Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-08
Circulation livery 1QO00
Evening Yesterday i OOOO
FRIDAY, APRIL :. 1921
Tur NEGRO PROBLEM.

TN NEGRO PROBLEM.
Fvcry Evening publishes in the Nv nat
a.. peor,c say" column on this page
tsd,, "A letter. written 10y a Negro which
states the problems OF his race as ne
secs thcn in clear sound manner
which merits Thought on the part OF
many well wishing hut ignorant friends
81 tn, black man
Tho writer Of that letter, by calm
Thought and much observation has
learned more 81 the solution OF the /
,,rrlcNirr race question than many |
~ te-sioual rcfcrmcrs. whose knowledge .
~ ~. condition ~ the Negro was gained
y, /, Ia-dlys tour 81 the South. in |
~Il,e t,uc 4 few dinInr car walters
W., .rtcr, ,owcd and many picanin-
n,es we're seen At waysidc stations.
nike his uplifting friends. this man
mat a part of the trouble lies in
... nental atti,udc Of his own people
la,s not say -. but persons who
r.,e fpr years studied this matter know
tr,. this wrong point n ,iow Of life
- boon caused 10y the same we'll
Wishing hut ignorant friends who thom-
rrlgcs never understood the race which
thc, Would bcn,at says the letter
writer
our greatest danger IS that in
no great leap from slavery.
No may overlook tho fact that
tho masses If us are t. live
la inc production 81 our hands.
ma fail 10 keep in mind that
,vc shall prosper in proportion
as W learn "a dignity and clo-
rIfv common labor and put
hralus ard skill into tho com
mon occupations 81 life. We
shat prosper III proportion rs
we learn to draw the lines be
ar,r tlr superficial and the
lstautia1.
$50 race can prosper until il
ms that there IS IS much
aerlty ir tho ti1iu- of a fold
as ia the writing of . poem. j
IS IL the bottom OF life that We
r.u~t begin. and not ~ the top
\ar should we permit our
grievances to ovcrshadow our
epportunUICs ] VIII say 10 my
i,il.v v-man that the industrial
education is most needed in my
race for further success.
II all the millions of dollars which
certaiu phllanthropists in the North
contributed to tho education Of the
>.er had hccn expended wisely, there
ia be no Negro problem today.
afar,uuatct his reconstruction was
r a.vaz. ir me rtzht hands; Per
s- Win he best Of intentions, but
E..v r.thsr@ u The Negro. mi
.a s rl overnight established,
WIN >e~bor phuanthropist~ funds.
41 schools which sought 10 train
~ ..-d ~. Negro before ms hand
M, VAS. ard to major cx-
ut a.v E.s Iriaoipa. means Of
aecaa.aa
H. oae southern city alone three
N,ero universities were established. and
men one generation from slavery were
crammcd with the knowledge necessary
fof them to become lawyers. ministers
pA,slcIaus and Ph. D.s. But no trade
school was stcn dreamed Of. As a result
for several generations the race ha.
Icoa top-h,a1y There has been {
large upper strata Of men versed il
Ncnophon S Anabasis. and then a huge
.ov,r strata. uncducated even in trades
They have been either partly educated
m,r or faru-hauds.
The south then was too POOR to odu
cato tbc >esio Il dld no, have enough
money - educate al of its white chill
dren e,,r. and thc funds which ha'
bu donated ir the North for tn
N.elo v.le rot wisely spont IL re
n44ncd Tor 4 Negro preacher Wit
more brains thau :, dozen rcformers, t
start the Industrial education Of hi
race in Atlanta. His system was dif
fcrent from that or Booker Washing
ton. and he gained the united supper
OF the Southern people. who have ma
branches of his school established i
many other cities. That preacher
theory is GIVE every Negro a chanc
70 learn q trade. # ne wants a prc
fession. and is fitted for it. give hiI
ths, training. too. But first give hir
chance a. a trade in which he ca
u.ak, living" There are hundred
al Negro professional men in the Sout
Who are practically starving, but thei
il plenty u work for the man with
trade. lie is given fair chance, to
a. IS shown by the fact that the I'nior
permit any. Ncgrn to carry the Unio
Card who has qualified the same as II