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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-14
At a meeting of laadi,

At a meeting of leading Jews in the home of Jacob H. schiff it was an nounced that a two weeks campaign had begun to raise $5,000,00 in New York for Jewish war relief.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-14
small American patrol ship

ashore off the American coast, the Navy Department announced, Re lief measures were sent immediate ly.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-14

Ghiie will remain neutral. . Sam siago TepsFt says.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-14

Breadway'a light must Dc aiun1ned at Il o'clock sharp,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-14

FRENCH AND DUTCH BULBS JUST ARRIVED
 JOHN RECK & SON
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-14

The ''wets' won in Ohio on final re. turns
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-14
N O T H I N G can rival the joy that a beau tiful gift of jewelry brings

We have made a careful selection from our immense stocks of just the things that will appeal to you and we have put special prices. on them, prices that we know will appeal to you also.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-14
Lyon 6 GruElman. Retail Division AMERICAN HARDWARE
 STORES

(1ncOrpOratedI FAIRFIELD AVE. AND MIDDLE ST.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-12
THE NEW HAMPTON MOVEMENT


The meaning of the sudden ::'Hamp-
ton Patriotic Movement" now being
pulled off in Chicago, Detroit and
other Northern cities isn't quite clear.
THE APPEAL has received a mum.
Der of letters and newspaper clippings
from the daily papers bearing on the
subject and CLEANS from them the idea
that there Isl something queer about
the movement"
The papers state that one DIR.
Charles F. Taylor of New York, one of
the leaders in the movement" who is
now making speeches in Chicago
where the segregation question has
reached an acute stage, has on several
occasions asserted to white audiences:
"The negro wants segregation as much
as or more than the white man." This
statement is not only false, but it is
dangerous and unfriendly doctrine to
be disseminated by the representative
Of an institution which claims to stand
for christian" training and "uplift'
and all that sort of stuff. .-'.
The writer of one of the letters re-
ceived by THE APPEAL, states that
she visited the Hampton exhibit al
the Hotel La ..salle where she was in
formed by the charming lady who has
charge of the exhibit, that "the
DARKIES are making great progress
What does it mean? --.... 49, 49,.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-12
FAILURE TO FIGHT COSTLY.

That strongsdefender Of true Ameri,
canism, the Cleveland Gazette, edited
by Hon. Harry c. Smith, man OF
whom all Americans maxwell be proud.
printed an editorial in a recent issue
which is so accurate an exposition of
the costly blunder the colored people
have made in failing to fight for their
rights that we reproduce it. We trust
that every reader will read it care
fully and ponder over the truths ex-
pressed. 800
1t has not been so very many years
since the adoption of the war amend
ments to the Constitution and the be-
ginning Of a systematic effort on the
part OF our enemies to nullify the eff
feet they were expected to have and
Its subsequent good. Since these ef-
forts at restriction began, they have
grown and multiplied rapidly and
much OF It has been due to our refusal
to fight the issues raised with all our
resources, before they became opera
tive. In the South DISTINGUISHING
constitutions have come, separate or
1im-crow railroad and street cars,
peanut" galleries in theaters for our
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-12
WOULDN'T THIS JAR Youw

An Oklahoman has been devoting
his spare time to a study of prices in
the long ago, and has rediscovered the
fact that during the reign of Henry
" of England, a goose cost Z cents,
not a pound, but the whole bird; eggs
were 10 cents a. hundred! sixteen
pounds of butter could be had for rs
cents; wine was 5 cents a. quart, and
a whole carcass of beef could be OBJ
tanned for $3.50. How the magma
ton is stirred by those figures until
one reads that skilled carpenters were
paid II cents day and less skilled
workers in proportion. The Okla
homan is much puzzled by it all, but
at least he sees clearly when stating
that the only hope is in increased
production. -1-- .-.... ,..-.- T.
We are having quite a seance with
the H. c. L., but thank goodness wages
are now trifle higher than they were
in the reign of Henry w.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-12
RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES.

