The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-06-23
THE NEGRO QUESTION
Ably Discussed by Dr. w. E. D. DuBois
 Last Night.

Ably Discussed by Dr. w. E. D. Dubois
 Last Night.
 Dr. w. E. F. DuBois addressed the colored people of the city last night In Warner hall, A considerable number were present and the hall was nearly filled. Before the lecture the audience was entertained by a selection from shiller's Mary Stuart" rendered by Mrs. Frank Case Swan and Mrs, Elijah Butler.
 Dr. Dubois in beginning his lecture said one of the first difficulties to deal with in connection with the Negro question was the fact that each one assumed tht he knew perfectly well what the real problem was. To show that this was a false assumption Dr. Dubois detailed the difference between the problem in the north from the problem in the south. When the south ern colonies of America were first set tied in the sixteenth century the colon ists did not regard it as a permanent home, but merely as a place in which to make money and then to return to Europe. Accordingly they were not at all chary about starting the problems by introducing African slaves to aid in development of the new country. From this arose a certain feudal sys- tenn with the slave at the bottom, the artisans next and the landowner at the top.
 In the eighteenth century America began to become a place of refuge, and then people for the first time began to consider the problem which they had brought upon themselves. By indus trial changes in the early nineteenth century a commercial foundation was laid under this feudal system, and in the middle of this century the while system was overturned by revolution.
 Dr, Dubois then paused to state that 1t was very hard to tell exactly what happened to the negro during the per- iod of reconstruction immediately fol- lowing this abrupt chance. They were not free, but rather under a sort of sCrfdom; only partly free.
 Returning to the opposition in the north, Dr. DuBois said that slavery was introduced rather in the nature of an experiment, and as soon at 1t was evident that 1t was failure, was abol- ished There were little groups of freedmen scattered all over the north ern states, which on account of their small numbers did not progress, but rather lost ground, although a few men rose above the color line after eonsid- erable struggling. On account of the lproblem in the north being so much farther advanced than in the south there is a great deal of misunderstand- ing on both sides. It is hard for people in the north to realize that in the south there are two separate world; a white world and a black world, each one entirely independent of the other, and each one directly hostile to the oth- CT People often ask why the negro down south do not stand up for their rights. This they are afraid to do as it is apt to affect their safety.
 Tn closing he said that the duty of the people of the north was moral one, to stand firm for the principles which they had laid down and estab- lished. The negroes here are numerous enough in many instances to exert the balance of power, if only they would not for other reasons abandon their principles. If the negroes in the north would do this and in other ways aid those in the south in their struggle, the negro problem in the south would be settled as it Is in the north now, and when it is settled in the south it will be settled for all time.
 Immediately after the lecture a piano selection was rendered by Miss Helen Hagen, followed by vocal solo by Mrs. Frederick Pulled, after which the members of the audience were given opportunity to meet Dr. DuBois.