The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-10-13


done for, the Afro-American. 1 think this
exhibition will show other nations that
we know how to solve the negro prob
lem upon intelligent, civilized lines. Some
foreigners think we have nothing for the
Afro-American but the bludgeon and re-
volver. We shall convince them other
Commissioner General Peck Speaks
OF Results.
Commissioner General Peck said re-
Americans of the United States at the
Paris exposition:
That their display was not only cred
liable as showing their advancement,
but it had attracted great attention from
foreigners and had made this element Of
our population very conspicuous figure
done here in connection Herewith reflects
great credit upon their special represent
ative, Thomas ]. Galloway, appointed by
the commissioner general, and l am glad
United States exhibit"
we find If from tn, this exhibit during the
yeais of i dso to l73S under English com
brought into America and in those TWEEN
ty years 100000 slaves were Imported.
Tie revolution in Hayti takes an i'm
9rtamt part N the freedom of the Afro.
negro called L'Overture played in the
history of the United States has seldom
oeen ful:y appreciated. Representing the
leadership through a bloody terror, which
cont:1ved NEGRO Problem for the
Western west Hemisphere, intensified and de-
became one Of the causes which led Ma
poleon to sell Louisiana and finally,
through the Intervening Of all these Ell
prohibition of the slave trade by the
United States.
From the time of the organization of
the Pennsylvania abolition society in 1857,
Gntl-SlaVarV oont hno
NeW York, New Jersey, Rhode Island,
s strong organizations and national con-
Vent1on was held in 1894. The terrible
u lol in the West Indies beginning in
l7sl. furnished this rising movement with
an an irresistible argument. A wave of hor-
even the powerful slave-traders Of Geor-
gia did not dare withstand; the middle
states saw their worst dreams realized
and the mercenary trade interests Of the
science.
In 1868, Abraham Lincoln thought proc
lamation contaminated it all and with
the thirteenth and fourteenth amend
ments made all men equal
The homes of the Afro-Americans, keep
ing pace with progress, have undergone
a most remarkable change, and from the
ola log, cabin, the rude barn and barn
yard, the old WELL, the back-woods
modern homes, hygienic stables, clean
surroundings, modern pump, and a neat
chapel for the intelligent preaching OF
The farm life of the Afro-American has
changed in many instances from tenant
to landlord, and from a one-mule farm
to an up-to-date and well-stocked and
cultivated modern farm.
IN organizations for the betterment Of
! industrial conditions, especially in the
South, there are many new. Institutions
and societies banded together for the
good of it's members in particular, and
people in general.
Business enterprises have grown enor-
mously in the last thirty years, and today
ceries, markets, bakeries, RESTAURANTS,
shoe stores, flour and feed stores, coal
ing and building, etc. >.
In the professions there are many prom
inent men, lawyers, doctors, etc. These
men ne are not only distinguished among
their fraternity. The records of Freed
mans hospital, Washington, D. c., and
P p hospital, Chicago, show some
by these professional gentlemen.
The military life of the Afro-American
is too we'll known to need much COM
ment, and the world at large knows that
Carney fell at Fort Wagner, and that
Afro-American soldiers were at San Juan,
and that from 1863 when the Fifty fourth
day President Mckinley put. the Afro
American soldier in action, he has al
ways proven loyal to his flag and true
In the political arena the Afro-Amer1-
can has always been an important factor
being part of the balance of power. Many
brainy men have stood in this arena, and
there are many there now, and there will
| continue to be, as long as they have
the men to represent them.
thing, 1 think It could not have been
done in any better way than by the erec-
ton of churches and the spread of the
A m nrOnlrtv 9nOnnfS a
sum that seems impossible, and shows
that the church is gaining, and holding
! more ground than any other institution
| of the AfrO-American race.
| Afro-American authors of worth have
developed within the last. two decades,
until now a good library of reading mat
ter by them mis- is readily oDt alanol, IT.,
Of the Afro-American exhibit, he says,
as to the condition IN OF the Atr9-AmeGacan
| cat Atlanta Afro-Americans are found
performing skilled labor in the manufac-
making ma and burning Of brick. as coop
ers, wagon and buggy makers, shoemak-
ers, and as size mixers and cotton class
orally employed in all branches Of the
building trades. Some of them are lin
ished workmen. Contractors and employ
| fed with every Afro-American workman.
| One expressed his purpose soon to adj
vance them in the grade of work done
AT Admission and Birmingham, Ala,
and vicinity, many thousands of Afro
4 Americans are employed in the mines
e and castings. In the production Of coke
and pig iron comparatively few white
men are employed ether than as super
intendents and machinists. Afro-Ameri-
cans hold responsible positions as fore
men, cupola men, furnace keepers and
iron graders.
DAT Che ttanoopa Lnnvyillas Rio},nonnd
and other places Afro-American Skilled
workmen are largely employed as black
smiths. blaeksmiths' helpers, machinist
ers, catchers, furnace men and boiler
makers. Among other places where they
are employed at skilled labor and iron
industries may be mentioned Louisville,
KY; Newport News. Va; Pittsburg, Pa.
and vicinity.
SAT Knoxville, Tenn, hundreds of Afro
Americans are employed cutting, shaping
work requiring considerable attention,
training and skill Afro-Americans have
entered largely into the service of rail-
switchmen and in many other capacities.
Many are employed by the government
OF the United States as clerks in the
mail service and as letter carriers all
lpositions of responsibility and requiring
!. attention and training.
"The phenomenal industrial develop
!. ment in the South during the last twenty
five years is to be seen in the increase
) | in the number of cotton mills. w hite
! labor has been employed in operating the
machinery, but Charleston, S. c.. has
) mil with Afro-American labor As with
: all new undertakings, dire predictions
t looking to the failurelof the experiment
freely haare aaor a aouP
: prove equal to the requirements Of cot