The Newark journal., 1916-03-02

which published DIR. Broughs annual report of the
university Commission on The Southern Race Cues
ton Dr. Brough commenced his report by stating
that ga condition. not theory, confronts Us IN the
South, and after speaking of how much the white peo-
pie and negroes together during the days OF SaV
cry he continued as follows:
This close social contact of the has al
most entirely diappeared In the Southern States gen
erav there are today no points social contact what
where the two meet and exchange ideas.
Separate schools Separate churches, separate teie
phons, the Jim Grow law restrictions of the ballot not
mention anti-negro political agitation III at least two
of the States, have produced alienation OF the two
without parallel Everywhere throughout the
the South, despite the physical contact III business
way the two people live and move IN totally different
worlds of thought and feeling. Ray Standard Baker,
in his interesting work. entitled, FooWng the Color
Line" the situation admirably when he says that
the bes elements in the two as far apart as
though they lived in different continents; and that is
of the chief of the growing danger of the
Southern situation
Then Dr. Brough continued follows
"The effect of this social isolation of the negro is
of the greatest Importance for both white and black
The closing of the door of equality OF opportunity to
the negro, and his persistent intellectual and moral
pauperization in the end react the civiza
ton of the white
The association between whites and negroes dur
ing the day of slavery which DR.. BrOugh regrets, has
been in a discontinued, and was quite diff
feren thing to the kind of association that would exist
if his ideas upon this proposition should prevail today
In antebellum times negroes and whites did not assoe
ate equals. Negroes were not clamorng fer social
equaly they did not presume on any kindness SHOWN
them, take advantage of any familiarity with them
they
prevail that is advocated by Dr. Brough You will note
that he lays indictment against the southern
people when he charges that they have closed the door
OF equality OF opportunity to the negro
From the quoted statements, reach the conelu-
son and there can be other conclusion), that Dr.
Brough is in favor social equality that he opposed
the Jim Crow law and is in favor of its repeal
that the negroes ride In the same coaches with
whites; that he is opposed to separate schools for
whites and blacks and Isl therefore, favor of their
consolidation; that he is opposed separate churches
for whites and blacks and is therefore, favor of the
whites and blacks belonging to and going to the
church.
The southern people know how to treat the negro
they should be treated and the southern people and
the negro are satisfied About the only trouble the
southern people have with the negro is when some
northern negro, educated in schools where whites and
blacks worship together, south and stirs up
trouble among the negroes, or when some fanatcal
dreamer undertakes to agitate social equality
We also have the following language, taken from
this famous report of DR.. Broughs.
"In 1914 there 1000 negroes in the Gov
ernmest Postal Sesvice; altogether there 2250O
negroes in the employ of the u S. Government Their
annual salaries are approximately twelve and half
million dollars"
DR.. Brough boasts of the fact that there are 22-
500 negroes the Government pay roll, when every
knows that these negroes put the Govern
ment pay roll by Republican Administration, that
most of them are in the northern states and tina
done solely for the purpose of controlling the negro
vote IN the doubtful states. The Doctor knows that
the southern people will not now, will they ever
tolerate the holding office in the SOUTH and that
the entire south resented the appointment of negro
postmistress at Indanoa, Mississippi by Roosevelt.
He said further:
again, it may be fairly urged that the white
churches of the south have been pursuing penny
wise and pound foolish economy in dealing with the
moral religious uplift of the members of the weaker
race. Do say that cent per member is
doing share in evangelizng the whole race? God
pity the southern Christians the southern churches and
the southern state if do not awake to RESPONSE
bility in this hour of opportunity"
EARI r w Hoo