The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-24

with gratitude for my support of his
right to public school education.
The amendment drove many of
them out of the State. An effort to re-
duce their public schools would send
thousands more Of them away from
us. In this hour when our industrial
development demands more labor and
not less, it becomes of the utmost i'm
portance that we shall make no mis-
take in dealing with that race which
does a very large part of the work,
actual hard physical labor in the State.
| appeal to the generous, high minded
North CarolinianS to. realize that we
are confronted with a condition which
demands craftsmanship and not pas
sion and prejudice. While holding
these views, it is needful for me to
say that / hare recognized that here
tofore much injustice has i'm many In
stances been done to the whites in
that in the same county, schools We're
frequently maintained for six or seven
months for the colored in certain dis
tricts and for only two or three months
for the whites in other districts. 1t
has been the aim of this administra-
ton to correct this inequality. This
has been done without any constitu-
tional amendment, but under the plain
provisions of our law. 1t may be of
nection the facts about the expenditure
of money for the public schools from
1888 down to 1903.
Expenditure for Schools.
In 1883 there was spent for the
schools for whites $306,805.55: for
colored $260,955.S7. There was spent
$1.04 per capita for white children
and $1.50 per capita for colored chill
dren-a difference of 46 cents in favor
of the negro In 1884 the expendi-
ture per capita was SO cents for each
race. In 1885 the expenditure per
capita for white children was $109 and
for colored children $1.15--a differ
ence in favor of the negro of six
cents. In 1886 there was expended
for white children $1.16 per capita and
for colored $1.04-a difference of II
cents in favor Of the white children.
In 1887 there was a difference of
nine cents in favor of white children.
In 1888 there was a difference of
twelve cents in favor of white chill
dren. In 1889 there was no census
of children. In 1890 there was diff
ference of 16 cents in favor of white
children. In 1891 there was a @jffer-
ence of Is cents in favor of white
children. IN 1892 q difference of 5
cents in favor of white children. In
1885 q ulIIeTellCe Ol 81 cents III IdNOI
of white children. In 1894 difference
of 16 cents in favor of white children.
In 1895 q difference of Ia cents i'm fa-
Vor of white children. In 1896 a diff
ference of five cents in favor of white
children. In 1897 n difference of one
cent in favor of white childen. In
1898 a difference Of 81 cents in favor
of white children. In 1899 a difference
of u cents in favor of white chill
dren. In 1900 a difference of 26 cents
in f7Yor of white children. In 1901
a difference of 43 cents in favor of
white children. In 1902 there was
spent for the education of white chill
dren $784.454.G2. and for the educa-
ton of the colored children S249,-
137.57-a per capita expenditure for
the whites of $1.72 and for colored
of $1.13-difference in favor of the
whites Of 50 cents per capita. For
1903 there was spent for the education
of white children $S65, 700.17 and for
the education of colored children
$252.S20.54; per capita expenditure of
$189 for whites and $1.14 for the
colored, a difference in favor of the
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