Phoenix tribune., 1921-01-22
new angle GIVEN
RACE PROBLEM BY
TRICKY WRITER'S
(By The Associated Negro Press)

(5y The Associated Negro Press)
Chicago, Jan. 2O-Thera is a con
eerted effort, with more or less
suspicious motives, to manufacture
sentiment in favor of the southern
idea OF dealing with the race prob
lem. -
The following editorial which has
come under the observation of the
Associated Negro Press has appear
ed, without credit lines, in fifty or
more daily southern newspapers. Each
editorial has the same caption, as is
always the case in similar editorials.
The caption OF this editorial, Chi
cago AS A Negro City It says:
Chicago has carried through its
boast that it would doa3ic its Negro
population in the decade. The in
crease is 14S.5 per cent, as against
21 per cent for the whites. The
Negroes have grown proportionately
in numbers more than seven times
as fast as the whites. Total Negroes
in Chicago, 109,594, which carries it
above Baltimore. and possibly Wash
ington, with New York city probably
its chief competitor The changed
conditions in this country are shown
by the fact that tha Two cities
with the largest Negro population
are now in the north, Chicago and
New York, and tiiat the next two
Baltimore and washington, are in
the so-called "baracr atates" with
possibly another NJ. ,narn city sixth,
Philadelphia. Tha only southern
city which comes any where near
these is New Orl.ans which may
show slight falling off in the num-
Der Of its Negroes, like the neigh
boring counties Of Louisiana and Mis-
sissippi.
The result is due to three causes
the fact that many railroads in this
section run directly into Chicago,
so that it is easy for Negroes from
Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee
to slip into the Illinois metropolis:
sccondly, the camp for the south
arn Negroes during the war was at
Grant, near Chicago; and, finally,
Political Influence for Chicago poll
ticians have stimulated this immigra-
ton, finding the Negro voters easily
controlled by them. There are So
600 Negro voters in Chicago who
are segregated in the south division,
and have largely determining in
fluence in Chicago politics.
1T Will be remembered that i'm
mediately after the Civil War some
extremists on the race question sug-
gasted that a district or territory of
the United States be set off as a
reservation for the Negroes alone.
a sort of American Liberia. Possi-
bly, the south side of Chicago could
be set aside for this purpose. It's
i'OEN 'stA-k4- 10 HfFt.OoL GAtluSGlN6lT
Negro and it's officials, state and
municipal, are of the same race
Many of these Negroes came orig
mdry, and only few years ago
from Louisiana and Mississippi. The
efforts 20 win them back to the
south has not been encouraging. They
are being held together by their
large numbers and their political
favors. The people of Chicago have
awakened to the fact that they have
Ia race problem Of their own to solve,
and a very marked differences Of
opinion have developed among them
as to the proper treatment of the
question, as the anti-Negro riots Of
last year showed. Chicago, therefore
has far kindlier sentiment towards
the south in its efforts to solve
these race problems" fairly, justly
and to the advantage Of all.