The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-03
|OUqHERl GROES
| ARE SIC \ NEWARK
CHARITIES LET
80 TELLS OF BAD CONDI-
TONS AMONG THEM.

.d;tions among the Southern me-
mbo have gone North the past
months under inducements Of
H. WA " labor agents have become
). ~ s.,te in Newark, n. J., that the
'.s d. health authorities have be-
~ cognizant Of them and are TAX
~ tons to relieve the situation, il
4 s+.tament made by the Associated
|s.r;t;es in Newark by letter.
s & Il, newark authorities advise that the
.r.oes are living under conditions
q arc almost unbearable. Their
letters are hardly habitable, their
M are exorbitant in proportion to
MI accommodations and their gem
II condition is miserable. Follow
n is a part Of a letter relative to
h negroes conditions:
5000 to 10000.
IAN outbreak of pneumonia
. mong the colored people recently
rived from the South has caused
n health department to bring the
after to the attention of the public.
Il one knows yet exactly how many
,ple have come here, but the num-
is undoubtedly very large, esti-
q ted at from 5000 TO 10000. New
seems to be also a distributing
pint for, many Of them.
eThe normal number of negroes
Newark is from IL, 900 to $4,000.
lese are, as in many other cities in
& North, housed in the worst places
the city and obliged to pay more
&nt in proportion for what they get
an their white neighbors. The
Mole housing situation in Newark is
SERIOUS one. Decent homes are diff
fult to get at any suitable rent for
of the laboring people here.
Wage to Drcp.
II tell you this so that you may
Nderstand the grave menace to the
alth of the negroes arriving here in
rye numbers and being unable to
d suitable DWELLING. Many Of
em are housed in shacks, groups of
en whose families are still in the
uth. large number working at
fges far above what they have ever
teived before, but ultimately | am
nyinced that the negro will receive
n lowest wage paid.
Fifty three in Hospital.
Already we have came across
emilies where the mas. Is not making
piicient to support wife and chill
fen properly and pay the large rent
Rat will enable them to live COM
grtably. Fifty-three negroes from
Ae South have been in the city hos
ltai suffering with pneumonia. We
Re Investigating these cases and will
pow how many of them have recoy-
ked sufficiently to go TO work and
pat chances there are for their fu-
IRE.
Beg to Return.
ia number of them have begged
70 help them return to their homes
georgia and Alabama. We are
ping to collect the money to do this.
ewarS has, however, so far not re-
generously, but we hope to
auce the city to furnish transpor-
lon; We are also trying to find
~ who the firms are and what cor
rauons are AT the back of this
Rpln exploitation of the Southern
BAD for Country.
While we all agree that the work
man should be free to 90 and
fu work where he pleases. this ire
Ohsloe enticement of innocent peo-
away from their homes for them
1--WE and holding out promises That
50 frequently broken is bad for
sn aOte country, as we'll as the ru-
Lost.
O; new York and its immediate Vi.
NY is the most congested portion
llD;o oe united States. In Newark.
e. a. mas nearly half a million peo-
4 'ne negro is practically lost