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The Washington bee., 1909-02-27
THE DESERVING REWARDED?

THE DESERVING REWARDED? !?
Editor The Bee:
The Bee is generally brim full of
good things said of other people rela-
tive to holding and securing nice fed
eral positions, but We never see any
thing said in behalf of the Editor of
The Bee. OF course the editor feels
too proud, or, I may say, too embar-
raised to blow his own horn however
beautiful a sound it might have. But
while Mr.. Chase is saying so many
good things about Honorable this one,
and Honorable that one, Honorable
the other one,-they all of thenl-wil
accept with gladness the good things
said about them and after they get
what they want, then Chase, and The
Bee thrown in for good measure, may
step to HadesT
This way of turning thanks fol
favors done them has gotten to be d
general thing with the Honorable SC
and so, of the Negro type. Nothing
pleases them better than to be held
up to the world as leaders and great
men, etc.
But We wish to state that there is
no Negro Republican, we believe, who
is more entitled to just recognition
under Mr.. Taft's administration than
Mr.. w. Calvin Chase. Mr.. Chase
was one of the first to get on Mr..
Taft's band wagon. He got aboard
when there was plenty of room; and,
like Noah, commenced to call Repub-
lican sinners to repentance! If Mr..
Taft is seeking to reward any of his
cOlored friends, who stood bv him
from beginning to the end, we know
OF none more worthy than Mr.. w.
Calvin Chase. We shall write more
upon this subject later on.
Let us add here that what little we
have said about Mr.. Chase is wholly
without his having any knowledge of
it. We have not seen Mr.. Chase
since last August, and we never were
the recipient of a letter from him.
We merely mention this for fear some
of the office seekers might think Mr.
Chase is having himself doomed
through his own paper.-See?
7. {. Cunningham.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-27
CHURCH PARADE MARCH 2
Several Thousand Colored Persons
Expected to Be in Line

Expected TO be IN Line
The much talked-of religious pa
rade of the colored people, the spec
tacular feature that will close the sue
cessful series of revival meetings at
the Cosmopolitan Baptist Church, will
take place Tuesday evening, March
2. The procession will leave the
Cosmopolitan Church, in n street, be-
tween Ninth and Tenth streets, north
west, and will end at the Second Bap-
tist Church. 1t will be led by the
National band, and will follow N
street to Vermont avenue, thence on
R street to Tenth, Up Tenth to n, then
to New Jersey avenue and then to the
Second Baptist Church.
During the revival more than 500
persons pledged themselves to ''live
like Christ" and these will take part
in the parade. Several thousand peo-
pie have taken part in the revival, and
it is believed that most of these will
be in the parade.
More than 1000 persons have asked
for the prayers of the church during
the meetings, and many have joined
some of the different church organ
izations.
Following the revival a mass meet
ing will be held March 7, when the
converts will be baptized. Among
those expected to be present will be
the Rev. D. Charles Walker, the
"Black Spurgeon" of Georgia, and
more than a score of others.
The pastor, the Rev. DR.. Drew,
preached last night on 'The Life of
Christ"
The Washington bee., 1909-02-27
THEY WILL MISS HIM

stances against Waowaoarododo
Whatever may be the criti-
ciSms against President Roose-
welt after the expiration of his
term, after March 4 he will be
missed by the American people.
There never has been a man in
the Executive Chair like him.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-27

