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many others 1t would just take me
whole letter to tell you about them
hence | must ring off by telling you !
met the new president of our school
at Topeka. Kans Prof E. E. Weaver.
He was busy serving as one Of the
experts when the notice came to him
Of his election to the high position and
he did not stop for minute but kept
right on. He wore a nice little smile,
and seemed determined to work more
for the Master. 1t is nice to get no
tice Of your elevation when you are
serving others and, working for the
Christ.
Did you See where Prof. w. G. Pear,
son, Of Durham. N. O.. president 81
the Bankers Fire Insurance Company,
stepped out and gave to Kittrell col
lege, Kittrell, n. O.. the sum Of $25.-
coo for building. Now this is a man
Of our race, and is at the head Of fra
ternal order in North Carolina, St.
Josephs and principal of the public
school there. If you will remember
| spoke about him when | was there
last year. how we stepped on the gas
in December. So many white people
have decided not to contribute to our
education, and are telling Us to help
ourselves since we are getting wealthy
men. and we are just doing it. / think
this is the largest amount ever given
by one individual during his natural
life in our group. Just to thing Of it.
| have eaten at his house, and he
regards me as one Of his friends. That
says with all of his wealth he is not
wealthed away from his people, but
educated closer to them, and he desires
to see them lifted UP. This IS the
kind Of doctrine Editor Julius Fl Tay-
Tor is preaching, and for this he has
dedicated his life If you want to stir
his ire do something To reflect on his
race, and if you want his praises do
something for the education of the
youth. You remember the fine contri-
button he gave to Fish University
some time ago.
No doubt as you read this letter the
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waned. They cling still to the hope
that the meek shall inherit the earth.
To them and their hopes there is
the Christian obligation and the warn
ing signal Of an enlightened civiliza-
ton, pointing towards a deserved
freedom, higher appreciation Of their
worth, a knowledge that God is no
of persons, and a quickening
Of the will to deal justly with those
who remain in or close to the cage,
the bars Of which should Be torn
asunder. Then the freedom Of this
life will be theirs, and sectional lines
will yield TO love Of cleavage between
all the people Of the good old U.s.A.,
regardless Of color.
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The good old summer time has
come and with II the time when The
faithful members and friends Of the
Elks, the Eagles, the Masons, the
Knights and every fraternal sect from
the Synchronized Order Of Elijah to
the Grand Dukes Of Saint Joseph, will
look some station agent right square
in the eye and exchange some In
God We Trust coin for railroad
ticket to somewhere. Our people are
the greatest conyentioneers III the
whole world, and the 1925 railroad
and automobile caravans to solemn
sessions bid fair to make past years
seem Ike mere pilgrimages to the
front yard and back.
We have no desire to throw any
cold water upon the aspirations OF our
people 10 get together and exchange
ideas for the greater emancipation Of
Americas dark tenth. Yet, We hon
estiy wonder if it would not be more
beneficial 70 divert some percentage Of
the shekels that 60 for railroad coal
and automobile gasoline to race in
vestments or to the founding Of Ne
gro business enterprises. We over
heard one couple say they had saved
up 800 rocks to meet with their
fraterna1 order 200 miles away; while
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A Aazen-haired white lady, holding
aloft in her hands beautifully gilded
bird cage, ran frantically around the
base Of tree on the city Street, call
ing Come back, Dickey," To a little
canary bird who had abandoned his
prison for limb high up the tree,
from whence he was pouring fourth as
sweet song as We have ever heard
from the throat Of a canary. IN his
song there seemed to Be a note Of
joyousness which we had never before
heard when the little fellow was safely
locked in his cage next door. Come
back, Dickey; come back, Dickey,'
called the white lady; but Dickey's
only reply was burst Of song and a
fight to higher limb and greater
freedom, as ne felt increased strength
come to his wings and the fresh air
Of outdoors go down into his lungs.
Dickeys new freedom is not like that
which has come to the million Negro
immigrants vino have come to the
Northland during the past ten years
out Of the cage Of peonage, lynching,
and the octopus-like prejudice with
tentacles reaching into the home life,
the schools, the public utilities, and,
in fact into every phase Of southern
life where the question of color can
be used as a blindfo1d for equity and
justice Upon the Negroes abandon
ment Of those areas Of stuIti6ed citi-
zenship his best friends there, the
owners Of the cage, like the canary
birds keeper, wailingly cried, Come
back, Dickey;" but the migratory Ne
gro freemen, overcome by the new att
mosphere and the increased strength
Of privilege have not heard the call.
There remain down home,y how
ever, millions OF Negroes whose pa
tience, while in the cage, has not
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another brother was working three
shifts a day to get the first payment
on his Cadillac, so he could motor"
to the convention. These two illus
trations-and they probably have a
thousand 1ikenesses-involved enough
dough to start small laundry or pay
a years premium on about $50 modest
insurance policies Of some race COM
pany employing Negro clerks and
agents.
In other words, we subscribe to the
belief Of an ardent Negro business
man who holds that a solid economic
wealth must Be built up among the
brethren to strengthen the lever BY
which they are trying to open wider
the door Of Opportunity in this coun-
try. Nor, said he, can that economic
wealth be confined to church property
and fraternal treasures. II must Be
distributed into the Golfers Of Negro
business enterprises, investments,
home ownership and education We
quite agree with the gentlemen; and
though we are fraternally inclined
ourselves, we honestly yearn for the
day when the whistle Of Negro fac
tory or the click Of the cash register
Of a Negro enterprise, from a boot
black shop to radium plant, sound
as sweetly to the brethren as the foot
Of steam engine and the slide Of a
cash drawer in a railway station. And
as we said before, first the birth rate
Of business coin must be increased
at least It must be equalized with the
death rate Of church bell and conven-
ton greenbacks Selahl
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E. STUMP, THE REGULAR
TRAVELLING CORRESPONDENT
FOR THE BROAD AK, is STILL
CONFINED IN THE PARK SAM
TARIUM AT GUTHRIE, OKLA
HOMA. HE CONTINUES TO I'M
PROVE IN HEALTH AND SENDS
HIS REGARDS TO ALL HIS
FRIENDS.

