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The colored American., 1902-10-11

nounced party politics? So, to deter
mine whether the Republicans longer
cared for the allegiance of the sover-
eign voters of our race in the North
and West, where suffrage is free and
untrammeled, we asked of the highest
authority.
Where does the President stand?
We are pleased beyond measure to
state that President Roosevelt. by
speech and pen, has placed himself
upon record as being squarely against
the nefariOus attempts of men of the
Pritchard, Capers and Vaughn stripe
to decitizenize the Negro. He repudi-
ates the whole business, and at the
proper time will act in a way that can
not be misunderstood. The removal of
Vaughn and the appointment of an
honorable gentleman in his stead is an
earnest of what may be expected later
on. President Roosevelt has spoken
his opposition to the "Ily-white" pro-
paganda and his acts will bear out his
sympathy with that element in the
South that believes in the civil and
political rights of all.
Theodore Roosevelt has justified the
good opinion of his friends and ad-
mirers.
He stands upon solid ground as re-
CARDS the race question in politics.
The colored American., 1902-10-11
SATURDAY. OCTOBER Ii, 1909
JUST a WORD.

This issue of The COLOred Anseri
can is T0ir sample of the isss1ss s
that are gotten Oalt from toeek to
tOeek. 1t as 9eesosy, e'stcrprisiog and
erpegsiUe. The friends OF The paper
as soeH as subscribers Oho are IN
arrears aoiU dO tie management a
great T0VOr By sending IN the
onaOa.'st aOhich t,sey kacO'a to be due
at once. 1t aOiH be appreciated and
aoiU help along aoitb tie aoOrk.
The colored American., 1902-10-11

SUBSCRIPTIONS may be sent by port off,,
none, Or0er, ex pIess reg 1sl cred letter,
All conmu n nlcaLiOnf for publication snou Ia
be accompanied with Inc name OF The wri er,
not necessarily for publication but as guar
antee OF 1000 faith.
We sollclL newk, contributions. opini % Us
and IN Iact ali N att ers affecting Lhs race.
we will not pay 1or matter, how ever un Iesk
1t IL or0ered by US, Ali IL after Intended for
pu ubl1catlon must each this Uft1ce by We'd =
The cUrI eQL issue.
rA-Agenis are wanted everywhere. Send
fOa instructions.
The colored American., 1902-10-11
ADMINISTRATION TO The RESCUE.

Prompt, courageous and manly ac-
ton in a patriotic endeavor to bring
the disastrous coal strike to an imme-
dlate end stamps President Roosevelt
as a typical American. Admitting
frankly that no legal right vests in
hlm to interfere attempting no analy-
SIS OF the differences that have kept
the operators and the miners apart. he
appeals to both parties In the interest
The colored American., 1902-10-11

In every State conference of the
churches nowadays there are a num-
ber of candidates for the bishopric who
ought to be attending to the work as
signed to them by the conferences with
which they are identified.
The colored American., 1902-10-11

If civilization be not decadent,
where are the Lincolns, the GarrisOns,
the Fnillipses, the Summers and the
Lovejoys of this day? Is human lib
erty, justice, equity and moral cour-
age out of fashion?
The colored American., 1902-10-11

