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JAPAN'S ATTTTIrDE

In the North American Review
Baron KanekO, distinguished ia
panese diplomat, makes the most
reasonable and comprehensive answer
to aarmist, who predict war between
the United States and Japan. Just as
England has become the best Gus
toner Of the United. States, the Uni
ted States has become the best Gus
toner Of Japan. Japan's exports of
INV silk in 1906 we're valued at
$6OOOO,000 Ninety per cent came to
the United States. Japan's exports Of
tea were worth $20,OO0,OOO. Over fifty
per cent came to the United States
American money poured into Japan in
1906 at the rate of four dollars for
every man, woman and child in the
flOWory Kingdom. Nor has the trade
been all on one side. The Baron says:
IN the ordinary upper or middle
class families in Japan. we get I'D in
me morning from bed whose sheets
are mao" nt American cotton, put on
me Japanese CuStumc, which is made
from American cotton. eat bread
whose flour comes from Minnesota
and take cup Of tea with condensed
muk from Chicago and sugar from the
philippines, Hawaii or the southern
.nit"d States. After breakfast, We
I'Kht cigarette or take a puff at q
| pipe. In either the tobacco comes
from Virginia, Tennessee or some 9th
eF American state. We take I'D ou1
morning newspapers, whose pages arc
OF paper imported from Milwaukee OF
western Connecticut. so great Is the
event of Japanese dependence upor
~" emitted States. We cannot rails
IA" cotton. Of the raw cotton i'm
ported into Japan, rs per cent comes
rom the United States. Condensed
MIX tobacco leaf, -four and paper W.
cannot either raise or make in ou1
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-04-18

Commissioners from this country
are in China and Russia investigations
the condition of the people In the fam,
inc stricken districts and the reports
they send picture such a borrowing
state of affairs as to be almost unbe
lievable.
There are In Russia, according to
these reports 2O,OO0,OOO destitute
people and half that number in China
where IS, 989~ die daily of starvation,
and many Of the survivors have been
reduced to cannibalism in their eff.
fort to prolong a miserable existance
In Russia the situation Is but little
better.
These reports are reliable and a call
has been issued for relief. 1t is es.
timated that every dollar contributed
will save one life until the next har-
vest. In this land Of Swollen for
tunes" running over with milk and
honey, and enjoying prosperity be-
yond the conception of the ordinary
mind, it would seem that enough dol,
lars would be contributed to save
several hundreds of thousands
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-04-18
THE CONSERVATORS CONVERS.

ION.
Last week the Chicago Conservato1
sat at the feet of the great teacher
was convinced by his doctrines, So y
the error of its way and departed
thcrefrom. After years of hostility to
every utterance, every act Of hooker
Washington, reprinting the harsh and
untruthful structures from other ia,
pers which saw no good in til lnun
The ConseryatOr gracefully acknowl,
edged it's error and, it is hoped by all
who have the common good at beart
VII henceforth render unto Casa!
the things that are Caesars"
This change on the part Of The
Conservator was not brought about b.
any addition to or subtraction f,Dm
the principles which MI Wash ryto,.
has always enunciated. In Chicago as
is Charleston. and elsewhere he asked
for his race .the same opportunities
that are unQuestionably accorded 9th,
ers. He pointed out the suicidal pol
icy of our newspapers in fighting one
another, and men Of the race instead
of combining their forces against the
common enemy and for the uplift of
their clientele; he depIored the repu-
tation which is being acquired by the
Negro Of parting with his votes for a
money consideration and emphasized
the vast strides being made by the
race in acquiring wealth. There was
nothing new in this. This same doc
trine he has been preaching year af-
ter year, laying stress first upon one
and then the other
What then occasioned The Conser-
vator's conversion? What we have
held all along: failure to seize the
opportunity to come into personal
contact with the man or to read his
writings at first hand. 1t had been
influenced by what some one said that
another party said that Washington
said. This We believe to be true of
another rabid hater Of the Tuskegee-
an, but he is so closely welded to his
idols that to hope for his seeing the
light is all but useless.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-04-18
BOOKER WASHINGTON ENJOYED,
From The Conservation.

