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The Colorado statesman., 1921-04-16


this amendment-the thirteenth
to its constitution:
Neither slavery nor involuntary
servitude, except as a punishment for
crime, whereof the party shall have
been duly convicted. shall exist with
in the United States, or any place sub
ject to their jurisdiction.
Congress shall have power to en-
force this article by appropriate legis-
lation."
That was more than fifty-five years
ago Today, Involuntary servitude
widely prevails in the United States,
not as a punishment for crime, and in
forms as fragrant, as brutal and as
murderous as ever the realist-romancer
depicted it as being in the time and
place of Simon Legree. In witness of
which, see the grewsome revelations
of doings in Jasper county, Georgia,
an hours ride from the metropolis of
the Empire State of the South.
More than a dozen years ago a num-
ber of Negroes testified before grand
jury in Tennessee that members of
their race were being held in slavery.
and that some of them had been beat
en- to death or otherwise killed, and
their bodies furtively weighted with
stones and cast into the river OF the
public, some listened to the tale with
incredulity; some attributed it to the
vivid African Imagination; some dis
missed it with the curt judgment that
"The damned niggers lied" Today we
have ocular proof that precisely such
things have recently been done on the
shore of the Alcovy river; and fearful
speculation arises as to where else, in
how many other places, the same re
voting crimes may have been COM
mitted; seeing that the same condi-
tions of slavery are known to exist
elsewhere.
On the Doth of January last, this pa
per took occasion to comment on GER
tain astounding statements then re-
Gently made by Mr.. Hooper Alexander,
tne OnlIeu oldleS ulStiiSl at'oihSs "'
Atlanta, Georgia. Mr.. Alexanders
sweeping assertions seemed on their
face to be so outrageous in their flat
assertions and in their implications as
to be all but incredible.
This responsible United States Off
cial put himself on record with the de-
liberate statement that the wrongs
committed by whites against Negroes
in Georgia ran "all the gamut from
the meanest of petty cheating to de-
liberate and plotted murder de sald'
furthermore, that sin a large proper
ton of the cases, judicial processes
are issued by magistrates that are
used in the most shameless manner In
the aid of crimes, and the attendant
circumstances are such as should call
for Indictment for malpractice" |
Coming from any other than a
source presumably so free from temp |
tation to sensational eXaggeration as
an officer of the United States Depart
ment of Justice, such statements as
these would seem more like mere raw
ings than the considered uteerances or
n responsible person. And yet the |
revelations to date of the appalling |
viIlainies perpetrated on defenselss Ne
groes on that unspeakable Williams |
murder plantation in Jasper county, |
seem to substantiate the worst of Mr..
charges. The bodies of no
less than nine Negroes, all of whom
had been murdered under circum-
stances of bestial cruelty, have already
been found either in shallow graves or
chained and weighted down in the bot
The Colorado statesman., 1921-04-16