That valiant defender Of the rights
of the eolored people, John Mitchell,
Jr., has an editorial in his paper, the
Richmond Planet, which is gem. We
reproduce it in full:
DR.. H. B. Frissell has issued a pa
triotic address to the colored people
of the country and from every stand
point save one, it is an admirable
production. We are disposed to take
issue with him, however, when he
says: -. --~a.
"As DR.. Washington and DR.. Motion
have proved by their lives of quiet,
unpretentious service, the colored man
is going to secure recognition, not by
demanding his rights, but by deserv.
ing them.'' -...-
A right is a thing to be demanded;
privilege, a thing to be deserved
If DR.. Frissell had said that the col
ored. man is going to secure recogni.
ton by demanding his rights and by
deserving them, we would understand
fully that he recognized that the citi.
zen of color is entitled to every right
and every privilege enjoyed by any
| other citizen. We pause to remark
that the colored people in this coun.
try will never come unto their own
as long as they believe that they are
inherently inferior and that they are
not manly enough to deserve their
rights, and after deserving their
rights, to demand them.
The badge of servility, better known
by the look of cowardice and the
hating attitude of submission to any
wrong, is. what is handicapping us
more than anything else Colored PEG
| pie who could lead a charge at Ell
Caney and San Juan Hill should walk
upright, and, while being respectful
and obliging, should demand their
rights when necessary and "dig deer
in their jeans" to secure the neces
| sary legal rights which will make them
respected by their enemies in the
courts of this country. Manhood is
what is wanted and not servile sub
mission. A blooded white man hates
q cringing citizen, be he black OF
white, and he admires manhood, sell
respect and courage in Negro as
! much so as he does in an Englishman
Frenchman or German.
The colored man is going to obtain
his rights, DR.. Frissell, by demanding
them and by deserving them. Selah
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-12
THE GUARDIAN ON DR.. FRS

Commenting on the editorial in the
Richmond Planet, which is printed in
this issue, objecting to one of the
points in DR.. Frissells recent memo.
rial, the Guardian says:
"Thus saith in very truth the Planet.
1--WE rise also to deny directly that
the quiet service lives of Booker
Washington or of Russo Motion Sc.
cured recognition of rights. The most
striking thing about the race-leader-
ship career of DR.. Washington was
that coincident with it went the great
est period of loss of citizenship and
of legal debarment from rights ever
known in any race and especially dur
ing the time DR.. Washington preached
most pronouncedly the doctrine of
quietly deserving rights. No further
exposition of that matter by us is any
longer needed.
I'VE warn DR.. F'rissell against re-
viving the Booker Washington-no.egi-
tation issue. DR.. Washington's own
friends do not relish or desire it,"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-12

men and women, separate bars In
saloons, "tim-crow' city parks, swim
ming pools. schools, ''iim-crowism" in
dental Offices, churches, Y. M. e. AS,
etc. Indeed, there is apparently de-
Sire for segregation Of the races in
Heaven, il some Of them ever get
there. These things have all crept
upon US since emancipation and the
elevation to citizenship supposed to
be equal to that of all other Ameri-
cans. We have lost ground, South
and North, because we have not
fought, and when we have resisted,
have lacked leadership, while other
supposed leaders have played into the
hands OF our enemies. AS race. we
have been burlesqued, abused and hui
inflated by the thoughtless (some.
members of the race, as we'll as by
those hostile to our interests, simply
because there was lacking proper re-
sentiment on our part and determi-
nation to take stand for our rights
with all the power at our command. .
The world loves MAN, a fighter!
on who thinks as much of himself as
any other like creature on earth. To
such aggressive MEN, unjust restric-
tons will in the end yield and break
down, because they will ever refuse
to recognize them. In cases of lux
uries of life such MEN will not &C
cept the limitations though they
greatly desire them and have the price
demanded. In the case of necessities,
they will fight restrictions and limit,
as far as is within their power. the
demand for them. ..ssss=
A MAN CAN BE FREE IN A FREE
COUNTRY ONLY WHEN HE RE-
TAINS THE RESPECT OF HIS FELL
Low CITIZENS TO THE EXTENT
HE RECEIVES THE SAME TREAT
MENT FROM THEM THEY EXPECT
FROM HIM" ~ .-.~ Il r
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-12
DEMOCRACY IN The BALANCE

DEMOCRACY IN THE BALANCE.
The validity of racial segregation
ordinances of many cities has been
argued before the full Supreme Court
of the United States. The test case
was that Of a Louisville ordinance es.
tablishing residence zones for whites
and colored people. Baltimore, Rich.
mond, St. Louis and many other cities
have similar ordinances whose fate de.
ponds upon the courts decision in the
Louisville case. Attorneys represent
ing city authorities, Improvement as.
sociations and colored societies, includ.
ing some attorneys of national repute
appeared. z.. ;. j..
The case attracted little attention in
the press of the country, although il
is the most momentous question ever
presented to the court of last resort
The fate of democracy itself rests
upon the answer to the question
whether the law. can divide citizens
into classes. ..~.
What will the answer be?
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-12

