The Colorado statesman., 1913-03-29

luSheBee, Ala.-lne total wealth. OF
the negroes in the United States is
estimated at $7OO,OOO,OOO by Prof
Monroe N. Work, in charge of re-
search and records at Tuskegee in
stitute.
In a recent number of the Southern
Workman Professor Work tells of
what the American negro is doing for
himself. Special emphasis is placed
on the races advancement along re-
ligious, educational and economic
lines
The religious progress of the race is
shown in the accumulation of church
property which amounts to $57,O00,-
O00 The churches contribute yearly
over 100000 for home missions.
The negro Baptists carry on work
in five foreign countries, in which they
have established 1872 mission stations
in charge of 81 missionaries The
African Methodist Episcopal church
has mission work in eight foreign
countries and has two bishops in
Africa. The African Methodist Epis-
copal Zion church is doing aggressive
work in Africa and the West Indies.
Thirty-five thousand Sunday schools
are In operation, with an enrolment of
one and three-quarters million pupils.
The educational advancement of the
race is indicated in Professor Works
article by the statement that 1,7O0, 900
negro children are enrolled in the pub
lie schools and colleges. Thirty-one
thousand negro teachers are employed
in the public schools, and 5000 teach
ers are employed in the colleges and
the normal and industrial schools
There are in the south at present so
colleges, 13 institutions for the edu-
cation of colored women, &c theolog-
ical schools and departments,
schools of law, of medicine, 2 of
dentistry, of pharmacy, II state agri-
cultural and mechanical colleges and
over 400 normal and industrial
schools.
The value of the property now
owned by institutions for higher and
secondary training of the freedmen is
more than $17000,000. In 1912 over
$4,400,O00 were expended for their
higher and industrial training, and
$S,600,000 in their public schools a
total of $13,00O.OO0.
There are 10000 following the pro-
fessions, including teachers, preachers,
laymen, doctors, dentists, editors, etc.
and there are some 10000 engaged in
business of some sort.
With $3.50 colored persons in the
government postal service, there are
22,44O in the employ of the United
States government.
Some 1000 or more patents have
been granted to negroes during the
past year. They have invented a tele-
phone register, a hydraulic scrub
blng brush, weight motor for run
ming machinery. aeroplanes, an auto
matte car switch and an automatic
feed attachment for adding machines.
The have established 64 banks capi-
talized at $1.600,O00, doing an annual
business of some S2O,0OO,OOO. The
Penny Savings bank of Birmingham,
Ala, at the close of business in
August, 1912, had resources amounting
to SAT-, 900.
Perhaps the most significant prog
ress has been made in agriculture.
Negro farm laborers and negro farm
ers in the south cultivate approximate
ly 1OO,O00,O00 acres of land, of which
42.500.000 acres are under their con-
troll. Negroes now own 100000
acres of land, equivalent to $1,000
square miles.
In 1863 the total wealth of negroes
in this country was about 100000 900.
Now their total wealth is $7OO,O00,-
900.