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Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-07-22
Editorial
AT THE MERCY OF PROFITEERS

Under smoke screen of alleged observance of law,
many money mad merchants in Detroit, we'll in other
cities of the state, using the Michigan Sales Tax regu-
aon as an excuse for boosting the prices of food and 9TH
err necessities of life This practice not be severely
condemned by public officials the general mass of
consumers Profeerng in food in a like the present
when many thousands of and women are out of
work and obliged to live reduced rations outrage
Gus. Merchants who indulge in food profteering at
present are public enemies than ordinary rack
eteers, high-jackers and swndlers
Mayor Frank Couzens. Deroit's progressive young
mayor deserves the hearty commentator of the public
for his vigorous stand against such profteerng He
ordered thorough investigation the practice and
there is likelihood that the investigation will result in the
revokng of the licenses of those merchants who found
to be charging the public unreasonable prices food
and other necessities
1t is fortunate, indeed that Mayor Couzens has taken Il
this timely step toward curbng the rapid local food
Michigan legislature of the Chain If the
Mayor had remained Indifferent to the situation the
actment of the new law would probably resul in :
still higher increases in food n Detroit the chain
stores play an important part in regulating food prices,
and might otherwise be tempted pyramid prices to off
set the additional levy the chain operators must
pay p
Unless the cost OF food is kept in harmony with wages
consumers viii eventually be force resort to food
strikes If necessary will organize neigh
borhood groups and cy-wde organizations the pur-
pose of buying collectively from the producers of food
thereby eliminating prohteering retail merchants
bread prices cntinue rise thousands of
fd housewives will begin baking their bread at home
their g1andmothers did in the days when there
few modern public bakeries.
Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-07-22
THE NEW DEALT STATUS
QUO PAST AND PRESENT
THEODORE n. BARNES

Negro to these metropolitan cen
ters would cooperate with him at
tho present time i'm rchabilitating
himself just as they did the ex-
service men following the World
War. he would have some chance
at an economic comeback. He as
suredly has burned his bridges i'm
tho Southland.
The program of the President
calls for a New Deal and a more
liberal policy toward the forgot
ten man. The industrialists pro-
missed TO support him 1000. If so,
they can assuredly feel themselves
far from the mark, unless they in
clude in their program the most
forgotten Of men--the American
Negro. Though calloused by long
years OF depressing the laborers
OF America. Capital should awak-
en- TO a realization that labor has
wonderful asset to draw on If IL
can enlist the full and hearty CO.
operation OF black America.
The Communist party is making
a strong bid for the Negroes sup
port and unless Capital will awak
en- to the issue ad make a bid for
an allegiance OF the Negro worker
in his battle, he might we'll "lilkc
an Arab Sheik. fold his tent and
silently steal away because this
revolution that is sweeping the
world today. will not cease until
labor has reached an agreeable
compromise with Capital. and
Capital, monster of greed and
corruption basking in the pleasant
sunshine of golden harvest reap
ed from the souls OF doomed labors
might we'll take cognizance of the
fact that behind this cloud OF
chaos. discrimination, revolution,
and segregation. the brilliant rays
of the MONDAY sun are beginning
TO cut its way through and that
soon the rising sun of New Deal
will shine forth in all it's radi-
ance. and none but those who are
fair to their brothers and are their
brothers keepers will be able to
! endure.
Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-07-22

Twenty years ago the Negro
farmer In the Southland could
stand on hilltop ad gaze for mill
es at rolling landscapes. wooded
hillsides, flowing brooks, grassy
meadows. and black loaned bot
tomland and with the majesty or
a king realized that he was mon
arch OF all he survey. Tho urban
Negro could sit on an unpreten-
tious porch in the afternoon with
all the gl or o us con-
tentment which come with posses
sion. These two individuals repre-
scented the achievements Of the Ne
gro covering a period that began
Just after the Civil War and ex-
tended to the period of the World
War. When these individuals in
the hectic days just after America
entered the War. when many men
had been called to the Colors and
more were needed in the industri-
al concerns to take their places;
when money became a commodity
which seemed TO flow as freely as
water, he allowed himself to be
lured away from his rural home
stead and his urban Preside TO the
metropolitan centers of the North,
East and West. He sold. or other
wise disposed of his holdings. He
converted his real estate into
cash usually taking much less
than its actual valuation, In order
to join the hysterical and money
mad populace who were treking
northward to life. liberty, and the
pursuit of happiness. When he did
this, he dissipated the very back
bone OF the Negroes economic
foundation. He re-invested his saw
ings in properties in the centers
where he settled at prices far In
excess of their valuation. He suf-
fered in the depression just pass
ing, the loss of nearly all OF that
property and at the present time
North, South, East, and West, he
belongs OF that pauperized class
II these industrialists who went
to 80 much pains to attract the
Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-07-22
INKSTER DENIES
RUMORS OF Seq
REGATED SCHOOL

