The broad ax., 1917-01-27
AN INTERESTING ARTICLE ON
SOME OF THE PHASES OF THE
NEGRO IN THE UNITED STATES
BY JOHN w. FELTON,.

The thirteenth census of the United
States taken in 1910 shows the total
population of the Negro to be approx
mately 100000 people, or to be more
exact, 1897 ,763 excluding its outlying
possessions of Alaska, Hawaii, Porto
Rico, Danish West Indies, and those
engaged in military and naval services.
From 1900 to 1910, the Negro popu-
lation increased 11.2 per cent while the
White population increased 22.3. The
figures at a glance will disclose that
the percentage of increase of the
Whites is twice as great as that of the
Negro, but this difference as many
know, is due in very large degree to
the steady immigration of the Whites
while there is very little immigration
of Negroes, his increase being the nat
ural increase resulting from the excess
of births over deaths.
The state of Georgia contains the
largest number of Negroes of any state
in the union; it has Negro population.
of 1,176,9S7. There are two states in
the United States that have majority
of Negroes; the first one is Mississippi
with a percentage of 56.2 of Negroes
and the next is South Carolina with
$50 per cent.
West Virginia has the smallest per-
centage of Negroes of any of the
Southern states. The Colored people
of this state constitute only 5.3 of the
population.
There are 1852 counties in the
United States and of these there are
ITO in which there are no Negroes.
Texas leads in this respect with %
counties destitute of the race of color
(thank heaven). 1 think it would be
a good thing if they would vacate the
entire state then there would not be a
repetition of the Waco horror.
The city that contains the largest
number of Colored people in Washing
ton, d. c., which has 94,446. The
other cities containing the largest num-
Der according to the order in which
they are named are: New York, New
Orleans, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Mem
phis and Birmingham.
"Along the Color Line" is the pro-
duction of the depraved mind of w. B.
Smith, a Southerner. In this book,
which could influence only the preju-
diced and poor thinking class of any
nationality on account of its vague and
inconsistent arguments, he says that
the Negro is dying out and ultimately
there will be none left on this soil.
Let US pause a moment to see if that
is true. In 1870 his population was
100000; in 1880, 100000; in 1890,
100000; in 1900, S,SOO,OOO and now it
is 100000. If that is dying out, the
principals of mathematics have been
falsely taught.
But Thomas Nelson Page, his South
ern brother of Virginia does not think
as he does and he seems to have gone
to a different school. In his book
"The Negro,'' he says: "The Negro
race has already doubled three times
in the United States since the begin
ming of the last century, and unless
conditions change, it is possible that
before the end of the century there
may be between sixty and eighty mil
lions of Negroes in this country; a
situation which will tax all, and more
than all, of the wisdom and constancy
of the White race
There is another writer that pre-
diets even greater numbers of Negroes
in the future. A. H. Stone author Of
"The American Race Problem" gives
the opinion of Prof E. w. Gillian
which he says was published in 1888
and 1884 in the "North American Re-
view" According to Prof. Gillian, the
population of the Negro in 1850 will
he 2OO,OOO,OOO. Some writer's have ad-
oliOCu IHS IucOIy lHtG NIIHlH -UO years
the Negroes will out number the
Whites.
The rapidly increasing population of
the Negro is troubling the White man
in no small degree. The Southerner
especially fears his political strength,
the NorthernerNhis industrial and COM
mercial strength. The Southerner has
always said that the Negro was worth
less, shiftless and a menace to civiliza-
ton. If this is what he thinks of the
Negro why is it that he is exerting
every possible influence to keep him
from coming NorthF
He has appealed to the Negro from
the press to stay in the South; he has
promised him better wages; he has
yroynisad him hatter freatmant. he hos