Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-01-23

expedition probably viii seek to set
these questions at rest
The boycott against cocoa produced
In Portuguese possessions of Africa
Iat the price OF liNes ana liberties OF
thousands Of shackeled slaves has
reached Chicago and is spreading
throughout the United states az re-
suit of the e%ffotts of Joseph Burtt
special commissioner ot the Anti-Slny-
western campaign tn Chicago by
the declaration That the wives Of
Americans now contribute most 60 the
continuance of the slavery, because
|theA consume more cocoa aud It's pro.
duct. chocolate. than those of any
other mutton, "ln the month OF April
hast wear. America actually bought g.
400. 200 pounds of slaNc-grown cocoa
from Portuguese West Africa.H Mr..
Burt declared In am address. 1--WE
|nttIe islands, ). Thome and Principe
ON the equator la the Gulf of Guinea
|grow onc-siNth 90 The worlds supply
of cocoa. Some eight years ago the
notice of William Cadhurv. was drawn
To- the conditions OF labor on the Por-
.meuese cocoa plantations which sup
.ply & large quantity or cocoa used in
thcn milis at birmingham. went
out to Africa ana spent tive months
on The cocoa islands. making thorough
Investigations of the labor. there,
found there were $4,000 natives ems
ployed on those islands who had been
taken away from their homes on the
main land ana wore slaves, then
went over Go Africa. "a distance OF Il
Thousand miles, and spent a year
travelling IA the Province NJ Angola
that supplies these laborers. 1 found
that none Of them came Of their own
free will as theN had the greatest nor
ror or the cocoa plantations, from
which none OF their friends returned
once on the islands they stayed there
until death and never saw their homes
again Every Kind of narharity has
been employed in bringing these miss
eidhie victims down 20 the coast for
shipment to the islands. Loitcrcfs
have had their hamstrings cut ana
been left TO perish 70 urge the rest OF
the gang to press on. Sometimes great
stones hayc been heapd on the victim
and lert to die of thirst. one SLAYER
said that he considered himself lucky
if he got six out of ten % survive THAI
terrible Journey. II now rests with the
consumer In America TO continue the
campaign nv insisting on.the cocoa and
chocolate mat they use being made
from free-grown raw material.
a S2.00o.0 900 civic center in chi
casgos downtown district for public
gatherings and concerts promises to
perpetuate the name OF scnIc wealthy.
philanthropist-vhS r now the guess
tion-one not averse to the fame won
a p%rincely donation calculated 70
uplift The people This plan has been
proposed By clifford 81. Barnes, him
self a capitalist. for the financing of
the sunday Evening club which has
"a try to seizure as lecturers
men Of great reputation in civic lead
ership in Great Britain. including John
Relman and Dr. Alexander White, Of
Edinburgh. and Campbell Morgan of
London "If amy man wants TO build q
monument to himself he couldn't do
anything more commendable or hist
Ing than tho making or an endow-
ment for The Kind of u center Of which
speak," Mr. Barnes has said. How
is that for Il temptation For d matt
ter OF $4,000. 900 someone is going 70
be assured that his name VIII go echo
ing down tho ages. armour Square
nr Sears Circle OF Moore Monu-
ment, imagine the repetition the
name viii have by street-car conduc-