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liJiAlifti c> iSUNDAV AMERICAN, ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, MAY 4, iy!3.
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The Jap and the Negro;
Why the South Should
Understand the Racial
Problem of the West
By JAMES B. NEVIN
I F California has the right to look
for respectful sympathy and
tolerant patience in any direc
tion nowadays, since the question
of fixing definitely the status of a
foreign and obnoxious race upon
her soil so acutely has presented
itself, yurely It Is in the direction of
the South.
The South, of all the sections,
should understand and gravely ap
preciate the problem that California
has to solve, and the tremendous
necessity of solving It in the light of
reason and common sense, and
while yet it is relatively young.
In many ways the Japanese are
as objectionable to the people of
the Pacific Coast, It seems, as were
the negroes in reconstruction days
to the people of the Gulf Coast.
The white population of Cali
fornia no more will tolerate a Japa
nese on terms either of social, polit
ical or business equality than a
Georgian will tolerate a negro.
The customs and manners of the
Orientals are very distasteful to the
red-blooded Americans of Califor
nia. The way they live, the things
they do, the habits they indulge
themselves in, the peculiar and un
usual traits of character they ex
hibit—these things may be all right
in far-away Japan, where the
neighboring folk are of a kind. In
Californki, however, they are out of
place and obnoxious, in the extreme.
“Old Dr. Dixieland.”
Whatever the ancient misunder
standings between the sections may
have been, however, and despite the
mistakes that may have been made,
the disposition of the nation to-day
is to turn the negro problem over to
Old Dr Dixieland, who has proved
hjmself to be something of a spe
cialist in the home treatment of the
colored brother, and who knows
Sambo like a book besides.
Grover Cleveland once remarked,
' Those standing next the burden are
best fitted to lift it!” And that is
true, whether the burden be located
in Georgia or California.
Perhaps California didn’t sympa
thize with Georgia in that full de
gree of friendly feeling she well
might have felt back in those bitter
reconstruction days down South,
but it was because California didn’t
know, and didn’t understand. And
the South will not hold that against
California to-day—for the South
does know and does understarid the
vexing and fretting ramifications of
a race problem, and the deep con
cern a people may feel In the matter
of its proper development and solu
tion. Two wrongs never did make a
right, and the fact that California
may have assumed a wrong point of
view 40 or 50 years ago will not
justify Georgia and the South in as
suming a wrong point of view in
1913.
California knows more about the
Japanese residing in the Far West
than Georgia knows about them. v
And that just as Georgia knew
more about the negroes in the six
ties than Michigan, or Wisconsin,
or California knew.
It will be no more possible to ram
a repugnant Japanese citizenship
down the throat of California to
day than it was possible to ram an
obnoxious negro citizenship down
the throats of Southerners in re
construction times!
There is the pith of the problem!
State’s Honor Is Involved.
It is begging the question pitifuily
to hold that the Japanese constitute
a “world power,” and that, there
fore, some extraordinary point of
“national honor” is involved in a
pro-Japanese settlement of this
question, and that neither of these
two things entered into the question
of the negro in the South.
The real point of national honor
involved is the honor of California—
a. sister State in the American Un
ion—and the plea that this nation
should swallow a nasty dose merely
because some “world power” pre
scribes it is cowardly and unworthy.
Why should these Japanese wish
to come to this country, where they
are not tvanted, and whither they
never have been invited?
The negro—poor, ignorant, help
less thing—was brought here,
against his inclination and desire,
an involuntary factor in a mere
money-making scheme. He was a
subject of no “world power”—he
had no choice between remaining at
home, where lived his kindred and
his kind, and going abroad, where
he was neither wanted nor invited.
The negro's case involved much of
the pathetic—the case of the Japa
nese in California involves nothing
of the sort.
Talk of “dishonoring Japan!” To
my humble way of thinking that
is as nothing compared with talk
of dishonoring California—one of
the sovereign States of the Union,
whose white star shines altogether
as brightly and as beautifully^in
Old Glory’s galaxy as the white
star of any other State, and a thou
sand times more radiantly than the
sun, or the moon, or whatever It
is, of Japan.