From The Conservator.
DR.. Booker II. Washington, the
most remarkable man of the age in
more senses than one, has just COM
pleted visit to Chicago, during
which he made several speeches to a
large number of the most intellectu-
al people of the city.
Mr.. Washington met and talked
with people of all walks and avoca-
lions and while he made no enemies
and caused no just criticism among
the people heretofore Indifferent to
his views, Mr.. Washington made hun
dreds of new admirers and checked
the venom Of lots Of those who had
regarded him as an instrument Of
hurt In the hands Of the white South
towards his own people.
Let us be frank, honest and brave
and discuss Mr.. Washington and his
methods as we see them today, and
not as we saw them in other and
more turbulent times.
To begin with, Mr.. Washington
made no difference in the subject
matter Of his speeches while talking
on the race question to crowds rep
resenting the different races. He
said nothing which any fair-minded
man could object to, whether that
man was white or Colored.
His reference to the Negro press
was about as any first-class newspa-
per man would make who desired to
see the craft succeed In the work OF
real advancement Of the people, and
his complaint that too large a por-
ton of it was working itself to death
q nj no
was natural for man who sees
things as they are. His advice to his
newspaper brethren to stop SO much
bad and ugly printing of conditions
and turn their attention more to the
things that give joy and gtadness
was timely and acceptable to we'll
balanced people. Washington's visit
and talks in Chicago were Of great
value to the people, and II by these
he made any enemies ne made enc
mics Of the enemies Of the people,
We welcome him back.
He asked the Negro press to cease
its knocking and get together on
great principles and strike as one
for. the race and SO keep it's eyes open
as to be able to see and tell Of the
advancement Of the race; and to do
the most Of it's fighting for the race,
where it was most needed, and to
follow the example Of the old game
chicken hen not to cackle and make
fuss until something was accom-
pllehed-not to cacklo until an egg
was laid.
Mr.. Washington advocated with
An all-around manual training q
higher education for the whole peo-
| pie and more than emphasized this
to his big white audiences Wash
Iington and his people arc getting to-
gether and we are proud Of 1t and
: now are proud Of him. Mr.. Washing
ton protested earnestly against any
State making any. laws which dis
eliminated against person on &C
count Of color. In this he Is with
his people, and they are with him,
we are glad to say.
In word, Mr.. Washington took
Chicago as by O. storm and left the
Impression on every man, woman and
child that he was one OF the biggest,
best and most race-loylng Negroes
now on the rostrum.
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THE WHITE PI.AGIIE

1t has been found by actual figures
that Negroes are more subject to
consumption than any other class Of
people in America. Between the ages
OF Is aud a., 584 Negroes out of every
100000 die Of the dread disease, while
only 1853 American born whites ONT
OF 100000 die from the same cause.
The unsan;tary lives they lead is
responsible for this terrible fatality
among Negroes. The environments OF
large number Of them in cities is
wretchfd beyond description. Crowd
cd into the hack streets and alleys
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-04-18

Influenced evidently by the old al.
age that the early birds catches the
worm, candidates galore have an
nounced their willingness to accept
places upon the Republican State tick
ct and lead the party to victory in
1908. With the harvest a year off, it
Is little early for the crop to put in
its appearance and there is danger
that the scorching sun Of summer will
have a blighting effect upon some of
the weak plants.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-04-18
REV. G.. G. WOODSON
Writes from Athens, Greece. Is OH
his way home from the Philippines.
Athens, Greece, March ID. 1907

Athens, Greece, March %, 1907.
Hon. s. w. Starks,
Charleston, w. Va, u. S. A..
Dear Sir and Brother: write this
to inform you that | am no longer
sleeping in the orient. After work
Ing my way through the Straits Set
Elements, India, Palestine and Egypt
have reached Europe.
4 am now in Greece. | need not
say that 1t IS privilege to be per-
mitted to see the ruins OF country
which has had so much influence on
the civilization Of today. [ have
seen some Of its battle fields, temples
and theaters. The ruins show that It
was once adorned with wonders
wrought In stone and marble. ID.
While standing on Mars Hill, /
sang Gloria Patrie." / imagined
that I could see and hear st. Paul de-
livering his great discourses to the
men Of Athens On i the Hill OF
Pryn, I stood on the very rostrum
where Demosthenes and Pericles de-
Hvered those elaborate speechs which
ar now treasured in the literature of
modern nations. Every where I see
something which reminds me Of the
distinguished men Of Hellas.
am leaving now for Italy.
Fraternally yours
g. G. WOODSON.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-04-18
GEORGIA FOLLOWS MISSISSIPPI.

