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New-York tribune., 1911-03-05

time | cannot help being astonished at the
furious and ungoverned execration which
all reference TO the possibility OF a fusion
OF the races draws down upon those who
suggest il. because nobody pretends to deny
that throughout the South a large proper
ton OF the population is the offspring OF
white men and coored women.
In New orleans a class OK unhappy fe-
males exists whose mingled blood does not
prevent their being remarkable for their
beauty. and with whom no man, no gentle
man. in that city shrinks from associatirS
and while the slave owners of the Southern
States insist Vehemently upon the mental
and physical inferority OF tie blacks, they
are beneyolently doing their best. in one
way at least. 20 raise and improve the de-
graded race, and the bastard population
which forms SO ominlous an element in the
social saFe,y OF their cities certainly ex-
hibit In their forms and features the benefit
they derive from their white progenitors.
II IS hard TO conceive that some mental
Improvement does not accompany this
physical change. Already the finer forms
of the European races are cast in these
dusk moulds. the outward conhgIration
can hardly thus improve without corre-
spending progress in the inward capacities.
New-York tribune., 1911-03-05
HYPOCRISY OF THE MEN.

"Mr. -- land many others speaks as II
there were a natural repugnance in all
whites TO any alliance with the black race: :
and vet II Is notorious that almost every
Southern planter has family more or less
numerous of llegitimate colored children.
Most certainly. few people would Ike to
assert that such connections are formed
because il il the interest of these planters
to increase the number OF their human
property. and tina. they add 10 their reve-
nue. by the closest intimacy with creatures
that they loath- in order to reckon among
theft wealth the children OF their body.
That such connections exist commonly Is
sufficient proof that they are not abhorrent
to nature. but IL seems. indeed. as II mar
rlaGe (and not concubinagel was the hor-
rible enormity against which. moreover. II
has been deemed eXpedient TO enact laws
Now. II appears very evident that there IS
no law in the white mans nature which
prevents him from making colored woman
the mother of his children. but there is
law on his statute books forbiddng him 10
make her wife. and Il We are 10 admi, the
theory that the mixing of the races - a
manstrosity il seems almost as curious
that laws should be enacted 20 prevent men
marrying women toward whom they have
an lsyincitle natural repugnance as that
New-York tribune., 1911-03-05
Parents Have Forbidden Their Daughters to Attend
History Class Where the Story of Negro
Concubinage Is Told

The wives Of Shareholders are, as they
and their husbands declare wrote MISS
Martineau. 'as much slaves as their ne
groes. If they will not have everything
go 10 rack and ruin around them they
must superintend every household opera
ton from tho cellar 10 the earrets. for
there is nothing that slaves can do We'll.
While the slaves are perpetually al one
heels. lolling against the bedposts before
one rises in the morning, standing behind
tho chairs, leaning on the sofa. oihcously
undertaking and invariably spelling every
thing that one would rather do for ones
self the smallest possible amount OF real
service is performed. The lady Of the
house carries her huge bunch OF keys for
every consumable thing must be locked
up), and has TO give ont on incessant re
quests whatever is wanted for the house
hold. She il forever experimenting and
trying 10 keep things straight without the
slightest hope OF attaining anything Ike
leisure and comfort. What is there in reti-
nue. in the reputation Of ease and luxury,
which can compensate for tolls and cares
OF this nature?"
Not all Of the Southern homes we're
great, roomy mansions, as tradition would
suggest Some Of them were only parts
Of an industrial plant, 10 the miserable
accommodations OF which the tenderly
nurtured mistress had 10 submit Here is
a picture Of the home to which Fanny
ken,blc was taken by her slave-onning
husband, painted by herself in her jour
New-York tribune., 1911-03-05
AUSTRIA'S CENSUS.

