nds of Negroes of work in the North. They
therefore counseled the Negroes to stay at home and to keep possession
of their property, especially their property in land.
The radicals, on the other hand, who insist on equal rights for the
race, boldly advised and urged the Negroes to come North. When this
exodus was well under way one of the members of this class, Dr. W. E.
B. Du Bois, spoke as follows: "There are not jobs for everybody; there
is no demand for the lazy and casual; but trained, honest Negro
laborers are welcome in the North at good wages just as they are
lynched in the South for impudence. Take your choice."[105]
Furthermore, others of this class, believing that immigration would
not be a factor in the labor situation for a long time to come,
likewise urged the Negroes to continue moving to the North. Their
desire was to see the Negro population increase its size in such great
proportions through this migration as to afford it the opportunity to
exercise in the North economic and political power hitherto
unknown.[106]
FOOTNOTES:
[71] Fairchild, H. P., _Immigration_, p. 226.
[72] Williams, W. T. B., _Negro Migration in 1916-17_, Rep. U. S.
Dept. Lab., p. 98.
[73] _Ibid._, pages 98-99.
[74] Leavell, R. H., _Negro Migration in 1916-17_, Rep. U. S. Dept.
Lab., pp. 17-19.
[75] Snavely, T. R., _Negro Migration in 1916-17_, Rep. U. S. Dept.
Lab., pp. 70-73.
[76] Woofter, T. J., Jr., _Negro Migration in 1916-17_, Rep. U. S.
Dept. Lab., p. 90.
[77] Snavely, T. R., _Negro Migration in 1916-17_, Rep. U. S. Dept.
Lab., pp. 73-74.
[78] Baker, R. S., _World's Work_, 34: 315-16, Je., 1917.
[79] Baker, R. S., _World's Work_, 34: 315-16, Je., 1917.
[80] Horwill, H. W., _Contemp. Rev._, 114: 302, Sept., 1918.
[81] Haynes, G. E., _Survey_, 40: 120, May 4, 1918.
[82] Snavely, T. R., _Negro Migration in 1916-17_, Rep. U. S. Dept.
Lab., pp. 64-64.
[83] Scott, E. J., _Negro Migration During The War_, pp. 72-73.
[84] _Ibid._, p. 73.
[85] Woofter, T. J., Jr., _Negro Migration in 1916-17_, Rep. U. S.
Dept. Lab., p. 86.
[86] Tyson, F. D., _Negro Migration in 1916-17_, Rep. U. S. Dept.
Lab., p. 121.
[87] _Ibid._, pp. 121-23.
[88] Scott, E. J., _Negro Migration During The War_, p. 74.
[89] Williams, W. T. B., _Negro Migration in 1916-17_, Rep. U. S.
Dept. Lab., p. 110.
[90] Horwill, H. W., _Contemp. Rev._, 114: 301-302, Sept., 1918.
[91] Williams, W. T. B., _Negro Migration in 1916
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