Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-01-24
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nescribing as an inspiring scene the
deft work Of q group Of negro street
laborers in New York City, the Am
sterdam News says: =
No one thought, apparently, Of the
creed or color of the experts, but ad-
mired only their skill Ono would
have thought that only white men,
nerhaps imported Germans, Belgians
or other highly trained European me-
cbanics, would be employed to do
.uch work But II one could have
penetrated the crowds gathered on the
.urbing and got closer view Of the
mechanics he would have been aston.
,ahed to see that they were colored
men and, what is more, they were be.
ing tended by Italian helpers. No col.
ored man watching the scene could
come away without glowing in right
sous race pride. No white man oh.
.erved the scene and took the sober
second thought without experiencing
mat a little increased respect for the
ability Of the black man. Here Is an
evidence OF what skill and training
will do for any colored youth. The
world is beginning to ask not whether
vou are a white man or black man,
whether you are a Protestant, Catho-
lie or Hebrew, but whether or not you
are doing the work, and whether you
ran do that work better than anyone
else. There is no color line in skill.
There will be no color line in the
generations to come against the man
white or black, who has mastered
some one trade or profession. To be
prepared for an emergency is to have
that emergency arise. Colored boys
and girls, fit yourselves for the work
of tomorrow. There is a great work
for each and every one to do. The
( black Belgian block layer is only the
forerunner Of the black artisan OF the
future of every man or woman who
knows his or her work.
Dearfield Colorado. is the scene OF
a Negro colony in the west. 1t Is To-
Gated west of the Missouri river and
north of the Mason and Dixon line, 70
miles northeast of Denver. Twenty
six colored families are settled on
government land. Most Of them have
already been here long enough to own
the soil they till. They have 5000
acres under their control. In 1911
they had but two habitable house. Now
they have fourteen. In the same year
there were but 200 acres fenced: now
there are 5000. In 1911 they had $50
acres broken and in cultivation, this
year 500 acres are under cultivation.
The land Is especially adapted to the
cultivation OF beets. The settlement Is
crying for tradesmen. They are espe-
cially in need of blacksmiths, cobblers
and saddle makers. ~ p, - - ,.,..
There is not a negro bank in all
South Carolina. Is this one reason
why Cole L. Blease has such an easy
time in his state kicking the negro
dog around? E. ]. Sawyer, a colored
citizen of Bennettsville, a man of some
means, is considering the wisdom of
moving to Columbia and organizing
and operating a bank by and for his
people. Mr. Sawyer is methodical,
level-headed, and man of unimpeach-
able integrity. He is the right man to
head the movement.
Tuskegee, Ala.-Friends Of the late
s. Coleridge-Taylor, of London, have
written Booker T. Washington, urging
him to assist in securing fund for
the support of Mr.. Taylor's widow
and children. 1t seems that help Is
urgently needed. as Mr.. Taylor's fam
lily are left without means to live on.
Mr.. Washington has received cable
to this effect.
We have very little respect for the
negro who wishes to turn white; and
for that reason abandon his race for
fifth-rate associates among other peo-
pie. The women of our race have
much Of virtue, temperance, sobriety.
beauty and other highly commendable
qualities to satisfy the most critical
and technical man in the race. They
have all of these good qualities with
odds against them, which is only sug-
gestive of what they would be If en-
Outraged and protected by their men,
and left undisturb bed by lascivious
white men. If the negro race had
not been necessity, God would have
not permitted it to exist. Having per-
mltted it, he will not permit either
low-grade white men or bad negroes
10 destroy it. Every negro that
crosses the boundary line and at
tempts to break into other races pays
the penalty for such indiscretion and
very many.-Dallas Express.
The true test Of greatness is not to
allow your hat to get too small for
You.
We have all experienced times
when hard words came mighty easy.
Some men. will sit down for hours
and discourse on the evils of laziness.
|, The girl who Is to be had for the
ssklng generally spends all her life
waiting to be asked. 49, .~ !.
Inc suburban cook should be we'll
trained. She frequently comes on one
and goes on the next.
WheD "a woman stays home from