Inconfrmed rumors have re-
Gently been whispered in and
around Detroit. to the effect that
segregated public schools are to
be established for the colored chill
dren of Inkster In an effort to
learn the facts, representatives
from the Tribune visited Inkster
Tuesday and interviewed a num-
Der of citizens, all of whom vigor-
ously denied the truth of the ru-
mors.
Ii is true, new school building
is planned for District No. Z, which
embraces an area OF about three
square miles of Inkster AT pres
ent. the colored children of the
community are Accommodated in the
public schools Of the adjacent dis
trict. which are attended by ap.
proximately so per cent colored
and 20 per cent white pupils. The
teachers are all white.
Plans are under way for erect
ing new school building in Dis
trict No. Z to house the pupils VI
TO the fourth grade. No whites re
side in this district; hence tn
proposed school necessarily viii
be attended only by colored chill
dren Those interviewed expressed
/. the opinion that the new schoo
will prove an added convenience
only by relieving congestion in tn
school buildings already existing
but also materially decreasing tn
distance which the smaller chill
Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-07-22
FARM HAND AWAITS
Continued from Page II

tally deficient. Information un-
earthed so far indicates that an
aunt OF the alleged slayer had been
committed TO an asylum and that
his mother was also stated to have
been queer" by those who knew
her. A plea of insanity seems like
ly.
The revelations to date in the
Reifschneider murder are of a
most sensational nature. Jupiter
stoutly maintains that he had had
intimate relations with Mrs. Ref
schneider at her request while he
was working on the Reifschneider
farm TO pay off debt of $50 for
vegetables purchased from the
woman's husband He denies he
criminally assaulted her and de-
clares that he killed Mrs. Reifsch-
neider, according to newspaper re-
ports. at her request when he plan
ned to leave the farm after work.
ing out his debt.
y. A. A. &. +. Interested
States Attorney Edelin, has an
nounced that he will present tho
case against Jupiter to the Novem-
Der grand jury. The n. a. A. c. p,
through Mr.. Houston, Is carefully
studying the case TO determine the
action most favorable TO take.
Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-07-22
OUR HIDDEN RESOURCES

The day is at hand when economic conditions the
world over unsettled and competition in business
and industry keen that longer be by
old methods 1t is possible only through the application
OF the most modern scientific business principles.
Thousands Of private and public institutions have
been shaken their foundations by the present depres
sion and many have crumbed under the strain Some of
them will never revive. but others will doubtless regain
their vigor and rise again from the wreckage
Detroit from ashes just giant oak become
strong by wrestling with the that twist and strain
their mighty branches countless business and industrial
have gained and will continue receive added
strength. experience and power of resistance from the
stormy economic period through which passing
The has placed within each of us an almost
mtess supply of hidden resources upon which may
draw times Of crisis The latent power ours, whether
discover and it not 1t this hidden spiritual
intellectual and physical power upon which our fore
fathers uncOnscousy drew during the dark of
American bondage, well in the distant past when
they called to Their aid the superhuman strength and
skill that enabled them to build the mighty Pyramids.
They hewed gigantic slabs OF stone from the side of Afr
cas- mountains with the aid Of crude wooden wedges
driven into holes bored in the rock 1t the hidden
power within their souls. that enabled them drag those
huge slabs OF stone to the distant Nile float them down
the river RATS supported by inflated skins and then
haul them inland for many miles Thousands of brawny
black tugged at runways of polished slabs, to the
points where the Pyramids being constructed II
their hidden power which made it possible for those
cent ancestors of ours lift those
stion in the lofty Pyramids without the aid of machinery
and by methods which modern science has not yet been
able to discover.
As we look about US today and see the IN a y
heartbreakng problems with which confronted as
people, when the countless forms of
prejudice and segregation to which we are daily subject
ed is little wonder that many of become emporar
N disheartened and ask Whats the use trying to over
come handcaps?"
Our hearts fill with courage, however, when we
remember hidden The way difficult,
difficult but shall continue to press forward We may
suffer temporary failures today but and will turn
our failures into tomorrow We the same
lmtless powers of endurance and which
orefahers possessed and shall prosper and pre-
vail in proportion and develop these powers
Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-07-22
DIGESTNG THE News
Clifford c. Mitchell
Clifford c. Mitchell