I know very little of my own
knowledge about California and the
Japanese. And that is why I in
cline so heartily to let California
come Into court and testify as to
the truth of the matter. Califor
nia does know*. California has the
Japanes© “In her midst” literally—
and has had for a long and weary
day.
If California, speaking through its
best and bravest citizenship, saj r s
she can get along with these peo
ple only thus and so, far be it from
me to dispute it!
I have heard too much misguided
and misinformed preaching from
the North in respect of what the
South should do with the negro.
The South has the negro altogeth
er and very much “in its midst.”
To Dixieland the negro was, and
still is, a condition, not a theory—
just as the Japanese Is to Califor
nia to-day.
Groundwork Is the Same.
There may be differences in de
tail—the groundwork of the situa
tion is identically the same. Cali
fornia raises oranges—Georgia
raises cotton. Georgia is capable
of advising California as to how
cotton must be cultivated if its full
fruit is to be obtained. California
is capable of advising Georgia as
to how oranges must be cultivated
if the full fruit of them Is to be
obtained.
California knows what it will and
w’hat it will not stand for in the
Japanese. Georgia knows what it
will and what it will not stand for
in the negro. And each know’s be
cause it has learned by experience
and actual contact w r ith the thing
about w’hich its knowledge centers.
It agitates me not one-half so
much to think that Japan may not
be pleased with this nation’s acts in
matters carrying the happiness and
welfare of a sister State as it does
to think that the sister State may
not be pleased..
Far be it from this nation to work
injustice ug)on any one—be he Jap
anese, negro, Eskimo, or w’hat not.
But justice to the Japanese does not
necessarily dwell within letting him
have his own way about things,
while a resident of one of the States
of the Union. Justice to no man
dwells necessarily within that.
We fix laws and regulations for
ourselves in this country, and we
insist that w e ourselves shall obey
our laws. But this country is a
w’hite man's country, and the white
men therein are going to permit
things to themselves that they are
rot going to permit to black men,
nor brown men, nor yellow' men.
The things that the white man,
his sons and his daughters may en
joy in the United States are for the
white man to say—and there is no
injustice in that he draws the line
of color where he pleases, because
he is sure to draw’ it where it be
longs. And when he draw’s it, it
stays put.
Let Japan Do Likewise.
Let Japan proscribe the alien
ownership of land in the Flowery
Kingdom if it w ishes to. The United
States W’ill utter no complaint.
If our sort of people are distaste
ful to the Japanese as neighbors
and associates, let Japan say so.
It would be the manly thing to say.
And even if, when Japan had said
it, we still, through force of power,
overran Japan and thrust ourselves
upon her people, whether or not,
it w’ould be an indecent and a dis
honorable thing to do!
Japan and the United States each
has the right to set its own house
hold in order, and after its own in
clinations and desires; but neither
has the right to set the other’s
household in order, if it be against
that other’s will and ideals of right.
The South In this national crisis
should stretch forth Its friendly and
sympathizing hand not to Japan,
nor yet to the Tories of the North
and East—who would concern
themselves with Japanese “rights”
and “honor” rather than the rights
and honor of California, but to the
red-blooded Americans of the West,
who are upholding a racial princi
ple as dear to the heart of a Cau
casian as the unblemished integ
rity of his very household itself.
The Church and Recreation
By Dr. A. R. HOLDERBY.
f-'astor of the Moore Memorial Church.
R ELIGIOUS instruction is not the
only commodity in which the
church should deal, as far as
children are concerned. They should
provide recreation and attraction for
the children as well.
The-e is too much dullness and
deadness in the present system
of religious training for children. Our
churches, as a rule, are not attractive
th the children and young people,
hence the devil is getting them. Oth
er places are more attractive than
the church.
If the church is n<ft to save the
children it had better go out of busi
ness. The church of Jesus Christ has
much to do with the child labor laws
and everything else that makes for
tfie welfare of children. The devil
apftis many a child because the church
fails- to provide for the moral and
physical nature of the child.
» There are many delinquent children
in Atlanta. Later many of them
will fill our Jails and penitentiaries,
because the church is not caring for
tlffem.'
