Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-24
SAME THING BEEN GONE:
On TnINrN YEARS

SAME THING BEEN GONE:
ON TiiiUri YEARS
According to George L.. Haynes pro-
fcssor of social science ut Fisk Uni
varsity. and executive secretary OF tho
National League on Urban Conditions
Among III" Negroes. the present move
mcnt nortIward iS only AN example,
conspicuous because uf its size and
h"caus" Of III" political scare II caused
In some sections. Of what has been
gong on NOR" than thirty years. Pro-
toSsor Haynes chooses ninc Northern
and hord"r cities 10 show this tendency
and refers 10 Federal census returns
for his figures. The cities include
Boston. Sew York. Philadelphia. Chi
caSo. Cincinnati. Evansville. Indian
ap"lis ana ST Louis lie shows that
between 1850 and 1890 tho negro popu-
lstiOn in these ninc cities increased
So per cent. rate three times that
OF the rate OF in,r"aS" IN tho negro
population Of tho United states. Be
tween 1890 ana 1900. tho movement
To thcs" "tjtcs became more pronounced,
the ncer" population increasing 7I.t
per cent. or NOR" than four times tho
rate Of increase Of the negro population
ia tho United states, and between 1900
and 1870. The Increase was 3,.f per
cent, or more than three ;imcs that OF
tho negro population In the United
States:
In fifteen representative Southern
cities " WAS also noticed that the
negro population increased more rapid
~ than the normal rate OF increase all
over the country, bat during the sarno
period TIA" Increase IN Northern Cities
WAS larger In both cases IL is clear
~ shown tina; there is u steady flow
OF negroes from rural 10 urban dis
uicts. The difference between the in
crease IN tho northern cities and in
tn, southern Is also emphasized hy the
=. bnr .i,,
tnc rate az increase among negro in
habttHnts exceeded that 81 tho white
inhs b!tants. while in Tho Southern
critics II Was almost tho same. indicat-
ing that there was nothing unusual
about the increase III southern cities
NEGRoES' IDEA OF HIGHER
WAGES ~ THE NORTH
sor Haynes in :, letter to the New York
Times, IL TIA" reaction Of the negroes
toward certain fundamental conditions
which have always affected American
population. They so North for what
they regard better living conditions
mat await them up North Says
Professor Haynes:
Wages in occupations open to negro
employees are III nearly all cases
higher in til" North than IN the South
From survey made III New York in
1910. II WIS learned that before they
thirty seven negroes was from SO TO 81
Il wcsh In New York their wages
ranged from So TO 81. 1t week. Twenty
~ southern negro women, who had
received from So TO 50 wcci: for do
mcSti. work in TIN. South. were able
To earn from 81 10 IS :, week in New
York OVt ut 800 negroes who were
asked why they came 10 New York
/. 'r"m The south, over three-fourths
,'"Ne an economic reason. The skilled
negro workmcn mud ~ hard to obtain
employment ~ the North. but IL has
! been found that these men can work
hs jan!tors and portcrs and make more
money in The North than they can by
following their trades in the South.
when the rate OF pay Is considered.
the negro seldom looks AT anything
hut the money wage a distinguished
I from the real wage. II h. makes Sl2
n week in x community where II costs
h'n 81" Il week TO live. nc thinks n.
is doing better than II he made 50 a
week IN "A community where il cost
him 50 week to live
SOUTHERN INDUSTRIES AND FARMS
re- MAKE OTHER ARRANGEMENT
1t is true as Professor Haynes brings
out. that the negro could save more
money ON smaller wages IN the South
than he can on what he regards as big
pay in the North. because he can live
50 much cheaper down IN riXic. but tn.
/ average negro, particularly the migra
tory variety, never thinkJ OF saving
anything: and as long as he has the
whcrcwithal TO eat ana drink and To
wear, he is happy, and all the moro
so when he can show that these things
cost him much. II would be no use to
show figures 1" the darhy 10 prove
that he could work lighter be
healthier, live better and save mora
money by working in the cotton. corn
and tobacco iiclds OF tn" South at even
haif-pricc than by working in tho mu-
milton plants at the North. Written
volumes ana vocal argument would
never convince him. The Southern
planters viii just have To let the mi
gratorr negro so and make other ar
ranCem.nts Tor thc necessary labor 10
keep the farms going, is the opin on