The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1908-02-08
DIED IN CHICAGO.
THE Voice Of the Negro"


upon the people Of the country, and
bid fair to stay. A few white men
put up the money and a laxative
Negro took the stump to tell the PEG
pie that this was the ''only' thing
In a short while the publishers
moved to Chicago. Then began
lecture tour begging money from the
different churches. He came to St
Louis, and a few of our leading
pastors 1ionized the lecturer. The
Palladium knew IT was only a graft
The Voice made its appearance under
another head. by dropping the word
Negro" then being known as the
Voice" In the meantime Brother T.
Thomas Fortune sold The Age, which
was published in New YORK, came 10
Chicago and bought the majority of
stock. In due time this journalist.
T. Thomas Fortune, obtained the
mailing list, and left Chicago and
went back to New YORK, there to
start another magazine on the
ruins of the Voice of the Negro.
Now comes a few other magazines
upon the people. We hope these new
magazines are not skin game.-The
Palladium, St Louis, Mo.
In serving his connection with the
Dead Voice" its former editor, Mr..
]. Max Barber, over his own sig
nature, gave the following sketch of
its down fall, which appeared in the
columns of a local newspaper a few
weeks ago:
Il take this occasion to thank my
friends for the loyal way in which
they stood by me during the four
years that was editor of The Voice.
The main reason why / kesitated to
leave The Voice, and tried in so
many ways to save it, was to protect
those friends who stood so nobly by
me.
Loyal friends will nerve one to
stand a great deal that he could not
otherwise endure, and I fiatter my
self that / have made some of the
best friends as editor Of The Voice
that any man can boast Of in the
word.
A word about The Voice. There
are those who say and believe that
our coming to Chicago seriously Grip
pied us and ultimately wrecked The
Voice. Nothing is farther from the
truth. The Voice would have gotten
! into straitened circumstances quicker
in Atlanta than it did in Chicago
The Voice was founded by white men.
Into it two white men poured no
less than $1,000 during the two and a
half years that they were actively in
terested. That was the reason we
could always come out promptly with
such an attractive periodical But
these white men, Hertel and Jenkins,
are not rich men. They did not know
that the magazine was going to cost
50 much when they started it. The
drain was too heavy upon then.
Consequently, in the Spring of 1907
they decided that they had given all
they could to establish a Negro
magazine, and that If the Colored
people wanted the magazine to live
they would have to help it live. Then
re forr ed = stock G. tnpany, each
OF theEc men holding stu y nIOp.
tionate to what he had put into the
concern. We bought out Mr. Jenkins
with an advertising contract but Mr..
T:ertel held C'I IN BE stock. Inc
withdrawal Of finanrzal SUPPORT from
these men soon placed us III din cult
straits, and we were nj tEc ycfsc
of suspending when we had to leave
Atlanta Coming to Chicago gave us
wide advertisement and great sym
patty was evinced for us. Our
friends rallied 70 US and gave The
Voice new life for a rev months. But
when the rally ceased we were again
without enough support to keep The
Voice up to its former standard. A
dollar is not enough to pay for a
magazine like The Voice unless It can
command 100000 subscribers. We
never had more than 1900.
In September certain Of our friends
rallied to our support. They rallied
generously. We were able to get out
an issue for October and to promise
continuance OF the magazine be-
eanse Of the pledges nor monthly do
| nations. But the psnsc came on ana
our frieads could not keep their
pledges 1
\ Then came Fortune On the scene
and We had hoped fortune also. Yoa
al know MI. T. Thomas Fortune, for
1 nneFly Of the New York Are Wall