The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1905-07-07

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Ions ls when ecn ON, ~ tne pEefept
s and specially tle tnited
state = the service q labor prob
lem. !; !.
he population OF the unlted
States e 90 ileterog eneous y renders 2.
|stiie labor question more d1incuit
than It would ot1erwise pc. ,.,S
BY request l slaii attempt 70 d y !
cnss some phases Of TINS vital sud-
Jet While snail endeayor to dls-
cnss I'm liberal way, shall speak
more particularly q the relation q
tie Nero to tins problem.
ccording 70 Webster, 4 servant
Is a person VINO voluntarily serves
another or acts Ms ms minister.
Eve may conctune from soaI tne above
definition that AT ieast tnree-fourtlls
OF the entire popniatlcn OF the
United States belong 70 tne servant
class. and when viewed IN 1ts proper
light, it j. my opInion that the high
est compliment tnat can pe pad
anyone Is to sgy. me works: e
Nothing ADDS more e; the sfer
ling worth OF an individual than the !.
consclenclousness tnat ne y living
out OF the sweat OF ms own brow ];
that his efforts have NOT alone added
70 his own comforts ana enjoyment
but ne has contributed y the needs
of Others. What Is true an lndi-
yldnal ls also true OF nsficns.
In discussing the Negro as ser
wants IN the modern sense OF the
word, we shall begin WITH MN as q
freeman. Slavery has had dam
aglng effect upon the servant ques-
ton. Before the 18th century the
Whole world more or less held slaves.
slave labor has always been look y
Cd upon as being deera''ed' and free
men have been reluctant " engage
IN that KIND OF service which would
seem to place them on a level with
slaves SAY In 1863 the freedom Of the l,.
Nero was acknowledged IN all parts
q the country.
Practically all Of the 100000
Negroes who we're set free weEsI
south Of the Mason and Dixon line
at at the close Of the Civil war b,
Without any means Of suppoEtI
and inexperienced IN self-relianee,.
ne was invited by his former master
e 70 remain I,r', With him and help to Gull
tlyafe the soil and engage in other
industrial pursuits.
II may be sud to the credit Of
the Negro that he accepted his for.
m = masters proposition and went
70 work either for wages or for q
share OF the crop. and many accept
ed the advice of their EMPLOYERS and
saved ! their earnings with which
they have bought homes and have
become useful citizens.
Permit me to state right here
that it has been my observation that
these citizens are generally respect
ea by the better class of white peo-
pie.
The South as well as the North
testities to the advantage of intelli-5
gent service, she has therefore been
very liberal in taxing herself for the.
education Of the Scolored youth along
with the white youth. DIR. q. III.
Phillips, of Birmingham, Ala; In
his address before the National Edu-
cation Association at st. Louis last
june stated that the South had eS-s
pended more than one hundred and
ten millions of dollars on the educa-
ton of the Negro since 1870. II
'Unfortunatelv the dignity of
labor has not been sufficiently en-.
phasized. A spirit of unrest and
dissatisfaction has creptin and made
the problem more complicated.
q believe that there are larger in
dnstrial opportunities for the Negro