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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-01
FAIR COMMISSIONERS
FULL OF ENTHUSIASM
- Z
Declare Exposition Is the Oppor-
tunity for Missouri and Will
Not Be Neglected.
MEAN TO AsToNISH WORLD.
From New They Expect to BE the
the Busiest Lot of Men in the
Statc-Plans for Missouri
Building Being Perfected.


REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Macon, Mo-, Jan. Sf.-'From now on the
Missouri Board of Commissioners of the
Worlds Fair will be about the busiest lot
of men in the State" said +. Il. Bonfoey,
who is one of the commissioners, and las
with his colleagues pretty thoroughly cam
vassed the work ahead.
THE million-dollar appropriation by The
State insures an exhibit worthy of it. The
State couldn't afford to do less. 1t will be
the best investment from an educational
and business standpoint IL has ever made.
THE Fair is growing into proportions at
least twice the extent of what Was at fTst
contemplated. The problem ahead of us
vii. be to take care of the grea- many ex-
hibits offered.
'In my own county tputnan) We have
adopted a rule that promises good results.
AS you know, the farmers all raised extra
ordinarily good crops last yea.
"'They will select from them their very
finest specimens and bring them to Union
Vile. where a committee of experts will go
through them and pick out the best offer
ings. which will be forwarded to St. Louis,
where they will be passed upon by another
committee in competition with the products
of other counties. so the result VIII be a
showing of the very highest perfection in
husbandry our State can produce.
1.-The counties adopting the competitive
method of selecting their display before
IOrWHfuln& 10 lnc management at 81 LOUIS
stand a better show of having their prod
ucts placed on exhibition, because they will
represent only the very best they can pro-
Guce.
MULE WONDER.
Eyes, the Missouri mule with his big eays
and active feet will be there, right in front
at the stock exhibit. The Missouri mule
has ceased to be a laughing matter. He is
a recognized institution of the State, and
has added mucn to its glory. All nations
have become interested in him. and the
State that produces him so luxuriantly and
perfectly. During my last trip to Clinton
mules at the markets there. Those mule
markets are one of the wonders Of the
State.
Missouri had 4 splendid exhibit at the
Pan-American Exposition on > ,0S1. EaSI-
erners are hardly through talking of }, yer.
When you consider that she has S1,OJ,UO
for an exhibit on her own soil you can i'm
agine what it will be.
The intention of the board Is to make
every native feel prouder of the fact that
he is a Aiissourian than he ever was be-
fore. and to let the people from across the
water know there is a great productive
Commonwealth nestiingN in the Mississippi
Valley a thousand miles from the sea-
board.
THE MISSOURI BUILDING.
"Missouri's guests will be entertained in
p building costing $3.50. 900. $50 feet long and
go feet wide. located on an eminencc com
nlanding q magnificent view of the archi-
%tectural picture below it. n firm repre- |
senting the lumber interests of Southeast
has requested permission to fur
the Missouri building with furniture and
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-01

fittings made entirely out of gum-tree lum-
Lber. whichNis said to ,be susceptible OF a
highly polished effect. The proposition will
probably be accepted, as the Idea IS a
unique and happy one
THE building will be two stories. have a
magnificent dome and be of imposing ap-
pearancc. The board will meet in st. Louis
Saturday TO approve the plans. advertise
for bids for the erection of the building and
TO select an executive manager.
NISSOURTS OPPORTUNITY.
Then the Commissioners will go over
the State making Investigations. offering
suggestions here and there. and explain
conditions TO exhibitors. hunt up every
thing OF possible interest and encourage
the people generally to take a hand in
making the Fair the biggest thing that
ever happened. The Commissioners will be
in close touch with everybody in the State
engaged in mining, horticulture. agricul-
turc. stock raising. etc. and will do their
hest to see that nothing of interest or
profit gets away.
ut is Missouri's greatest opportunity, and
I believe oar people are just sagacious
enough to realize and take full advantage
o. i:."
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-01