ana LABOR, at the nation capital, upon
a plane OF Well-tempered citizenship,
looking each other squarely in the eye,
is an episode bound to prove historic,
and establishes a precedent that prom
ises to bring about better conditions
between the forces of production than
have ever existed before. The way to-
ward a harmonious adjustment has
been paved, thanks to President Roose-
Velt's shrewd diplomacy and tactful
performance of a duty that none but
him could have attempted with any
hope of success. Before this reaches
the public eye, we hope terms mutually
satisfactory shall have been agreed
upon.
Mincing words is the tactics of the
coward.
Face the facts, and the verdict will
take care of itself.
Love of the artificial is sapping the
vitals of the race.
The B. NJ. C. is hard at it, in New
Haven, Conn.
The door to political influence is by
way Of the bank-not the bar room.
A so-called friend without moral
courage is worse than an enemy.
The National Negro Business League
is due in st. Louis IN August, 1904.
White men who rail against the
Negro race and then debauch our wo-
men should be boycotted in every DOS
sible manner by our men, and the wo-
| men who tolerate such humiliating al
llances should have no recognition in
society.
The American Baptist complains Of
the comparatively poor attendance at
the opening of the colored schools In
Louisville, KY, this year. The build
ings are ample, and there should be an
effort made to fill every one of them
for the full term.
An Indiana preacher has confessed
that he has been stealing everything
that he could lay his hands on, and has
retired from the ministry. Had he
waited in patience he might have had
the whole business given to him by
conf1ding congregation.
The confusion caused by the stam-
pede at Birmingham prevented the Ma
uonal Baptist Convention from settling
upon place for it's next meeting. The
doors OF Washington are always open
TO the great gatherings of the race.
Come here, Brother Morris.
An actress from Richmond, Va, is
said to have deOdorized a dressing
room that had been occupied by Black
Patti before she would condescend to
use 1T. Had this same actress taken
pains to fumigate her own character
she would have come nearer the mark.
sis HOPKINS" says "they amt 40
use doin' nuthin' for nobody whut
wont do nuthin' for you" Why should
any Negro support a member of Con-
gresS Tor reelection who has been un-
able to find time to vote for a single
measure looking to the benefit of the
| black people?
Ehe race papers continue to quote
| our banner editorial Business Our
Ark OF Safety" as the keynote for the
new song of our people. The Negro
need not necessarily "get out of poll
tics, but get something out of politics"
that will do him permanent and sub
stantial good.
The colored American., 1902-10-11

morals Of the female membor,
smart set at Newport and No.. VI u the
Yet the color line is drawn 1-h,k. iork.
sisters wish to join in a missinu ou.
mercy. '>''on OF
Ihe South African Spectator Cou.
Town, is an intense loyahst or,-oat9 oat9
strongly in favor of a cheerful 60.
ance by the blacks of British So
eighty over the TransVaal II 80,
duces the sympathetic editorial NJ m
Colored American, touching the Ia+o
illness of King Edward VII.
political affairs alone.
No Negro newspaper that has coroo
to our table so far has attamrtod ~
apologize for the rape upon our citizoT
ship, perpetrated by the "Iilv-wbitan
Republicans OF the South. The santi
ment is unanimous that the outcoroo
will be a beneficial movement towarJ
political independence for the raaa
throughout the land.
A delegate who attends a national
convention and who carries hack To H.
home enough of the inspiration of tho
gathering to turn it to practical hen.
eft or the people he has represented
has not spent his time or money in
vain. This is what Mr.. G.. Grant VIII
| Jams did at Hartford upon his return
from the Business League at Rich,
mOnd.
The Negro Advocate is a new nanar
published by Attorney James n
Hayes, at Richmond, Va. under the
auspices of the Negro Industrial and
Agricultural Society, which has for its
| object the testing of the new constitg.
| ton Of the State of Virginia. 1t is Wig.
| orously edited and should be an ef.
| fectiVe weapon for the cause il repre-
sents.
We venture the suggestion that the
delegates to the general conference of
| the Methodist churches can be trusted
to select the bishops and other officers,
| without the perniciOus activity of a
horde of candidates who are neglect
| ing their pastoral duties by chasing
1
Vidual "bOoms." Such unministerial
| conduct should prove boomerang,
Because the Negroes Of the Missis-
sippi delta district prefer to play ball
rather than pick cotton at beggarly
| wages, the legislatures of Mississippi
and Louisiana are being urged 10 pass
law prohibiting Negroes from engag-
| ing IN the seductive game during the
| harvesting season. The Personal Lib
erty League has a chance to get in
some fine WORK on this proposed out
rage.
Since the anti-lynch law has been In
operation in Texas, not single man
| has been lynched. The law provides
| that no officer can ever hold otfloe
again in the State in case a prisoner
is taken from him by the mob. This
| is wise measure and shows that she--
ifs can protect their charges If they
are made to suffer a penalty for DIRE
liction. Here is a chance for Virginia,
the Carolinas and Georgia to protect
the civilization of which they boast
We wouIu like to see a halt calIed
upon the practice some minor colleges
have of comforting degrees upon lnts-
rior men, presumably for monetary
/ consideration. 1t so cheapens the nOh.
orary titles that were once marx Oi
| distinction that thoughtful and TeaIS
eminent persons decline to wear lh9nL
These schools owe it to their own ui6'
nifty to quit this nauseatlng DuSiheSp
and conf1ne their degrees to those |ho
should have them by virtue or no'aD''
The colored American., 1902-10-11