Africa there is a little black re-
public struggling to maintain her
self. It has been struggling
against great odds, since its
foundation back in I847. 1t now
appeals to these powerful United
States for aid. 1t cries across
the wide expanse of waters
Help, or we perish"
VIII the United States go to
her aid2 Liberia, in a sense is a
ward of this country. She really
has greater claims upon this
country than Cuba, Porto Rico
or the Philippines. Only her
great distance raises the doubt as
to the propriety of extending aid.
But as necessity knows no law
so does right recognize no space
| And it is right that this country
should at least give Liberia sym
| pathy.
Within her boundary are two
millions blacks, only ten thousand
of whom are civilized. Is it any
wonder that Liberia is on the
verge of disappearing as a repub-
lie? The wonder is she has existed
so long, and it is tribute to the
( Negro that he has preserved a
form of government in a country
whose civilized inhabitants con-
stitute but FIVE per cent of the
total population.
The Bee, in behalf of the
struggling Republic of Liberia,
and in behalf of the ten million
of Negroes in this country, ap-
peals to Congress to provide for
the Liberian Commission asked
for by the President. And let
the men on that commission be
Istrong, upright men who would
help Liberia, and not politicians
and adventures who seek only
their personal advancement.
1t is the earnest hope of every
Negro that this Congress will ex-
tend a helping hand to the strug-
Cling black republic over in
Africa by providing for this COM
mission.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-27
HEALTH CRUSADE
Anti ti-Tuberculosis Movement Among
Colored People


Colored People
A sacred concert was given last
night in the parlors of DIR. and Mrs.
Z. D. Williston, 1907 s street, north
west. to raise funds for the promotion
of the health crusade of the Colored
Anti tuberculosis Society of the Dis
trict of Columbia. The manage
ment was under the personal direction
of Mrs. Emma Ingram Williston. The
attendance was large. A musical and
literary program was presented.
A special address, giving a syn
opsis of the plans of the Social Settle
ment House for colored children at
116-I8 NJ street, southwest, was de-
livered by Miss Eloise Bibb, chairman
of the committee in charge of the
home. A clear exposition of the
work of the Colored Anti-Tuberculo-
SIS Society for the prevention and
cure of the white plague" was made
in brief talks by DR.. J. R. Wilder
and DR.. G. w. Cabaniss, the latter
being the president of the organiza-
ton. About fifty persons accepted
membership cards in the society fol-
lowing these remarks.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-27
ESTABLISHED 1880.
MR.. TAFT AND THE SOUTH

MR.. TAFT AND THE SOUTH
The daily press throughout
the country seems to know what
Mr.. Taft will say in his inaugu-
raj address concerning the color
ed people throughout the South.
TheBee will not believe the many
published reports concerning
what Mr.. Taft will do or will not
do for the colored people south:
until he has delivered that ad-
dress. If what the press says is
true, Mr.. Taft would contradict
his own record, which is so TN
like him. The Bee feels confident
that Mr.. Taft is just as sound
on the colored question today as
he was prior to his nomination
and election. The question The
Bee doesn't understand is, why
should colored Americans be
singled out in preference to all
other nationalities To say that
Mr.. Taft will appoint no colored
men to positions if objections are
made by the people, meaning the
white people, is too fimsy to talk
about. All that would have to be
done is for a colOred man to be
nominated for a place and a few
white people object; in such
cases no colored man would be
appointed to Office, no matter
how meritorious he may be. Il
such published utterances should
be true, treason would supplant
loyalty. The black man has been
loyal to the republic, while the
southern white man has been
guilty of gross treason.
Mr.. Taft is a true American
which no one will dispute. He
knows the record of the black
man. He knows that the black
man would commit no treason.
What has been the record of Mr..
Taft on the Negro question;
How must we construe his many
speeches? Mr.. Taft says to en-
able a colored man to get an Of
flee he must be competent. The
Bee agrees with this statement,
whether he said it or not. He
must have the endorsement of his
neighbOrs, SO the press says. If
his neighbOrs are uncOnstructed
rebels he will not get the Office.
The question now is, did Mr..
Taft make such a statement. The
Editor of The Bee in his conver-
sation with Mr. Taft, prior to his
nomination found him to be
man of the highest honor and in
tegrity and he has the same con-
fdence in him now.
DR.. Booker T. Washington
assure the colored American
ci;;re~s that Mr.. Taft was the
man - be elected. He placed
the stamp of approval upon his
nomination and from what Mr..
Washington said, the colored
people have every reason to be-
lieve that the many adverse
stories that are being circulated
are without foundation. Mr.. Taft
we'll knows the feeling of the
enemies of the colored people
have against them and he also
knows that any subterfuge would
tend to defeat any nomination
that he made of colored Ameri-
cans.
Let us wait and hear what Mr..
Taft may say.
HEAR LIBERALS CRY
The Washington bee., 1909-02-27
MR.. GIVENS

The Bee wishes to emphasize
what it said two weeks ago that
Mr., Ralph Givens, Assistant
United States District Attorney
in the Police Court does credit to
his position and no better man
could be found to fill his place,
He is popular with the court and
the bar; this is because he is
honest and knows no man by his
color or position. Such prosecut-
ing officers are hard to find.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-27
HOTEL MACEO.