lady luck TO do the rest? l an
frank to state right here that
every publisher who encourages
this sort OF procedure, regardless
of what lie may extol in his edi-
torial columns or how public
spirited he may be, Is POSITIVE
LY dragging his own race down
and is POSITIVELY making II
harder for his own paper to secure
the advertisements of strictly le-
climate business firms.
Our publishers are continually
harping on cooperation, but talk
to one of the papers readers about
cooperation and you will be fore
ed to wait until they hit" the
number or their lucky charm has
brought around their ship; for
such readers spend their earnings
in such quackery while their legi-
innate business needs are neglect
ed and their honest debts are ignor
ed. How any publisher can ride
around in his swankly car. know
ing that he is playing the part of
a common "Steerer" to a more
common and despicable racket"
and not permit his conscience to
hurt him is beyond me.
During the past few weeks
have checked up on some of my
previous compilations and in my
possession l now have FACTS on
many OF these questionable adver-
tisers and have definite proof of
the worthlessness of their efforts.
In some instances thei rmail has
been definitely prohibited through
a governmental fraud order, and
yet our publishers run their adj
permitting them to
use the telegraph 10 further mulet
our people.
From time to time, through this
column. shall expose in concrete
orm some or these many PROPOSE
ions. naming the papers in which
iuch ads are run and the methods
n which they are secured and why
hey are run. II goes without say
ng that the guilty publishers will |
ot runs such releases but am |
grateful to know that there are a
efficient number of other reliable
who can see far ahead
nd are willing 10 help fight that
'ill eradicate the cancer from our
system and which will.
4 time, mean larger and more
eliable flow OF advertising reve-
ne from legitimate advertisers
.FTER the illegitimate advertis-
RS are first chased to oblivion.
Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-07-22

Back in my prison days lover a
month ago now l promised to use
this column for the balance OF my
life in an effort TO help the Negro
in Business for l am convinced
that every wrong affecting the Ne
gro today can be righted IL the Ne
gro, as a group will just quit chas-
ing will-of-the-wisps and concern
trate on building up a strong eco
nomic group. Favors of any kind
can best be secured by that group
who know how to control and use
their purchasing power. If you
don't believe that is true just put
a small want ad in your favorite
white paper advising that you have
some money to invest. The many
people who answer your ad and
seek your funds will be so courte-
Gus, pleasing. promising and docile
TO you that you will even forget
that you are black-such is the
power OF possession.
Since being free the very first
step l have taken towards helping
the Negro in Business is to ferret
out all the little leaks that waste
the energy. and sap the financial
vitality out of our economic sys-
TEN. For years. in prison, l record
ed every significant fact and now
| am checking these facts the best
that my meager funds will per-
NIT me. And while a prisoner
wrote many an article on the
wastefulness OF our people chasing
rainbows through following the
leads of questionable advertisers.
The very spot in our economic
system that is worse than a can
Ger is the fact that many OF our
publishers. in their zeal to achieve |
4 revenue today without realizing |
he effect it will have on their
)wn revenue today without realiz-
ng the effect 1t will have on their
'wn revenues tomorrow. or on the
ace as a whole. use the question:
BILE. and yet In a great many cas-
S. fraudulent advertisements that
re plastered all over the advertis-
ne columns of some publications.
That is the very worst spot in
ar economic condition today !
low can we as race expect to |
omie basis when the advertising ;
uild ourselves up on a sound eco
olumns of our paper lead the {
eader to believe that all one has !
, do is TO buy a rabbits foot, 7
lcky charm. snake ring, incense !
owder. confidential tips. or what
OF and then sit back and wait for {
Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-07-22
Noted Man To Speak
At St. John Presby-
terrain Church

