Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-06-26

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10 Chaplin Brinsmade of New York.
Included in his work were three
cases before the United States Su-
preme court, namely, an attack on the
constitutionality Of the grandfather"
clause In Oklahoma, which, in effect,
compels Negroes to pass educational
tests before being permitted TO regis.
ter and vote; an effort to win an in
junction against the enforcement Of
the Jim Grow" law, which affects rail-
road travel by Negroes in southern
states, the injunction having been de-
MED in lower courts; another test of
the Jim Grow" law as applicable to
interstate travel in sleeping cars.
These cases still are pending.
The following paragraphs from MI.
Brinsmade's report show the various
interests which have been taken by
the legal department of the associa-
! ton in behalf of the negro race:
"The segregation idea IS spreading
Madisonville, KY, has just passed a
segregation ordinance. l am commu-
nicating with a committee of colored
| citizens of Louisville organized to OPP
| pose its passage. =
1.-THE Jim Crow problem has
reached a stage where little can be
done except by legislation to prevent
segregation. 1t seems to me that more
can be accomplished along this line by
appealing to the various public service
commissions than by bringing actions
in the courts.
1.-THE recent statute of Florida, max
ing 1t illegal for white teachers to
teach in colored schools, and colored
in white schools, is perhaps the worst
example of recent antinegro legisla-
ton. am in communication with
several church missionary associa-
tions which conduct missions in Flor
ida, and expect to cooperate with
them in testing the act, should 1t be
applied to private institutions.
Exclusion of colored people from
real estate auctions has been a source
of complaint during the last year. We
I are LdhllS plOCCCOAA6o w PAS'SAAS S~S~
discrimination in the future"
The attorney reports further con-
corning cases in which the association
| interested itself in behalf of negroes
who were excluded from certain parts
Of theaters, compelled to eat at GER
tain tables In restaurants and refused
admission to places of amusement.
According to the report of the chair
man of the board of directors, the as
ISOLATION more than doubled its mem
bership during 1913, an increase from
LOO to 5000 members and from IL to
"a branches. The department of pub
licity and research reports that u
lectures were delivered to audiences
aggregating 41,000 persons by the d.
rector of the department.
An apple tree belonging to S. w.
! Alexander of Los Angeles county,
California, is exciting considerable
interest because it bore two crops in
one season. and the second crop was
of a different variety than the first.
The apples of the first crop were light
in color and of medium size, while the
second edition were dark reddish 10
color and in no way resembling the
earlier crop.
Garrison Square in Kansas City was
kopened to negroes by the park board
recently. 1t is bounded by Troost and
Forest avenues, Fourth and Fifth
streets. The field house cost $4,000
In addition are an athletic field, wa
ding pool and playground. A large
crowd of negroes attended the open
ing. In the field house are Al show
er baths, % of which are private, a
large auditorium, reading room, rest
room and library. The wading pool
ia in commission, but the athletic field
has not been fully equipped yet. ~
The latest report Of the director OF
the bureau of agriculture at Manila
says that the rice crop OF the last
wear was the greatest which has been
recorded for many years in the Phil
ippines, being 100 per cent greater
than in the previous year. AS q
direct result of the bumper crop there
has been decrease Of rice imports
Of more than 176,000,000 pounds, rep
resenting in value more than $780,
900.
Recent statistics credit the United
States with about one automobile Tor
each two miles Of country road.
Native gold miners In Tibet leave
nuggets intact or replace them II dis
turbed. in the belief that they are the
parents of spangles and dust, which
would disappear were the nuggets re-
moved.
In southern France the fig tree Ia
now cultivated almost exclusively for
the production Of fresh fruit, which
has a ready sale In the large centers.
The driving OF figs has been practically
abandoned in >this region, except TOR
the personal requirements OF a small
number Of growers.
The fastest steamship IN the world
"a ..,d ia be the new Russian torpedo
Destroyer Novik, which on her recent
TRIAL trip reached mean speed OF 81
knots over measured mile ana q
maximum Of 37.3 knots. pa.
- Insects do not attack the Himalaya
cedar. It is strong elastic. and the
average weight is only about 81