victims had been made peonage slaves
before being butchered to get them out
of the way and prevent their possible
revelations of the crimes of the
scoundrels who held them in bondage.
And the worst of It is that, in all
human probability, we have scratched
only the surface of the systematic viii
lainies to which ignorant Negroes in
Georgia, and without much doubt in
other nearby states, have been sub
jected for years. 1t is no sudden
sporadic outbreak of this form of
crime that has now been brought to
the attention of the Georgia courts. 1t
is only particularly appalling in
stance.
1t is enough to make every decent
American sick at heart to know that
such atrocities should be committed
under the flag he loves so much. And
yet ii is only the logical outcome of
that other savagery, lynching, which,
instead of decreasing, has been stead
lily increasing of late. Just how many
of these mob murders have occurred
within the current year we have no
means of knowing Hardly week has
passed since the 1st of January with
out the papers telling of one or more
of these disgraces to our civilization.
Probably it would be well within the
mark to say that during the last twelve
weeks a dozen persons have been thus
mob-butchered in different parts of the
country-an average of something like
three a month.
We do not for moment doubt, of
course, that the best elements i'll the
civilization of the South deplore these
savageries, as is evidenced by the
prompt and energetic activities of the
state administration in the present in
stance; and we cannot ignore the spe-
cial difficulties presented by the va
rious aspects of the Negro problem
Yet so long as our governmental au-
thorities condone or tolerate this kind
of lawlessness, just so long Will 1t be
preposterous for us to boast OF our
civilization.
The situation is one with which, pri-
marily, the state of Georgia should
deal. The thirteenth amendment ap-
plies to it as well as to every other
state. Murder is capital crime there
as well as in every other state. 1t
is for the Georgia of Alexander H.
Stephens and of Henry w. Grady to
yindicate its fame as n civilized and
commonwealth. To that
end it is incumbent upon it to bring
to justice the indescribaDle
wretches who have done these things,
and to inflict upon them the fullest
penalty of the law. 1t is incumbent
upon it, too, to perform thorough act
of housekeeping; to search out and to
put an end to every other practice of
slavery within its borders; and to
make sure that no more of it is ever
We assume with confidence that 1t
will do so-indeed, it has already given
proof that it intends to vindicate its
good name. 1t will not be an easy
task. There will probably be raised
the facile but lying cry that the Ne
groes are planning an insurrection and
a race war, in the hope that thus pas
sions and apprehensions will be
aroused to serve as red herrings across
the trail But such camouflage can
not prevail. We are told that the citi-
zens of that region are generally
and incensed at the re-
proach which has been brought upon
them. That is wholesome and COM
The Colorado statesman., 1921-04-16

ct HE AVERAGE man of our race
thinks that the average Amer
u lean white man is an egotistic,
conceited, deceitful and unjust person
to whom no rational claim nor any
sense of justice will appeal, except in
such cases as will result in his own
material advantage, or the material ad-
vantage of other white men," declared
William H. Haynes, senior at the Uni
versity of Chicago Law School, before
a meeting of the Sociological Club at
the University of Chicago, Thursday
night.
Mr.. Haynes and w. Fl. Jones, gradu-
ate student, had been invited by the
club to address its members on "What
the Negro Thinks of the White Man"
Mr.. Jones spoke first. He made 1t
clear to his audience that the race un-
derstands the white man better than
white men understand the race, point
ing out as a reason that its whole life,
economic, social and political is
wrapped up in that of the white man
mans attitude.
"With the race, to understand the
white man is inevitable-it is an eco
nomic necessity" Mr.. Jones asserted.
Further he gave three reasons for
the white mans inability to under
stand the race-first, because he sees
the race as minority group sub
merged in a majority group upon which
If is dependent; second, because he is
Indifferent to the race-he realizes
that it does not determine his status
and, third, because interest shown by
members of the white race in studying
the problems of the black man is
viewed with suspicion by other men,
bers of their race.
"Tbe race sees the white mans at
titude manifested toward him in his
behavior on the streets and in pubic
conyeyances he sees it reflected In MS
literature, his newspapers and in his
General response to various situations.
ihe intelligent race man is readlhs
A back through history and is able to de-
terpine the trend of white pubic opin-
lion toward him. He has found that
Etbis trend of opinion has been against
him. He realizes that he has Deeh
lied TO. deceived, cheated and denied
those privileges he really deserved.
"The white man has tried to de-
ceiye us by telling us that our dlffi-
cuIties do not lie with the higher class
of white people, but with the rowuies'
But we are not so easily deceived. we
know that the rowdies do not make
public opinion. Our trouble lies with
those who think and make public opln-
ion; the newspaper editors, the preach
tars and writer's.
~ "We intend to fight the public opin-
zion which has proved itself TO DE suci
u, deadly enemy to us. we reaiiAe
that there are certain leaders of the
white race who are attempting 10 Keep
his public opinion against us. we
know that this is true because we can
500 II reflected in the attitude OF the
toward us. 1t attempts to sup
A,ress all news that is favorable to u.s.
pand consciously perverts the facts
about us in order to create sehti-
ment against u.s."
Mr.. Haynes pointed out that the
white mans egotism was born OF MS
knowledge of himself as a creatiVe
venius and the possessor of great pro-
ductive ingenuity. This the average
race man, with whom Mr.. Haynes
dealt in his discussion, knows, ana ne
The Colorado statesman., 1921-04-16

