Salt Lake Telegram | 1902-02-25 | Page 4 | Credit is due; 'Tis Given, Too

I C CREDIT IT IS DUE I GIVEN TOO ALL NEGRO ALL NEGRO TOWNS The establishment of negro negro all towns Is no not a here and there in Inthis this State Give the movement to be regretted n self govern negroes negroes negroes' a chance to learn They may citizenship ment merit and better not not acquire the the additional knowledge edge negro all new in the conduct of ot the rate at will any towns but such towns in may have satisfy any longing theY longing they will lead leadon leadon that direction and perhaps It may lead to on to better cl citizenship of the at least more voters for some citizens will become possessed po essed of property property prop prop- erty worth Cpr ta taxation purposes purpose An negro all neo all town will vill operate to leasen les lea lessen lessen sen race friction n and anything which A does that must considered be helpful negro who cannot get In a white town can fall back to an all- all after a while and perhaps negro town a negro that the whites cannot stand can b be sent practically speaking speaking speak speak- ing to a town made up of his own race If It such towns should prove to to- tobe be bel l helpful and popular an extension of the idea to rural districts may become desirable A school district or a rural neighborhood may be formed on a like basis This would involve the thC th pui purchase chase of a number of small amali adjoining farms until a neighborhood had bad enough child child- dren to fill a school building No doubt this would be more satisfactory tory than an negro all town for in the former the negroes would be proprietors an and therefore employers of their own labor whereas in an negro all-negro town like Douglas or Booker City men must go outside among the white employers to find employment The entire subject is tentative and no harm can come from the experiments that have been started Birmingham Herald Age