The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-19
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A book entitled Letters from Tuske-
gee Being the Confessions OF q Yankee"
by Ruperth Fehrstokc, is Attracting some
attentions AS the title suggests, the a'l-
thor is 81 Northern n1nn. However, 1t IS
not the book which attracts our attcn-
ton Just now SO much as Il review OF the
book which has recently come to our
notice. and from whiclf,we take the fol-
lowing extract;
..That there is certain class among
the Southerners that is bitterly opposed
to the education OF the negro III any
other lines than those pertaining 10 Ia
Dor Of q low grade is quito familiar, ana
that the Northerner who goes TO live M
the South thoroughly saturated With
abolition sentiments quickly becomes
the negroes bitterest, most uncompronis-
ing and unfair enemy is another familiar
fact. Both OF these things are factors Of
an important sort made manifest In this
queer little volume. Were 1t not so eN-s
cecdngly; one-sdcd, 1T might be taken
much more seriously; as tits, there IS
little doubt but th6t Booker L. Wash
ington and the men associated with MIN
in the management Of the Tuskegee IN
stitution will be compelled to make some-
thing more than a perfunctors. reply.
.Nir. lrcllrstoke makes categorical
charges here that call for. at least some
Investigation BY unprecedented persons IN
effect, they nre that tho school Is an
other specimen Of the prevailing craze
for financial graft that there Is the
grossest immortality among the pupils
and teachers; that the avowed purposes
thereof are merely a screen for evil of
various sorts, and that the ensily-inl-
posed-,,non negro is actually being taught
social equality instead of useful trades.
cor all things that concern the negro
there is one that Is absolutely mpossi-E
bic, in view Of all practical .Amercans:i
Ic must not be spoiled by having the
evil virus OF social eqrality' introduced
into his veins. The negro has n place in
our econolny.-an honorable placc--but6
that can never allow race amalgamation,
and social equality means that, and prac-5
.tically nothing else. And the man who
suggests this Impossible thing to the un-s
fortunate blnsl, is not merely an enemy
70 the country ut large, but he istaImosta
dangerous and harmful one to the negro
himself
If we should start n guessing contest
.as to the section OF the country from
which this review. and criticism proceeds,
perhaps nine out OF every ten Of the.
gucssers would say tho South II that
were true 1t would not have been Of
special interest or significance, for every
Body knows that such views are held by
every true southerner. In point Of fact,
however, the extract is from the Phila-
delphia Record, and If our leaders arc
surprised at this statement, we remind
them that Philadelphia has Il, large negro
population; for wherever there Is large
negro population there is a negro problems;
and wherever there is a negro problem.
whether at the South or at the North
II is viewed in the same way by the
whites. ISL ~ Il. NE,
= AS for Booker Washington's school at
Ttiskegee. NC know little. We certainly
do not know anything about the charges
which tho author of tho book under re-
view has made, but as our philadelphia
contemporary remarks, the charges are
made SO directly and specifically That
they must DO met and answered
I Booker Washing tons school IS teacli q.
ing social equality, 1t Is a mischlcvous
and should be abolished, not
for the sake of the whites for it makes
.no difference to them, but for the safsl3
and welfare of the negro race.. The negro
who gets that idea in his 'head is III a
fair way to get it in the neck. This
is said in no spirit of harshness, 10. we
like the negro, hut 1t is well to deal can
didly with facts. K.