mendable frame of mind, which should
certainly be coupled with stern reso-
luton thoroughly and at whatever cost
to purge themselves and the state of
the causes and of the opportunities
of their shame.
If they should not do so, if Georgia
should not prevail against those who
have fIouted her laws and sullied her
name, then we should have to recall
the plain and explicit words of the sec
ond section of the constitutional
amendment we have quoted:
Congress shall have power to en-
force this article by appropriate legis-
lation."
There is nothing there about con
current" power, nor any such fantastic
futility. Congress has the power to
make the needed laws, and the execu-
tive has the power to enforce them.
1t would be because of the incredible
event that the state of Georgia had
failed in her duty. But whether
through action of the state or of the
nation, slavery must be abolished
Harvey's Weekly.
The Colorado statesman., 1921-04-16
TIME TO STOP SLAVERY

.HE UNITED States of America,
on December Is, 1868, adopted
this amendment-the thirteenth
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-08-10
NACkAY FAIR
SEPT. 6, 7 5
(From The Miner)

Bang Goes the Business Again.
that means that Mackay has rolled up
her sleeves and is TO stage another fair
flying circus, round up and race meet.
The directors have set the dates
Ior September 9Th, eth and 8th.
This is the Fifth annual exhibition
given by the Big Lost River Fair as
sociation, and, as evrycne knows, they
grow bigger and better with each sue
ceeding year, until Mackay has won a
reputation unrivalled in the inter
mountain country.
With the dates set, the officers and
directors now working out prog
ram full Of thrills and the best en-
tertainment that can be provided. On
account of the depressed money con-
ton the officers this year have re-
duced the show to three days, instead
of five, as given last year, but the
same class of entertainment will be
rovided with yariations-less buck
ing. more novelty races and the
same number of fast horse races.
Roman hippodrome standing races
chariot races, pony express, and other
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-08-10
supplies for towns and cities.


Still another feature that seems TO
merit attention is the vast amount of
mercantile timber in the Stanley ba-
sin country, at the present time mac
cessible. A railroad might be very
expensive, but if water is handled by
gravity through the proposed tunnel
there is no reason why provisions can
not be made for transporting logs
through it and lumber be manufac-
, tured as some point on the project
convenient to transportation facilities.
Aside from the question of this
project being warranted in itself, there
are two outstanding and all important
| factors still to be remembered. One
| is that if Snake river water is used
on the Mountain Hon enterprise there
will be vast area Of equally good
land, which will be forever left
without a possible water supply. The
other is that unless Salmon river wa
ter is utilized On this project it will
for all time run to waste without any
possible beneficial use in the state
of Idaho.
| THE seriousness of the foregoing
facts, in my opinion, should compel ev
cry far-sighted and public spiritedcit-
izen to give this possibility careful.
consideration. While | do not wish
to be understood as saying that a
project such as this will be more
feasible than using Snake river wa
ter, l do believe that the possibilities
| Continued on Page Four)
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-08-10
MON
STER PROJECT

IN ~ dam higher than Arrowrock in the
tannel through the solid granite of
the Sawtooth mountains, are the pro-
posaIs of the state reclamation de-
portment as a solution for the pro-
bl0m of putting water in the Mount
ain Home-Sunnyside tract of half a
million acres.
This was announced Saturday by Re
fc)omation Commissioner w. G. Swend
zen. IN making public report by AS
sistant Commissioner, George r. Arch
itald, following reconnaissance just
made. by him in the Salmon river
country.
Study of the possibilities contained
Ia this plan have been implied, Mr..
9wendsen said by three facts. The
4 first is that settlement on these lands
I. r. taking place in the utter absence of
any Immediate feasible plan to water
them. Secondly, investigations have
already been instigated for solving the
problem of reclaiming them in connec-
ton with the proposed great dam at
American Falls. And finally, 1t is a
certainty that the area of reclaimable
land in the Snake river valley is far
IN excess of the water possibly avail
4 able there, and other supplies must be
drawn upon if their potential value
Is. to be realized.
Mr.. Archibalds report bears cut
these premises, and further indicates
that the Salmon river offers both q
sufficient and accessible supply for
this purpose. 1t also dwells on other
features that make the scheme very
attractive one.
Commissioner Swendsen's statemen
in making public the report OF the
reconnaissance follows:
"The Mountain Home Sunnyside
tract 10 one of the most valuable areas
of undeveloped agricultural land in
Idaho. Owing to peculiar geographic
, conditions and locations Of streams
the ffrigaticn of the tract is quite
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-08-10
NUMBER 7

