Arizona republican., 1917-11-07
The Nearo Residential Problem

The United States supreme court decision on Monday, holding invalid city ordinance providing Tor the separation of negroes from whites in resi- dental districts of cities leaves near the borderne laws segregating the in schools, though as a matter of public policy. and because they have widely adopted the latter will probably be permitted by the courts to stand. To the layman. though such a segregation is much enroachment upon con- stitutional rights as residential segregation.
 The question of housing the negro" has became an important and serious one It has engaged the attention of public spirited persons throughout the north and where the problem has became acute, the services of experts have been sought in cooper- ation with local organizations to solve it. This much progress has been made it has come to be realized that laws and ordinances offer solution.
 We lately heard interesting address on this subject by MT A. Hollingsworth Wood of New York dinner of the City Club of Cleveland Ohio. Mr. Wood for several has been engaged in this work and with local cooperation. of both whites and negroes. he has brought relief to many d perplexed city.
 The great demand for labor a few years ago re- suited in a heavy migration of negroes to the north cities The railroads brought them large num- bers. The road encouraged the migration, but ended their responsibility by dumping the negroes in the large manufacturing towns New York, notwith- standing It's wonderful power Of assimilation suffered probably more than any other city. For a rather laughabe Newark, N. J. received much more than its share of the immigration. The siml- iarity of sound of the of the two towns de- ceved the negroes whose objective was New York, they clambered off the trains at Newark.
 The negro population of Cleveland in 1910 ...l 1000 It is now estimated to be 2S OOO increase Of 400 per cent One of things or both ttel have resulted from the heavy immigration of fa negro quarters have been 's Ls.el nave spread and become cOngested The
 -,es ..Ue found refuge in the merest novels. fL-- community amusenents, schools. ohur' hes picture houses Only saloonkeepers and procuTers have welcomed these people Crime has conse uentiy increased along it. ana death
 other negroes with aspiration for something better than such existence have moved better n,isbborhoods where they have been welcomed and sometimes have been followed by such numbers that the prices of real estate dsastrously affected and the whites routed out. These conditions have been the results of lack of direction Things have been allowed happen by chance" and the consequence has been intensfying of the resent ment s people of against those of another.
 The law offer relief for such a situation, but pubiic spirited people and cities by the of pubic fund created for that purpose have already done much.
 They have proceeded upon the correct theory that the intelligent well-ordered negro does to live in a white neighborhood. He would prefer district of his with conveniences. edu- cation. recreation and amusement, similar to those enjoy d in white neighborhoods. Nor does he want to live in negro quarter any other "quar- ter He wants only decent, clean existence
 Such neighborhoods being provided by cities and organizations of whites and negroes Tracts of land are being purchased comfortable houses are erected and community attractions are introduced. These houses sold to negroes easy terms Some are rented at as low figures possible. There are no real estate profits in these transactions There nothing but sincere desire help the negro He is not herded into any place. but ntelgeny assisted to follow his inclination an inclination which is common to the people of all races live among their kind