The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-12-13

llGeNf AAli lNtAlAhAht anu lAANtlANAANg Va
any people are drawn from it's units.
The negro brings to this national
partnership good cheer in desrondent
situations Luoyancy in poverty, con
tentment amid strikes and anarchy. a
deep religious Spirit IN IN age Of doubt
gratitude for kin lness, tears or symp
athy for another's sufferings, and .
sure response in faithfulness to ary
confidence bestowed upon him Hi,
history verlhes this. These are all
fundamental and vital qualities in the
make up of strong national characte-,
aud no thoughtful man will deny them
their part and place in making the
broad, generous hospitable, impm siyc
south sunny"
About cno-third OF the population
the south is negro.
Can the south afford to neutralize
or paralyze one-half it's white strength
guarding and watching in fear this
black third leaving only the remna1
of its total energy 20 cope with the
other sections Of the nation and the
rest Of The world? Surely not
Nor is II necessary to try It, ass
sert with all The earnestness that
! possess that the negro is the least to
be feared element IN our much mixed
population today. More than that, his
chiet concern is to make himself bet
ter wealthier and worthier-orly this
and aothing more
A cons derable number have by su
oerior narne enlowments. assisted by
Superior opportunity risen 10 a place
where they can take care of them
selves. the vast majority have not
It IS for the wealth intelligence
and character of thc white south to at
tack this mass with concerted heneyo-
lent action and, in cooperation with
the better negroes themselves. arouse
IT 20 aspiration. education and prac
tical Christian living.
The movement Is already under way
toe The Baptist church has proposed
plan of cooperation with the negrc
I ministers IN this work The Methods
Episcopal church south. is becoming
Z alive to IT, Soon IL viii MAKE diner
ence 20 everybody whether a ncgrC
live or brothel or gambling house is
, planted next door 10 a negro schoo
or church or respectable home, anC
time will the knowledge that charactei
in a negro is recognized ans assist
make the hest black men and womcl
draw ihe same lines against moral de
y merit that the Caucasion draws.
The negro o9ly neels lhe incentive
of having tho white man believe
him to quicken his carelessness i'm
a deterriuetion TO meet expectations
Statistics shcw thar negroes ar'
+ rapidly cmgregotlrg in the larg'
cities both north and south; that Jhel
have moro than their proportional
q percentage of crime mat this pen
g contage is greater in the north thai
y in tho south rhere is no douot o
II The truth of these things, but the
t are true only hecauge tho law o
q cause ard effect IS true There is %
S exception % eenerai sociological la'
in these facts
be Take the first for instance, th'
II nogroes are inckiug TO the cities. Nov
si it is also true that the white popul,
p tion of this century is doing the sam
g; thing The reasons n that case are th
'r loneliness, the discomfort tte pos
IS educational facilities the lnconyen
.e srces ami the nardshlps Of couutr
Is life These also operate 10 draw III
negro cityward too and in ADDITION
Is these a'e the example of the whit
n man the fear Of mobs and white cap
81 and poor pay Cure these evils an
IN you stop the movement flowing fro
3 them. ] may say incidentally that II
-e SUBURBAN trolley car is a strong go
a. receive u some Of thep.
lt As 70 the second fact. the difpropo
e- tionate percentage of crime among o
IN groes. that is accounted for by n
to class ami development OF this grou
e. rather than BY tho race The neg
IS no more criminal than the san