The full returns Of the census OF AUST
taken in Decembe-. 1910. are expected y
published soon. The population OF Niss'
is already computed. the city numbers
on December 81 last 200L2sl civilians y
%. 5+3 military, a total Of 90S0s3i. lh'
a gain over the census OF 1899 OF ~
civilians and a decrease OF - military
1870 the civilian inhabitants numbers
81 s97. II IL TO he noted. however, ns
1894 the city included ss the list be'4
(pard) the district OF FlOridslorf. sn'
by the census OF 1910 numbered 7',Nt y
ducting this ngure from the total OF =
IL is evident that Nienna's rate of incN'.
for the same area Is considerably less I,
TIE decade 1000 than for the de"
800 1870 The military garrison here !,
remained about the same for the as'
years. A..
The method OF taking the census N ~
tria is interesting. The great dlFe'sly
race and speech i'm this country anu !.
influence OF this diversity on politlcsi ~,
lions make II important toshaye ae.g
statistics thereof The census -
therefore include religion. race ana ~,
language spoken in tho family. Inc 80
nation Is collected I'm a practcal ~
Sheets calling for all details as 10 ,he u
ings themselves. such as the oWnts,
rent paid, number Of occupants, nup.ss 4
windows. exposure OF same. etc, S,hs S,h
details as To the occupants therein ~" I'D
relation 10 one another. werN lett Al
house in the middle Of December A
filed in Early in January, on nNes ssr
these sheets were called for by 'T|
reviser. who verified the returns .s|
placed In the hands OF the authorizes NJ n
plcte and accurate returns with 'ns D,
mum OF labor 10 the collectors ~,.hs,I
minimum OF inconvenience 10 the ~ "A
tants excepting that. as the snee "a n
from hand TO hand. publicity Is gNen nr,,j1
tails which II might be wished 10 0V'
Consular Hepni
New-York tribune., 1911-03-05

Camden had been lawyer at Parkers-
burg. and owned small farm in the Burn
ing Springs district. some thirty miles dls-
tant Traces of oil were found in the re-
sion. Camden bored two wells The oil
came up with q rush. and was run into an
old iatboat through n rough wooden
trough When the oil was taken 10 Par
kersburg il was sold TO General Samuel
Carnes. of Boston for S2o,0Co In the course
OF a few years Camden was the richest
man I'm our state.
81 do not recollect the dialogue that oc-
CURED when told him ! wanted 10 buy
some of his coal land oGt didn't have
New-York tribune., 1911-03-05
VIEWS ON RICH MEN.

do you think that the rich men a,
menace TO society,"
81 can guess the purpose Of your az
ton" Senator Watson said In perfes IA
humor. Personally, / should Ike "a sI
a menace OF the kind you mention. b,s
been described as being a rich man. s.,
coming TO Washington, | have been nz. /
TO feel that the public has taken an irv..
tory Of my possessions and found then I, +
be OF uncomfortable proportions As
matter OF fact. all that | have is Ia
business. II my business prospers "a,
prosper. / am, as I told you. the htsYss
borrower in West Virginia. Plenty o, T.
ared men in Washington can NEE; u. |
bills easier than can meet my ellis. Ii |
wealth OF every one IA alvays oyeryalsg
II have thought Senator Watson Va |
on TO say. that no man, unless he q |
covered a wonderful gold or diamond Nh
could make slO0,000,10 fairly. Money & j
quired by speculation Is undesirable NOE
in my view. There are many good ne.
Wall Street. They are investors. al
great respect for an investment bzntg
but no respect for a speculative tsris
I go to New York and see brokers' sa1;I
rich by taking the money Of ohambermdl
and coachmen. would rather dig on
than live by such methods. Money mel
by developing the country and by gys
employment 10 labor is worthy money, AZ
honors its po.sessor. Thus ! reply to 70.
question"
How do you like being Senator
II am not ready TO give an ansver
shall like being q Senator II J en- be us
fuI. II would be unfortunate il Con-r
we're composed wholly Of business MI
They WOULD be incompetent lucdiy to s|
plain legislative matters to the count,
LAWYERS must do that. Yct there Is rcr
for men OF business and need Of thsm
You have been put on the Indian Cor
mittee." ] said. What do you know a''S
Indians?"
II didn't know anything about then
and Senator Watson smiled for tn. fr
time. until after 1 became a candidate 8
the Senate"
copyright. 1911, by James p. M0rroyJ
New-York tribune., 1911-03-05
A PLANTERS HOME.