GEORGIA FOLLOWS MISSISSIPPI
Following the lead of their breth
rem in Mississippi the Negro repub
licans of Georgia are said to be lining
up their forces to capture the next
state convention for Foraker or the
strongest anti-Roosevelt candidate fol
the chief magistracy before the pub
lie next summer. The causes of theil
detection are the same as give rise to
the revolt in Mississippi recognition
or democrats in the distribution OF
Offices and the exclusion of republi
cans-eSpecialIy black republicans-ir
the division Of the spois
In both Mississippi and Georgia the
Lspuhiican party is composed almost
IL, itftt tntifeyrof Negroes They have
Kept the organizations alive in these
states; they compose the majority of
delegates to the national convention
or did till the lily white faction came
into existence, and were factors to be
considered after elections.
There was time not so long ago
when every state at the south had its
full quota Of Negro delegates in re-
publican national conventions. They
stood high in the councils of the par
ty and managers of candidates. who
hoped to be honored by their party.
made oVertures for their support. But
with the passage Of the first disfran-
chising law a change was noticeable.
Those who formerly had been sought
were merely tolerated, for with their
inability to deliver the goods their
usefulness passed. Conditions went
from bad to worse till Hanna's acces-
sion to the craftsmanship and the full
nllment Of his promises made to Sc
cure the nomination Of Mckinley was
the death blow
mere is now upon the throne a
KING who kRew not Jacob. He and
MS counsellors have forgotten or new
er knew the battles waged by the old
guard who fought the fight. kent tho
1alth and finished the course before
president Roosevelt entered the kin.
dergarten of politics. White men.
"ho' despairing of promotion in the
democratic, Joined the republican par.
~, or out and out democrats are now
gwen the postoftices and collectorsbips
and the black republican, who has
never once wavered in his allegiance
Is wholly ignored.
The prospects Of the Ncgro's rein.
statement to the high place he once
held IN the party is far from bright
His former friends have stood by and
win a feeble protest here and there
have witnessed his political cmascu1a
ton without lifting a hand. They
nave acquiesced in, if not ENCOURAGED
the formation of an element which
seeks to eliminate him altogether from
the equation of politics. His fght
Is for good cause and even thongl
he should be defeated, he will DO con
soied by the knowledge Of havin,
fought against great odds for his own
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-04-18

OFFICES.
New York:
1913 9TH Avenue.
Washington:
~ 1925 18th St. N. W.
Louisville:
1112 W. Madison st.
st. Louis:
1897 Pine St.
\ Philadelphia:
702 So. 18th St.
Baltimore:
500 w. Biddle st.
Boston:
"a Harvard ST., Cambridge.
Pittsburg:
461 9Th St.. Braddock.
Columbus:
266 ST. Clair Ave.
New Orleans:
226 SO. Robertson st.
Jacksonville:
536 w. Union St.
Nashville:
---~'".~ 706 Bass st.
Indianapolis:
1905 Alvord st.
Lexington:
567 N. Upper st.
San Francisco:
S65 Union ST.. Oakland.
Detroit:
261 Elliot St.
Ell Paso:
1872 Lion St.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-04-18

First Du Bots, now Dr. Mossell, of
and proclaims to all the world that he
Will have no exhibit at James.
town. This must be another case of
exaggerated ego," for preparations
for the opening of the exposition still
go on apace.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-04-18

Mr.. and Mrs. Proctor, of BramweIi,
we're In this city this week on busi-
ness, ,-,,. T.. ..4 . 't.'.' g., F.. ...
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t...~ ,..y.l u ~. E,ElsIlf' 'syry,. -N
sIo tawyer is or can become g mem>
Uer, o. TINS close corporettons it ts pre-.
sunsg tnae the new. suoterfuge is de.
tsISaeo 20. accomptssn the. purpose or
sS,s, .tte races quite as enec"
~ As uu .ne oIo TICK, " course,
ono na A a. gan tDe mace 30
y ms'.. tnat Guy WnHe peIsons .Wllis, Re
a.t ~ eh.ei tle'F X9Sr!ters Snu
or infrod t Suo o. 4, ,.a NJ hormai y.
VI in'iouuUl1VhS OF OF paying LOT the
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-04-18

The jamestown Exposition people
have invaded Massachusetts, and have
captured the stronghold of the NAL!
contents who have opposed the enter
prise with all their might and main
from its inception to the PRESENT day.
But it Is being shown to the satisfac,
ton Of the country at large that the
State OF Massachusetts is not govern
ed from No. 3 fremont Row, and that
the masses do their own thinking and
do not purpose to lose this golden OPP
oortunity to demonstrate to the world
that the Negro has made marvellous
progress in the arts OF civilization
Besides the imposing replica OF the
CrisDus Attacks Monument, the col
ored people Of the Old Bay state will
have a typical exhibit in the Negro
building at. jamestown. Among the
many features thee will be paintings
by Edwin Bannister who won first
prize at the Philadelphia Exposit Ion
in 1876, William Robinson and sever
al other colored artists of national re-
pute. There will also display repre-
sentative books by the best Negro,
writer's. notably the works of William
c: Neil. Archibald H. Grimke, Will
liam Wells Brown, James NJ Trotter,
Lewis Hayden, George w Williams,
William Stanley Braithwaite and 9th,
erB. New England will be happily
represented at the jamestown Expo
sition, falling heartily In line with
the West and South In making the
display a source of pride to the en-.
tire race.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-04-18

THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1907.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-04-18


Somebody has been getting down
his encyclopedia and found out where
that place is to which Mr.. James w.
Johnson, of Florida and New York,
has been sent az United States Consul,
by transfer from Puerto Cabello, Ven
ezuea. They say the nearest ap-
preach to Consul Johhson's new sta
ton would appear to be Goree, small
island belonging to France on the
west coast Of africa, one and quar-
ter miles south of Cape Verde and
separated from the continent by the
Strait Of DakaP. This may be a very
attractive habitat--for some people
but it Is the opinion that ere long the
festive Johnson will reach the unani-
nous conclusion that "it Is j0llier to
be q lamp-poat on Broadway, New
York, than 20 be king Of an island
that has no place on the map"
A new management has taken hold
of the lunch room In the City Hall.
| The Judges and court officials got tired
Of having TO 20 out of the building to
get their daily consignment Of pie and
milk so somebody had to be prevail
ed upon to come In and reopen the
concern. The color question, howev.
err, is up again; but In another form.
The white man wants his pie and
milk but he doesn't want 1t In the
same room with Negro patrons. The
ancient game sofs having q room for
whites, labeled gHor. Members Of the
Bar" having played out the newest
caper i8 to haye ~ room set. apart for
the Accommodation 0f members OF the
District Bar Association. AS no Ne
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ables and Tascals abhorrent to Afro
AmerlcAnSt-and II these misf1ts are
allowed +f0Seontfofthe southern dele
cations tt%the next national conven
lon Of the party, when, the party
ADOPTS tt platform and selects It's can
d1datss, NEVILLE be time enough for the
Afro7Amaraeans In the northern and
westernss xSates to decide what they
want anu o:Sote accordingly.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-03-04
NOTED IN PASSING.

Now that the postmastership is set
tied, the borough of South Amboy
can once more settle down to quiet
ude.
Many local young man has COM
mitted theft right under a girls
very nose.
II 1T keeps up much longer, other
persons concerned in the Thaw trial
will have the exaggerated ego"
The Trenton man who won a pool
match for girls favor evidently
knew his cue better than his rival.
Mrs. Eddys relatives would give
that Frye-Herring combination a
rather fishy reputation.
Telephone companies report loss
of many telephone girls by marriage.
No wonder, for they get rings from
SO many men.
Chicago dealers assert there are
no stale eggs in the country. The
truth of that wont last long, even If
It's true now
The Thaw case resembles the
Strothers case in Virginia, only they
use different methods down there.
Is the scrap between the rival OPP
era house directors in New York for
Bonci's services a press agent stunt
for that famous tenor?
Regarding the Salvation Army's
anti-suicide headquarters. it Is sug-
gested that many respondents would
rather do the deed than let anyone
know they were thinking about it.
That Panama canal bogey should
shake hands, flguratively, with the
Amboy bridge. Those who are boys
now bid fair to be old men before the
canal is done.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-03-04
ADyERTIsED LETTERs.

Letters at post Office for week end
ing March 2, 1907:
John Bjornson, Miss Marie Hansen,
Angelo Skyberg, Frank Carpenter,
Erik Eriksen, Edward Smith, Capt
H. Wilcox, Charles P. Dethmar,
Capt. Curtis A. Wing, julius Scott,
Mrs. Julia Zoling, kavancs Feren-
czurnak, Minnie Patterson, Buralija
Matuiak, Engineer N. Ray, Miss
Pauline Zuboisky, Sadie Miller, K.
Srymkewiesr, Julius Veccsi. Mrs.
Meri James, Thomas Evans Master
Christian Hansen, 2l9ico Guyo, Kie-
nimre Kome, P. Wiech, Johu Wienc,
s. Yitvany, Franciszek Ojk3slsy, X.
Tomas, X. Gyorgy. Wicend Loscin-
sky, Jan Kiviatkowski, Hans SoreR-
sen, Stanislaus Dirownkomski, Jan
Bodnan, D. Bodnar, Jan Eiajka, V.
Velirsavlyev, Michael Skoalkowski,
f. Shymanski, Van Mysona, II. Oklij-
emich, Y. Maranvewir, Josef Malin-
eski, Macy Gustav Urnak. X. Gyjula.
w. Fauyh, Mikolaj Krasicki, Stiff
Kopsy, v. Glykas IN. Cyubantyj, Meri
Bentelsmit, Edomie Capic.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-03-04
EDITORIAL COMMENT.
Patient Perth Amhoy.


