The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-27

has utterly failed TO find work In thu,
busy city III the West. Within ten days
this black man INSERTS lie made twenty
three applications for work and VIZ
denied In all save ore case. He AYERS
that these refusals we're made uniform :
ly for one and the same reason, mainly
that he always frankly owned his African
blood.
Commenting on the incident the Chron-
icle says that this mans pitinfolc plight
lays new emphasis oil the fact which has
been pointed out man ytlmes, and that
is that except In few trades or In
rare Individual cnses with exceptional
explanations the colorcd man with aver
age or better than average mechanical
OF earning n livelihood. In all things snS..
that of political disabilities. in our
Southern communities. urban or rural,
than in our Northern"
among us in the North the Cll.on-
icle proceeds, ''tho coloretl mechanical
worker comes into direc. composition
with white workers in like occupations
and in overwhelming numbers. In South
ern communities his mechanical trade
is far moro likely to be 'nrEelv IN the
hands of men of his own racial dcriva-
ton. His white competitors arc few and
the whole body of competition Of all coll
ors Is far less strenuous and he will find
there ten employers Of his nn bloGd
where he will find one in the North
ft,,E 49, ~. tl,,t-f1
white people. by herelity ana habit more
accustomed to the employment II colored
workers. more familiar with ana more
tolerant Of their peculiar''es. i;iore
ready to tnkc and hold n friendly htti-
tude toward him so long as lie does not
trespass on what they regard "a the
Indispensable privileges of The white
man.
Tie will find that thcsS indispensable
privileges are mainly politt NJ and social
among the Southern white people, while
there is no use in denying that among
the Northern people. eNrrbt In lcre in
dividual cases. there is tendency tt
expand this color privilege over petty
nearly all things. over business and work
no less than over social life AMI much
moro than over politics."
NuuultlpilS. III NlllcdEOk 'tIt 'lSl tNN'p-
tional. The same question has recently
been under discussion ny cor respondents
of .the Philadelphia Ledge. and from IA
recent letter in that paper. we take the
following extract:
Mr.. Pennell is quite right when he
says the black man Is much more pros
porous in the far South than he is
here and the reason for 1t is that, having
no longer vote to sell, he has gone
to work and is no longer political cats
paw. In the South he has not been d.
luded into the belief Of equality with the
whites. which has so largely contributed
to his downfall here. He has found the
Southerner ready to employ him in the
trades and wherever his services could
tbe properly utilized. The largest depart
ment store in Mobile. owned by a white
man. was erected by negro masons ami
negro workmcn. working under Southern
contractors, and the work was done most
satisfactorily. While professed negro
lovers here theorized about him and
left him To the politicians. the South
erners, who knew him better. gave him
employment and helped him to develop
into usefulness and respectability'
We are content to present this testi-
mony for the benefit of our springfeii
contemporary and submit the case with
out argument.