THE planters residence consisted OF
three small rooms and three still smaller
hich woulG be more appropriately desig-
mated as closets; a wooden recess by way
OF pantry, and Il kitchen detached from
the dwellings, mere wooden outhouse.
with no floor but the bare earth. and for
furniture a congregation OF nlthy negroes
who lounge In and out Of II like hungry
hounds at all hours Of the day and night
picking Up such scraps Of food as they
can find about. which they discuss squat
ting down upon their hams. OF our three
apartments. one is our sitting. eatine ana
living room. and is sixteen feet by nfteen
The walls are plastered. indeed, but neither
papered nor painted. it is divided from oui
bedroom by a dingy wooden partition COW
cred all over with hooks. pegs. and nails
10 which hats caps, keys. etc, are sus-
ponded In graceful irrtgularity.
The doors open by means OF wooden
lstches raised by means Of small bits OF
rack -thread-I imagine the same primitive
New-York tribune., 1911-03-05
WASTE IN MINING.

Or Holmes, the government director OF
mines" I said, declares that American
mining methods are very wastefuL
I'VE are producing 100000 tons OF coal
wear. and. 7 suppose. are wasting To-
ooo ooo tons-tbat IS. we are leaving that
quantity Of coal behind or are making ITS
:. 81 imnossibIe In one way or another. The
competition between regions and between
mines in the same region has caused us 70
follow the easiest and cheapest methods' II
there are an eight-foot. six foot ano
four-foot vein in the same property, we are
likely to work the largest vein and 10 let
the rest OF the coal remain in the ground
People are talking about the conserVa-
ton OF natural resources. Sometimes con-
servation may be practical and sometimes
Il may be theoretical or sentimental. \
farmer moves into a wooded country. he
must have bread and he cuts down ms
trees and plants corn. The trees are Dig
and straight and would make fine lumber
but there IL no railroad or other means OF
transportation. and the farmer hauls them
TO a corner Of his field and burns them up
Necessity governs him, opportunity ~
closed 10 him and he does the best he can
under all the circumstances.
THE case Of the farmer has its analo-
giles in mining and manufacturing. If our
consumption Of coal increases as fast in the
future as it has in the past our supply OF
fuel will be exhausted in another century
But It will not increase in any such pro-
portions. Anyway. II our coal runs out
there Will he a substitute our Srandfath-
ers burned whale oil and our fathers burned
coal oll, but we are lighting our houses
and streets with gas and electricity
Nature and the inventive genius of man
are invariably equal 10 any emergency.
New-York tribune., 1911-03-05
MISTRESS OF THE SERAGLIO.

The most reYclting feature Of slavery in
America. one that the historian bushes 10
record Ibut history must deal with facts.
IS that too often the attractive slave woman
Was a prostitute 10 her master. that their
children bore the stamp Of his countc-
nance and yet, according TO the inheNible
rule OF the slave states, they shared the
condition Of the mother and were sold by
their own father. This evil was widespread
\ st tho South. as the mixed condition of the
black race to-day will testify.
"a sister Of President Madison declared
that though the Southern ladies were com
plimented with the name OF wife. they were
only the nnistresses OF the seraslio. lead
ing Southern lady declared 10 Harriet Mar
tineau that the wife OF many planter was
but the chief slave Of the harem."
II Il is the truth OF these assertions that
is questioned there is much testimony OF
reputable women To support them Miss
Harriet Martineau travelled in this country
In the year 1s3l-35 and spent several
months in different parts OF the South. IN
a book entitled Society in America" pub
lished upon her return 10 England, she
gave her impressions OF the South, with
illustrations Of conditions there. The
famous actress Fanny Kemble married
Pierce Butler, the owner or Georgian
slave plantation. In a book published in
the course Of the Civil War she reproduced
under tie title a Residence on Georgian
Plantation" the journal OF her life on this
slave plantation In the closing S@s, written
while there These women, Miss Maru-
nesU. with her faithful ear trumpet. and
Mrs. Bruce. with her young, sympathetic
nature, heard and saw much. .
New-York tribune., 1911-03-05
Roanoke College in Turmoil Old Slave Owners Harem

"The degradation of the women ("hlts
Southern women is so obvious conse-
ouence OF the evils disclosed above that
the painful subject need not be enlarged
upon by the degradation OF women ! do
not mean To- imply any doubt OF the purity
Of their manners. There are reasons plain
enough 10 the observer why their manners
Should lie even peculiarly pure. They are
all married young. from their being out
Numbered by the other sex, aud there IS
ever present an unfortunate servile class
of their own sex to serve the purposes OF
lcentiousness so as To leave them untempt-
ed. Their degradation arises. not from
their own conduct. but from that of all
cher parties about them. Where the gen
crafty OF men carry secrets which tnei.
wives must ne the last TO know, where the
busiest ami more engroSsng concerns o,
life must wear ore aspect TO the one sex
and another to the other. there is an end
To an wholesome confidence and sympathy.
ana woman sinks 10 be the ornam mt OF
her husbands mouse. the domestic manager
OF hiH establishment instead Of being his
allsuficcnt friend.
New-York tribune., 1911-03-05
A MOCK OF CHIVALRY.