Winning the souls of children is a
bMslness in which there is much com
petition from influences in the other
^Eirevtion. To offset this competition
there must be some attraction other
r * v «n a recital and emphasis of the
*-j&nificant things that, to a chiW’s
*^7nind, may seem at times dry and
^without appeal.
The church is responsible for every
child that goes to jail. It is the sol
emn duty of the church to see to it
that the children are not forced to
work in the sweat shops and facto
ries or anywhere else at a tender age.
Men and women are lost to-day be
cause in their youth they w’ere al
lowed to drift. The church h< W no
at^-aetion for them, and it was no
part of their lives. The church must
aw'ake to its mission. ^
The church must look to the chil
dren for its own perpetuation and
development, and it necessarily must
falter and fail without the new blood
and new’ life of a new’ generation.
There are few’ things in which the
church of to-day is more remiss than
in its proper care of the child.
The child is much sinned against
to-day in many ways. When a baby
is born into the world it is question
able whether the event should be a
matter of congratulation or not.
The odds are against the child.
Parents are guilty of neglecting their
children in not gaining their moral
nature and in not fitting them for
the best and noblest service in life.
Every church building should be
open every day in the year and some
thing should be going on that will
attract the children and tie them to
the church. As it is the church is
only a Sunday affair and not identi
fied with the every-day life of the
children.
What will become of the church if
we lose the young people? The
church will then be doomed.
Private Cars
Deadly Spotted Fever i
And How to Fight If
Cerebrospinal meningitis, one of
the must deadly diseases known to
science, is the subject of an article
published this week by the Georgia
State Board of Health. In this ar
ticle, the health authorities analyze
the disease, its cause, its effect, its
treatment and prermtion.
The article follows:
Oerebro-spinaJ meningitis, spotted
fever, or as It 1a more conrmonly
called, simply meningitis, Is one of
the most terrible and fatal of all dis
eases, the mortality running up as
high as 100 per cent 1n some local
epidemics.
Although the cause of the disease
has been known for a number of
years, the exact method by which the
germ that produces it spreads from
man to maii was until quite re
cently entirely unrecognized and
even now It can not be said that the
whole matter has been demonstrated
with scientific exactness; notwith
standing this—in view of the fact
that the disease has recently existed
to a considerable extent in Atlanta,
and has appeared In a number of the
smaller tow r ns of Georgia—the State
Board of Health deems it it's duty to
furnish to the people such Informa
tion concerning the malady as may
be thought to be of value In connec
tion with it.
CHaraoter of the Disease.
Cerebro-sptnal meningitis Is a dis
ease which is produced by a minute
vegetable organism known as the
micrococcus lntracellularis. It Is very
fortunately a germ of low vitality, as
It develops only at about blood-heat,
and when expelled from its normal
dwelling-place In the human body it
dies very quickly.
These germs get within the skull
and spinal canal, and produce vio
lent inflammation of the coverings cf
the brain and cord; these membranes
are called "meninges,” hence the
name “cerebro-spinal meningitis.”
Within a short time after their en
trance pus is produced, and the con
dition becomes practically one of ab
scess around the brain and spinal
cord.
Course of the Disease.
It 19 not within the province of
this paper to go into details concern
ing the symptoms of this disease,
space only permitting a brief state-
A DR^AM OF MEN AND WOMEN
By Ella Wheeler Wilcox
THE TIDES.
O H, vain is the stern protesting
Of winds, w’hen the tide runs
high;
And vainly the deep-sea waters
Ca’i out as the waves speed by:
For, deaf to the claim of the ocean.
To the threat of the loud wind
dumb,
Past reef and bar, to shores afar,
They rush when the hour is come.
Vainly the tempest thunders.
Of unsexed waves that roam
Where nature made their home,
For the voice of the great Moon-
Mothcr
Has spoken and said, “Be free,”
And the tide musT go to the strong
full flow,
In the time of the perigee.
So vain is the cry of the masters,
And vain the plea of the hearth,
As the ranks of the strange New
Woman
Go sweeping across the earth.
They have come from Hall and hovel
They have pushed through door and
gate;
On the world’s highway they are
crowded to-day,
For the hour is the hour of fate.