No Negro newspaper that has Coma
to our table so far has attemptad -
apologize for the rape upon our citizeH
ship, perpetrated by the "lily-wbiten
Republicans OF the South. The santt.
ment is unanimous that the outcome
will be a beneficial movement toward
political independence for the raca
throughout the land.
The colored American., 1902-10-11

No Negro sage has felt it necessary
to castigate the leading society women
OF his race in the severe manner which
Henry Watterson landed upon the
The colored American., 1902-10-11

A delegate who attends a national
convention and who carries back to his
home enough of the inspiration of tba
gathering to turn it to practical hen.
eft of the people he has represented
has not spent his time or money in
vain. This is what Mr.. G. Grant viii,
Jams did at Hartford upon his return
from the Business League at Rich,
mOnd.
The colored American., 1902-10-11

The American Baptist complains Of
the comparatively poor attendance at
the opening of the colored schools In
Louisville, KY, this year. The build
ings are ample, and there should be an
effort made to fill every one of them
for the full term.
The colored American., 1902-10-11

The Negro Advocate is a new paper
published by Attorney James H
Hayes, at Richmond, Va, under the
auspices of the Negro Industrial and
Agricultural Society, which has for .ts
object the testing of the new constitg.
ton Of the State of Virginia. 1t is Wig,
orously edited and should be an ef,
fective weapon for the cause it repre-
sentS.
The colored American., 1902-10-11

morals OF the female members Of -,
smart set at Newport and New v yoII, ,ne
Yet the color line is drawn wbor = oIA' n.A
sisters wish to join in a mission u, u,
mercy. OF
The colored American., 1902-10-11

The South African Spectator Con.
Town, is an intense lovabst ar,-o,Ps odPs
strongly in favor of a cheerful So. e'l,
ance by the blacks of British 1oeepl- SS'.
elgnty over the TransVaal. 1t renro.
duces the sympathetic editorial of Tba
Colored American, touching the Ia+o
illness of King Edward VII '''''
political affairs alone.
The colored American., 1902-10-11

An Indiana preacher has confessed
that he has been stealing everything
that he could lay his hands on, and ha.
retired from the ministry. Had hi
waited in patience he might have haC
the whole business given to him by {
confiding congregation.
The colored American., 1902-10-11

Dark-skinned white people are hag- ~
ing a great deal of trouble WIN Ul-, 9n.
cious conductors, who mistake theil iol
Negroes. The humiliation aTiSLH7 aTii
from these elections from white IdL az
road coaches is something awfui, "
sides the annoyance and delay d oo,a
stoned. The courts mulcted ram Ca "a
$4,000 the other day IN Kentuchy 10
forcing into a "jim crow car "llae
stupid official conceived to be a qua
room, but who proved herself TO " ,,t
fuIl-blooded Caucasian. AS a result
bright-colored Negroes are being gwen
the benefit of the doubt as 10 'H'"
race, ..---. ----------@
The colored American., 1902-10-11

The race papers continue to quot
our banner editorial Business Ou
Ark Of Safety" as the keynote for tn
new song of our people The Negr
need not necessarily "get out of pol
tics" but get something out of politics
that will do him permanent and sui
stantial good.
The colored American., 1902-10-11

A so-called friend without moral
courage is worse than an enemy.
The colored American., 1902-10-11

The National Negro Business League
is due in st. Louis IN August, 1904.
The colored American., 1902-10-11

White men who rail against the
Negro race and then debauch our wo-
men should be boycotted in every pos
sible manner by our men, and the wo-
men who tolerate such humiliating al
liances should have no recognition in
society.
The colored American., 1902-10-11

We venture the suggestion that the
delegates to the general conference of
the Methodist churches can be trusted
to select the bishops and other officers
without the pernicious activity of a
horde of candidates who are neglect
ing their pastoral duties by chasing
around the country nursing their indi-
Vidual "booms" Such unministerial
conduct should prove a boomerang.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-09-26
Foreign and Domestic Prices.


