Bisbee daily review., 1912-11-19
DISCUSS PROBLEMS
 HOME MISSION WEEK
First of Union Services in Presbyterian Church
 Deeply interests

The first of the union meetings or of the Protestant churches of BisSce !n observance Of Home Mission Week Was held last evening in the Pres byterian church. where the remaining meetings of this week Will be held with special musical numbers by tbe Methodist choir Rev J. E. Fry. pastor of he Presbyterian church. spoke cn me American Indians, Africans aud Asiatics.' The Asiatics are not large class, consisting chiefly of Chin ese and Japanese in California From the years 1909 to 1910 the Chinese in the United States decreased 10 I0.8ts or 2l per cent. while the Japanese in- creased 10 7l.722 or l94 per cent Their presence offers an opportunity of strenethening the work of Foreign Missions in their respective countries provided the Gospel is able to reach them here. said Mir Fry
 The Indians in the United States number more than 265 ,000. Arizona comes second 10 Oklahoma in the number of Indians within the state Until recently the Indians were rapid ly decreasing hut now the tide is in the other direction. But while num- bers are increasing the decrease in physical yigor has not yet been checS- er nor have these people made any great advancement intellectually The iw have. and they show the possibili- tics along this line for their people If the Indian is to remain and 10 iu- e ease a heavy responsibility rests upon the nation and the church to make them good citizens To attain this end the gospel must be given to the people. In our own state the numter of Christians runs mp into tha thousands"
 The Africans or Negroes present more serious problem than the other groups combined. Every tenth per son in the United States is a negro. While they have not increased as rapidly as the average for the coun- try yet they did increase more than II per cent in the ten years from 1900 to 1910 and the total increase was almost a million. The south has nine tenths of the negroes but a shifting process is going on that is taking many negroes to the north. especially to the large cities Of the north They have not been long out a very low stage Of civilization and for much of the time in this land they have had no rights. Freed Before they were fitted for that privilege they have made wonderful progress in recent years Their wealth is now estimated at S600, 0,000.000. They owu farms with an area larger than England and Wales combined. In ten years Hitter acy decreased I3 per cent among them. Ttey are to be found in all Occu- pations. but the drift among them is to the farm. The south alone is not able to meet their needs. The north yearly pours in two million dollars 10 support educational institutions among these people in the south. They make a strong appeal 10 the church as most of them are mere children in faith. They possess church buildings valued at more than Sj6, ,0OO, ,O0G but they are lax in morals and need help if they are not 10 he a source or danger Co the country. They have served the white man well iH the past and the white man now has the opportunity of helping them to equip themselves for good citizenship"
 The subject for tonights meeting