Mr.. J. @. Adams, Editor THE AP-
PEAL, st. Paul, MINI.
Dear Mr.. Adams: Your contribution
of five dollars ito defeat any jimcrow
army and navy legislation which may
bob up in Congress-" is gratefully &C.
knowledged and will be applied to the
salary of the legislative agent we
have employed to watch for the intro
duction of such legislation in the pres
ent Congress. ..-.-. .. .- ~--s
1t goes without saying that the N.
A. A. G. P. will oppose any and all
legislation which further restricts or
abridges the civil rights of colored
people in any respect.
I hope your initiative may persuade
many others to contribute like
amounts. Very truly yours,
(Signed) ROY NASH,
Secretary.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-12

to embrace those principles of cour-
ageous manhood which resent wrong
when wilfully and maliciously given.
The weight of these institutions will
be sought to stem the tide of emigra-
ton from the south. We hope thew
will speak out and utter the truth
The colored people of the south have
nothing to fear by leaving there.
They may die by reason of the cold
In this section (and this it not at all
probable) but that is more merciful
than dying by the rope and at the
mouth of the shotgun. Here in the
north their children can receive the
education any child receives, and their
ambition will not be curtailed by
making them believe and recognize
the fallacy that they are inferior to
some one else If the south desires
the black people to remain there let
them lift the embargo on education.
voting, protection of life and prop
erty, and discontinue "jim-crowism."
segregation and. general cussedness.
Black people are insulted when they
are asked to accept such as their
portion. The trustees of HAMPTON
and Tuskegee should recognize the
fact that their work must fail if they
continue to try to build up a race
that is too weak and cowardly to
demand it's rights. These white trus-
tees should demand for their wards
greater degree of freedom of
thought and action than they now
have. The pandering to the wishes
OF the south is not making it better
Tor the colored race but it is firmly
establishing a policy which the whole
race will be asked to accept. Now,
the colored people not in the south.
ern states will. NEVER accept the
policy Of the South. Colored men
working there have the sympathy of
those OF us who are not there. but
we will not stand for any loud
mouthed proclaiming that the colored
race should accept the policy as
taught by Hampton and Tuskegee.
Major Motion is wise in doing the
pest he can under the most unfavor-
able conditions so far as real man.
hood is concerned, but he is unwill-
ing to advocate what he has to accent
as the policy of his race. We take
on our hat to him in this. The time
IS ripe for such institutions as At
lanta and Fisk Universities to re-
. celve their need of praise. These in
stltutlons have not wavered in their
demand for the best and highest for
our people. Their plan-social ius-
tice and manly RECOGNITION If worth
wherever it is found regardless of
race-ls deserving the highest praise.
100 much money cannot be given
them for their great work.
! (Rev.) VIM. A. BYRD
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-12
INCONSISTENCY, THOU ART A
JEWEL"

The Chicago Tribune, noted for it's
Inconsistency and illogical reasoning
has an article on Home Rule for Ire
Land and a free Poland. 1t also says
1--WE can find plenty of reasons fol
insisting that the war shall free the
Armenians from the Turks, shall give
Greece republic, Russia democracy
Belgium an assurance of integrity
France a promise of security, and that
it shall enable the statute of Liberty
in New York harbor to shine un
dimmed >-
I'VE do not ask that our allies free
the Moroccans, the Hindus, or the
Koreans, but it seems within reason
to ask that they give Home Rule tc
the Irish and thus help the United
States in one of it's own local prob
lems"
Why does not the Tribune 20 the
full length in democracy and ask
freedom for the Moroccans, the Hindus
and the Koreans? Is it because theil
compilations are a. trifle darker than
the other nationalities mentioned?
"But in war which elects democ
racy as the principle there ought tt
be a different condition in some Of
the lands which are allied to the prin
ciple. The United States, which in 8
real sense is about to fight for the
security of the United States, and il
equally real sense is about to figh,
for the principle of democracy, woult
fight better if the allies to which i,
is Joined were better established II
consistency"
Speaking of consistency, the Tri
bune could do great work along tina
line by advocating justice for tn.
colored American citizens who are in
suited, and oppressed by the stat,
governments Of the South and whose
lives are never safe from the murder
GUS Southern mob. But instead it ha.
not been a very long time since thi.
same Tribune advocated the strippin1
from the colored citizen the few right.
he now enjoys. \.
Consistency, thou art jewel"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-12
OF One Blood.

(Gerald Stanley Lee in Mount Toni
l am human being. 1 do not nro-
pose to be cooped up or shut in in nv
love and criticism to mere geographic
cal streaks or spots of people on a
planet. This planet Is small enough
az 1t Is, when one considers the
height and depth-the starry height
and depth-of the human spirit that
wavers and CLOVIS through us all
wagner and Shakespeare, Tolstoi and
Moliere! Though the cathedrals quar-.
REL together and sing praises with
siege-guns to their own little foolish
national souls, and rain bombs on
each others naves, take NV stand
oy the great bells ringing in their
towers, by the souls of their poets
overriding the years, by the PRAYERS
and songs Of their heroes, artists in.
ventors, by the mothers and the little
children. ''''o
We are all in the same world W.
are all alike. I will not say Of anv
one nation what will not saw Of thu
others; and will not say of any man
Wnat l Will not say Of myself.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-12
DEATH OF SENATOR FORAKER.