j f. Wright, ID. c. S. executive
secretary of the Pathfinders of
America. will speak at st. Johns
Presbyterian Church. at Dubois
and Madison. Sunday. July %. at
IL a. m. His subject will be. THE
Impelling Need OF the Hour"
Mr.. Wright has travelled ex-
tensively. and is keenly interested
in the welfare OF human beings,
and comes highly recommended by
outstanding leaders OF the East
and West.
Special music for the occasion
will be furnished by Miss Anabell
Hill. Of the Bakers Conservatory
Flint. Mich, and James Ruther-
ford. who is often heard over the
Columbia Network. These two
soloists are outstanding in their
field. and in conjunction with Mr.
Wrights address. will provide a
program OF unusual interest.
The public is cordially invited
Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-07-22

OF talk as prevailed in Lincoln's
day. l then put my psychology TO
work. In the language OF Robert
Burns, | tint my reason a togeth-
err" and picked out man OF bene-
VIOLENT face who judged would be
responsive to human appeal. "Sir
l am stranger in this town, hav-
ing missed the outgoing train; will
you tell me where l may find
nights lodging?" Certainly came
the immediate response in a kind
ly tone OF voice. There is a color
ed man named Ben up the street
who will be glad to accommodate
you" l thanked him profusely, but
had to inquire further how
could reach Ben's quarters. 20,
I'm going right pass there and will
be glad to show you" Thereupon
he volunteered to carry my grip
and direct me to my colored host.
He stopped at the first house be-
yond the concrete pavement and
presented me to Ben and his wife
and admonished them to take good
care of this gentleman. Having re-
fused the proffer of cigar money,
my guide, philosopher and friend
wendell his homeward way and
left me there to darkness and to
Ben.
The reader will please note that
| said nothing about race or color
in my quest. and query about
nights lodging. But my Ciceronc
knew his Pleasat Plains, village
of six hundred white souls and
two colored ones. The white folks
were of about the caliber and
grade of those who composed the
Scottsboro jury at Decatur, Ala,
only their race prejudice was not
inflamed by aggravt-
ing proximity to large Negro
group. Race prejudice was rather
in the passive than the active
voice. The avowed attitude was
benevolent and kindly. During the
ten minutes walk to Ben's cottage,
| allowed my volunteer guide to do
most of the talking. injecting only
the right word here and there to
keep the conversation moving and
10 avoid the mutual embarrass-
ment of silence. ben and his
wife" | was informed. are the
only colored people in the neigh
borhood They get along all right
and we all think lot of them.
Ben is a tyler and works for the
white farmers throughout the
His wife is a good
woman too and works for the best
in the town" To all of
which rejoined: "This is very
indeed" spent the
night with Ben, but have often
wondered what might have been
my predicament had Pleasant
Plains not had a single colored
resident.
In my next release l Will tell
about my conversation with Mr..
md Mrs. Ben. as judge that such
might prove as en-
gaging dog-day diversion as any
,ther form of disquisition.
Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-07-22
Criticizes Coroner's Office

Detroit. Mich
July Is. 1893;
To the Detroit Tribune
Dear Editor:
am addressing this communi-
cation to YOU, in the hope that a
matter of vital Importance be
brought 10 your attention and to
the attention of the $4,000 register
ed colore,F voters OF Wayne Coun-
~ and the City of Detroit
The Wayne County coroner's
Office has been most unfair TO our
group, in so far as appointments
for coroner's jury service are con
cerned.
Colored applicants for jury SER
vice are designated on the Gles by
the word "colored." and | know
personally that in instances.
white buns. who hang around and
sleep on the lawns of public build
ings have been picked in prefer
ence to colored persons who have
served and are officially listed in
the coroner's Office.
This discrimination is very fla
grant, in the face of the support
our group gave in the last cleo
ton
/ hope that through the medium
of the Tribune. every registered
colored voter may know about this
situation, and that some pressure
may be brought 10 bear toward
Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-07-22
T. X p r e S S e s
Commentator

