Show I LIBERIA LInE RIA THE ONLY ESCAPE Condition of the Negro Race Said Sai l to Be Worse in This Country Than Ever Before PAY TAXES ON YET VET THEY ARE BARRED FROM THE OFFICES Denver Colo Cob Oct 3 ar 31 J N Walker president of at tho the Colorado African Colon Coloni Colonization society delivered an address on the tho Race Problem and Its Solution at atthe atthe atthe the Central Presbyterian church here last night by b Invitation of ot tho the pastor Dr R It RP RF F P Coyle Mr Walker contends that race antagonism antagonism antagonism I Is becoming more and more pro pronounced pronounced I I I but Instead of deploring It ho h t believes It Is beneficial because It tends I I to keep the races apart Race separation I no ho thinks Is essential for the blacks as aswell aswell aswell well as for tor tho the whites because only by that means ans can the African race develop along the lines which nature Intended So long as the blacks remain In this country they will be subject to the whites Con are steadily growing worse for tor them and as a whole their moral condi tion is lower than it was in the days In slavery slaver Walker contends that education and the acquisition of property have failed to elevate his race or Improve Its condition in relation to the whites Conditions Grow Worse years ago about 10 per cent of ot the blacks were educated and in the aggregate they paid taxes ore on oi To Today Toda Today day da about 40 per cent are educated and taxes are paid on Yet the tho con condition condition diLlon of ot the tho race Is worse now than it was w S then At 1 that time the blacks had two United States senators eight representatives representatives representatives in congress and a number of state officials Thoy They have hao none of these now There were no then no Jim Crow row cars and no disfranchisement even eve In the south The only way of escape from a condition which Is la rapidly Ing tag worse Is by b emigration to Liberia where a black republic can be built up Many Ian blacks would like to go but owing to high steamship rates and their own lack of means they tho are compelled to re ro remain remain romain main here The situation calls for con congressional congressional congressional gressional aid and steamship companies should see In this desire for emigration an opportunity to build up a large traffic and at the same time promote trade be between between between tween the west coast of Africa and the I United States I |