Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1918-07-20
TOWN TOPICS

persons arranging for some kind of Il show
for the amusement of the white public for
colorcd persons to attire themselves in the
costumes of their former slave parents and
parade themselves in front of gaping
public for it's entertainment and amllse.
ment. Such white persons must think the
cOIorcd persons are proud of the fact that
they were once human chattels and occr-
pied positions in the body polite of this re-
public on par with the horse, mule and cat
tie Of the field. If there are any humliating
features about a public function, whether of
ii personal. or patriotic nature, the colored
man is ALWAYS asked to perform that, but
he is never wanted when the accomplish
mentS Of this country are being paraded
before the public. The very next time
some one asks you to reassume your former
chattcl attire. you will be perfectly justified
in splitting in such person s face and follow
that up with fist full of fingers full in
the face. We once were slaves and there
is no denying it. but we not bOasting Of
it. yea not only not boasting of it, we
verify think that every slave holder has
either already gone to that lake of ever
lasting fire or will sooner or later get there
Thanks to Garrison, Brown, LOvejOy, Stowe
Lincoln. Grant, Sumner and thousands of
others. the colOred man is a full fedged citi-
zen of the United States and has no desire to
recall the days of slavery.
At high noon last Tuesday Miss Lola
Graham and Mr.. $. II. McCants were united
in marriage at the First A. M. F.. Church in
the presence Of a host of friends and we'll
wsherS. "A reception followed the cere-
mony at which many invited guests felici-
tated with the happy couple. Mrs. McCants
1icho 4x,,>i AVID A. >l,nr
in the government service at Bremerton,
while Mr.. McCants is well known bust
ness man of the city, who has been quite
successful in his business undertakings
Rent profiteering is one of the many
problems that confront the American peo-
pie and organized labor is doing the great
est amount of hOlering. Men earning from
So to $50 per day want to get comfortable
apartments, steam heated. at prices the
same apartments rented for before coal
went skyward. But some of the phases of
the rent question are so amusing that the
hard hearted 'rent graber' has to smile.
All the landlords are by no means rent
profteers, yea verify they 90 to the other
extreme. A landlord down in Rainier val
ley prior to the rent raising reign let his
elegant house and lot with fruit and ber-
RES LOT Nl- per IIOUlI. since lHe reign De-
gun he has only raised his rent two dollars.
which means that he gets $16S gross an
nualy from his property. TO say the least
the property cost him $4,000, but including
all Of his labor nearer $1,000. He could sell
the property today for that amount. If
he would sell the property for $4,000 and
loan the money out at I per cent interest,
it would net him 1910 annually. whereas
the property rented. after deducting taxes
and upleep does not net him to exceed $40
per annum. The. property would rent for
50 per month as readily as it does for S14
per month.
Another phase of the rent raising question
runs like this. an apartment house tenant,
who also has considerable property for rent,
was raised three dollars on the price being
paid which incensed the tenant that the
picture on the wall hung it's head when said
tenant had finished speaking a piece on the
rent profteer. But the same tenant pro.
ceeded to dO some rent raising too and one