Joseph Benson Foraker, former
United States senator from Ohio,
lawyer, orator and soldier, is dead
at his home in Cincinnati, aged 70
years. ~ r..
Mr.. Foraker was civil war veteran,
having enlisted as a private and
served to the end of the war when he
was mustered out as captain.
He was a believer in justice for all
men and a staunch friend of the col
ored people. When the then Presi-
dent Roosevelt turned out the Sentire
Ninth Battalion for the alleged crimes
of few, Senator Foraker entered
heartily into the defense of the brave
soldiers who had been discharged
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-12
WHAT OF THE coLoRED MAN?,


The Irish in America are striving to
have the United States to intervene
and aid in the settlement of the home
rule question. Frederic Harrison, the
author and authority on International
Law in letter to the London Morning
Post, says: -
What would the Americans do il
We interviewed in one of their diem
mas? What would they say if our
former ministers; doctors, and preach.
ers were to summon them with pas.
sionate appeals to raise up their col.
ored citizens to equal human dignity,
to wipe the. national stigma off the
commonwealth-that every man or
woman born with dark skin is born
into shame, exclusion, and the life
of pariah racer
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-12
without reason.

without reason.
For this he was fought by the R0ose-
welt administration and other sinister
influences and it is safe to say that
his defeat for reelection as senator
from Ohio in 1908 was largely due to
the fact that he had espoused the
cause of the weak and oppressed.
Viewed from any angle Senator
Foraker was a great man and his
memory will live long in the hearts
of those who knew him. .~.. r.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-12

Commends Protest by Guardian and
Planet-Race Will Protest Till White
America Accords the Rights Which
! Belong to Every American Citizen
Steady Decline of Rights Under
| B. T. Washington Policy.
! (From the Boston Guardian.
Washington, D. c.. May 1, 1917.
Dear Mr.. Trotter:-I have Just read
in the last issue of the Guardian your
editorial, including the editorial of Mr.,
John Mitchell of the Planet, in which
he administers very just and timely
rebuke to Dr.-Frissell for some things
which he says in the last issue of the
Southern Workman. ~
| Rights Declined Under Washington.
| 1t is amazing that at this late day,
and after the STEADY DECLINE OF
JOUR RIGHTS UNDER MR.. WASH.
INGTON'S POLICY of "quiet, unpre.
tentious service" that DR.. Frissel]
should be attempting to revive that
pernicious, un-American, unmanIy,
heresay Of quiet submission, to wrond.
What God directed his prophet to do
was: Cry aloud, spare not, lift up
thy voice like trumpet, and declare
unto my people their transgression,
and the house of Jacob their sins. y
And that is what we have been doing,
and will continue to do, until White
America needs the message, turns
from it's evil ways and accords to the
colored man the rights which Justly
belongs to him as much as to any
other American citizen.
! Let FriSseIj Understand Once and "a.
- All Time.
DR.. Frissell had just as we'll under.
stand now, once for all, that the policy
for which he stands, as regards our
rights, will never be accepted by the
colored man. And the inculcation of
such a policy comes with very little
grace from white men who never
think of following it when their own
rights are involved.
Think coIored Unlike Whites.
It is because, after all, they. think
that the Negro is made of little diff
ferent clay. and therefore that it is
alright FOR HIM TO QUIETLY SUB
NIT TO WHAT WHITE MEN
WOULD NOT BE EXPECTED TO
|SUBMIT TO, AND, WOULD NOT
ISUBMIT TO WITHOUT THE MOST
VIGOROUS PROTEST?
Put Themselves In Our Place,
If some of our white friends would
put themselves in the place of the
colored man, and realize that there is
no essential difference between the
colored man and themselves, they
would be saved from some of the fool.
ish things which they recommend at
times.
Let the Agitation Go On.
Let the Planet, let the Guardian. LET
all the colored newspapers, continue
to speak out, and, in every other legftf-
mate way, LET THE AGITATION GO
ON. It is in vain for DR.. Frissell, or
any one else to try to stop it.
Yours for equality of rights for all
citizens, regardless OF race or contlf-
ton, 5
FRANCIS J. .GR1MKE
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The SIN or SILENCE

TO sin by silence whom we should
protest makes towards out Of men.
The human race has climbed on pro-
test. Had no voice been raised against
Injustice. ienorancs and lust, the in
QUESTION yet would ssrve the law. and
euIllotInss decide our least disputes.
Tho lew who dare must speak and
speak again to right the wrone. ~
many.-ElIs wheeler Wilcox.