Il am speaking not only ~ what ! sup
rCse must necessarily be- but % what |
have actually seen. | have seen with heart
sorrow the kind politeness. the galldntry,
So insufficient 20 the loving heart, with
which tho wives Of the South are treated
bv their husbands. I have seen the horror
cf woman's ha;inc to work, 20 exert tho
faculties which her Maker gave Ter the
eagerncss to insure her unearned case and
rest. the deepest Insult which can he Of
fercd TO an intelligent and conscientious
woman. | know the tone OF conversation
which Is adopted toward women. different
I'm it's topics and It's sty'S from that which
any nau would dream OF offering TO any
other man. have heard the boast Of the
chivalrous consideration In which women
are held throughout their woman's para
disc. and seen something Of the anguish %
crushed pride. of the conflict OF bitter feel
ings with which boasts have been listened
10 by those whose aspirations teach them
the holloWness of the system. The gentle
men are All the while unaware that women
are not treated In the best possible man
ner among them. and they will remain
thus blind as long as licentious intercourse
with the lowest OF the sex units them for
apprcciatng the highest
Fanny kemblc. when she was about to
start South with her husband to spend
some time on his plantation. wrote to a
friend a long letter. in which she said.
among other things: II am rather surprised
AT the outbreak OF violent disgust which
MI - INDUCES in on the subject Of anal
gamation. I should think the inter
marrying between blacks aud whites a
matter as little To be- insisted >upon II re-
pugnant as prevented Il agreeable 20 the
majority Of the two races At the same
New-York tribune., 1911-03-05
Successor of Stephen B. Ekins in the National Senate Is
Known "The King of Coal' and He Mined 3OOOoo
Carloads of this Useful Substance Last Year.

I'M around the mines. and did almost every
thing under ground and above ground. but
was never on the pay roll as mule
driver" Senator Watson replied. I'VE llNed
ON 2 farm of $50 acres Just outside the VII
lare Of Fairmont our log house contained
eight or ten rooms I was born in that
house 1t is now occupied by my gardener
Nv five brothers. all older than myself.
worked the farm and shipped cattle. In
1882 thirteen wears before ! was born, my
father opened a coal mine by tunnellins
straight into a hill. Francis Harrison Pier
mont also OF Falrmont. was his partner.
Pierpont. an anti-slavery Whis. became the
war Governor of Virginia. and sent forty
thousand men into the federal armies
MY father during the Civil War bought
horses for the national government. He
wss an able business man. better business
man than | am but his opportunities were
limited There are plenty OF chances IN
these days for young man to make money.
The big corpora tions are always looking for
competent helpers who are reliable and
have ideas
what became Of the old farm" l in
quired.
"I bought II and it has been my home
for many years. nay anu tidIH Hi' A"N
crops because | am specializing in high
steppers-ha ckneys imported from Europe
and American trotters converted into high
steppers by heavy shoes and system OF
early training have exhibited in New
York and London and have been awarded
a great many prizes Lord Baltimore and
Ny Maryland. driven together. have won
more first prizes than any other team in
the country I gave the horses To Mrs.
Watson. whom ! married in Maryland. and
named them I'm her honor.
The fact that I have spent considerable
time in New York during the last few years
to obtain capital with which to develop the
mines Of West Virginia. coupled with the
names gave two of my horses. caused my
political enemies 10 say that | was non
resident candidate for the Senate, even
though I was born in West Nirginia-as
was my father-went to school there. and
/ Fairmont has always been my home ]
Ike fishting man if he doesn't strike be-
/ lew the belt"
New-York tribune., 1911-03-05
GROWTH OF THE COMPANY.

