Excerpt from The Progress of the Negro Race I am of the opinion that this report should have been printed for distribution at this Congress, but I have had no encouragement to do so, and did not care to undertake so much except by order of the Executive Committee. Should it still appear advisable to print it, I have other facts and figures in my office that might make it interesting and helpful in the study of the race problem. Since my election to this position four years ago, by a full Board while the last Congress was in session, I have kept this work on my mind and gathered material of all kind as I have traveled over the country, but I have not made a supreme effort for statistics until within the past few months, because I was advised by the Corresponding Secretary not to start my work until so ordered by the Executive Committee. A few months ago the Corresponding Secretary then reported to the Executive Committee that it was too late to get up any statistics, but the...