The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-30
A. GUsAHOFF.

II S6etnS IildJ Lne most important
problem, for the bourgeois professors
of the white and Negro race to solve,
is to prove, that the American Ne
gro is progressing, that the Negro of
the olden days, who was isolated in
the far south, on the cotton, textile,
sugar and other plantations, working
under the most miserable conditions
of the slave system, is gradually bet
tering his conditions, and is securing
for himself place in the various in
dustries of the North, as WE'LL as in
the industrialized South, among the
always superior" white workers.
These research workers, who are so
much interested in the problems of the
Negro, show to us with great pride
and happiness, that the Negro is not
only taking an active part in the in
dustrial life of this country, but also
in the political life, and that he is
more and more becoming race con-
cious (they bother very little about
his class conciousness) and strives
for closer cooperation with the white
workers of this country.
1t is of great Importance to ex-
anime the existing situation, and
really see if the conditions of the
Negro in the United States have
changed much, if the conditions of
the Negro youth have changed any,
and if they can be compared with
those of white workers.
Lynchings.
A good example of the changed con-
ditions, will be the fact, that even to-
day lynchings are taking place in the
various states of this great country.
Of course the yearly average has de-
creased much, but still it does not |
look as if this barbaric method of |
disposing of people had been elimina-
ted, which by the way, does not give
much prestige to our democratic"
government, which promises protec-
tion to "all," who live under our
STARRY" flag.
Industrialization.
Another of the important changes,
is the industrialization Of the Negro
in general, and the Youth speci-
fically. The statistics given show
that the bulk of the Negro population
is gainfully employed in the various
important and basic industries of this
country. With the exception of the
! foreign born, larger percentage of
Negro men are engaged in gainfull
occupations, than any other group |
of workers. Children make up large
per cent in industry.
| The Negro usually works at a |
smaller wage than the white worker |
does which explains the necessity of
a great number of children working |
in various industries in order to help
their parents to make half decent |
existence.
In one of the recent publications,
which deal with the life of the Negro |
in the South, it is stated: that though |
Negro of the South may work
steady all his life, it will be impos-
sible for him to have any money
saved. Not because of his extrava-
CANT living, but because he is always
underpaid, and never makes enough |
to live on.
The conditions Of the Negro, es-
pecially the youth in the North is
just as bad. That is because of the
refusal of the A. F. of L. to accept
them into the existing trade unions,
and in general lack of organization.
1t is necessary to note that certain
liberals, who seem to be so much
concerned with the race problem, are
developing the theory, that the Negro
is "better off," by not joining the
unions, because an employer would
never pay the same wages to Negro
worker, when he can get a white
worker to do the same work for the
same price.
We all know that this is not true.
That even in time of slack many
white workers were let go, while the
Negroes remained. We all know
during the last investigation which
was made not so long ago in the
Pittsburgh district in % steel mills
it was proven that Negro workers
are employed, and paid the same
wage as the white and that the
owners of these factories found Ne
gro labor more reliable.
This bunk is being spread in order
to keep the Negroes out Of the unions
with their own free will, and always
be able to use them as scabs to
break strikes of the white workers,
and in such manner still more
strengthen race hatred.
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tended to the Negro and the Negro
youth?
Where are these special privileges