Many are hurt in the crowding,
The light of the home burns dim;
And man’is'aghast at the changes,
Though all can be traced to him.
They sat too iong at the hearthstone,
And sat too oft alone;
And the silence spoke, and their souls
awoke.
And now they must claim their own.
Let no man hope to hinder.
Let no man bid them pause;
They are moved by a hidden purpose,
They follow resistless laws.
And out of the wreck and chaos
Of the order that used to be,
A strong new race yhall take its
place
In a world we are yet to 3ee.
Oh, ever has man been leader.
Yet failed as woman’s guide,
It is better that she step forward
And take her place at his side.
For only from greater woman
May come the greater man,
Through life’s long quest they should
walk abreast—
As was meant by the primal plan.
Ofttimes I dream of the world as it
might be.
And always I dream of mem lead
ers. rulers, masters, creators. And
always I dream of women, compan
ions, sympathizers, mates, mothers,
friends, keepers of the home and
guardians of the race.
In this Dream World I 5’ee no wom
en in the shops, in the factories, in
the offices, or anywhere outside the
home, save where charity might lead,
to the bedside of the sufferer or to
the school, teaching the children pf
the world the precious truths of right
thinking and right mental develop
ment.
I see men (these Dream Men) ap
preciating the work of woman in the
home, in the school room, in the
realms of beauty, helplines and
charity.
I see women (these Dream Women)
realizing the immense domains which
belong ro them by nature, and devel
oping all their magnificent resources.
I see them making ideal homes;
homes all beautiful to the eye, and
mind, and heart; centers of love and
social life and wholesome hospitality.
And I see them occupied and happy
in this w’ork and rejoicing in their
ability to accomplish great results
with relatively’small expenditures of
money. Because ihey have loved
their work, and loved its large scope
and its wide influence.
Into these homes I s^e the men
come (the Dream Men), and always
with smiling faces, and words of ap
preciation on their lips, and they look
about the home with delight and note
every little change that has been made
in their absence; and they sit at the
tasteful, well-provided board and
praise its beauty and abundance and
Its appetizing vianda
And they press kisses on the hands
w’hich have toiled for them; and they
voice their gratitude for all the keeper
of the home has done for them; and
they talk w’ith her of the great world
outside; and make her companion of
their thoughts and comrade of their
lives in every truth.
I see these men (these Dream Men^
sharing their worldly gains with these
women, and making no query how
the woman’s share is spent, knowing
it will be for the benefit and beauty
of the home and the keeper of the
home.
I see these men and women (these
Dream Men and Women) always
sharing each other’s pleasures, and,
at the same time, planning Individual
distractions, so that neither shall feel
so dependent upon the other that self-
development is arrested or self-re
liance lost
And I see the world (the Dream
World) growing better and the *raco
growing more and more in the Image
of its Creator. Because motherhood
(in this Dream World) defies a wom
an; and every man (every Dream
Man) bows low r before an expectant
mother; and she i« surrounded by all
that is beautiful, all that is good, all
that is tender and sweet and best in
life, before and after the wonderful
hour when her immaculate child
comes to birth. And always I see
little children .welcomed, loved and
reared in tenderness and affection.
J see the mothers (these Dream
Mothers) awed and thrilled with the
wonderful privilege of motherhood:
and I see them devoting dally hour.->
of thought and study and prayers to
the perfection of their vast .and glori
ous domain; the domain of character
building; of creating noble sons and
daughters, and. greater than sons and
daughters, noble men and women, no
ble citizens of the world.
And I see these children (the
FUTILITY OF SELF = By Constance May
current of love which circles about
the world. Hermetically sealed with
in the vacuum of his own conceit,
he boasts of his immunity from “su
perstition” and “sentiment.” He show s
no more sense than, and works at as
great a disadvantage as, an old mer
chant might who refused to believe
in telegraphy, and in bigoted ignor
ance insisted upon carrying on his
I SUPPOSE you think a great deal of
and about yourseif. Why? Do
you realize what a big world this
is, and how' many, many millions of
human beings there are on ihe
earth.
