10. They are becoming distinctly worse as each year solidifies the hatred and crystallizes the opinions of the whites which immediately subsequent to the Civil War were in a chaotic state.
11. The last year or so has shown that riots are more quickly started. In our opinion race relations are likely to get much worse, especially if the present flood of European immigration continues. But getting worse to become better is much like a boil which, after it gathers and breaks, leaves the body in a healthier condition. Negroes are becoming more and more determined to enjoy their constitutional rights.
12. I am in doubt.
13. I am an optimist. I believe relations are becoming better.
OPINIONS ON SOLUTION
Question: Do you believe that money and the acquisition of wealth make an appreciable difference in the degree of respect in which Negroes are held by their white neighbors, or in the treatment they receive?
| Economic Progress[84] | 1866 | 1919 | Gain in Fifty-three Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes owned | 12,000 | 600,000 | 588,000 |
| Farms operated | 20,000 | 1,000,000 | 980,000 |
| Businesses conducted | 2,100 | 50,000 | 47,900 |
| Value of church property | $1,500,000 | $85,900,000 | $84,400,000 |
| Wealth accumulated | $20,000,000 | $1,100,000,000 | $1,080,000,000 |
Answers:
1. Yes, money and wealth are the root of all good and evil. In North Carolina, a rich Negro, McCary, who, it was alleged, had been caught in intimate relations with a leading white woman, was sued for money damages instead of being lynched. Money and wealth must be widely diffused enough to make an appreciable difference, however; isolated cases of wealth ordinarily engender friction and hatred.