The Perth Amboy EVENING
NEWS sees a ray of hope that the
Central Railroad Company will give
that city a new station. Perth Am
boy is a city of about $4,000 people,
but the Central depot is disgrace to
the company. The NEWS presents
this pen picture of the depot:
THE mems side hardly has stand
ing room, and the tobacco smoke of
all grades is so thick that it is i'm
possible to see from one side to the
other. The air is sitting. Outside,
pacing up and down, there is crowd
made up OF those who either cannot
get inside or who could not endure
the disgusting conditions If they did
enter On the women's side the
crowding is just as bad. Nine-tenths
of the women are forced to stand, and
there is hardly room for that"
To give the patrons of the road no
| better accommodations than this is
an Injustice, and the Perth Amboy
people are justified in making a pro-
test. But they are not unreasonable
in their demands. They do not insist
that the railroad company shall get
busy with some sort of Aladdin S
lamp and rear magnificent new
structure over night. Their patience
even rivals that of poor old Job, as is
evinced by the following from the
| NEWS:
I'VE give the Central Railroad
credit for having the intention at
least, and, aside from occasionally
reminding 1t of the promise of a new
station within the next two years, we
will be patient and await its coming.
By that time Perth Amboy will have
reached the 10000 mark, and the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-03-04

is not tied to Boss Strong altogether.
This man is Mr.. Drake, of Stelton.
He showed his independence of the
boss when he refused to get in line
and be delivered for Dryden for the
United States senatorship, and we are
informed that he is also fathering the
cause of South Plainfield even though
the boss is opposed to it,
Recently we made some comment
upon the reason a Hudson county
man had introduced the South Plain
field borough bill. We are glad to
be able to say that there is one Mid
dlesex man who is master of him
self sufficiently to serve his constit-
uents regardless of boss dictation and
we gladly publish che following let
ter to set our readers right regard
ing the standing of Assemblyman
Drake:
So. Plainfield. n. j.
March End, 1907.
Editor Perth Amboy EVENING
NEWS, Perth Amboy, N. J.
Dear Sir
In your edition of March 1st, I
notice an item regarding the South
Plainfield borough bill. / don't know
where you received your information
from, but would like to put you right
regarding same. The bill introduced
by Mr. Brady and refused by Middle
sex senator and assmblymen has moth
ing to do with the Good Government
Club That was introduced through
our opposition
We, however. have bill in the as
sembly to incorporate South Plain
field and was introduced by Mr.. Drake
some few weeks ago. 1t is now before
the house and is expected to pass
Monday.
Please make this correction in your
next edition and oblige
Yourse truly,
HARRY j. MANNING,
Sec. Good Government Club.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-03-04
,,FIRE ALARM BOXES.

28--RAritan Copper Works.
20--High and Lewis Streets.
N-Madison Avenue and Paterson Street
oS Market and First Streets.
a5--SInlth and High Streets.
3d. New Brunswick Avenue and New street
37--Stnte and Smith Streets.
43-Buekinghnm Avenue and Hartford st.
45-C Commerce and Front Streets.
l7--HiRh and Washington Streets.
5f-State Street and buckingham Avenue.
O-Hall Avenue and Charles Street.
81 State and Wayne streets.
5s-Near United Lead Works.
o2-Washington and First Streets.
G}-New Brunswick Avenue and Elm street
Gf--Smith Street and Watson Avenue.
65-Commerce and State Streets.
72-Front and Smith Streets.
72-Wnter and Gordon Streets.
73-Kearny Avenue and Gordon Street.
S2-Smith and Herbert Streets.
SS--Woodbridge Road and Washington st.
Sl--Lehlgh Avenue and Stanford Street.
81 Near City Hospital.
WMaurer.
- 70 send in an alarm, open the door of
the box and pull down the lever and let
go.4ONCE ONLY. Stay at box until firemen
SPECIAL CALLS.
tap-Brcak in circuit. 2 taps-Drill
and Ire alarm test taps-Fire out .
faps-polic call. l3- Call for Washington
Hose. 14--Call for Mcclellan Engine Com
pany. l5-Call for Protection Hook and
Ladder. 16-Cal for Eagle Hose Company
e2-Call for Lincoln Engine Company.