The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-04

necessarily signify n satisfactory eco
non,ic state 10 show that IS per cent.
OF tho negro males over ten years OF
ago III tile eleven largest cities Of the
North are engaged In gailn ,1S,1 #oesc'upa-
lions, IN comparison viii, the 50 per
cent. OF Nil males Of the same age, put
1t suffces 20 dispose of the charge that tho
as d race they arc oilers. f43
more hopeful" 1t goes on, us tho
knowledge that they are entering lines
Of work from which they have hereto
fore been barred Thus tho building
trades strike Iii Chicago In 1900 OPENED
ur to negroes n grade OF employment
that had been regarded BY the labor
union in control as White mans work
exclusively The stock yards strike IN
1901 resulted insthe permanent employ.
nent OF d considerable n,lmtGr of colored
workers whose efficiency has been IMPLY
proved. a Mr.. r. r. Wright, Jr.. Of the
University Of Chicago, tells OF q typical
case. Several years ago q negro 'honor''
came from Kansas City, WHO'RE he had
followed his trade as q union man. lio
was not admitted 10 the union In Chi
'cago, where "bonlng" was considered "a
''whito mans job,' and members Of the
union, though outwardly friendly to the
negro, privately advised one another TO
knock him If he aspired TO anything
except q ,'negros job" But during the
strike negroes got the opportunity TO
develop proficiency as Y. 'tboners." Now
1t Is no longer considcrcdEa white mans
job and the negroes who work at It
are being urged to join tho union In
the tcailstcrs' strike this spring the
negro strike-breakers were conspicuous
for their courage, though they were not
SO numerous as the unions would have It's
believe Approximate ely 800 OF them were
used while some 5000 whites were en-
gagged for the same purpose by the En-
ployers' Association. My.#Wright reports
that about eighty negroes now hold places
rs drivers, obtained during the strike,
and that they are doing satisfactory
work" .}f 4s353 n
OF the industrial condition Of the negro
in Boat on, John Daniels, Of the South
End House, Is quoted as saying:
s"Thero is not nh abnormal amount Of
prcnleditnted md long-continued idle
ness among the Boston negroes, but there
Is a good deal Of temporary lack or en-
ploymcnt." This is explained by the fact
that as yet many of the race must de-.
pond upon Todd Jobs, orIworls Of In
ferlor grades. Mr.. Daniels estimates that
there are nearly lu,CVU u6c"
earners In Boston. or these, something
like $500 are servants walters, janitors,
laborers, store porters hostlers,s messen-
gers and stewards. In the next higher
rank OF employment which includes bar
beers, clerks, stenographers. teansters
and skilled workmell, Mr.. Daniels found
$40 negroes, or 20 per cent. Of their work
ingnen. In the group described rs COM
mcrcal and industrial propretors-nlcr
chants, retail and wholesale, boarA-ng
and lodging house proprletors, boot and
shoemakcrs, underakers, livery stable
keepers. and hucksters-there are listed
1874 negroes; and l31 negroes in the pro-.
fcssions help to show that the race Is
forging ahead In Boston,
But in spite OF this somewhat favor
able showing, the Evening Post confesses
that politically the negro in the North
ern city is still in bondage almost as
complete as that under which Tammany's
supporters live
And he will continue to be. The North
crn Republicans are loud in their de-
mands that the negro shall have all his
political rights in the South but when
the negro voter begins to NEEDLE in their
politics, it Is another question.
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