When visiting New York City,
stop at the Hotel Maceo, 2I3 West
s3rd. Street, corner Broadway.
Steam heated Telephone, Bog
Columbus.
B. F. Thomas, Prop.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-27

Recorder of Deeds John c..
Dancy, has accepted an invita-
ton to speak at the State Fair, at
Tampa, Florida, on Negro Day,
February rs, 1909. AR immense
crowd is expected to be present
and the invitation is a high COM
pliment to the speaker.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-27
HE LABORS FOR MANKIND


The echo of DR.. Booker T.
Washington's Lincoln Day
speech delivered in New York, is
still reverberating through the
land. The great metropolitan
newspapers were unreserved in
their editorial comments upon it
Catching up the refrain, as it
were, the newspapers throughout
the country have joined in the
praise of that speech. At office
and at 6resides, in cars and in
libraries it has been discussed
and commented upon as a mas
terful address; one that goes
back through the years and takes
its place beside his great Atlanta
speech by which he focused the
eyes of the world upon the then
new leader who stepped from be-
hind the scenes to the front OF
the stage of action.
The Atlanta speech scintillated
with optimism and dazzled with
practicability. The New York
Lincoln Day speech was brilliant
with optimism - though many
years had interviewed between the
of the two-and radiant
with helpful assurance.
And more. Running through
it was a vein of pathos that
touched '1en's hearts, and q
dramatic effect that stirred the
country to fresh realization that
this son of an obscure slave
mother was destined, by a power
higher than man, to lead his peo-
pie out OF the wilderness.
1t was a great speech by a.
great man, and one that will go
down in history as fit to be pre-
served alongside the forensic ef-
forts of those orators and states
men whom a rugged and patriot
ism-producing period inspired to
immortal words and immortal
deeds.
Every Negro is full partner
with DR.. Washington in his
triumphs and achievements. He
labors for mankind.
THE Jim CROW" NEGRO
1t is to be regretted that the
so-called representative colored
men or certain colored men who
were placed on the committee to
a~rapoa for 4La ;pa,1or,,ra+ior1 o4
The Washington bee., 1909-02-27

MAJOR BROOKS
President-elect William H. Taft
The Washington bee., 1909-02-27

THE Jim CROW" NEGRO
It is to be regretted that the
so-called representative colored
men or certain colored men who
were placed on the committee to
arrange for the Inauguration Of
President-elect Taft, should be a
party to indorse a "Jim Crow"
section in the inaugural parade.
The Bee wants to say to the col
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-12-10
SEEKS AID OF LABOR.
Pressed Steel Company Abandons It's
Union Smashing Plan.

Union Smashing Plan.
The very remarkable outcome of the
Schoenville riots has been that the
Pressed Steel Car company has aban-
doneG its policy of smashing labor
unions of iron workers by Importation
OF ignorant and anarchistic foreigners
and has formally announced that il
will support the United Car Workers
of America A local Of this union has
been organized iu the works of the
steel plant c. \ Wise is president,
j. r. A Carr vice president. John E.
Carr secretary. l.. s. Snyder business
agent. Thomas Morrison treasurer
and David Takog interpreter These
officers were chosen because Of their
conservatism. and the company is pre-
pared 10 support them IN their effort
to bring order out Of chaos and to re
establish tolerabe conditions in the
works.
The thing which finally moved the
company To abandon its avowed policy
of union smashing AZ any cost was HE
fact that II found its ignorant eN
IlTPSSlN Impaired l"'lSItTS, NlN lan
Guagcs and dialects only trained inter
prefers could understand were the
plant tools of American and Other
communists and agitators. whose
greatest satisfaction is derived when
they create riots and cause hOodShNd
The company found il had the option
Of dealing with such persons and with
the ultra-socialistic organization called
Workers of the World or with sane
American labor union. and 1t found
that safety of property and assurance
nf freedom from physical violence lay
with the American labor union Frank
Sunderman in Pennsylvania Grit
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-12-10
AIMED At UNIONISM
Latest Move of the Enemies of
Organized Labor.
ANTI BOYCOTT ASSOCIATION.

