The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-01-24

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the Constitution of that city, know to
a certainty that their domestic serv-
ants do not come from diseased
homes?" And In the discussion 1t puts
forth these pertinent truths: The
business of safeguarding the health
OF the community. in its negro as well
as its white sections, is that OF SELF
preservation and not sentiment or
philanthropy The disease germ is
the original democrat. 1t ignures the
boundary line OF race. Of wealth and
of station, as well as of mere geog-
raphy. 1t knows no prejudices, In
herited or acquired. 1t is murder
ously impartial In its depredauona
You may not believe you are your
brothers keeper and you may be a
trihe cynical about your DUTY 70 the
negro. But you can hardly be negli.
gent about your duty to your own
child. and your own health personally,
and keep a clean conscience t-
The Post for years has been stress
ing the Importance OF this very ques'
tion for all southern cities. 1t has re,
peatedly urged upon the people of
Houston that they cannot afford. even
from the selfish point OF view, TO ig1
more the living conditions OF the mel
gro population The negroes are the
domestic servants OF the servant'em-
ploying class OF the southern cities
The negroes are a part OF the life of,
the south, and will always be, and
even II the white who employ them
are not concerned In philanthropy at
all, they owe II to themselves to have
deep concern for everything affect
ing the health and morals Of the ne
gro people. .'t .,ut
The nobler part is, of course, to real-
4 lie In q broad and sympathetic sense
4 our obligation to aid the negroes to
\ better standards OF living. because
they are in so many respects depend
ent upon the whites and because they
30 implicitly rely upon the whites.
1t will be to our everlasting honor
| and glory IL history shall be able to
say OF US that We accepted the prob
lens the war left US. and worked them
out kindly. intelligently and well, but
II we are concerned only for our own
twelfare, then II Will be secondary phil.
anthropy for us to see that living con-
Editions among the negroes are such
Ithat they will not menace the health
Hand prosperity of the white people.
\ Negroes living amid insanitary con-
Editions in southern cities are going
TO suffer the hardships of poverty and
3disease, they are going to suffer con
Examination and destruction in a NOR
tal sense, they are going to be. heay-
Ihly consuming and Inefficient element
tof populatoin.' "'i
II But the whites will not be able 10
escape the consequences. They will
have to bear the economic losses that
"a large and inefficient mass is certain
TO inilict. they will be victimized by
the diseases that spread death and
disaster among poorly housed and
miserably environed human beings.
Rnd they will not escape the deadly
blight OF the immortality aSd vice that
thrive among the ignorant, the des-
perate and the neglected poor. &
II The vital statistics OF every south
srn city reveal the inevitable con,
sequence OF inefficience to conditions
pmong the negroes-the servant class
that brings into well-kept homes the
I deadly germs that multiply amid the
miserable conditions that afiliet--the
negro sections OF so many southern
eities.THouston (Tex.) Post, : q
II 4{lIA-LLDi } & Z q