making 4 mistake, from which it is not pos
sible for their race TO derive benefit. The
best thought of the North disapproves his
course, for this reason, for no other.
The white people Of the South know how
to control the negro with reasonable. but
not always perfect. justice TO both races.
They intend to control him, within reason
able limits, so long as he remains in the
South. This is absolutely certain. These
limits may be extended from time TO time
as the negro shows himself worthy. the
white man being judge. They Will not be
extended through the dictum or the infr-
ence of Mr.. Roosevelt. The Creator made
Nhe distinction between the white man and
the black man. and net even Mr.. Roosevelt
can wipe Il OUT.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-01
ROOSEVELT AND THE NEGRO QUESTION


BfackmnilinE Southern PostmaSters.
Washington Correspondence OF the Philadelphia
Ledger.
The Presidents recent utterances and ac-
tons upon the negro question have led to a
bad state Of things down in Georgia, ac-
cording to statements made by Congress-
men from that State. 1t seems'that the ne
gro politicians in Georgia have got hold of
the idea that the President is their friend
and that about all they nave to do to get a
white Postmaster out of office is TO trump
up charges against him.
According to statements made by Repre-
sentative Fleming, the negro chairmen of
county committees in Georgia have been
matchmaking the Postmasters. They have
been demanding money from these officials
under the threat that II the money was
not forthcoming the chairmen would lodge
charges with President Roosevelt and
have the Postmasters removed. 1t is said
that a Post Office Inspector has investi-
pee these allegations and found that they
~ykfe true in some counties. Some of these
county chairmen, It is said, cannot read nor
write. ..., ain
1t is also asserted that the oyerturning of
the lily-white organization in some of the
Southern States has greatly emboldened the
negroes, and that they afe assuming an au-
tocratfc tone toward the white officials. AS
the white officials are generally Republic
ans, the negro chairmen are able, It is said.
to pretend that they are lily whites, and
make charges against them Of pernicious
activity against the negroes. p,
Status of the Negro.
New Orleans Picayune. q
Now the question is whether the negroes
in these States have been sufficiently ele-
waited and enlightened by their own efforts
and the help of others since the close OF
the reconstruction era to stand upon one,
political plane with their white neighbors.
II ~ -
did not believe that they ever'could arrive
at a status Of political equality, with the
white race. ..r.. -. ,..i--
he leaders of the Republican party APP
ES1r to have learned something at last in
regard TO the limitations OF. backward
races. They are. convinced tina: the Eli.
pinos. at all events, are not ct FOR Amer
lean citizenship. They do not even venture
to suggest that the Filipinos caL ever be
advanced to that condition under anytpos-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-01
The President aud the South.

= President Roosevelt is having more than
his fair share OF trouble with the South.
Every few days some occurrence adGs 10
the strain of the feeling which the people
OF the. Southern States entertain FOR the
present administration. So far as his rela-
tions with the Southern people are con-
cerned. Mr.. Roosevelt started well. When
he was called to office they warmly well
coined him.. They admired his character,
and were not backward in saying so. His
speeches pleased them. as his military SER
vice in the Spanish-American war had
done. Some of his earliest Southern APP
pointn1ents were, of Democrats. The first
incident to break the popularity OF the new
President in the South was the Booker
Washington dinner at the White House
an event which to Northern men seems triv-
ial. and which one would have to live in
the South fully to understand. From that
Gay 10 this the President has been most Oh
the time in more or less hot water over
Southern appointments and Southern cpl
sodes. 1t is well known in Washington that
a large part Of the trouble is due to the
fact that President Roosevelt has certain
ideas and. principles concerning the status
and treatment of negroes which he feels
in honor bound to stand by. Where past
Presidents have treated with gingeriy. tact
full caution the well-known antipathies ana
prejudices of the people of the South. Dip
shading principles and personal
ideas for the sake of peace. and harmony,
Mr.. Roosevelt has in characteristic fashion
insisted upon doing what he thinks is right
and proper. not what the people of the
South think is right and proper. In other
words. he insists upon following his own
standards in ibis official acts which con-
Germ the South, not the standard which
of the whites of that region
abide b..
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-01
Reaching the Limit.

