The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-12-31
II ~ Sarah Cabins isefnaHdis i = !. u \,
'tI1xcldsiye, Service Cha rities and fthss;
aeon N On6 Press An rpn n p = =. :

A. H. ,.sf
tnxcIdsiye Service Cha ritiesS and M;
3$Comp1ons Press Bureau. J !. 4 &
4 Mrs FeTA.. =, ~. IL olorel; " w o nm, &,
hersslt GsSne ~ the besf nna Ii if,st
:, ;&orkeas AIQon s a. gsOes 81 the poore,
(: - ass% In rtfls country .tst she, Wfits,
Iiym experience bothl & North I ami
< Sotth. sne3 rs now luo1ng settlement
&, NorKA among tho colored population
OF ANEW Nm gland Mir town, Prev
ouslyS she was head worker in, a Set
lteHtShC iocatou rlnl, the Negro stun
district of Washingtbn. j.; &|',4 E as..7''1
ferhaps the mistake Of those ,agi,
tators who have indulged In hYstert,
cal exploitations OF the Negro d ues.
zion has. been failure toiconsider> il
IN It's relation to one Of Sthe ,basR
questions :of the country industrial
Ism. In the history%of fndustrialiSmll
the Negro represents the country's
AoWlisst foreign laborer. His .peculi.
ar relation! under the institution OF
slavery in that far OF period marks
conditions affecting him IN theAindus,
trial world of today. In, some future
REIMBURSEMENT these !, handicaps may
disappear. s:... - =; :: e. = . ,.s'H & i
One papses reverently before the
a1truism of the days Of the abolition
lists activity for the catise5 Of tina an
shaved Negro. The impress OF praiu-
d1ce upon the Negroes Industrial hiss
Tory Il strong In the period of recon.
stTnction. !. ~. r., IS = = y " Z
Tn this period also the Bnptopoeean
contingent Of foreign labor majestic
appearance in increasing nnmSers. 1t
rs IN tthevery nature Of things that,
beginning his struggle for q foothold
III a. new country, the; newly arrived
Foreign laborer: should absorb tiSe
prevailing prejudice and use 1t to bar
the Negro from possible competition
III certain lines Of industry. The al
most entire absence Of Negro labor
IRON the mill industries Of the coun-
try bear testimony to this a ,..4 +. ,,
This tragedy of this lies In the fact
that the development Of many of
these industries. notably the manu-
facture Of cotton Is co-inciSe nt with
the increased production Of the. raw
material by slave labor. BY this gen
eral survey we reach Pete and his
class. ~ = = .'''T. = !
Tony Petrowskt and Pete Johnson
sit side by side in, the school room of
small New England village. They
both live In little shanties in the VIII.
lage slum. :, - ~. r., ~
Tony's father works in the mill.
his mother who worked In sweat
shop before. marriage plies hernia
chine, In one corner OF her crowded
home, and adds materially to The fam
lily income. From their combined
earnings there is a; weekly. surplus
which is added to a growing nest egg.
The goal%of the family ambition Is a
corner grocery. -. a. ..
Pete'ss father finds intermittent en-
ployment, at odd Jobs, which average
less than half the working days OF
the year. The rest Of his time is
spent with boon com panions loafing
about the, neighborhood saloon,
where foreign saloon keeper. pros
pers on their penny patronage, tf~l
Pete's mother goes out scrubbing
and washing for the more prosperous
white 1aboring class, and loses ali
opportunity of caring for home Or
the training for her: children IExlgte
ence is further eked out, by fishing
and hunting. A nest egg is unhearti
-. of and there is no goaI"of ambition
ahead. %!;...>E .,} ~! 4. Ns y, = ,E ~ y
. SO the time goes on until the pegi4
cd of compulsory, -schooh attendaIee
:, has expired. Tony and a, sister neaF
: him in age enter the mills ana sbe1
: come additional wage earners in the
family. . A few years more and this
ADDITIONAL income has brought the
family. finances up TO the desired
point: They move into pfetentious
corner store and livesin, a cleaner
neighborhood. The store ,is,>stocked