same. DR.. Jernagin is not such
large man and why he should be vice
at large ! am unable to understand
Man has 80 many names for things
that you must just tote dictionary
with you all the time to understand
him
DIR. f. w. D. Isaacs, general secre-
tary OF the National B. Y. P. u. seems
u Be the manager or something like
that. He i one Of the scholars Of the
race, and will not say more just now.
DR.. A. NJ. Townsend, secretary Of the
Sunday School Publishing Board Of
the National Baptist convention is one
Of the high-ups also, but believe me
they are just having him jumping here
and there trying to get that great
building completed which is to cost
when completed with keys turned over
to the Board S75O,000 and that is over
half million / am told am told. He
was represented BY DR.. J. Brown, the
editorial secretary, Dr. S. N. Vass, and
then the manager Of the business end
Of the concern was there with supply
Of books and other things
Dr. P. James Bryant, Of Atlanta, Ga,
pastor Of the Wheat Street Baptist
church, with membership Of $500
was one Of the great speakers during
this meeting. He is chairman Of the
Board and indeed an active man. Dr.
g, L. Fisher, Of Birmingham. all au-
thor, orator and preacher, made many
addresses.
Now there was just one small man,
from Durham, N. c., BY the name Of
Rev. s. Il. Mcdowell, one Of the lee
turers and honey when he spoke
wanted to be there to hear him, for
every time he opened his mouth he had
something to say. He is pastor Of the
White Rock Baptist church, Durham,
and that makes him the pastor Of G. @.
Spaulding, president of the North
Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany.
Of course, President Il. X Williams,
Of the National Baptist convention was
there, and made an address to the
young people. He presided over the
Board Of the National Baptist conven-
ton and helped to fix up the program
for the meeting to be held in Balti-
more in September. They tell me this
is going to be a great big meeting
and many Of the old members Of the
convention will return
have been talking about the Rev
DR.. H. K. Hill from time to time, and
he was right on hand to look after the
correspondence Of the Congress, for he
is the corresponding secretary and a
good one at that, and while this is
true, his wife is one Of the experts and
all like to hear Mrs. Viola T Hill
speak. When she opens her mouth
something has been said Mrs. M. j.
Brockway, Of Oklahoma City is anoth-
er one Of the speaking women.
Chicago was well represented in this
meeting, and l shall never forget them.
II. w. Penick, was there from Chicago
mo he comes from Milwaukee now.
and he says he is soming to see me
at the Sanitarium. He was accom-
panied by his wife Dr. J. Fl. Bran
ham, was on hand. and DR.. Petty, and
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COLoRFUL NEWS MOVIES"
By the Cameraman

