The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-28
Blac Halt
BY JACQUES DICHARsON

BY JACQUES DICHARsON
Jacques Dichorson America brought up
for the ng class "Bact experiences
and WtegS at the hands of agents of America" imperialism IN
unique story fiction, hopes that 0H stimulate
other ea describe their and their eO'rkers struggles
IN the first instoaen printed yesterday author hon.
after being beaten by first of ship goes
city of Haiti Oth $3.50 his pocket In
American Englhmam, Hey, and they
struck By the reto'od hostayved condo" of the naVes
IN you
mobile loaded with the coonis singing and drinking as they went
Farther down the street abreast of bourgeois restaurant
The people of Haiti are divided into three distinct classes You
first The arocats the jacka that had
the opportunity and means to go to Paris to obtain an education
visible support thru American graft.
The bogge are no better They the kind that have received
striving to attain the sphere of the arocracy.
They against they
the graft that handed They believe direct action
Then of poorer peasants
majority. they
ersed in the of international politics. they
only the tools of the parties in power
As said
IA the object of hostile glares. white
and eat with the natives in Haiti
covering a barely
You Jack, of the white here from the
The majority of them making
beyond expectation They do not have to into places like this
did not bother to answer knew thru the little experience that
had acquired wanderngs the tropics the policy of the all
imperial Wall Street eagle knew too well the pantOmme and farce
the governments put up by it enactng different countries
IN garcon table.
the ran3 beans and rice and some $ Mue is great
pepper and sprinking of vinegar
"What are you thinking of doing Jak? George suddenly asked
startling manuy fighting to avoid the swallowing of
a recalcitrant from
continued
"Im working for the Light Company.
blooming
starving" He finished while his mouth
Starving, of
eating could not sarve but would come darn close to it reflected
a chance to eat the of swill
AFTER my repas glass
- clean water took last Cheserfd settled back
my permitted
"where is the office? And how there?"
Before he answered George called the lighted his
own Rspubcane native took deep puff then said
Jack Take and let's get out of here he added He paid
the garcon, gave him five cents tip and we went out
shown where the Electric Light Company and also where
could obtain place that night for three y
U. decided that the best could do
nights had been four o'clock morning.
would be fresh and fit to interview my future master.
THAT night asleep melody played by few
friendly mosquitoes that didn't bother me- in fact it was
relief bed-bug of my ers-
while home the SIS Seaton That night dreamed that the under
dogs of this world had united at last beating
Next morning awoke quite early washed
stairs An old lady with beautiful whkers
lordres the kitchen ordered
think that she misunderstood brought appeared
to be chickens, lettering in senity?..
could not quite make AS remember she the
has done credit
millionaire disguised She charged forty
bountful breakfast without batting eye-d
gave her christianity the good lord all
had But it didn't
admitted defeat
calling all the gods in
learned few months later that the old
just much fuss and called
country endeavoring
cents gold for three
went down to the Electric Lights office
Almighty W. E. Beo to make his appearance
chief HightCamuck Port Prince
Gus and of the hypocr
West Indies, carefully hiding his black
mask of benevoence aided benign
that would give him God without
good friend of churches Giving all the
the ignorant Haans under the spell catholicism
the outstanding figures holding Haiti anguary fangs
Wall Street.
Just Imagined! laborer Electric
paid 10 cents American day!.. skilled
either 90 or 90 CENTS depending he
tho oft nfaia al.