Raymond takes the view that the
people of the United States must pro
ceed in this manner with extreme eau
| ton. He holds that the south is toe
near and the north too far away from
| the negro and that the final solution
must be upon some middle ground
| which now may not be visible How
| ever in whatever is done, the greatest
1 caution must be observed. He admits
| that the colored race is ignorant, but
| that it is tractable and is capable Of
slow development. Whatever is done
| the negro must be conceded the same
| right before the law that is given TIC
| his white brother