New Organization of Employers Form
ed to War on the Boycott and the
Shorter Workday-The Sympathetic
Strike Also Under the Ban.
According to the information con-
veyed by an article recently appearing
In the Labor Department of the
Brooklyn Eagle, new form of war
fare against labor unions is under way.
The article In question is as below:
An active campaign among employ
ers throughout the country against the
practice Of boycotting is said to have
been lately inaugurated by an organ
zation known as the American Anti
| boycotting association. with offices In
Manhattan. While active In circulariz-
Ing the various employers associations
| and otherwise conducting propa-
ganda against the boycott, little can be
learned In respect Of the membership
Of the Anti-boycott association, and
other information is obtainable only
upon special authorization of the off,
GERS. The application for membership
reads, Membership confidential-Fo
discretionary and polite reasons the
members and contributors are by a
provision of the constitution made con-
fdential." The membership fee is $25,
and the annual dues are one-tenth Of
per cent of each members payroll.
The literature being sent out by the
association indicates that It does not re-
strict its activities to agitation against
the boycott alone, but includes war on
the eight hour day and the sympathetic
strike, the latter, in its estimation,
being but another form Of boycott.
A letter from the secretary to the
employers with reference to utilizing
the press. ETC., says in part: While it
is true that there Is much that Is be-
ing said upon this subject which 1t
were better to leave unsaid. yet, on the
other hand. there is much excellent
matter appearing at random that lacks
general peruSal because Of insufficient
publicity. This work simply supple
ments in its educational influence that
which we are doing through our test
cases In litigation. Some one recently
said that no legislative enactment be-
comes, properly speaking. law Of the
land until its provisions have been
passed upon by the supreme court. 1t
is. therefore. a very wholesome thing
for country to possess an organiza-
ton that tests before the courts any
law under whose provisions or in spite
Of whose provisions report is had by
labor unions to so many of the ac-
lions which jeopardiZe the fruternal re-
lations of employers and employees. l
shall appreciate it very much If you
will acquaint me with the name Of any
concern that has in operation a profit
sharing plan with its workmen."
1t is not claimed that the Anti-boy-
colt association has any connection
with the National Association Of Man
ufacturers or with the Citizens Ma
tiopal alliance.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-12-10
EMPLOYERS OBLIGATIONS.
Accident Compensation and the Child
Labor Problem.

ACCIDENT NOHpens dIiCn ana tNS OntiQ
Labor Problem.
striking phase Of the child labor
problem Is suggested 10y a recent re
port of the Pennsylvania department
of mines. Within "A period Of six
years ending with 1907 casualties in
the coal mining industry Of that state
left 3.49S widows and 7,S2S orphans
Says Chief Mining Inspector j. L
Ruderick: when a state prohibits the
employment of children until they
reach the age Of fourteen it should in
Justice provide for their care until
they may he legally employed A
great work has been done by the
people Of Pennsylvania and Of other
states for he elevation Of coming
generations by raising the employment
age. but know whereof
speak when | say that humanity de
mands some provision for the care of
these widows and orphans"
Provision for the families Of men
crippled by the accidents Of industry
is an important feature Of labor legis-
Of Europe. For the employer to com.
pensate women and children made de
pendent by the casualties Of produc-
tion Is accepted almost as readily as
for the state to pension the families
of soldiers and sailors slain IN war,
and the provision is made with equal
ly good grace for the comfort Of dis
ablcd workmen
In the United States the situation is
different. We are generous in our
compensation to the victims of war,
but the American employer is only be
ginning TO learn his duty toward the
victims of Industrial accidents. The
prosperity of our laboring classes is
such that the need has probably never
been so startling as in some of the
nations of Europe, and even then our
social legislation is decidedly back
ward
But with the increasing completely
of Industrial and social life and the
growing expense of living the need
for better industrial accident compen-
sation is now upon us. Pennsylvania
is not alone In presenting the condi-
lions described by Mr. Roderick From
1902 to 1908, inclusive. Cos widows and
1888 orphans were left by coal miners
killed at work in Illinois, and many
other states doubtless present similar
conditions both in this and in other
industries.
Since this is true and the wages Of
young children are so often the sole
support OF fathcrless families it is
time that employers Obligations were
brought more forcibly to public atten-
ton. and it is we'll that the European
laws of workmpn's compensation are
being so widely studied with a view
to their adoption In the United States.
Their influence upon the child labor
problem is not the least of reasons for
revising our employers liability prac-
tees. George C. Stewart in Chicago
Tribune
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-12-10
WOULD TAX MEMBERS.
Proposed Plan of Printers Union For
Mortuary Benefits.


