Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-03-08

| MT. rage also points out Win sat
isfaction that there appears to be a
greater desire on the part of the
North to be accurately informed upon
the subject. There Is but little ques.
tion but that Mr.. Pages conclusion
| In this respect is not exaggerated.
The writer believes that he has n
fairly intelligent idea of Northern
sentiment on the negro question and
| there is no doubt but that the prepon-
derance of opinion is that the people
Of the North are making more care
full inquiry into the matter and of
course with that inquiry comes the
| conviction that mistake was made
when the negro was mIslead as to their
privileges by false Ideas inculcatcd by
the teachings OF an element at the
North. The study of the race ques.
ton by the people OF the North has
brought to them thorough convic-
ton that the country has before 1t
tremendous problem to solve, but ut
the same time they are inclined to
shirk the duty and leave 1t to the
South to solve IN It's own best way.
With the exception of here and there
the lynchings of black brute who
has rayishcd white woman does not
arouse the horror in the North that
1t did few years ago. The North
has adopted the same tactics in
number Of cases and every communi.
ty that has been the scene of such
an outrage has deep sympathy for
the South.
In another portion, of his article
Mr.. Page goes on to say that there
are now In the United States not less
than ten million es--employing
the term to include nll persons Of
Ethiopian and African descent, who
consort with negroes and class them.
selves, or are classed, rs such. Were
there ten million Chinese, Indians, or
Japanese. distributed precisely as arc
the negroes, the existence of great
race question would be Immediately
as apparent at the North rs Mt the
South. and 1t would be dealt with by
MI OF the white race as race ques.
ton. Indeed, with only few thou.
sands of Japanese on the Pacific
Coast, race question has appeared
there, wcighty enough to stir the
whole nation. How much more mo.
mentous Is it. when we have ten mil
lions of different race In our midst.
This people has doubled every four
decades since the Revolution, and I'M
less some unforeseen conditions oc-
cur to prevent the. continuance Of this
rate of Increase. 1t is likely to
amount within the next three or four
generations to the appalling number
of eighty millions OF negroes I'm this
country AT least. in view of the
past, no one can say that 1t will
not be. Should this number of nc.
groes, or even half this number. exist
III THIS country, there will be race
question the like of which has never
hitherto existed in any part of the civ
ilizcd world. Should they continue to
increase in the same ratio and the
ideas of the "Afro-Americans" prevail,
the rest OF this county may rue the
day when 1t rea,atcG rnc voluntary
secession of that portion of the I'm
ion. Should 1t extend to other parts
OF the Union, those parts ameIiora.
ton of conditions has been incalcu.
liable. When it shall have passed
away. no one knows what the result
Will be.
Mr.. Page is not prone to take
gloomy view of affairs ordinarily, but
he believes that in tho negro uues.
ton this country 1.us before 1t the
knottiest problem 1t has ever tack
led. His solution is the upbuilding
of the white race. He contends that
1t the white is not stronger than the
negro that the white will so down
below the negro's level, whether we
Will 1T or not; If he is stronger, then
the negro will never reach his level,
whether he and his friends, the doc.
trinaires, will 1t or not. 1t is a law
as immutable as the law of gravita-
tion But, though they may not
change that law, by interpostion they
may rctard its operation and produce
much disturbance.
In conclusion MIR. Page says: Build
up the white race-that part that
needs assistance, and it is large
section-as you build mp the black