New orleans Picayune.
For the first time in the history OF the
Republic. negroes, attended. on terms Of
social equality. within a week. the cere-
monial reception and levee at the White
House.
These negroes were a man aDd two
women. in evening dress, the females be-
ing attired in very snowy costumes. cut
.tdecoliete." in all the height or luwness
of the style. The party were John c.
Dancy, Recorder CT Deeds for the District
of Columbia. and two female companions.
They were taken UP to the President and
Mrs. Roosevelt, who took their hands and
greeted them in regulation style, and as a
matter of course they attracted much at
tention.
This fixes the rule that the public re-
~ceptions of the President and. his wife are
as open to negroes as to whites, and with
such a warrant in favor OF their social
equality. they will doubtless appear in large
numbers at future receptions at the White
House.
The fact is cited that Fred Douglass and
his white wife attended one of Pres.dsnt
Cleyeland's receptions, but that was re-
garded as more of an accident than Gny-
thing else, the invitation having been OK
tended Douglass along with many other
sent out to officials. At any rate, it gained
Mr.. Cleveland no credit in the North, and
Disguised thousands of Southerners with
him. %
If the manners and customs of the presi-
entia mansion are to give laws In social
affairs and morals to the rest of the coun-
try. then association with negroes in ev-
cry form and manner is The rule. Whether
it will be accepted without demur in tie
Northern States remains to be seen. No
such nanre or morals will be tolerated
in this part of the country. an
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-01
Our Mems Underwear

VIII be sacrificed at the following prices:
Mems $3.50 Underwear SOC.
Mems heavy all-wooi .camel's-hair Under
wear. worth BE- mems Norfolk. New
brunswick Shirts and Drawers. worth S1.50;
mems ali-wooi Drawers. worth $50; mems
aIl-wool skunk camelS-hair Underwear.
worth SlJ9; mems medium-weight Austria
lisn-wool Underwear, in natural, gray and
brown. worth ST. mems extra quality all
wool ribbed Shirts and Drawers, worth s1.50.
These are incomplete assortments of sizes
and you will find the Drawers In one lot and
the Shirts in another.
Mems soc Underwear, Csc.
Mems heavy fieece-lined Shirts and Draw
ers. worth i9c: mems Sanitarium Shirts
worth SOC, and mems fancy merino
Shirts and Drawers. worth SOC. Your choice
of any of the above &c.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-01
Hosiery Sale.

Cash mere Hose, ; Pair SOc.
Ladies ah-wool black cashmere Stockings,
merino heel and toe and ribbed TOP.
Ladies' soc Hose, zoe.
Ladies black eXtra-fine all-wool cashmere
imported Stockings, full fashion. regular
made, with double sole. heel and toe.
Ladies' 25c Hose, 2 Pair 25c.
Ladies' black. all-wool cashmere Stockings,
double heel aud toe.
Boys 19c Hose, 2 Pair PC.
Boys heavy fleece-lined. l by 1 and 9 by. 2
ribbed Stockings. worth 1sc a pair.
ChiIGren's zoe Hose, 25c.
Children's fa~st-black allewool cashmere
Stockings. full fashion, regular made,
double heel and toe.
Chjidren's 2Sc Hose, , Pair SOC.
Boys and girls heavy school Stockings, all
imported goods. but some OF them are
stamped seconds. Examine them thorough
" and il You find anything the matter with
them don'ttake them. They have double
sole, heel and toe.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-01