Volume XIII. Of the report of the
Industrial commission tabulates 416
replies received by the commission
bearing on the question of foreign
and domestic prices. The report
says: The great majority of the
answers indicated that prices are no
lower abroad than they are for domes-
tic consumers, and a considerable
number indicate that foreign prices
are higher" A few, however, state
that they sell portion of their goods
abroad lower than at home and the
reasons are as follows
Cash payments and large pur.
chases in the foreign trade, whereas
the domestic trade is based on credits
and small purchases.
THE drawback or rebate of the
tariff on imported raw material of
goods manufactured for export.
ITO overcome the tariff of other
countries.
TO secure new markets.
ITO hold a market against new
competitors.
ITO clear out surplus stock or to
prevent a shut down and increased
cost of production, by keeping mills
running and men employed.
ITO get rid of samples and out-of-
date goods.
Because the expense Of selling and
advertising is less abroad than at
home"
These are the reasons attributed
by manufacturers of all countries for
sometimes selling a part of their
stock at lower price abroad than
at home. 1t causes no injury to the
domestic consumers and gives added
employment and wages to laborers,
besides keeping the home market
firm and stable and preventing ruin
Gus competition in cutting prices.
There is another reason why some
American manufacturers sometimes
sell portion of their goods at low
er price abroad, and perhaps the
chief reason. Most of our machinery
or articles produced by machinery are
covered by patents which are exclu-
sively controlled and operated in this
country. For example, take agricul-
tural implements. 1t can be shown
that where such articles are sold
more cheaply abroad than at home it
is because of patents. If not covered
by foreign patents it is obviously the
policy to sell in foreign countries at
price that will discourage production
in those countries.
And yet of the manufacturers of
agricultural implements reporting to
the Industrial commission, all, with
only one exception, stated that prices
to foreign purchasers are either high
er or no lower than those for domes-
tic purchasers. Not one per cent of
our output is sold at a lower price
abroad and only for some special rea-
son connected with that particular
consignment.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-09-26
Trouble with the Democrats

On the 29th of July, talking at Bar
Harbor to New York World man,
William c. Whitney, for many years
one of the most conspicuous members
of the Democratic party, declared his
intention of staying out of politics
forever, and added:
'The trouble is that the Democrats
have no issue and no man."
That is the exact situation of the
Democratic party to-day, simply and
solely because of the five years of I'M
equaled prosperity that have followed
the restoration of the Republican
party to the control of national af-
fairs. No man knows this better
than does President Cleveland's Sec
rotary of the navy.
Few men have better reason for
knowing it, for few indeed have
profited more sumptuously than Will
liam G. Whitney has in these five
years of protection prosperity. 1t is
because of the splendid issue-Pros-
perity-upon which the Republicans
stand before the country that Mr..
Whitney says "the Democrats have
No iccl1e I"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-09-26
The West and the Tariff.

Frank M. Eddy, a Republican con-
| gresham for the seventh Minnesota
district, confirms what the Record.
Herald has said as to the sentiment
of western Republicans on the tariff.
He testifies that in his section of the
country there is a very strong feeling
In favor of revision, and he describes
the western idea Of a protective tariff
as follows:
ut should not afford protection to
monopoly, that is, to an industry abb
solutely controlled by an individual, a
partnership, a corporation, or a trust,
nor TO those industries that reduce
their employees to the conditions they
are protected against, but all indie
pendent industries should receive suf-
ficient protection to enable them to
compete on more than even terms
with similar ones in foreign countries.
Where our present tariff law fails in
any of these particulars, and it does
in many, it should be altered or
amended"
The idea, it will be observed, is in
no sense destructive of the protective
system, and the congressman adds
that what the western Republicans
want is not a general revision but
readjustment of those schedules
which give a premium over and above
reasonable protection. This, we
believe, is commonly desired among
them, and the desire has found ex-
preston, as Mr.. Eddy notes, in the
declaration of their state conventions.
Constituting his just analysis of the
tariff situation with his very san
guine predictions of Republican sue
cess next fall, there is this to be said:
Success if it is attained will be due
in no small degree to the platform
utterances to which he refers. They
have been the only effective answer
to the Democratic demand for revis-
ion, and they are everywhere treated
as a party pledge that the tariff will
actually be revised by its friends for
the correction of its abuses, while the
principle of protection is kept invio-
late.
The Republican congressman who
are elected on this pledge will take
their seats year from next Deem
Der. 1t would be excellent policy for
the present congress to anticipate
revision, but if it does not year of
grace is pretty certain to be the limit
of indulgence which the Republican
party will enjoy. For the promises
now made are seriously interrupted,
and the revision sentiment is grow
ing so steadily that the people are
likely to become thoroughly impatient
and to revolt if they are disappointed.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-09-26
TASK is A HARD ONE
CONTROL OF CORPORATIONS A
DIFFICULT NATTER.
President Roosevelt Realizes the
Gravity of the Situation-Amend-
ment to the Constitution Necessary
to Effect Desired Results.

