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Marble Hill press., 1908-11-12
Tariff iniquity.

American railroads are complaining
all the time that they cannot lay
hands on money enough to provide
double tracks even where they are
necessary to cope with the growing
traffic. Yet reduction of eight dol
lars a ton in the price of steel rails
would enable the double tracking of
more than 25 per cent. more road for
exactly the same cost.
Why should the tariff favor the for
eign railroad at the expense of the
American railroad?
Once upon a time protectionists
successfully Haunted the bogy of Euro
pean cheap labor. and pleaded the
high tariff as necessity to maintain
high wage and decent standard of
living for the American skilled arti-
san. But this bogy vanishes when we
consider that every employe of the
highly-protected United States Steel
Company earns for the stockholders
an amount every year equal to his
wage.
Marble Hill press., 1908-11-12
Let Us Have the Truth.

Several newspapers, of which the
New York Evening Post is one, say
that they do not see how the pres1-
dent can afford to ignore Mr.. Parker's
statement of old, reiterated now, that
100000 was got from the Standard
Oil Company for the Roosevelt cam
paign fund of 1904, and that more
was demanded but it was refused.
There was a letter, Mr.. Parker re-
peats, from President Roosevelt to
Secretary Corte1you, then the chair
man, ordering him to return the $780,.
600, but that it was not returned. The
Post thinks, as the president so
promptly took a hand in the Standard
Oil questions raised in the cases of
two public men recently, that it is in
cumbent on him to explain this
Standard Oil episode also. AS this
is only a demand for publicity after
election" which is good Roosevelt
doctrine, why should not it apply? In
good truth the people are sore and
suspicious at this whole mass of cor
ruption, dating back from the insur-
ance company contributions and the
Hartman salvation fund of 100000,
and coming to the present day with
this and other charges like that of the
Panama canal deal. If there is moth
ing in these things a short story will
soon tell it. If there is-well popular
resentment is at the point where it
will take silence as consent and go on
with its belief But this will not end
it. The truth will have to come out.
and sooner or later it will
Marble Hill press., 1908-11-12
Would Risk One More Bottle.

A Frenchman from the provinces
who was paying prolonged visit to
Paris found his hair was leaving him
at the top Of his head, and took his
barber to task about it. You sold me
two bottles of stuff to make the hair
grow" 1T Is very strange 1t won't
grow again." said the modern Figaro;
Il can't understand it." Look here!"
said the countryman. 81 don't mind
drinking another bottle, but this must
be the last!"-Philadelphi Inquirer.
Marble Hill press., 1908-11-12
Trusts Are Republican,

The trust evil has grown up since
the inauguration of Mckinley. Before
McKinley's inauguration there was lit
tie ground for prosecution. Some of
The laws under which prosecutions
have been instituted were not in force
during Cleveland's administration be-
cause the evils they are intended to
correct were not then known-F'loTida
Times-Union.
Marble Hill press., 1908-11-12
Roosevelt Dynasty.

Perhaps in 1916 the campaign for
womaD's rights will have reached a
stage which will permit the succession
of Alice Roosevelt Longworth to the
presidential throne.-St. Louis Post
Dispatch.
Marble Hill press., 1908-11-12
HOW'S This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure
F.J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney
for the last Is years. and believe him perfectly hon.
orabe In all business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made by his firm.
WALDING, kINNAN & MARVIN.
Wholesale Druggists Toledo. o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Testimonials sent free. Price IS cents per
bottle Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Marble Hill press., 1908-11-12

Smokers appreciate the quality value of
Lewis Single Binder cigar. Your dealer
or Lewis Factory, Peoria, ILL.,
Marble Hill press., 1908-11-12
Bone of Contention.

Death usually heals all family diff
ferences," said the old-fashioned philo-
sopher.
Yes" replied the shrewd observer,
but usually the reading Of the will
separates them again" Free
Press
Marble Hill press., 1908-11-12
Couldn't pisorove IL bv Her.

