The broad ax., 1915-09-18
raE5UD1CE AND VIOLENCE.


A White man, named Shufeldt, has
published book entitled ssAmerica s
Greatest Problem: The Negro" We
do not know who shufeldt is; we never
heard Of him. Perhaps he weighs but
little, and knows less. That he is
prejudieed against COlOrsd Americans
is plain, and that his prejudice merges
into hate his violent language attests.
How a White man claiming to be in
teIligent can write what Shufeldt wrote
is mystery, unless he meant to make
money by appealing to raee-hate SEN
timent. That the readers of this paper
may grasp the mould of mind and the
feeling Of Shufeldt few Of mis- ex-
pressions are given:
'tMen like Booker I. Washington
and W. E. B. Du Bots are traitors to
their race in this country, and are the
worst enemies the Negroes in the Unit
ed States have today" According to
this man we have not contributed
a single line to literature worth the
printing; q single cog in the machine
Of invention; an idea to any science;
or, in short, advanced civilization q
single miHimeter since the first Congo
pair was placed on this SOIL -
shnfeidt says the Negro is descend
ant Of eannibel tribes, that they are
ga seething mass of black bestiaIity, I"
extremely sensual, swsyed by "sex
madness, " and that their presence is
daily terror to the White woman of
the South. colored Americans are not
only immoral, they are non-moFal ae-
cording to this would be-writer, for be
says, cit is impossible to improve the
morals Of a people when they have no
morals to improveg For sthe com
plete separation Of the two races"
Shufeldt wants "the enactment Of a
Federal law to the effect that all Ne
groes aud descendants Of Negroes with
in the boundaries of the United States
Of America shall leave this country for
all time within ten years after the
passage Of said law"
He would by force depOrt Us all to
the Philippines, South America, Mex
leo, the West Indies and TO Hayti.
sl5o, eo0, 300 should be appropriated for
that purpose. Shufeldt says to do that
would entail no hardship whatever"
Shufeldt says because the lower ele-
ment of White people eo-mingle with
Blacks IN 4,oOe, 900 Negroes some White
bloodsis found BE says the only way
to prevent complete absorption of the
Black race by the White is complete
separation. We recall that President
wilson told delegation Of colored
men "entire independence Of the races
is best, y or words to that effect
We see nothing new in the book. It
is Of the Dixon type Of writings, and
like Shufeldt received his inspiration
from Dixon. Dixon got his from the
devil How any man can view the
progress made by our people in fifty
years and write as ahufeIdt has writ
ten can only be explained IS We have
indicated. We are not at al alarmed
ever such satanic fluctuations The
truth is marching on, and historical
facts everywhere refute sueh ISLANDERS.
1t is too early 70 predict absorption
of ColOred people BY White through
meseegination. We know leading sci
entists have declared that after a
thousand years no trace Of color VIII
be found. shufeldt admits more, per
haps, than he cared to say when he
wrcte on an anteome he declares win
be lasting degradatioa-' shufeldtl
belongs to a diminishing element Of
White people, and thank God, the ele-,
ment Is without facts to substantiats
their violent utteranees. The frst-elass
White people do not endorse shufeIdt
and his tribe.-Ex