Two alleged bOotleggers, a woman
and man, of Washington, D, O., are
probably facing life imprisonment be-
cause the car in which they were said
to Be fleeing from the police, killed
lovable woman whose life as a nun
had been devoted to Christian service
for mankind. These alleged violators
Of the Eighteenth Amendment were
plying their trade because it is a
profitable one. It is profitable because
the whiskey taste is still very keen
in the mouths Of many OF Americas
citizens, who do not believe in the
sacredness of the Eighteenth Amend
ment any more than do many others
Of Americas Best" believe in the
sacredness Of the Fourteenth and Fiji
teenth amendments. to say nothing Of
the due process Of law" clause with
which the Constitution fairly rings.
The alleged bootleggers were fleeing
from the law because the law IS Wig
orously enforcing the Eighteenth
Amendment at every opportunity,
while the same law winks and blinks
at enforcement Of the Fourteenth
and Fifteenth Amendments The law
winks and blinks at the enforcement
Of those portions of itself which. in
words, purport to give full rights and
protection TO the Negro people, be-
cause a certain large portion 81
Americas population thinks that those
portions Of the law are too favorable
to colored people; and, hence, too de-
grading to merit national respect. The
Eighteenth Amendment, though. III
their opinion, is for everybody, save
those higher ups who are able to in
fuence certain weak colored people
to play the trade Of bootlegging.
These causes and effects show the
gigantic inconsistency Of a large sector
Of Americas public opinion, which. it
must be admitted, is the proximate
cause Of the vigorous enforcement Of
the Eighteenth Amendment and the
acknowledgements of the Fourteenth
and Fifteenth in sections where state
laws pervert Congressional intention.
When shall America awaken from
such grave inconsistency When
will American people say, as said John
Philip Hill, Maryland Congressman:
7 believe in enforcing all the Consti-
tution?' Until then, what must ma
tons Of the world think Of those IN
crements Of orr country who blow hot
and cold with the same breath? Until
then, sad but not strange, death and
misery will follow IN the wake of The
law, which cannot 50 divide its work.
the mandate Of people, and expect sus-
cess. The same public opinion which
proclaims a hero viii, in ten seconds,
direct mob; and, as the Good Book
says, a man cannot serve two masters
Neither can the law, when those two
masters have twin souls, the same
name, but different purposes.
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ARKANSAS DELEGATION tn
CORRECTIONAL CON-
FERENCE
preston News Servicel

preston News Service
Little Rock, Ark, July 2-The Ar
kansas delegation to the correctional
Council Of the African Methodist
Episcopal Church attending the coun-
Gil three-day session in Los Angeles
were: DR.. s. Il. Greene Of Pine Bluh
presiding elder Of the Pine Bluff dls-
trict; DR. j. H. Claiborne, pastor q
the Malvern Station; Maggie 7. Ash
ford Of Little Rock and Katie ,.
Dixon of Pine Bluff, members OF the
Correctional Board Of the Womens
Home and Farm Missionary Society
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To resurrect homely pun Of the
late Dr. Booker 4. Washington re-
garding the elderly colored woman, to
whom one early morn the question
was asked-+Where are you going?'
to which the terse reply was made:
Honey, I'm coming from where /
was going" is but to reflect the color
full career Of that human dynamo, DR..
Emmett J. Scott, formerly Secretary
to the founder Of Tuskegee Institute,
then Special Assistant to the Secre-
tary Of War, and now Secretary
Treasurer Of Howard University; for
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IN TENNESSEE AFTER MANY
YEARS