"They say there's nothing new un-
der the sum-" unused the poet, sadly.
Well" replied his wife in tone
equally as melancholy, you can't dis
prove the adage by my wardrobe"
Marble Hill press., 1908-11-12
Judge.
a RUNNE R-UP.

Mr.. Asker-Do you find your new
auto good climber, Harry?
Harry-Well, it's not a speed mar
vel when it comes to running up hills,
but say, old1nan, you just ought to see
it run up a bill
Marble Hill press., 1908-11-12
Poor Old Bird.

Pop Cooking up from the paper)-
I see there's a new baby hippopotamus
at the zoo. What are you laughing
at, Johnnie?
Johnnie (who is almost as bright
as he looks)-I was JUS laughin' to
think of the stork carryin' a hipperpot-
amus.-Exchange
Marble Hill press., 1908-11-12

Marriage is a contract, but there
are lots Of contract jumpers.
Marble Hill press., 1908-11-12
Laundry work at home would be

Laundry work at home would Be
much more satisfactory If the right
Starch were used. In order to get the
desired stiffness, 1t is usually neces-
sary to use so much starch that the
beauty and fineness Of the fabric ts
hidden behind a paste Of varying
thickness, which not only destroys the
appearance, but also affects the wear
ing quality of the goods. This trou-
bic can be entirely overcome by using
Defiance Starch, as it can be applied
much more thinly because Of it's great
er strength than other makes.
Marble Hill press., 1908-11-12

Liber2lity does not consist in Civ
ing largely. but in giving wisely
Jerome.
Marble Hill press., 1908-11-12

The actions of a dumb man speak
louder than his words
Marble Hill press., 1908-11-12

Those Tired. Aching Feet of Yours
need Aliens FUOt-EaSe 25c at your Druggist
Write a. ). OlmsteC, lie Roy, n. Y. FOR sample.
Marble Hill press., 1908-11-12
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands Of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid tumors, Irregularities.
periodic pains, backache, that bear~
ing-down feeling, fatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness, ,ornervous prostrations
Why don't you try it =?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
Marble Hill press., 1908-11-12
Strong Winds and Sand Storms

EYE SALVE soothes and quickly relieves
All druggists OF Howard Bros, Buffalo, n. Y.
Marble Hill press., 1908-11-12
A PIERCING Motive.

That farmers wife certainly does
stick her boarders."
Very likely; it's her pin money
Baltimore American.
Marble Hill press., 1908-11-12

The extraordinary popularity of fine
white goods this summer makes the
choice of Starch a matter of great i'm
portance: Defiance Starch, being free
from all injurious chemicals, is the
only one which is safe to use on fine
fabrics. It's great strength as stiffen-
er makes half the usual quantity Of
Starch necessary, with the result of
perfect finish, equal to that when the
goods were new.
Marble Hill press., 1908-11-12

When a man is short he usually has
long face.
Marble Hill press., 1908-11-12
important to Mothers.

Learning makes the young temper
ate, is the comfort Of age; standing
for wealth with poverty, and serv-
ing as an ornament to riches.-Cicero.
Marble Hill press., 1908-11-12
Nuts.

One very great advantage which
nuts possess over most foods is their
absolute freedom from adulteration
When you buy nuts, you always know
what you are getting. Of course,
those bought in the shell ere also ab-
solutely clean. And what a beautiful
source they come from, How delight
full to picture the trees upon which
they grow, on the outermost branches
Health.
Marble Hill press., 1908-11-12

Mrs. Wfnslow's Soothing Syrup.
children teething, softens the gums reduces IN
dammatien, says pain. cures wind coC 25c bottle
Marble Hill press., 1908-11-12

Much less would be-
satisfactory. The gen.
eral average is above
twenty bushels.
AllaTe loud in their
praises of the great
crops and that won
derful country."-E EI-
e National EdifOria5
The Appeal., 1908-06-13
VAT. ASSN. OF TEACHERS.

