The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1908-07-17
AFRICAN SLAVERY STILL EXISTS

! : one Of the decisions civilization that slavery does
@ bu there are in the world today thousands of black slaves
aDong under the dous form Of forced labor which Is ony
0ceuated by the absurd attempts to make them officially free nv
possibly understand o - 80 - ~
typical averaders country said to exist in the Portuguese
IN ue southwest coast Of Africa There immense cocoa
IN the Portuguese islands of San Thome and Principe
ana 70 obtain aboers for them there group Of dealers who make
specially OF providing negroes These men organize special parties
ore the interior OF African forests and hundreds
negroes who Immediately back to the coast in
aSea condition Whole families captured and sold in lots
according to physical condition and age.
The irony OF the whole traffic everything is done on legal
mere special government agent Angola whose duty
rs 70 prevent the exploitation of slaves He course will
du aat slavery exists The system perfect But the
goes think otherwise Their one of lifelong hard labor
though they engaged aboers plantation certain
number OF years at what appears be reasonable wage This
he will never At the point he signs an agreement
ne cannot read engaging himself body and soul
on the island ne never leaves at the end of his period of five
seven years the farce OF gnngon again gone through
until he IS too old when he back his pmeval dwelling
penny the richer Tor his lie OF labor very seldom indeed that
OF these slaves live old Five years generally enough
Tor the strongest constitution.
10 avoid the paying of wages system Of fines introduced by
which the worker cannot possibly losing his nominal
Fogggs of every day suffering
well They live hus when engaged fields
the wed could escape their guards they would
be utterly unable leave the island Thus the geographical position
saves the owners millions Of dollars
King Leopold derives nearly year Congo
property and most of this huge is according missionaries
and others made of the blood and of helpless who
monarch agents The farce of socaed voluntary signgon
gone through here and of price paid for the
rubber but the dealers anything but exravagan when treating
with natives Not put fine point upon the valuable pro
duct obtained for nothing by King Leopods representa-
and the natives require pursuason induce them to find The
rubber for the white 1t this pursuasioh which has led to
the international protest against the Congo atrocities Very often
the puuaders have stopped and muaon when deal
ing with recacitrant negroes.
Great Britain Of overord OF Zanzibar but there is still
great difficulty putting down slavery the Suans dominons
The educated in England and certain ypa
with British ideas of freedom But there the be
considered and slavery slightly disguised exists in Zanzbar
the dealers have learned the Portuguese trick of making the
negro sign ndenure form, thus binding himself work for
nominal salary for certain number of years.
The who Denver voted the speakabe Gufey
delegate the identical individuals who that the
ar chosen representatives of the Democracy of Ada Canyon and
zore shall be seated at Wallace What think the
Democracy of Idaho2
Taft as federal Judge the first Judge issue in
JUNCTION in dispute From his has grown the abuse OF
he writ that the Democracy proposes to correct
Boom the circulation The Citizen and reap harvest Of
November Twice-a-week until after election for fifty cents
end us in clubs.
National headquarters Democracy will be located in Chi
AGO and the great of the middle will be the fighting
round of the campaign
Are the working men America going march with Gompers
"a Mitchell ar with Morgan and Rockefeller?