The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1906-04-19
5amss Aeshar Mack night
TEaks - sas Teachers
association OF the Colored
People
sesrdsaN STATISTICS
xsA q wxgesj8NT NATURAL
seURoRs OF WEALTH IN DIXIE
AxssD. waGaD ITALIANS ARE
EXTRACTING rHR NEGROES

AZ yesterdays meeting of the Jersey
Cirv Teachers AHzoc;a tieu in the andito-
Sora ~ chs new No. II SchceL s. a6-
AsSaa by invitation was made by 1aUss
AakoKa3shs. of &sAjasma, on the slbjec+
's-1Ae soueA of Ic~das." Mr.. MacArigt.t
cls,xuE shat tho race problem Ct see
South is moving north. In discussing
she recent industrial development of the
sausaera States the lecturer gave some
dazzling statistics. He said in part
-.An interesting fact is chat the South
esn States control 6o,oe0 square miles OF
coa. fields, twice as much as PENNY
vania. England and Germany combined.
With a population OF 22,00o,000, they
have territory of 100000 square
miles, nearly one-third of the territory of
Ma United States. The amount Of the
Eaiue of the cotton mills in the SontAer.i
States in 1880 was only $eo000O00. To-
aay tile value of these mills is estimated
A. $3.50, 100000 In all these mills no
saek operatives are employed. The
wSsk e sA performed by white labor.
SvseA respect to iron ore. it is estimated
by sxpasss that Alabama alone has een
esnss - much as Pennsylvania. And
Sas csal and nor and lime deposits lying
ID immense bodies are within easy reacn
Fnf tho iron furnaces, whereas many of
she operators of Pennsylvania furnaces
fare hauling their iron ore frem regions
basarly thousand miles distant Any
Sstm*e in the Souht could, if properly de-
avelped provide for the entire Southern
(S.ates Of to-day The Slate of Texas
has 200.600 square mIes and could give
ia home to every family in the United
Estates and gtill have land to spare. Dur
ing the Civil War 100000 Southern men
ffwere killed. and owing to the stagnaticn
lnd uncertainty duying the reconsuze-
kion period the Industrial development of
These States was delayed.
y Their industrial Development dates
back only twenty-five years. Ii is now
growing with enormous strides. In addi-
zion to thousands moving into these
States from northern and western States
! the influx OF foreigners, especially FROM
Mediterranean ports, has besn phenoma
senal New Orleans has become the sec
sond port of the United States and Gal ]
weston the third Both are the creates.
cotton shipping ports of the world. The
South provides three-fourths of an uhe
gotten shipping porfs of the world and
srexas produces the largest proportion Of
any southern State and three-fourths OF
her entire cotton produce is handled by
sshite labor. Some Of the propristors Of
ae big plantations of the South up to
Shree years ago employed as many as
1900 men-all negroes. The negroes
have now been almost displaced by Itai-
sans
Discussing the negro question furtfs:. .
,iass speaker said: 'sTbe negro was never
say trouble until after the Civil Wae.
before that period be was a fahhfal +,
sraa All the attacks made or tie whites
hare sprung up In the negro mind since
tsas awful war. This has been famed
tnee fame by the politicians and some
jsesslftaiSts of the north for political eS-
fces, Spragssa ifhe negro arrested re-
ssEesyg in Mary York; became rich and an |
Esssnssant political fRotor and thsge is
Psszi ssssy negro i9 New York who
"a ses know what class of busi-
tszss he was engaged in, without
isssalmling the aushorisiss. He is Il pre-
1sot Of fine life Of the negro in The north,
4ezaased ess andsaglowed to follow the nat
lysi sent OF mis- nature. The nsg-o IS a
! "ws-up child. Nothing could isdacass
Illustrate the natural brutas%s Of
race more than the recent striking ST
vsise woman in the face IN a crsgs
! trolley car in New York. .