The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-10-13
OF
NEGRO RACE

Montgomery. New Orleans and Other
southern communities and states ap,~a,
so '~ ~"svsszi over she vepors>i migration
IN unusually large numbers Of Negro In
borers % northern localities. IL IL sai.l
that there has iscn . Systematic Negro
ex"sins from the South during the Lac,
i"nr months. The Springfield Mas.
Republican tells ns that the Penn-yl
wanna railroad has taken l.pu blnrks
from the South, 3,VD being brouyht
nth in one train 81 ak -s~tlon-. Fer
sons familiar with our New England To
bsono farms have Observed this --.-n,.
the appearance 81 Negro lsborrr- in mn.i,
'nereasesi numbers. Exaggerated s-nI
mates oi the movement are in circulation.
At the Negro conference in Washington
ast week. representing tlse New England
snd Middle Atlantic states, IL wa- a--.rt
II that more than j0.p blark- from,
h- South hal come North IN the last -iN
months. But, whatever the figures may
-. letters and telegram. were real AT
the conference from many manufacturers.
nine owners and others, giving s--ur
.noe. that Negroes would t,e encouraged
u make their h"ne- in the North and
would receive square deal IL Wa
represented that the industrial situation
IN Pennsylvanis and New York ws- such
that at least 2."vo Negro I.l,orer- could
10 employe.i In the next year
IL H. - somewhat curion- commentary
upon tbe change of view that eomnu-
nItle~ ~ we'll ~ individuals sometime nm
'iergo. that IN some of the southern 10
calIties where the exportstIon and colon
izstion Of the coIored people in Liberia
~&- sivorstsi some decades ago, laws
are now teing pz--pl u prevent lal,nr
agents from inducing Negroes D. leave
these localities.
The present phenomens tends o. -hos
how inequalities inevitably find ways m
which ~ adjust Themselves.
Commenting on the reported rnigra
ton, the Baltimore sun say
Although the decline in foreign i'm
migration due ~ the war may ~ partly
sccountable for this movement. IL ha-
i-en largely proiuced ny labor disturb
sncs- and tie fear of them in industrial
northern centers. Strikes anil lo~kout-
in the six months ended July numl+ red
49,. - compared viii 5f3 in the or
responding nonth. of last year. Mo-t "a
the~e sfected skilled artisans. vho-e
places could not ~ filed w un-kiIIed
Negro labor. But in case ol general
r@ilrcs.i strike or of such q general strike
~ hs- h'ssn spprehended in New York
the southern farmland could - u-sI ~
sdvsntsge in many directions. That th.
strong current oi colorsd lst,orer- from
the South has teen the result Of -y.te-
matte campaign on the part Of business
Interests In the North 10 hardly u 10
ioubeed. and that IL hes s>uned pro-
portseas which esn~e alarm IN Alsbsma.
st iesss, is shown ~ the arfion taken ~
We Montgomery commission Thss a.
ton of this kind would prove Intellectual
II tbers should be eenuine and perm .
nent demand IA northern st<tes Tor col
orcd labor - obvious. ff the Negro ls-
borer can make more money in the North
than IN the South, no city or state laws
viil ps~yens. him enisvsHns Pos-ibly
q might he good thing both Tor ths
North and the South IN every ~ay IN the
colorsd populst'on eosld bs nsere evenly
dissributed. II 2,Uo,OO white peopIs
from the Novth could be sesslesi in the
Soush IN exchange Tor 2,OO.WO bsscts,
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