What is the Consolidation Coal COM
pany. OF which you were the president
until after coming 10 the ;Senate?'
All OF us-my father, brothers and my
seIf-acquired lands rs the coal business
grew. At the death OF my father entered
more largely into the management OF the
property. Ultimately, in association with
other West Virginia men. We obtained con-
trcl of the Consolidation Company. Mary
land corporation. and brought all of our
Interests together. We own 10000 acres OF
land in West Virginia, Maryland. Pennsyl-
vania and Kentucky. and employ fifteen
thousand men Our coal il shipped East
AMI West, and we expoct considerable
quantities TO cuba, Mexico and South
America"
'If coal were put on the free list would
injury result. to the mines of the United
States?"
1T would not, in nH opinion. As a miner
OF coal in the four states ] have named, ]
should like To have coal pass back and
forth across tho Canadian border as freely
as il does between Pennsylvania and New
York or Ohio and Massachusetts Our ex-
ports TO Canada amount 10 6,0loG0O tons
New-York tribune., 1911-03-05

whom has as far AS evidence can snow
conceived the idea Of a mixture or the
races. IL is from the South, where TINS
mixture is hourly encouraged. that the
canung ana groundless reproach has come
met with no candid Southerner who was
not full OF shame al the monstrous hypoc-
Iisy"
Many OF the Southern men and women
were not sensible Of the enormity of the
conditions under which they lived. Emmy
James Putnam. in a recent magazine arti-
Gle. quotes a Virginia gentleman as telling
O'msted that his women were unconl-
monty good breeders: he did not suppose
there was a lot Of women anywhere that
bred faster than his: and says: Rhodes
notes lady in Baltimore. richly ana
fashionably dressed and apparently NOV
irg i'm the best society who derived her
income from the sale Of children OK half
dozen negro women she owned, although
their husbands belonged to other masters
New-York tribune., 1911-03-05

Of selling coal to It's people and It's manu-
facturers. l..
"AhoIt $50 900 tons OF Canadian coal Is
brought into the United States. IL pays
duty 10 our government OF 45 cents .on'
or a total Of sS75,G60 Canada Is Settins
more revenue from us, therefore, than we
are getting from Canada. with respect 10
coal. II coal were on the free list we
might lose a part Of the New England
market in competition with Nova Scotia
and rs cheap water transportation, but the
whole OF West Canada would be thrown
omen 10 US and We should profit immense
IL nv tho ARRANGEMENT"
New-York tribune., 1911-03-05
NOT A COLLEGE MAN.

You completed your education at the
university in Morgantown?" l said.
That Is another biographical error put
out by friendly and romantic writers. |
stopped going to school when ! was six
teen years old At the age Of twelve I
concluded that I had all the education
required or could use. Perhaps ! was right
about H. After that I attended school IT.
regularly but ] was picking up an edu-
cation al the mines ] learned 10 start
and stop a freight locomotive. Possibly
! drove mule occasionally bat not for
wages
MY father was busy, my brothers were
pushing men. and was the Youngest child
in the family. So ! escaped close inspec-
tion and was given a good deal Of latitude.
I was entered finally as a student at the
State Normal School. at Fairmont. re-
member quite distinctly thai it was against
my judgment. An education, ! thought,
vas intended only for teachers, lawyers
and preachers | meant 10 have coal
mire Of my own.
"In little while escaped 10 the woods.
So ended my DAYS at school clerked al
the company store and worked in and out
Of doors for $50 month. one morning,
while was tacllng shipping cards on some
loaded cars. a pleasant faced man came
down tho track. lie told me that his name
was Stephen y. Elkins. We were expect
ing him. Mr.. Elkins was just getting into
the coal business with Henry g. Davis, his
father-in-law; Senator German. of Mary
land: Richard G. Kerens. now American
Ambassador 10 Austria-Hungary; James g.
Blaine and other notable men. He had
come 20 our mines for points and IT was
my duty to show him around.
Recently my mind has gone back 10
that morning. Mr.. Elkins was TO be sent
to the Senate from West Virginia and |
was 20 DO his successor. 1t is possible he
had his own plans and ambitions for the
future As for myself. | only hoped TO be
a coal operator. Mr.. Elkins believed IN de-
tails. and | showed him everything, the in
terror Of the mines as well as our methods
OF bookkeeping. SIX or seven years AFTER