Inc program of the fifth annual ses-
sion OF the National Association of
Teachers in Afro American schools Is
Delng sent out. The meeting will be
nelu - louisville, KY, June 24-26.
Some OF the topics to be discussed
1hls year are: Rural Schools and
school House Building; The Function
OF the High School; The School as a
Soclal center; The College as a Local
center OF Influence; The College and
University IN Race Power; The Kin
dergarten; The Unique Opportunity of
the A. & NJ. Colleges; Better School
supervision; Southern White Co-Oper-
atlon In Afro-American Education:
The Teaching of Agriculture as a
factor IN Race Development.
Many OF the best educators of the
race are on the program. The speak
ers for the two evening meetings are:
for Thursday evening, Prof. w. T.
3. Williams, General Field Agent of
the Slater Fund, who will discuss
Southern Progress in Education
Among Afro-Americans; Prof. William
Plckens, Professor of Languages, Tai
ladega College, who will give an adj
dress on Mental Development a Part
OF Educatlon. For Friday evening DR..
L. g. Moore, Dean of Teachers Col
lege, Howard University, will give an
address on The Training of Teachers.
while DR.. NJ. G. B. Mason, Secretary
OF TFreedmen's Aid Society, will speak
on Northern White Cooperation in
Negro Education.
The Appeal., 1908-06-13
NATIONAL BUSINESS LEAGUE
IS NOTES.

The ninth annual session of the
National Business League is to be
held at Baltimore, Maryland, Wednes-
day, Thursday and Friday, August 19,
20 and Fl, 1908. The Local Business
League of Baltimore, Mr.. Harry T..
Pratt, President, is in charge of the
arrangements of entertainment, ETC.
The. strongest forces among tbs
people Of that city are cooperating
with Mr.. Pratt and the Local League
to make the coming session a sue
cess. Reduced rates as usual will be
secured for the meeting.
The following Local Business
Leagues have recently secured char
ters from the National Organization,
namely: Riverside, California; Sac.
ramento, California; Annapolis, Mary
land; and Natchez, Mississippi. Un--
der decision of the National Negro
Business League, no Local League is
now recognized as such unless it
now recognized as such unless it
holds charter from the National Or
ganization. Charters will be sent
whenever requested by Mr. Emmett
J. Scott, Corresponding Secretary
Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, on re.
ceipt of Post Office Money Order, or
New York Draft to cover same Those
interested in promoting business en-
teprises among the Afro-Americans
are, urged to secure charters as early
as possible and to have their Leagues
represented at the coming Baltimore
session.
pr. Booker Washington, the Presi-
dent Of the National Organization,
recently gave utterance to the follow
ing statement IN explanation of the
purposes Of the League: The League
1s not lodge; it pays no death bene
The Appeal., 1908-06-13

electors ratified this selection. Thus
the legislative department. virtually
chose the Executive in spite of all
constitutional precautions to keep the
departments Independent.
The Congressional caucus lasted un-
til 1924, when the Jackson men bolted
the nomination of Crawford. The
overthrow of king Caucus was pop
ularly regarded as the greatest politi-
cal reform since the establishment Of
the republic.
The early national conventions
were hardly more than conferences,
the first having been held in 1881 by
supporters of Clay. There are thou
sands of men still living who were on
their way to manhood before the
national convention became an estab-
lished political institution, with no
laws except voluntary consent, yet as
effective in enforcing it's DEGREES as
the government of any other nation.
Indeed, more so, for while government
is forever fouted, there is no case on
record in which Presidential elec-
tor ever refused to vote for the can
didate nominated by the national con-
vention Of his party.
The Appeal., 1908-06-13
SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 1908.
ANOTHER SOLUTION.

