The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-09
KEEP RACES
SEPARATED
Policy of the South a
Wise One.
DR.. ELIOT IS INTERVIEWED
Intemarriage Is Harmful to the
Races.
GAe North, He says, Has the Alien
Races a. d Disturber In Their
Politics to Combat.

Tho policy OF the South regarding
the negro 10 a wise one." said DR..
Charles w. Eliot, in an interview for
The Advertiser last evening. ''The
white people and the negroes should
be kept apart in every respect. The
work being done BY Booker T. WASH
ington. l believe to be good for his
race. and that done by Professor Du-
Bots, harmful.
But" continued DR.. Eliot, III these
cases are to be separated. both should
have equally good elementary schools
and an opportunity for higher educa-
ton. Let the negroes have their own
physicians, lawyers, dentists and 9TH
ers who perform professional ser
vices.
1.-THE North has no objection to re-
stricting suffrage. provided the restruc-
ton be Justly applied. That Is. the
negroes should have chances II ne Is
worthy, just as the white man should
not have chances IL he Is unworthy.
I'm the North we have our race
problem. do not believe in the ad-
mixture Of even white races, For IN.
stance. the Irish. Jews. Italians ana
other European nationalities. should
English descent Admixture never
profits a commu nifty. Each naAonal-
ity should preserve its own indtvidu-
ality. There IL no reason. however,
why all the races should not live to-
gether, in utmost amity and PEACEFUL
ness.
"The experience of civilization shows
US that wherever the blood Is inter-
mingled, the offspring Is less strong.
I believe that In this country there
would be fewer weak individuals were
there no inter -marrfage.
TN nationalities of the same racial
stock. such as the Danes and the
Swedes. inter-marriage Is not harm
full.
I'VE never have got good satisfac-
ton from mixtures. I may say that
able that 1t should prevail every
where. The problem Is working IT.
self out satisfactorily in Massachusetts.
There is q saying that birds OF
feather flock together.
1.-THE North and the West have their
racial suffrage problem similar,
though not as intense as those exist
ing in the South. The alien races
have been disturbing factor in our
politics, ever since the Irish began to
arrive In this country. sixty years ago.
We are afflicted with a large mass OF
alien votes, who never had liberty
The Irish, for instance, say themselves
that they have had no experience with
self government at home. Neither
have the Italians. and other nationan-
ties, from metropolitan governments.
Denies Memphis Interview.
He denied emphatically the, Memphis
report in which he was quoted as say
ing that Catholics were the cause OF
the social and political problems In
the North. He said nothing about re-
iigion entering into these questions.
"Our problem in the North" he ex-
plained. els to- show the voters that
their interest Is in eficient government
and not in lavish expenditures. Every
voter, before he can Vote intelligently.
must understand his responsibility.
TT Ia not the alien races who are
directly and alone responsible for the
abuse of democracy. It Is the use OF
more Intelligent and more unscrupu-
lous citizens. make of the ignorant.
This, I presume, Is true In the South as
In the North.
IT hope that when retire from the
Presidency of Harvard on May 10. to
take up this line Of civic work and
demonstrate more fully this response
biiity of every citizen. One feature Is
that everyone pays taxes through rents
etc."
President Eliot said that ell he had
heard of his rumored appointment to
the Court Of st. James. he had learned
from the newspapers. He said. how
ever, that he would continue in pub
lie life, as actively as before. His
work will be along two lines, the
problem of labor and capital. the rem
edy, and the problem of municipal re-
form.
He wishes to assist in correcting
what he calls the abuses in trade
unionism. namely. the label. the boy
colt, the limitation of apprentices and
the limitation Of output. In capital,
there are offences of neglect.
ct do not believe in arbitration for
settling labor and capital disputes.
The remedy Is publicity. This rem
edy has already applied through the
Canadian Industrial Disputes Investiga-
ton Acts of 1907. The essence of the
law is to secure complete publicity of
the disputes In public utilities and
mines. This would be done by the
States instead of the national Govern
ment, in the United States.
President Eliot Is also. In favor of
Government by commission. Il am
confident" he said. that very in
telligent experiment Is being worked
out now In Texas. The pecuniary re-
sult-that is, the saving of municipal
funds, Is successful. In ten or SO
years We can tell whether 1t Is gen.
s~o,Ixr 0ra cticahleS"