w. c. Denton, 5725 Lafayette ayr
enue. is back from his visit to LeD-
anon, Tenn, the home Of his parents
and relatives for more than thirty
years. In Lebanon, where he has mol
been for twenty-five years, Mr. Den
ton was the house guest Of Mr.. ano
Mrs. Muhead.
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without detracting from the energy,
judgment and aggressiyeness Of any
Of the Races eminent statesmen of
today, in national matters Of grave
racial concern, where the quickened
pulse of leadership need to beat with
precision and harmony, Emmett is
usually found coming from where the
others are going; and nine times out
OF ten the bacon is safely tucked IN
der his arm.
DR.. SCOTS rebuttal of General Bull
lard's estimate OF the Negro soldier is
merely one Of series Of defenses
which the knowledge, responsiveness
and reasoning power of Emmett's
mind have set up in behalf of Amer
ica's struggling black folks AS Sec
rotary at Tuskegee, as Special Assist
ant to Secretary Of War Baker, and as
an official at Howard University, DR..
Scott has ever been awake to the cry
ing needs Of his people; and if there
has ever been time when. necessarily
or voluntarily, the task became his to
move forward upon the firing line Of
equitable endeavor, and he retreated,
we have no record Of It. Such tasks
he has always considered to Be priv
ileges, and, with unselhsh designs, has
given Of his best in the time Of need.
Were such unselfsh public serv-
ice accompanied by brass band con
certs and rewritten into the book Of
Proverbs in Gothic type, It would
have been more like others among us
who, in the background of their minds,
have thought more Of me" and less
Of you" However, with Emmett,
modesty and quietude have been the
attributes first sought by him, and
personal splendor has ever been sub
seryient to result Honest, fearless,
alert mental giant among those
with whom he has dealt-yet kind.
sympathetic and thoroughly thought
ful Of the rights Of others, a valorous
and honorable fighter, whether on the
offensive or the defensive, Dr.. Emmett
j. Scott is one Of the Races most val
liable assets-a man among men, a
gentleman among all people.
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JULIUS F. TAYLOR
Editor and Publisher
Vol. XXX No AZ
Chicago, July 4, 1925
Entered as Second-Class Matter, Aug.
le, 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago,
Ill Under Act Of March 8. 1870
CoLoRFUL NEWS MOVIES"
By the Cameraman
l. Cause and Effect.
2. Illustrious Men-Dr. Emmett ].
Scott.
;. Camp Meetin' Time.
4. The Bird and the Cage.
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Chancery Of the Superior County,
is strong follower Of Hon. Charles g. Deneen in
future MR. Maxwell will be elevated the Superior
Court bench Of this county.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-09-04
of that which feeds them"

Specific examples are court deci-
sions and injunctions that place limi-
tations upon the sphere of voluntary
action in way that is such complete
variance with our institutions as to
be revolutionary in effect
From the confusion created by
court decisions one conclusion
emerges: Wage earners can expect
economic justice and the adjustment
of economic problems through eco-
nomic agencies, and that there is
much to be feared from the insidious
extension of judicial invertion in eco
nomic issues.
The economic and legal fields fol-
low essentially procedure Law ere
ates a principle which becomes a
guide in doing justice; those concern
ed in production find their principles
manifest in actual experiences. That
is to say, the legal principle is made,
and the economic principle is. Law
yers and judges even though conscien-
tious in trying to render constructive
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-09-04

service, apply legal principles and
procedure to economic problems.
Things that may be just from the le-
gal point of view are subversive to
any real justice so far as work prob
lens are concerned.
This is one reason why it is i'm
perative that we safeguard the field
of voluntary action.
This is why workers have been re-
peatedly warned against carrying
problems of economic adjustments
into court. If controversies are car
ried into court, judges have no choice
but to apply legal precedents and
principles. Through issuance of in
functions and decision upon industrial
disputes, courts are building up def
nitions of the legitimate activities of
trade unions that constitute serious
menace to necessary and constructive
development. These problems must
be worked out through economic agen-
cies. When not successful in the first
effort do not go to court, but prepare
to use more effective methods.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-09-04
INCREASE LABOR'S
BUYING POWER
Way to Keep the Wheels of
Industry Whirling and the
World on an Even Keel
(F'rom Labor)