Ex-Governor Northen conceives
that he has discovered a satisfactory
solution Of the race problem, and
like many other, great discoverers. he
has contributed to one of the maya
zines, an account of his great dis
covery.
1t occurs to THE APPEAL, that
the crudite governor is very much
like many crudite mathematicians who
nave discovered and cackled over the
solution of the "squaring of the cir
Gle"
The Minneapolis Tribune, in com
mentlng upon the production, re-
marks that the crux of the solution
is that the Afro-American must
crush out his social and political
aspirations and cheerful1y submit to
the white mans dictation on account
of the white mans superiority. It
adds to elinch the argument that the
white man acquired his Superiority
by long years of strenuous effort.
while the black man was fooling a.
round among the jung1es Of Africa
SO far as the Afro-American of the
South is concerned, he is not disposed
to hold himself responsible for what
the unciviized African was. doing
years ago, no more than Gov. North
The Appeal., 1908-06-13

en- is responsible for what his an
cestors were doing at about the same
time. He may concede the superior
ity" in some respects, of the white
race as a whole, and, at the same
time be perfectly aware of the fact
that when it comes to comparing in
dividuals, the Afro-American is, in
thousands of instances vastly super
ior to the white man with whom he
comes in contact.
Bishop Turner and Professor DIT
bois of Georgia are not ignorant of
the fact that they are vastly the su-
periors, morally, intellectually and
even physically of the Atlanta mur-
derers who were whooped up by
Hoax Smith & Co. to their deeds
of dishonesty and violence. They
know just what the Georgia "grand
father clause" proves as to the su-
perior intelligence of the white citi-
zens of Georgia. They know that
the white race has by long effort,
produced superior class, but also,
has vastly larger inferior mass of
hill-billies, red-necks and clay-eaters,
and that the Afro-American also has
his superior class and his inferior
mass. And further, they know that
Gov. Northen is accusing them of
what they know they are not guilty,
that is a desire for inter-marriage
with the whites. They know that
the real object of the howl, is to
justify the jimcrow car and the grand
father clause and the lynchings and
the suppression and grading down of
the schools for Afro-Americans.
They know that the howl has "rat-
tied" the white mans church until
Satan would not admit it as one of
his synagogues.
1t will not do for Gov. Northen to
argue that the Afro-American must
crush out his social and political as
p1ratlons on account Of his assump-
ton that the white race is superior,
as whole, to the Afro-American-
the two races as such, have never
come into collision-all troubles that
have existed have been between in
dividua1s.
If the superior white race should
rule over the inferior Afro-American,
why should not the superior Afro
American regulate the inferior white
man?
The Appeal., 1908-06-13

q q
fits; it has no pass words, grips, and
IS not fraternal.' 1t is an organiza-
ton OF Afro-American business men
IT offers to its members the fellow
snip OF the men among the race who
nave succeeded. 1t has no honors or
dlgnltles2 to bestow. 1t is not in poll
Tics and is not run by political meth
ods. 1t recognizes that in a free coun-
Try like ours it is the individual who
counts and that it is in the competi-
tlon and struggles of business that
Dig men have been developed men
IKE Carnegie, Rockefeller, George
roster Peabody, Robert C. Ogden, etc.
we nave successful business men
among us. We want to get them to
know each other. AS race we have
many special and peculiar business
problems to settle. We want to find
The Appeal., 1908-06-13


The following temporary officers
have been chosen for the Republican
National Convention at Chicago, June
16: t
Chairman Senator julius G. Bur-
rows of Michigan.
General Secretary-John E. Malloy,
Coumbus, Ohio. .~....a
Chief Assistant Secretary-Lafay-
cite B. Gleason, New York City.
Assistant Secretaries = Charles
Brooks Smith, Parkersburg, w. Va;
Ernest Walker Smith, Hartford,
Conn; Phillip NJ Teofele, St. Louis;
M. J. Tobin, Vinton, IoWa; G. M.
Harger, Abilene, Kan; Allen ROLLS,
Concord, N. H.
Reading Clerks-Thomas w. Will
Hanson, Edwardsville, Ill.,; George A.
Wilson, Des Moines, Iowa.
The Appeal., 1908-06-13
"TIIE SERVICE PAN"

There are many institutions which
are exclusively and peculiarly South
ern and which obtain in no other
country, says the Augusta Herald.
1t then mentions the institution un-
der the name of the Service pan,'
which it describes as pan kept by
the Afro-American cock, ostensibly
for scraps, but into which are con-
veyed a liberal portion of the best
food which the cook carries home
for the benefit Of her affinity" some
worthless 1oafer, who has put in the
day loahng around the low dives, and
who comes home with an appetite
The Appeal., 1908-06-13
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THE NATIONAL CONVENTION.
established Political Institution With
No Laws but Its Own.