novelty events, never before staged In
central Idaho, will fill in between the
-acing events, and while the bucklng
s to be reduced, yet there will be
plenty of daring events in which the
riders of the range may participate.
Hugh II. Barker, the daring aviator.
Who last year thrilled the crowd with
nis stunt flying, is to be with us again
All agreed last year that his daily ev-
mt was worth the price of admission.
dany Idaho towns are confining them
elves to a flying circus day alone.
passing the fair, races, etc, on ac-
count of the condition of the time.
but Mackay will not weaken and spoil
her reputation for doing things right.
The ChaiIis Boy Band is to be fea-
ured and advertised. This wonder
full organization CT boy musicians has
been engaged for the SHOW. 1t
rivals any band that the officers have
ever engaged and their engagement
will exploit them to hundreds OF out.
side people. =
The management has arranged for
matched chariot races, four horses a.
breast and also for matched hippo
drome roman standing races, with
the usual number of western cowboy
events staging new novelties that
will make the crowds come up stand
ing.
Merry go rounds and ferris wheels
with other carnival attractions, are
CONTINUED on Page FOur)
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-08-10
CHALLIS IDAHO. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST

difficult, and despite great efforts in
has thus far been reached.
Unfortunately some of these lands
have been occupied by settlers with
The hope, and probably in some instan
ces the definite understanding, that
water supply would soon be affor-
ded.
Losses in time and money have
been suffered, and to the end that
they may be afforded assistance and
the states resources in this great a
rea be developed, studies are now
under way to determine feasible
means of securing water for it,
Through the efforts OF the Boise
Chamber of Commerce and its COM
mittee on irrigation, headed by Leo
J. Falk, a definite plan has been ma
sured for obtaining data relative to
the feasibility Of irrigating these lands
by water from Snake river to be i'm
pounded in the proposed American
Falls reservoir. A fund of $4,000
has been raised for this investigation
reclamation service and through the
cooperation and financial support of tn
department of reclamation, state of
Idaho. The necessary survey for field
work in connection with this investi-
cation is in charge Of the United
States reclamation service and is Ell
ther now under way or will be under
taken in the immediate future.
'In furthering the future reclama-
ton development in Idaho is Of great
importance, if the best use is to be
had of our water supply, tha tcareful
study be made of each individual wa
tershed in its entirety, taking into ac-
count first, the available lands, con-
sidering all of the elements that go
to make up their value when reclaim
ed; and above all things, the ques-
iicn of a proper use of the state wa
ter supply to the end that when de-
velopment is completed we will be
sure that we have built well and Sc
cured the greatest good to the great
est numbers thereof
1T therefore becomes necessary to
consider many problems and to ex-
tend the scope of study to all posi-
| blities in and about the Snake river
valley and its adjacent territory. That
is why the state department of recla-
nation is going into the possibilities
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-03-21
Awaiting q Magic Touch