At the recent ifty-6fth annual con
vention of the International Typo
graphical union at St Joseph Mo, the
proposed mor;mry plan was adopted
and will be sent TO the referendum.
At present the mortuary benefit is $75.
Under the proposed law there would
be a gradual scale of benefits, begin
ming with $75 and reaching $500.
Ii is proposed to tax the members
one-half of per cent of all earnings
for the benefit of this fund. The death
rate for the past six years among the
members has averaged 554 year.
The revenue which would have been
derived at the rate proposed would
have been little more than 100000.
For each death IL would have made
the mortuary benefit 1867. From these
figures the committee figured that the
union could pay benefits as follows:
Members of one years standing or
less. $50: one to five years, SIPS; tive to
ten years. $IT5; ten TO fifteen years,
$2T5; more than fifteen years. $500. 1t
will be submitted to a referendum vote
in February, 1910.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-12-10
FAVORABLE TO UNIONS.
Workmen Fared Well In Recent Labor
Disputes In New York.

The New York state labor bureau
bulletin for the quarter ended In Sep
rember says. in part. with reference to
labor disputes:
The balance Of success appears In
favor of the work men. OF the sixty
two disputes eighteen resulted in COM
plete victory for the employees and IF
teen others in partial success 1t will
be noted hat those disputes in which
the workmen were successful were
those Involving large numbers of work
men. whereas the employers were sue
cessful in those disputes in which Il
comparatively small number of work
men demanded changes. Thus in the
eighteen disputes won by the work
men l3.4l9 employees were directly
concerned. while In the twenty-five dis
putes won by the employers only 1881
employees participated.
Strikes and lockouts begun during
April. May and June of this year much
exceeded both in number and size those
of the same period in 1908, but were
still much below the figures for 1906
or 1907 Sixty-two new disputes. in
which 1861 employees were directly
concerned. were recorded for the sec
ond quarter of this year as compared
with but forty-eight disputes and 1894
direct participants last year. More
than one-half of this years contro-
versies arose over wage increases as
Fl tsfn I'm ma Af
which the employees were wholly
fourteen or partially item successful,
During the months of June, July and
August representatives Of the bureau
Of mediation and arbitration interven-
ed in twenty-one disputes as compared
with sixteen In the same months OF
last year. and immediate settlements
were effected In nine cases as against
four such settlements in 1908.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-12-10
The Purposeless Nonunionist.

Labor expects nothing from non
unionism but low wages and servile
conditions. Nonunionism is without
purpose and is possible only from a
too often to be disappointed hopeful
ness that the necessity of forcing work
upon the individual may be transitory.
SO nothing is expected in the way OF
improving and protecting labor's con-
dition from the nonunionist. He is
helpless from the very nature or his
nonunionism. no matter of how good
intentions. ! make this point to illus
trate that the political conditions that
so seriously menace the interests OF
labor. like other distressing influences
that affiict labor's prosperity. are Sc
verely up to organized labor to seek
remedy and enforce it.-l,ecent Ad
dress of Judge Phelan. Detroit.