The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-10-08
Passing OF the Negroes.

i That the negroes WILL disappear
4 from the face OF the earth within
nine generations, is the conclusion OF
DR.. Henri Bogart, Of Indiana, in an
article in the September Medical
Summary, after a study OF the vital
statistics for Indiana The doctor
saws, "a careful and. exhaustive COM
| pilation and tabulation Of vital sta
tistics for two years has convinced
me that the end .Iis near, and that
the end of the colored race in the
United States is so nearly In sight
that half century will have elinI-
mated the race question as to poilti-
Z cal or racial significance.
The Indiana statictics as given by
DR.. Bogart show that the tubercular
death rate among negroes is 4sO.S,
while among whites it is 174.2. In
the vital statistics for Texas, which
has Just been published. it is shown
that the whites furnish two births
to one death while the birth rate
among negroes scarcely exceeds the
death rate. DR.. Bogart shows that
in indiana, In 1909. there were 94S
births among negroes against 2,095
deaths, and he states, "the SHRINK
age in the birth rate is 50 palpable
as to be discernable from month TO
month" T.,
He also calls attention to the fact
that the dying out of the negroes
| is recognized by that most cold blood
cd of businesses, life insurance, the
old line companies having barred
negroes absolutely. The Texas sta
tistics show a fearful infant mortall-
ty rs per cent. of the deaths
among negroes being babies be-
tween the ages of one and FIVE years.
The Greenville News says these hs-
ures may be startling to those VINO
|get their information always from
4 others. but to any man Of the South
who walks the streets with his eyes
| open they present nothing ne ooeS
not already know. .s@4
The News then goes ON 10 Say 'nae
"the rapid passing Of the negroes
is as perceptible as the shortening or
the. days in the fall OF the year
Not only are there fewer negroes
seen. but an able-bodied negro is
becoming noticeably rare thing
OF all sickly,.. weakly, beraggled'
staryelings and invalids take the ne
groes seen on the streets OF any
Southern city or the covering BLACK
land yellow people that face ponce
( magistrate at the regular morning
sessions of his court" We have no.
ticed these same conditions among
many of the town negroes ourselves
Both DR.. Bogart and the Stale
Health officers of Texas. comment
: ing on the Texas statistics, agree II
attributing the direct cause OF tne
high, mortality among negroes te
CONSUMPTION. It seems not only ina
!. the negro is more susceptible TO tne
icontraction of consumption, but nj:
mower of resistance to that dread dl
; seaseE is far less than white man
the Texas Health Officer finding ina
a negro succumbs in from two to NV
wears. while white man prolong
the battle from seven to twent!
. wears. DR. Bogart attributes the ne
:, groe,s liability to consumption q
!. the hook worm. ..'-::=,. ..
He also assumes that the negr'
has never been able to hold his OWL
outside of a. tropical climate. IN
News takes issue with this ssatemen
of DR.. Bogart's and calls his atten
5 ton to the fact that the negro di'
t hold his own, and multiply rapidl'
and produce magnificent manhoo'
t for two hundred years in the Soutl
g of the United State = but with
white man to take care of MIN, a
the white man takes care OF nj
horse. Further, if he had taken tn
e trouble to question his medical 0re
e thren of the South he would nav
= learned that old physicians declar
l. CO0N never q hC0A0
o till after the negroes were freed.
}. The News says the passing OF IN
r negro is seen. however, not only II
the negro's miserable health. but
is startlingly proven in economics
and then goes on to show that whit
workmen are fast pushing the nesr
aside in many Of the callings an
taking his place. TIE News con
= clude by saying that the farm an
s open country life will prove the ne
groes physical and moral salvation
if he would get in his natural eie
ment." The report of the censu
on the negro, in the face or IN
NJ above discussion. will be awaite
: with interest. If it agrees with tn
y facts given above. the negro race Il
II America is surely doomed.