July Is. 1888.
The Detroit Tribune. Editor
Letter Box
Detroit. Michigan.
Dear Sir:
Just a work OF commentator
10 our poet. Mr. j. f. Mccall.
whose poems, so marked by their
beautiful rhythm and soulfulness.
tend TO open our eyes to- the beau
~ in life and sends us on our way
into each new week feeling that
there is something in life worth
living for.
Trusting that the years which
dim mans eye and dulls his wit
will deal more kindly to this good
man. In order that not only pos.
terity but we OF today who APP
preciate the beautiful in life might
be able to enjoy the outpourings
OF his brilliant mind
From sincere wisher,
Theodore II. Barnes
Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-07-22
LONELY IN THE MIDST
OF THE MULTITUDE

One evening about dusk a Negro
boy, in his middle teens. accosted
me- to inquire where he could find
colored settlement. 1t was IN a
section OF Washington where coll
ored people are not permitted to
live under existing covenants, and
which they rarely frequent. On in
quiry found that this dusky vaga-
bond had hoboed his way from
Lynchburg. Va. in quest OF North
ern allurements. He wore two
suits OF clothes which together
with an extra pair of shoes strap
ped over his shoulders, constituted
his wardrobe. I at once sensed his
situation and pointed him to the
Salvation Army for a nights lodg-
ing. AS / was going in the same di-
rection, / accompanied him on the
street car after paying his fare.
During the fifteen minutes ride
gathered his whole life story and
turned him over to the tender mer-
cies OF the Salvation Army which
looks out for the unfortunates who
are down and out.
| can not now say whether Il
was my raw human goodness or
the recollection of my own similar
predicament some years ago that
made me so quickly responsive
to his appeal. II happened in this
wise. | had just lectured in Spring
field. H., and had boarded. as
thought, a train for Cincinnati,
Ohio, where / was booked for the
High School commencement adj
dress the next evening. The usher
had dir cted me to the wrong
train. When l handed the conduc-
tor my ticket. he hastily scaned It,
and queried about my destination.
On informing him that was
bound for Cincinnati ! was advised
that the train was moving in the
opposite direction as fast as the
wheels would roll. The conducto,
kindly suggested that he would in
luire at the next stop about a taxi !
by which / might return to Spring (
field. The rate was fifteen dollars. !
was not i'm funds to meet the de-
hands of the robber. The train |
master then advised that he would !
AIRY me 10 the next town Plea
ant Plains. Sangamon County.
'acred TO Abraham Lincoln
where | might stay over night and
'atch the same train the next
morning in time for my Cincinnati
| arrived at this
sleepy town about eight o'clock.
md diligently looked all around
tut there was no colored face in
light. | was painfully aware that
here were towns in Abraham Lin
,oln's old state where the sun is
lot allowed to set on a Negroes
head. Darkness was fast covering
The town with the mantle OF night |
looked around and saw opposite ,
he depot what looked like n rustic
lotel and started I'm that direction
when the lights were suddenly
blown out for the night. | then re-
urned TO the station and listened
or the moment TO the depot crowd
ndulging in about the same grade !
Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-07-22

Negroes serve OH both the grand
jury and on petit juries in the
county where Jupiter will DO
brought to trial, so there will prob
ably be no fight in the court on
this issue. A Negro is now serving
of the grand jury before which
Jupiter's case will be presented
Other colored persons have served
on petit juries in the county.
Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-07-22
HEART THROBS
By J. Edward Mccall

Because
Because my heart is full of song
Because dwell in shack
Because labor hard and long,
And my life is full of lack
Men think do not feel the wrong
/ suffer, because I'm black
Prayer
do not seek place in the sun,
To sit aloft with eagle in the sun,
But give me place in the hearts of men,
With love for all and hate for none.
Give me the strength my course to run,
And the power to serve with subtle pen.
Grant this, Oh God and then.
Peace and sweet sleep, when the day is done.
Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-07-22

dren are now required to go, TO
and from school.
The site for the proposed school
edifice has already been purchased
and graded
Citizens stated that the entire
cost Of. the project will be borne
by Henry Ford. who is reported to
have considerable interest in the
Welfare of Inkster After the
building is completed. it is believ-
ed Mr. Ford will turn II over to
the District Board of Education,
for acceptance.