Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1920-08-21
THE PASSING THRONG

to come to see me before l leave, as | want
to subscribe for their papers," said Bishop
Fountain in his address on Monday evening
AT least one of the editors was present. but
no provision had been made for either of
them to get in touch with the Bishop and
the one present was not even able to oct
seat at the banquet table where he could
get lrst handed what was being said bv
the distinguished and learned speakers of
the OCCASION Bishop Fountains words
were severe rebuke to the spirit of this
community IN frequently overlooking the
press III public functions. It NAV sat.
lsfy selfish and sinister motive TO over.
look the press but it's splendid example
OF "cuttmg off your nose to spite vnnr
face. Sensible newspaper men have no
desire to be lionized, but they do expect
common courtesy and the community that
does not accord them that permits it's in.
olscfetloh TO lead 1t astray. Bishop Foun.
lam knows he canOnt make much headwav
III ms upllft work without at least having a
tentative cooperation Of the press and he
therefore, ii in not so many words. vet bv
lneundo, expressed his surprise at the com.
nllnlty arranging banquet and not hav.
ing one or both Of the publishers of the
papers published in the city in the colored
upllft work seated at that banquet table
that ne might fraternize with them.
GO not doubt the correctness of the
statement OF Wesley l.. JONES' U. S. Senator
OF THIS state to the effect, the colored people
OF the United States on the surface have
maze as much progress in fifty years as the
present white civilization has made in four
teen hundred years, but as a matter of fact
they are not parallel cases. and if colored
folks take such statements seriously then
they Will show their weakness for tenn.
porarlly feasting on fulsome fattery. Des.
plte the Tact the cOlored man had been a
slave, yet as such he heard much of the
business methods of the white man. He
even knew more about the industries of the
South than his master When then he was
emancipated and thrown upon his own re-
sources and initiative he had but to apply
what he had heard, seen and done for all
those years OF bondage to the white man
Tor the Improvement of his own self. The
fourteen hundred years of evolution of the
white man were handed over to the colored
man and he could not help but thrive AS
soon as he was emancipated millions of
dollars were expended for his education and
the white man of the North drilled it into
HIM morning, noon and night that to be
somebody he had to get an education, and,
comparatively speaking, the army of ignor-
ant colored chattes as it were, became in
telligent citizens over night. The fourteen
hundred year evolutionist just pumped his
experience into the former slave while he
slept and to his (the colored man 81 sur
prise ne awoke the next morning born again.
AS Roosevelt said, ''the colored man has
run exceedingly fast and travelled, under
the circumstances, a remarkable distance,
but he still has long ways to travel to,
even with the friendly assistance of the
white man, cope with the business white
man of fourteen hundred years of evolu-
tionary fame.
In his address last onday evening before
vast audience Bishop William A. Foun.
tain mildly rebuked colored Seattle for it's
poor business showing and as | listened to
his remarks l was reminded of what 1 had
recently said editorially along this line.
Many of the colored citizens of the city
not only demurred at what | said, but
openly criticized me and impugned selfish
motives for what | had published. The
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