Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-16
AMERICAN COLONIZATION
SOCIETY IS RUUVENATED
Has Increased Its Activities in Past
Three Years. President John
son Says.
10 the Editor Of The Star:

10 the Editor OF The Star:
In your issue of December %. page >.
in an article entitled Efforts TO Colo
nize Liberia Recorded" a wrong impress
sion may be derived from the state
ment, the organization was closing up
its rooms and putting its effects into
storage As a matter of fact. the
society has been Tejuvenated, and has
been more active during the past three
years than during the previous fifteen.
When l was promoted in the directorate
to the presidency We adopted a new
financial policy and determined to put
in active operation the function and pur-
poses of the organization. Pursuant to
this policy many expenses have been
eliminated and others reduced materi-
ally. The real property which had been
insuffciently productive has been leased
for a term of years at satisfactory
rental To further increase the revenue
the headquarters or offices of the society
have been removed from the COLOMBIA
ton building AZ street and Pennsylvania
avenue, to the Colorado building. The
personal property. such as portraits,
prints. bound official records and his
toric publications. were placed for pro-
lection against fire and other loss in
ffreproof storage. Subsequently the por-
traits and prints We're loaned to the
Corcoran Gallery of Art, and on the re-
quest of Mr. Putnam, librarian of the
Library of Congress. the complete Off
cial records and publications were loaned
to that institution for public inspection
and study. Recently fund for public
education, amounting to more than
s65, 600. has been paid to the Liperian
government. and arrangements have
been perfected to send a family of four
at the entire expense of the society.
In future education and emigration to
Liberia are to be promoted to our full
financial capacity. When the society
transferred its sovereignty over it's ter
ritory of the republic of Liberia, it re-
tanned. through treaty, the control and
use of each alternating square mile for
future colonization (emfgration) pur
poses.
The republic of Liberia Hes on the west
coast of Africa. extending from about
fourth to eighth degree above the equa-
tor, having about 400 miles of seacoast.
where ships of many important nations
touch. Vast fortunes are possible to
thrifty colored emigrants from the
United States, owing to the abundance
of forests of valuable hardwoods and
rubber, cotton. coffee. cocoa. sugar, ar
rowroot. ginger. palm oil, indigo. iron,
hides, gold dust and sardines on the coast
The Liberian government is closely
modelled on that of the United States
through real property rights, and suf-
frage is limited to colored persons
Hearty welcome is extended to all law
abiding energetic coiored emigrants from
the states, especially those who desire to
develop agriculture, manufactures. bust
ness and exports.
The inception of the American Coloni-
cation Society was born of the belief in
the ability of the colored race to found
and maintain, under self-government a
prosperous nation that would be world
lesson. and a lasting monument to
colored emlgrants from the United
States.
The officers and board of directors of
the American Colonizatio Society will
do all in their power to cooperate with
the emigrants and the Libe-ian govern
ment. to the end that the desires of the
founders may be fully accomplished.
H. L. E. JOHNSON,
President.