The president says: 81 believe
firmly that in the end there will have
to be an amendment to the constitu-
ton of the nation comforting addi-
tional power upon the federal govern
ment to deal with corporations. To
| get that will be a matter of difficulty
and matter of time"
The last sentence shows that the
president is aware of the fact that to
amend the constitution, even to reach
an end desired by considerable
majority of the people, is no light
task. 1t will be necessary for the ad-
vocates of the amendment the presf-
dent believes necessary to overcome
the resistance of corporate interests
which prefer state to federal rule; to
| overcome the state pride which will
bid the states retain jurisdiction over
the corporations which are their own
creatures; and to reconcile conserva-
tive slow moving elements in the
community to a new departure-to a
greater Capitalization of the powers
of government. John Adams said of
the national constitution that it was
cxtorted from "the grinding necessi-
ties of reluctant people," 1t may
require similar pressure to extort
an amendment giving to the general
government the control over corpora
lions it is proposed to bestow upon it.
If congress were this year, through
a sudden impulse, to submit to the
states an amendment transferring
from them to the federal govern
ment the jurisdiction over corpora
lions the amendment would fall far
short of the necessary three-fourths
vote. There are states where no trust
has a home and where trusts are
most unpopular which, Influenced by
the habits of thought of century,
would refuse to give additional power
to the general government. There
are states whose legislatures are so
far subject to corporate influences
that they would refuse ratification
peremptorily. 1t would take some
thing in the nature of a revolution
to get the assent of states like New
York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
The general reason assigned for
inconvenience in the amendment at
this moment would be that the RENE
dies which congress can administer
with the constitution as it is have
not been given a sufficient trial. This
is a reason which will appeal strong
ly to many. In all human probability
no amendment can be adopted until
all other measures have been tried
faithfully and their failure is beyond
dispute.
The president does not exaggerate
when he says it will be "a matter of
difficulty and matter of time" to get
the constitutional amendment he de-
sires. Many difficulties will be en-
countered and much time will be
needed. Federal control of corpora
lions is not a thing of the immediate
future. Probably that is the view
President Roosevelt takes of the mat
ter.-Chicago Tribune.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-09-26
A Better Reason Needed.

There ought to be some more
tangible reason for such dangerous
expedient than the existence of a
sentiment in certain localities, now
as always, that demands a reduction
of the tariff on articles there consum-
ed and not produced, while it stands
ready to fight to a finish any reduc-
ton on the things there produced. 4"
Secretary Shaw at Morrisville, VT,
Aug 10, 1902.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-09-26
Had GRAVY SPELLS. +.

West Pembroke, Me-, Sept. 22.-
The thirteen-year-old daughter of Mrs.
A. L. Smith suffered with a peculiar
affection which her mother describes
as follows:
ut is two years now since she was
first taken with crazy spells.
"They kept on coming at intervals
and could get nothing to do her any
good.
1.-THE doctors gave me no encourage
ment. They all said they could not
help her.
1.-THE crazy spell would last about
nine days, then she would be we'll
about nine days, but would eat very
little and was very yellow. Even the
whites of her eyes were yellow.
81 heard that Dodds Kidney Pills
were a great remedy for young girls
and decided to try them.
after taking one box she was COM
pletely restored and. she has not had
one bad spell since. OF course we con-
tinued to use the pills and she used
altogether five boxes last fall.
"In March l thought 1 saw symp-
toms of the spells again and l got
six boxes of which she has taken
four, and is in splendid health.
Her case was certainly a remark
able one and we are very thankful
to Dodd's Kidney Pills for the great
good they have done my daughter"