estaohshed Political Institution With
No Laws but Its Own.
The national convention is the most
distinctly original American contrlpu-
ton to the art of government. 1t is
product of evolution, and it has no
legal status.
The men who framed the Constitu-
ton made no provision for nominal
ing candidates, and, in fact, had never
heard of nominations. It was their
intention that the electors should
choose no the President uninfluenced by
popular passion or prejudice. There
were no parties or party organiza-
tlons, and everything was left to the
wisdom OF the electors, who were to
be chosen by the State in whatso-
ever manner the States pleased.
Before Washington's administration
had ended two parties had formed,
and nominating machinery was soon
provided in a Congressional caucus,
by which the Congressman of each
party selected the candidate and the
The Appeal., 1908-06-13

rendered keen by twelve-houre fast,
and lives luxuriously from the con-
tents of the service pan.
Now, it is doubtless a fact that the
cook in the South often feeds her af-
finity out of the provisions she gratis
from her employer; but it seems
really strange that the Herald has
never learned from novels, poetry or
play, that rascally servants play such
tricks on their employers in all coun-
tries, and have done so in all ages.
The custom is not Exclusively
and peculiarly Southern" or Terence
and Juvena1 would not have known
all about it and described it in their
writings. Wherever the relation OF
master and servant has existed, it
has been the custom of thieving serv-
ants to Doodle their employers: as
habitually as insurance directors
Doodle the stockholders. It is re-
garded as legitimate incident of the
business.
The Appeal., 1908-06-13

The mayor of Iowa Falls, Iowa,
has hit upon an expedient that has
caused all "Weary Willies" to give
that burg a wide berth. 1t seems
that a war against weeds has been
lnaugurated by the mayor and he de-
creed that all buns and hoboes who
are under fine should work out those
flnes under police protection, and the
result is that the weeds of numerous
kinds which were about to take the
town have shown a gratifying de-
crease, as also. has the number of ho-
boes that were accustomed to do the
town on their annual pilgrimages.
The Appeal., 1908-06-13

Parliamentarian- C. Kinds,
Washington, D. G..
Official Reporter-M. w. Blumberg,
Washington, D. c..
Messenger to Chairman-Empsirdell
Stone, indianapolis.
Messenger to Secretary-John H.
Jackson, Cincinnati.
Sergeant-at-Arms ~ William F.
Stone, Baltimore.
First Assistant ergeant-at-Arms-
Edward P. Thayer, Greenfield, Ind.
Chief of doorkeepers, Stephen R.
Mason, Baltimore.
The subcommittee has passed a rule
which put the Coliseum, where the
convention is to be held, in the pro-
.hibition column. It declares that mo
liquor shall be sold, served or brought
into the convention hall either at the
committee meetings or in the conyen-
ton week"
The Appeal., 1908-06-13

.~ Whenever a. plumber receives
jolt there is great rejoicing among
the long suffering public, and one of
these rare occurrences happened in
La Crosse, Wis, this week, when
the master plumbers declared for the
"open shop It seems that the
union plumbers, not satisfied that
each one of them should, as the say
ing goes, "get paid go cents an hour
for sleeping under bath tub,' but
they demanded that apprentices be
made full-fedged plumbers in six
months, and they wanted to dictate
the number Of apprentices employed.
The Appeal., 1908-06-13

The merry Widow" hat has been
the cause of more or less fun which
has been poked at it, but at last it
has caused some real trouble at Des
Molnes, Iowa, where seventy-fve
women were expelled from the
Dunkard church because they re-
fused to wear the church bonnet and
insisted upon wearing their merry
Widows"
The Appeal., 1908-06-13

It is possible that Little Joe"
Brown, who recently defeated Gov.
Hoke Smith Of Georgia for a re-
nomination may not prove to be any
better than Smith, but it is great
satisfaction to know that at least we
will be rid Of Smith.