Suppose yYm were lifted up on an
eagle’s wings higher than the tops of
the highest mountains, and, looking i £ncI n ***VvitbniuTi*’
down, could see the multitudes of . ousmess w unout u.
your fellowmen gathered together like
the sands of the sea—then, supposing
you were auddenly dropped down
among them, w’ould an understand
ing of your exceeding smallness come
upon you? Then, when you found
yourself one of those innumerable
grains of sand on an infinite shore?
So long as you go on remaining de
tached, grain, self-contained, self-im
portant, self-satisfied, you must go on
being small. Thinking about yourself
will not help you to grow: and a man
must grow' to live—grow in sympathy,
understanding, and faith. Have faith
in something above and beyond your
self—without this you are blind. Find
understanding of nature and the se
crets she reveals to the seeker; with
out an increasing knowledge of these
you are crippled as a man without
hands.
Be in sympathy with the efforts and
aspirations of mankind, especially
those near to you; without this you
have no pulse of life—you are dead at
the core. The selfish are small and
of no account; you must grow in
brain and heart and soul to become
great; and in growing gradually dis
card the clinging letters of self until
you stand forth strong In new-found
freedom.
The selfish are miserable, for they
are always fretting about the slights
and hindrances they meet with on
their narrow’ pathway through life.
They are always thinking of the ef
fect they create, forgetful that an
undue share of the limelight does not
make a good actor—only shows up his
faults and deficiencies.
The selfish man is a failure, for lie
cut? himself off from the wireless
If you are selfish the electrical
farces of love stop short against you,
failing to pierce the barrier which di
vides you from your fellows.
You absorb the vitality of those
who come in contact with you, giv
ing nothing in return, and thus for
a time it seems you are strong.
But when you fall—as fail you
must—oh, the noise of it!—the dis
grace—the disaster! ,No one really
cares, but you create so much ruin!
And there is no one to help you—
none, unless you call upon the forces
of love you despised.
Have you seen “The Pretenders?”
There is a beautiful scene at the
end when those women who hav?
been no more than beautiful back
ground to the rough man’s world of
barbaric strife made so strangely real
by the genius of Ibsen—when sister,
daughter and wife take the wanderer
pome to their hearts and point out to
him the path he shall tread. He has
scorned them and condemned them
to bitter loneliness, but they hold out
loving arms w’hich are stronger than
the wanderer’s tw*o-handled sword
and breastplate of steel.
The selfish man may seem for a
time to sweep all before him, but his
triumph is barren. A silent battle is
being waged on another field where
the powers of unselfishness win.
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Dream Children) growing up with
worship in their hearts for their
mothers, and for their fathers; and
w’ith high and holy Ideals of life,
and love, and marriage, and citizen
ship, because those ideals have been
instilled into their young minds from
the cradle by the sweet, patient, in
sistence of the mother and the big.
broad, kindly companionship of the
father.
And I see the world (the Dream
World) growing better and better, and
the race advancing to higher stand
ards, and all its problems solved
through the home.
Then I waken from my dream and
I see women (the real women) going
forth to be wage earners; even into
the hour of their unwilling maternity
going forth to labor in factories and
mills and shops; and with them walk
little children, also going forth to la
bor; little children who come into the
world undesired, and who carry pre
maturely old faces upon their unde
veloped bodies. Everywhere I see
women seeking and striving for all
things save the home, because they
have been left alone In the home too
long and too often, and because they
have received no praise for the mak
ing and keeping of the home and be
cause money has been given grudlng-
ly them them.
All over the woirld (the real world)
I see confusion and disorder; because
w'omen are rushing into places de
signed for men, and because men are
unable to cope with this invasion;
the Invasion they have caused by sel
fishness. For In this world (this real
world) men have made a God ot
money, and women have been dragged
behind Mammon’s chariot as part of
the spoil; and home and children have
been offered up on the altar as sacri
flees ami as I look about in all these
things, I know I have but dreamed
a dream of what might have been.
Yet always It seems to me a dream
of what Is to be. For such was God’s
supreme design, and God’s design
may be delayed, but It cannot be
thwarted.
