The Lake County times., 1919-03-22
An OPEN REPLY.

EC3tCr 1G4EE.
Having given due consideration 10
both the article and editorial Appearing
in TIE TINES in its issue OF March IS,
1919. IL is deemed advisable to also
consider the matter in its entirety from,
other than partisan property owners
view, solely 1t appears that tho article
sa feeble blow at I'll evital principles
OF our government. in that IL seeks 20
solicit the sympathy OF peoples and citi-
zens. who have shown a want OF inter
est or spirit of indifference. TO in
terference in other peoples affairs. and
this to the prejudice of an innocent and
disinterested people. who are not only
loyal. decent and home-loving but are
also patriotic and fearless yes human
tartan and unimposing.
The tnstigation. of the article OF
criticism and pessimisrn. appeared in
The TINES under date of March Il.
1919. and was without doubt, acruated
by motives of purity and frmness of
purpose, yet 8Ir. Critic would so con-
tort the sincere desire of those property
| owners, who felt that they had been. by
force of circumstances. illegally evicted
by the ruling of the court on the in
junction. as TO make it appear that they
had betrayed their trust and sold their
birth-rtght for a mess OF pottage" II
| requires no great quantity OF gray mat
/ ter for anyone to know that while the
property owners probably meant we'll
and through no evil design, except per-
haps, to the coal company. offered to
sell their homes to respectable colored
people who wish TO buy" they never
/ theless ignored or overlooked the fact
/ that no respectable colored family
would desire to live in. say nothing Of
buying home in a district where q re-
spectacle white family desires to leave,
! for the very reason that it has become
! undesirable. and as to who else viii
! want to live there as asked by the steel
| company official. the reply is obvious
that undesirable white as well as color
ed people will perhaps want TO live
I there. but none others Of either race
If the "ad" was a threat instead of a
bona fide offer to sell. then Mr.. Property y
owner. YOU have dissipated your time
and money for neither of the two oh
jects aimed at. will be accomplished
You will rot succeed in drafting ths
sympathy Of disinterested. broad-mind
ed. people in Hammond nor anywhere
else. to help you make the fight Of ths
coward. n fight backed by Eynlpath.
predicsted upon prejudice wantorniy-
N.iiifully and maliciously conspired te
satisfy the greed of human vultcres
who prey upon the carTion of the wezs
ana defenseIess. neither will you b'
heard by the court of Chicago or ar!
, other court. TO assign such fictitious
, insignificant and utter untenable res
son, that many desirable and respects
BILE cclored people may move into tfs'
| coveted district. as grounds for 3 de
solvement of the injunction inforce ol
the behalf of the coal company. Eifhe
! course leads only to chaos and con
] fusion. and if the advertisement was
| bonafde- offer to sell to purchasers. a
Mr. Critic, what has been intimated q
| the property owner. is meant for yol
| and not the property owner An
further. Mr.. Critics. your far-siEhted
ness and experience by actual contac
| and observation in the st. Louis atsj
/ mentioned should teach you that it t.
| simply UP to the property owners i
choose the lesser evil, il indeed the offe
+; 10 sell TO colored people can be truth
fully called an evil. and this APPARENT
has been done by the Homewood proper
tv owners. YOU should be contented
knowing that the property owners q
I Horewood had struck upon a methR
which would probably compensate th~t
n / for .heir wounded pride caused by III
invasion Of the coal campany into thei
!, ,neighborhood IT further appears this
: to any fair minded person it would
/. naore Desirable TO have respectful
= colored neighbors than disrespectab
white neichbor or live next door to
> coal yard again Mr.. Critic, it is cas-
n of election, choice Of the lesser evi
II If thefe be any. As to Mr.. Glenda
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