.sible combination of circumstances. This
position *, Of course. inconsistent with
what, the Republican party has endeavored
10 do for the negro In the past. Who can
doubt that the Filipinos. IL they We're per-
mitted to make the experiment, would show
themselves as capable Of self-government
as the negroes would if the white people
should abandon the South and leave them
in complete control?
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-01
SCHOONER TOO BIG FOR PORTS.
Lawson Was Twice Grounded in
Delaware River Cruise.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC Eel
Baltimore. Jar. 31.-The big seven-masted
schooner Thomas W. Lawson has sailed
from Boston for Newport News in a third
attempt TO get n full cargo for a ship that
seems TO be too big for any Of the coal
ports.
This vessel was built for the coal trade
which is confined to the ports of PhiIadel-
phia, Baltimore and Hampton Roads wa
tiers. Captain Crowley had to sail out of
Philadelphia with about 1.5OO tons less than
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-01

titude toward the Reconstruction Amend
ments. so far as they relate TO poliucai
equality, has been. per force. openly ana
defantiy reasonable. There has not been
a fair election return in the South since the
issuance of the political equality proclama-
ton. aud the South has no apologies TO fawn
on account of this condition. .-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-01
sIr. sprngue sa ~

Locust street is quite popular with the la
dies. .
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-01

JUST OBTAIN ONE OF OUR HOME
SAVINGS BANKS AND REGULARLY
DROP A FEW COINS IN THE SLOT.
YOU WILL BE SURPRISED AT THE
WAY YOUR SAVINGS WILL GROW.
3 PER CENT. INTEREST ALLOWED
on SAVINGS ACCOUNTS COMPOUND
ED sEMIANNUALLY. 2 PER CENT
INTEREST ALLOWED ON ACCOUNTS
SUBJECT TO CHECK. SAVINGS DE-
PARTMENT OPEN MONDAY UNTIL
1880 =. n. ~
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-01
The Negro

The Worlds Work
The increasing difficulties that the adj
I ministration encounters in the making OF
Southern appointments emphasizes several
large facts.
Since the practical elimination of the
negroes from local political life their ele-
walton to Federal offices Is resented more
eTphatically. by the whites than 1t was
before. --
The so-called White" Republican
moyement-to eliminate the negroes also
from a conspicuous part in the Republican
party AND thus to make the party more
acceptable to Southern white men-has
naturally aroused the resentment of the
negroes. hut seems SO far to have had little
effect in any other way.
The troubles that the administration has
met have caused the formulation of two
principles OF action that divide men into
1.-TWO groups. One is the principle that. since
the negro is a large Part Of Southern citi-
Zenship. he should have a somewhat cor
responding share OF Federal patronage as
recognition and encouragement. The other
principle is that the giving of offices for
recognition and encouragement really
means the bestowal OF office as ward for
being 4 respected negro rather than as a
means OF. getting the Governments work
done in every community in the most nat
ural and simple way possible.
Mr. R~oosevcIts Southern Policy,
Nashville american.
Roosevelts conduct is calculated to have
the result of causing negroes in various
sections of the South to become more dem
onstratiye and %insolent, and it will be for
tunate iffthege Is not a serious clash be-
tween them and the more resentful and
excitable whites. The Presidents course
does not meet with general approval in any
section of the country. The more intelli-
gent and thoughtful negroes know he is.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-01
The Presidents Mistake.

| Golfers Weekly.
The uproar raised in the South by the
| Presidents appointment of Doctor Crum
| and his suspension OF tho Post Office at In
! dianola, and the criticisms heard in the
North. must have convinced the admins
'tratIon by this time that 1t has made a
mistake in policy. However spirited these
acts may be. and however much they dis
play MIR. Roosevelt's political galantry.
they have met. with 10 favor from sober
minded men in the South and with very
little from the same class in the North.
The general opinion. SO far as We have
been able to follow it, seems TO be that. in
an attempt to perform a generous and
high-principled act. the President has in
jured the negroes of the South much more
than he has helped them. His troubles in
dealing with this matter have arisen APP
parently from his inability to appreciate
the depth and intensity of the race antag-
onism. He has always lived in mmun
ties where negroes were few in number.
Personally he would have no objection to
sitting down at table with. a black man,
much less to buying stamps from him or
paying customs duties to him. He was
amazed at the Indignation of the Southern
people when he had Booker Washington
as a guest at the White House. He could
not understand it. Why should any one OBJ
ject to his entertaining this able and cour-
teous gentleman? He sought enlightenment.
from friendly southern. men, and they all
told him the same thing. But. like most
men. the President finds trouble in undsr-,
standing a state Of public sentiment that
he cannot feel. And so he has, as,his best
friends concede. Numbered into an unfo--
.tunate attitude toward a large section of
the country. The race antipathies in the
South are not to be softened by giving ne
groes momentary political advantages. Men
like Professor Washington and other lead
erS and friends of the race can see only
one hope of relief from the gloomiest prob
lem that now confronts the country, and
that. Is aNslow reconciliation by means Of
education and industrial enforcement.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-01
S1.0S Lunch Cloths SOc

