The Washington herald., 1922-08-07
Again-The Race Question.
To Athe Editor, The Washington Herald:

To athe Editor, The Warrington herau:
There have been se<eral replies
to a letter of mine, under the title
of Race Discrimination" which
appeared in the open Court Let
ters to The Herald" of the Goth of
last month. One came over my tel
ephone but requires no especial at
tention al the present time: anoth-
er was an anonymous letter signed
AN Undiluted African'-that l
find so pregnant with lies and so
UNIT for publication in other re-
spects that l barely read it through.
Finally. a far more tolerant COM
munication, entitled Regrets Let
ter" appeared in your open Court"
of the1 st instant. 1t is signed H. B.
Chinn and as he deplores the facts
set forth in my letters. l take him
to be a negro or perhaps a mulatto.
As &c is more than likely that there
are large numbers of others In Wash
ington who were more or less in
terested in the very unusual incl
dent l described in my letter un-
der Race Discrimination" l desire
to furnish some important infor-
nation here that should he care
still have it in mind to comment in
the Open Court of The Herald on
the question or questions that fall
within the limits of the subject In
hand.
1t would he asking altogether too
much of such future commentators
on this subject to read all the
books and articles I have published
on the negroes of this and other
countries during the past forty
years. Still consider ii to be of
vital Importance that at least my
last book on this subject should be
read, inthat my views may be
understood by those who have II
in mind to criticlse what l may
publish on the subject in the fu-
ture. The book. to which | refer is
entitled "America's Greatest Prob
phia in 1915. AS l am New Yorker
illustrated volume Of nearly 400
pages, ard was published by the
F. A. Davis Company of Philadel-
phia in lis. AS am New Yorker
by birth and at present a major in
the Medical Corps of the army. the
work puzzled many of the readers
of 1t south of the Mason and Dixon
line. Many read the work in the
Library of Congress and public Ii
hraries throughout the country.
Later on a Southerrer of distinc-
ton. who by the way only knew
the book from having seen its I'll
tie, wrote and asked me this Ques-
tion. What in the name OF COM
mon sense do you. a Yankee ofti-
Ger and a Northern man to Hoot.
know about the negro?" To this i
promptly made reply that I had
been a student of anatomy. physi-
ology, anthropolocy. ethnology.
psychology. medical and organic
evolution since 1868 or thereabouts.
Nv writings on these various sub
jects had gained me membership in
many learned societies throughout
the world. That ! have lived some
time in Havana. Cuba: visited Cape
Haytien: studied the negroes in
slavery. in the pens" seen them
stretched out and "black-snaked
/ within an inch of their lives. been
aboard the African slavers of the
West Indian coasts and seen the
dead and decomposed bodies of the
negroes thrown overheard from the
pliers of the African slave trade.
That had studied the negro In all
of our Southern states. had them
in my classes in the university.
made careful studies OF them
throughout the North, dissected
them. men. women and children. at
the medical school: and further I
had studied them as they took
what part they have In the various
-, ,x,iti 80 ranntrv-thot fS
in literature. economics. trade and
so on. For A great many years 1
gave all this my closest and con-
! tinual attention, and when ] com
sidered ] was ready for the task I
published a book on the subject.
So much for my critics in the South.
I know the negfo and know the
hybrids. the latter being the prod
ucts Of the crossing with them and
the various races now forming the
population of the United States.
If the great body of negroes and
mulattoes now inhabiting North
America, and this country in par
ticular. remains here. this mixture
of races will continue and. further.
be ever on the increase. The usual
result will follow. as II has fol-
lowed in other parts of the world.
In a few centuries 1t viii result in
an enormous depreciation of the
lido European or white American
stock; of a retrogression of all the
arts and sciences, and indeed Of
everything that makes for prog
ress and advance IN American CIV
ilization in our part Of the conti-
nent. Glaring examples of this are