The international Chamber of Com
merce met in Brussels last week to
diagnose the economic and political
| ills of the world and suggest reme-
dies which appealed to the "sound
common sense" of business men.
Business men are inordinately
proud of their common sense" They
are forever telling US about it and
assuring us that whenever they are
permitted to apply it to any problem
even if they never gave the prob
lem serious, unselfish study-presto
the answer is found!
If the business men who attended
the Brussels gathering had this pre-
cious sixth sense, we wonder how
they sat through the speeches fired at
them by the great statesmen" who
did most of the talking.
Labor must produce more or take
less" Earl Balfour, ancient British
tory, told them.
But 100000 British workers are
walking the streets, and hundreds of
thousands more are working part
time Those who are fully employed
are receiving barely enough to keep
body and soul together. How can the
unemployed produce more when they
are not permitted to work? How can
the employed accept less when less
| would NEAR starvation?
British employers say that situa-
| what the workers produce.
What would happen if all British
workers were employed and all speed
ed up? And what would happen if
| the workers of all other countries
followed the British example?
Clearly the earth would be congest-
ed with a surplus of every thing pro-
duced by the hand of man, unless
and here is the point of the story
THE CONSUMING POWER OF
THE MASSES WAS INCREASED.
The consuming power of the masses
can only be increased by an advance
in REAL wages-that is, in the
PURCHASING POWER of wages
thus enabling the masses to actually
buy MORE of the necessaries and lux
uries of life.
How that result may be secured
is the problem on which statesmen
and business men must address
themselves if they wish to avoid the
| most serious consequences.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-09-04
JUDICIAL
USURPATION
Can editorial in the American Feder-
-.

Gan editorial in>the American Feder-
ationist for july
Usurpation of authority as all lib
ertarians warn us, proceeds grad
ually, without the warning inherent
in the focus following a sudden at
tack. Such is the invasion of our
liberties now under way by our courts.
Precedent is following precedent in
multiplying the rights and activities of
voluntary association of wage earners.
The warning of Thomas jefferson
voiced many years ago is equally APP
plicable today:
"The great object of my fear is the
federal judiciary. That body, like
gravity, ever acting, with, noiseless
foot and unalarming advance, gain
ing ground step by step, and holding
what it gains, is engulfing insidiously
the special governments into the jaws
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-09-04

In the glorious record of the Inter
national Typographical Union, with
its magnificent home for the aged and
infirm of the craft, it's old age PEN
sion, it's fight for shorter working
hours and longer lives, it's educational
endeavors and sanitation work, moth
ing stands out more brightly than the
unions leadership in establishing the
union label as an institution in the
social struggle.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-21
Your Union Meeting
THIRD WEDNESDAY, MAY 20. ts25.


So Amalsamated Clothing Workers.
17s q. & S. 1. w, stone Derrick, $50
1si Belt Line Federation, SIND and
Brick and Clay, Village Hall, Ian.
10 Carpenters, z Garfield Blvd.
q Carpenters western and LeHins-
s4a Carpenters, 544s s. Ashland Ave.
$50 Carpenters, 5lacksr's Hall, Lake
s4s Carpenters, 100 W. Washington st.
1898 Carpenters, sos S. State St.
1894 Carpenters. 1888 N. Halsted ST.
H. Fehlina. Rec. sec'y.. 2253
Grace ST. Irving 1897.
1922 Carpenters, e414 s. .HaIsted st.
carvers Wood, 1919 NJ California.
2e3 Conductors n: r., 1877 N. Fran
mo cisco Ave. p; n.
IS Engineers, SO. Chi, 1905 Michigan
At Firemsn and Enslnsmen, 1923 S.
Chicago Ave, $3.50 a. m.
275 Firemen and Enainemen, Lake and
Francisco, $3.50 a, m.
Hod Carriers District Council, s14
10 Janitors (Mun.), Kedzie and Bel
Ladies' Garment Workers. s2s w.
sss Machinists, s1s w. s5th 81.
47s Machinists, 1902 w. Madison st.
$50 Machinists, 1882 Milwaukee Ave.
SIS Maintenance Of Way, 1924 S. Hal
sted ST.
Marine Cooks, 357 N. Clark ST.
% Moulders, 280o w. Madison st.
81 Painters, Sherman and Main Sts.,
s24 Painters, iso w. Washington St.
1893 Painters, Moose Hall, La Grange.
s72 Painters, Odd Fellows Hall, Blue
Island.
Plasterers, efo w. Monroe St.
1858 Poultry and Game, 200 Water ST.
2S6 Railway Clerks, $40 W. Washing
ton.
225 Railroad Trainmen, si2 w. seth 81.
800 Railroad Trainmen, 64th and uni.
Versity.
70 Sheet Metal, ia w. Harrison 81.
12s Transfers (Soda), 22o S. Ashland
Blvd.
zs3 Transfers, go s. Ashland Blvd.
z69 Transfers, 6359 s. Ashland Ave
24I biographical, 5o15 N. Clark st.
Wall Paper Crafts, Chicago and
Western AYES.
(Note-Unless otherwise stated All
meetings are at D. ND