Pure linen Lunch Cloths. sizes 54x54 and
45X+5; some are stamped and some are
plain; all are slightly soiled from display
! and handling.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-01
The south and the Negro.

New Orleans Times Democrat
Black, dull, unimaginative. Indifferent to
the deeper meaning and significance of all
these happenings, happenings which so to-
the very root of the gravest problem which
ever confronted the American people, is the
negro race an e~ver-recurriig issue in the
politics of the. country. is it the plan of
Roosevelt to force n quick but permanent
solution of the question? Does he propose
to do it by giving full force and effect to the
dead-letter reconstruction amendments to,
the Federal Constitution? Does he intend
to present to the country, North and South,
East and West, the well-rounded logic Of
the first sections of the Fourteenth and
Fifteenth Amendments, by forcing the twin
and inseparable conditions. political and
social equality Of the white and blacks?
Does he want TO see these laundering and
infamous provisions, wedged into the Con-
stitution in a way more or less doubtful.
weeded out so the country can settle down.
to q wiser and juster consideration of the
negro race, Its rights and it's future we'll
being? At any rate, he Is logical in his
conduct. There has never been any good
why the political windjammers at,
the North should refuse to entertain the
negro On terms of perfectly social equality.
They forced a. condition which made it ne
cessary for them to do SO in order to be con-
sistent.--At the South-well, the South's at
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Ladies' Underwear.

w are determined not to carry over
sinSIe garment. and If the price is an obie,
'he above statement will hold good.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-07-23
A hustler.

The Manchester News relates how
one farmer northwest Of that town
has earned the reputation Of being q
"rustler from the ground up" He
has had some misfortunes but the
News says he "is making money and
accumulating property night and
day." And this is the way he is doing
it: "He has considerable over q hum
dred head Of cattle and at the present
time is milking thirty-six COWS. The
cream is sent to the creamery. He
and his two boys are cultivating a
large acreage Of corn and other crops.
A little before dark each day Sundays
excepted), when it is not raining the
boys fetch in the teams and care for
them and then milk their share OF
the thirty-six COWS. while he remains
in the field and works with the hoe
till dark. Then he comes in and
milks his share Of the cows on in the
night. In the morning by daylight
he is up and at it again-milking'
cultivating and hoeing. His creamery
check runs over 800 month. Last
year be ran his cream separator by o
dog tread power until two OF his dogs
died OF the heat. This summer he
has had two more Of his dogs die the
same way. He has now ordered q
gasoline engine to use in running biz
separator. Perhaps the engine will
be harder to kill than dogs"
The above "rustler" has 2 pound
Empire cream separator which he has
been using for over two years with
no expense for repairs. Separating
the milk from thirty-six COWS twice .
day is little hard on the "dog" bul
the empire" is in the ring and doing
iirst.class work.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-07-23

The following is what appeared this
week In the Fairfield, Iowa, Ledger
and 10 fair example Of how the east
is sizing Kansas up at present; "Af-
ter all Kansas made no appropriation
for her food sufferers. The legisla-
ture was called 10 extra session, but
1t refused to pass bill carrying $780,
600 because 1t was unconstitutional.
Yet Gov. Bailey and representatives
Of various cities and towns In the Sun
flower state have been asking other
states to do for their people that
which they would not do themselves.
II Kansas would cease passing the
hat altogether she would be better
off and would be held In higher es-
TEEN. And with $9S, 100000 In her
banks and 100000, 900 bushel wheat
crop she can afford to do it,"