Baltimore 29,165 38,131 8,966 131 Richmond 14,216 18,138 3,922 128 Atlanta 12,400 15,717 3,317 127 Washington 33,831 41,866 8,035 123 New Orleans 28,936 35,727 6,791 123 Nashville 13,334 16,061 2,727 120 Charleston 14,187 16,849 2,662 119 Savannah 10,493 12,485 1,992 119 Memphis 13,333 15,396 2,063 115 Louisville 13,348 15,324 1,976 115 Philadelphia 18,960 21,414 2,454 113 St. Louis 13,247 13,819 572 104 New York 12,649 13,025 376 103 ------ ------ ------ --- Total 228,099 273,952 45,875 120 Such a disproportion between the sexes can forbode no good to society. In the West, where the male element predominates over the female among the white population, the evil effect on society is painfully apparent. If every colored man in Washington were married and every male minor had a mate selected for him, there would still be left Negro females enough to form a manless community larger than Annapolis, Md. Now, no one should wonder at the moral corruption under these circumstances. These 8000 females, for whom marriage is impossible, be it remembered, are not restrained by the inhibitory influence of pride, station, and self-esteem. This is no doubt the greatest evil which threatens the social integrity of Negro life, and forms the most serious and perplexing of our city problems. As startling as the records of crime and immorality are, they are only the outgrowth of circumstances and conditions. Human nature at best is weak, and under fostering circumstances has always yielded to the power of sin and uncleanliness. The author tells us that immorality is a race trait. This is sadly too true, but it is a human race trait, and is limited to no particular variety thereof. CHAPTER VI. _Subject._ Economic Conditions. _Gist._ "As a general conclusion it may be said that the Negro has not yet learned the first element of Anglo-Saxon thrift."[55] THE NEGRO AS A FARM HAND. Attempt is made to show that the Negro has deteriorated as a farm laborer, and that as an industrial factor he has not held his own in the development of the resources of the South. With a process of reasoning with which we are fully familiar by this time, these assertions are sought to be upheld. The decline in agricultural interests throughout the country has had its effect upon the apparent efficiency of the farming class everywhere. The mad rush to the cities, with a vain hope of improvement in condition, has well nigh demoralized agricultural pursuits. THE NEGRO AS AN INDUSTRIAL FACTOR.