And I know that all this disorder
has been caused by the failure of
man to understand and appreciate
woman, and the failure of woman to
understand the fullness of her pow’er
and the width of her domain.
And through this confusion and dis
order both will come to mutual un
derstanding of their mistakes, and In
centuries to he the Dream World
will be established.
ment of the principal manlfestaXUwul
that occur in, those afflicted with thdft
malady. In aJmrwst all cases thsi,
disease la preceded by a slight csM
tarrhal condition of the nose anAj
throat, the symptoms being those ofi]
an ordinary cold. The symptom^
that point to the covering of the
brain being attacked' come on wit hid
great suddenness: there Is usually **•
chill followed by Intense headaebe^j
vomiting, restlesffLess, with great*
dred of noises and bright light; ixi
many cases reddish spots appear be-*
neath the skin, these being usually*
quite tender on pressure. In some,
cases the muacles of the neck be-*
come very stiff, and contract so that]
the head is drawn backward. Tbel
temperature is somewhat irregular,j
but Is always above normal in the!
beginning, and sometimes goes very*
high; the pulse is as a rule normaL!
ot but little aocelerated. After tbel
patient remains in the condition June 1
described for from a few hours to!
several days, he generally becomes*
unconscious* and In a comparatively!
short time dies. In some cases the*
symptoms after starting off very vionj
lently quickly subside, and the pa
tient makes a comparatively rapid,
recovery. In other instances the dis
ease begins more mildly, the patient
having more or less of the usual
symptoms, but not so severely as is
ordinarily the case; in such cases
the patient may die, after lingering
weeks or months, or may make a pro
tracted recovery, writh frequently
partial paralytic conditions that per
manently • remain.
Prevention.
There is reason to belierve that thla
germ first attacks the mucous mem- ,
branes of the nose, and in many
merely causes the symptoms of an
ordinary cold, and goes no further.
However, In those with weak resist
ing powers to the disease the germs
spread from the nose into the skull
by the blood or by other means, and
there set up an inflammation with the
resulting symptoms described above.
So it is seen that it is important dur
ing epidemics that persons with colds
should be very careful not to allow'
other people to become infected from
them. As cold and wet are undoubt
edly predisposing causes to colds, it
is well for every one to shun such
exposure during periods when menin
gitis is prevalent. Debilitating in
fluences, such as alcoholic excess and
lack of sleep, should also be avoided
Those exposed to the disease should
be given three injections of the so-
called meningo-bacterins; these bac-
terins are believed to create an arti
ficial immunity against meningitis in
very much the same way that vac
cination protects a person against
smallpox. In addition to this treat
ment those exposed should use sev
eral times a day an antiseptic mouth
and nasal spray.
It is needless to say that those suf
fering from menvngitis should be rig-j.
idly quarantined • and every precau
tion taken to prevent the spread of
this dreadful disease.
T reatment.
Unfortunately we possess no sure
cure for meningitis. It is believed,
however, that the present method of
treatment has very materially lessen
ed the death rate. This treatment
consists in the injection into the spina|
canal of a serum which finds its way
up the canal and into the skull, and
attacks directly the cause of the dis-
ea*se. Under this form of treatment
it is claimed that the death rate has
been lowered from 70 per cent to
about 40 per cent. For the serum
treatment to be of any value, how
ever, it is highly important that it
should be given early. In addition to
this treatment it is often also neces
sary to keep the patient quiet with
anodynes and to control other symp
toms with remedial measures as they
may be indicated.
The State Board of Health, upon
request, w’ill gladly furnish the anti-
meningitis serum and the meningo-
bacterins free of charge.
WALKING TO ANO FPOM THE TELEPHONE
IS WASTEFUL
A TELEPHONE ON EVERY DESK SAVES
WASTEFUL WALKING
“Walking is Waste
Says an Eminent Efficiency Expert
m
“AN ORGANIZATION that is economically
managed is equipped to handle all its
business without waste of tinted useless moves
and confusion.”
Such an organization must have ADEQUATE
TELEPHONE FACILITIES to help cut the cor
ners, to eliminate wasteful walking between
desks and departments and to create order.
Are YOUR telephone facilities adequate?
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SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE
AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY