The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-08-30

certain similar areas and facilities
would be reserved for the white race
This news article among some other
EhiHi- sursset r'satgFFFN was
favorably impressed BY reports OF a
similar commission working on a SINH
lar plan at Atlanta, Georgia and that
he had sent for a report Of that body"
opposed the commission bill in the
General Assembly, and am more Bit
ter than ever against it now, for it is
quite obvious now as it was then that
this board Of Race Commissioners
would have for its ultimate purpose
the bringing Of segregation, jim crow
cars, in fact to change the fair state
Of Lincoln, as far as the Negro is
concerned, into a He'll Hole like unto
the State Of Mississippi The Govern
or says that there shall be a tacit I'M
derstanding among the commissioners
that they shall try to bring about
segregation with all It's degrading in
fluences. The Atlanta commissioners
from whom the Governor seeks advice,
resides in the state that gave 70 the
world Hoke Smith, It would seem
therefore that the commissioners are
to bring about conditions TO make it
possible to mistreat the Negro in
Illinois as he is mistreated in Georgia:
Jim Crow, taxation without the right !
to vote, poor schools, lynch law, muir ]
der and ravishing of our women is
what the commissioners have tolerated |
and counteanced in Georgia
1t is inconceivable that the white
man, in spite of his farsightedness
and superior intelligence, fails to ap-
preciate the folly of alternating the
good will and loyalty of the Negro,
who has proved himself to be a potent
factor in the economic and industrial
life Of this country. And further, has
stood and ever been faithful to the
Star and Stripes, and has never been
found wanting when the Nation has
called upon him in the hour of need.
The Negro needs no greater proof Of
his loyalty than that shown by his
willingness to sacrifice his life upon
the battle fields in every war in which
this country has been a party during
its entire history and when the Negro
went to France that democracy and
liberty might rule the world it was
with the hope that the wars setting
sun would be followed by the dawning
Of new day Of hope for him and his.
And above all that since he had made
Europe a fit place to live in he has
determined that America
shall be a fit place for him to live in,
and no longer will the Negro be con-
tented to be treated as the Nations
ward or to accept Of any Cabling or (
humoring you might say in lieu Of
those rights that are guarantees to
all citizens by the constitution of the
United States. This is the thought
advanced by the young Negro Of today
who is teaching his people and giving
them a new form Of intelligent and
constructive leadership, and the soon
er the federal, state and city officials,
and the business men realize this fact
and enforce the law and give every
man a square deal the better it will
be for the entire country.
The Negro in this country is purely
an American product, is a poor social ,
ist, and no bolshevik at all. He has
no fatherland to which he feels and
gives a large part of his allegiance,
while at the same time claiming Am
erican citizenship, and if America ,
would give better facilities and oppor-
tunities for the Negro to develop in
the principles Of manhood and citizen J
ship, it would prove a better invest !
nent than throwing our doors open I
TO the hot-headed, disgruntled and 6