Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-06-18
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trolls and almost two.thirds Of the
present national government. In
this great Baptist movement the South
leads, realizing that In proportion as
the Negroes are educated they Will
help in advancement and plans for i'm
proving the condition Of all the PEG.
Pile. He declared that as the Negroes
followed the white people through
years of slavery, so they are now Will
ing to follow in this great work and
labor in concert for the future OF the
race This theological seminary for
the Negroes will doubtless prove
great forward step in all their work
1t was a humiliatlng position In
which the son of Abraham Lincoln
found himself when he admitted to
the industrial commission that the
great Pullman company was the real
recipient of the tips to its colored oor'
ters This concern, whose stock is SO
closely held and so highly valued as
to be almost never sold, has paid on
an average per cent ever since It's
foundation. At the same time, 1t gives
to it's colored employees less than a.
living wage, and expects them to make
I'D the difference between that and
what they need to live on out Of the
gratuities OF travellers Mr.. Lincoln
thought that on the whole the COM
pany was entitled to great credit for
keeping this field of employment open
to Negroes, who are so often dlscrim-
mated against. But it may we'll be
doubted whether the philanthropic
motive would be noticed in the Pull
man company if it were compelled
to pay the wages it should. The Ia
borer is worthy of his hire; and when
Mr.. Lincoln so complacently patted
himself on the back for employing
colored labor at all, he ought to re-
that failure to obtain sufficient
tips by reason of interference with
traffic, slackness OF travel, or hard
times has brought many a porters
family face to face with genuine suf-
fering-even when he wore four and
five service stripes on his coat-sleeve.
That under these circumstances por-
ters have yielded so little to tempta-
ton that their record for fidelity and
honesty and for heroic service in &C.
cidents is admirable. is plainly no fault
Of Lincoln's son. The descendants
Of the men the father freed have long
been exploited, overworked-often
without sleep enough for long stretches
10 keep a men well-and underpaid
besides by the company of which the
son has been the head.
New York Evening Post.
The campaign that was begun
among the colored schools by Mrs.
Helena Holley, under the direction
If Superintendent Horn, for the bet
:erment of health conditions among
he colored children, was greeted
with enthusiasm by the pupils.
The pupils of six colored schools
net at the Colored High school where
they were gathered in large hall.
The Health hymn was distributed
among them, and with the first few
chords struck on a piano, the song
was taken up and carried through
5plendidly, the true musical instinct
If the race rapidly caught the rhythm,
and thus the message of the words
vas crystallized into their thought
through the pleasing medium Of the
:une. which was Tipperary.
The ladies making up the party
we're very much pleased with the re-
suits Of their efforts. The party was
'ut all day, visiting the several COL
,red ward schools, and teaching the
Wiling little dusky students the
'atchy song.-Houston Post.