The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-07-25
THE NEGRO IN OKLAHOMA
Prominent Member of Race
Takes Pssismistic View
of His Chances.

ssscfy n1oraber Of The ul,nh@vn lcris-
htcre has received so. les Of questions
IN regard to the negro question in O,sia-
nona and requested % reply. 'fhe writer
signs himself Mr.. Alfred Holt Stone.
3cq street Washington u. G. a copy
was presented 10 y. y McCabe. negro.
laio state auditor of Kansas arc r. cent
defutv territorial auditor for oklahona.
who has given answers to the quesi ions
about the negro as follows
Question. what are the eelstions be-
tween whites and ncgroes in your be-
ton and is the tendency better or worse2
Answer. Tho relations are strained
getting decidedly .orse.
question Is there an Opposition to
negroes AS skilled labor or a. the ac-
auiring OF property BY negroes In town
oi county?
Answer Yes. skilled labor for the
ueeio is taboccd SKIN. latr ca not
gel employment under any circ lm-
stances. the acquisition Of property by
the ncero 10 these parts is accomplished
with difficulties untold
question In what ciracitits. if any
are they being fuprloaisS 10y white
pcople2
Answer lie. The noec. Is tciue
crowded 10 the wall in every walk Of
life. the barber was az one Time COM
sieered absolutely The negroes trade.
now Dee is being showed aside in this.
since the whites win not paironize
him.
Question: As to thrift and M aciity,
are they advancing or retroerl.Gne?
Answer. Forced as they are frim
every avenue By which one is sit"D0sed
10 get a livlihood and vet to even get
along ! am compelsd 90 testify. that
the negro Is certainly trifty bis NOR
ais are Improving. ho Struggle 20 rear
his family as law abiding, Cod-feorine
cltzens True. the reusiun which a
practices Is ridiculed. and OF course
doubt much II the God-feAring feature
can hardly apply To- the negro. ON the
whole. In spite Of all he IS advancing
Question. Are they setued mi
gatory2
Answer. They are decidedly settled,
except ia some sections Of oklahoma.
where the purity OF the white blood abb
soiateiy prohibit them from settling
suppose those sections fen oYen come
petition or that the bl'fk WI RAJ OF
Thes,, sectl,as are inhabited almost all
together win the poorer element Of
whites
Question: What IL the sentiment as
10 white immigration?
Answer: Every possible induccment
is offered, good climate. good lands
good schools and churches and gener-
ally. fcxcepl in some sections based
upon their prejudices) good people
Question: Il the land owned by ne
groes as valuable as that Of white peo-
pie. or Is il inferior?
Answer. Negroes own some a. the
choicest lands IN Logan courty. and !
think that where the settlement in
cludes a maiirity Of white settlers The
value holds good. but II the settlement
IS LARGELY negro. the values depreciate,
Prejudice Is the cause. the land Is the
same.
Fsacsiion' what is tie average value
ner acre OF ,llt.atod lends ~ your
county,
Answer From s25 to $50 per acre.
Question. is there any material dif-
ference between the thrift and prosper
ity Of the older and younger negroes?
Answer; The younger negroes do not
appear 10 grasp the real situation % bfe
untii they reach. say 20 TO 80 years.
heree - older men are more thrifty
and reilable. his opine grows out OF
LICK oi contact with his couairymen Of
an races
Question: Any such differences be-
tewen nuie negroes and mulattoos7
Answer: ] think not.
Question. Ave mn,attoes Increasing
much?
Answer Not in this immedlat sec
tion. that is. 81 is not perceptbie
Question: How about the relative
sizes OF the families OF the two classes2
Answer The pure negro seems to
have the higer families.
Question Is there ans tendency "a.
ward separation between malNt;oes and
cme negroes?
Answer; There appears 10 tendency;
there may be disposition so to do
Question. What Is the sentiment as
TO white men Keeping peero wou,ns
Il tolerated at an, is IL decreasing or
increasing2
Answer q Is not a sentimuet. nor is
ihs question OF tolcratian 20 pe cn-
sidercd In answering this Question.
''Thro my glasses Il IS uu~ely anu SIM
ply an Americanism. regarded in many
quarters OF the United tsates as bcing
God-given, yea an inherent right with
which no individual has aught TO 40.
10 this j dissent. set the facts are shat
d many quarters such conditions are
rcc9Puize1. winkcd a. perhaps, SET
countenanees.