President Harding has asked the minds of the senate
be sounded to the advsbty of the speedy enactment
of emergency tariff to aid farmersshowng how the
orthodox standpaer travels around in circle to hlgh
tariff the magic curea of all industrial and economic Ills
The old nostrm however is no longer efcacous Prices
of farm products low because have food surplus ana
because have foreign market for our food badly as
the world needs it, because Europe has neither nor
credit wherewth buy food AS long the United
States possesses most of the money of the world and most OF
the grain of the world tariff to bar grain imports is not
going to help the farmer get rid of his surplus.
Mark Sullivan the political writer, who during the last
campaign acted propagans for Harding declares that
the republicans face crisis and that unless remedy
is found widespread revolt of the agricultural classes is IN
prospect similar to the revolt of the early 90s when the
Populst party resulted He also remarks that within two
weeks after Hardngs Inauguration, the New York stock
market fell to low level which if it had followed Coxs
Inauguration would been widely heraded result of
democratic nefcency by those to whom the word repub
can is panacea for economic Ills
Sullivan quotes wise westerner declaring that the
world of 1914 gone forever We get it back and
old normacy is fraud He simply sn'twhich is one
thing the republican president and republican leaders have
seemed to realize The old conditions have forever
passed away and there exists magic of politics whereby
they be resurrected. Talk of restoring normacy is
nonsense
Whether the politicians Mr. Harding has surrounded
himself with in the cabinet outside of Hughes and Hoover
who apparently comprehend the situation going to be OF
much assistance probematca Secretary Wallace of the
Department of Agriculture has surely limited vision when
he would restore farm prices to initiation basis by fiat He
declares farm products must up price and other
products down until the normal relation between them
has been restored This talk of bringing prices back to
normal is morally wrong and economically impossible
But how the price of farm products to be raised 70
percent above pre-war prices? tariff will not do it, We
should find outlet for great food surplus
but not be found inflated basis Meanwhile the
country anxousy awaits the restoration of prosperity so
gliby promised by the party in power.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-03-21
Wireless Amateurs
Hold Convention

New York, March 21.-You can
send most anything by wireless
these days except parcel post pack
ages. Sputtering sparks and buzz
zing dots and dashes have demon
strated this at the Hotel Pennsyl-
Vania the last few days of this
week, where the second district
Amateur Radio Convention and
Exhibition has been in session.
1t was the first gathering of it's
kind ever held. and the lectures
and demonstrations attracted
thousands Of amateur radio oper-
ators. The tricks of the wireless
wizards were all laid on the table,
SO to speak, and there were con-
certs by wireless, lectures by wire
less and messages and conyyersa-
uons picked out of the air from
far off foreign lands.
Worlds cnam pionship code con-
tests Tor amateurs We're held and
prizes were awarded for the best
homemade amateur apparatus.
among the speakers were j.
Andrew White, editor of Wireless
Age II. p. Maxim. president Ameri-
can Radio Relay League; Arthur
Batcheller, chief radio INSPECTOR
second district. and Charles II.
stewart, Atlantic division manager
oI the American Radio Relay
League.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-03-21
Oregon a Dumping Ground

Thanks to the cowardce of the Oregon senate Oregon is
threatened with real Japanese invasion California
passed analen land law at the last general election
The Washington legislature has followed suit and Japs,
barred from acquiring property in California and Washing
ton are turning to Oregon.
Senator McNary probably blame for leaving Oregon
the open-door for alien invasion He wired the legislature
the opinion that such action by Oregon would gravey
barrass the national administration in its treaty making
with Japan How could it? California fooled for 20 years
by the national government had already acted and was
impossible for Oregon to add further complications.
While Oregon still debating the alien land law Texas
passed it, And Washington has now followed with similar
law But the pleas of Lodge and McNary and the COM
mercasm of the Portland Chamber of Commerce. which
does not hesitate to sacrifice the future for present gain
prevailed
There way in which the anJap bill can be put on
the stautesand that is by initiative at the next general
election The American Legion sponsored the bill in the
legislature Let the American Legion initiate the
has all the machinery for securing signatures That is
what the initiative designed for-o secure laws when
the legislature failed to act Meanwhile lose two years in
order prevent embarrassment of the administration
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-03-21

ing out across a wilderness of
tracks branching out into dark
ness. set with red. green and blue
lamps. M N
He waited, lighting a cigafette
On his left heavy electric engine
rolled into the station, drawing a
western express train. The lignted
windows of the cars threw a run
ming yellow illumination over his
motionless figure for a few mo-
rnents, then the train passed into
the depths of the station.
And now her train began to
move very slowly out through the
wilderness of yard tracks. Car at
ter car passed him. gaining mo
mentum all the while. y
When the last car sped by and
the tail lights dwindled into per
spective, Grismer had finished his
cigarette.
Behind him lay the dusl1y, lamp
lit tunnel of the station. Before
him, through ruddy darkness,
countless jewelled lamps twinkled,
countless receding rails glimmer-
ed. leading away into the night.
1t was in him to travel that way
the way of the glimmering. jew
elled lamps, the road of the shin
ing rails.