The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-06-27
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weeklies carried picture OF the new
hospital just completed in Mound
Bayou. your writer had the oppor-
unity OF getting a good view of
this buildlng-take II from me-
among the colored hospitals that
we have here In Detroit, none 81
them compare with this one In size
or appearance. The streets In this
all-colored town are clean. AMI
every one seemed TO have been busy.
There was not any one sitting
around on the sidewalks as we had
seen in other towns and cities.
whether you have seen Mound
Bayou or not--it is a town that the
entire colored population OF this
country should be proud OF.
This writer was also surprised
at the courtesy shown US while Ia
the various stores in my home
town. Every clerk met us with a
smile. You were thanked for your
purchase and asked 10 come again.
Food And Clothe Prices In The
South
We often speak about the hign
prices that we have to pay for
food here. but in Louisiana. your
dollar will not stretch nearly ss
far for food as II will here. For
instance, salt pork cost you Csc TO
&c a pound; sausage CSC pound:
loaf white bread loo and 15c: one
stalk OF celery 13c.
On the other side OF the ledger
We found a different story when II
came 10 buying clothes: mems
regular summer wash Stacks when
retails here for about s149, cost
only csc there: women's house
dresses costing about s1.25 here
ssc there-that is all--no sales
tax.
Rent is very cheap-a house with
three rooms cost you $500 per
month. Haircuts Csc. In the beauty
parlor there, shampoo and press
cost only Csc.
The Late Huey Longs Plans
Helping ColOred In Louisiana
AS the results OF the late Huey
Longs plans TO help make Louis
IAN. better state for all it's peo-
pie, the Louisiana State welfare
is giving aid 10 all who may need
it. II doesn't matter whether you
live in the country or town. For
instance. II you are unable 10 work
regularly on the farm--you can get
on the welfare. You will receive
$500 TO $1,000 per month each
husband and wife,. II you live IN
the country, your rent Is free as !
long as you live; you are allowed |
to work on the farm TO help your
self: you can raise your own vege-
tables, chickens. hogs and what
nots. and on the 18th of each month.
your check will arrive from Baton |
Rouge. II you live in town, the |
Welfare will allow enough to pay
your rent over the amount that |
persons on the farms receive.
When your application for wei
fare aid has been certified. an in
yestigator will call at your home
TO find out what church. lodge, or
insurance you may belongn to. IL
your church or lodge or insuran ce
dues are behind-the welfare will
pay them up, and you must keep
them paid up. so you can readily
see why many OF those people are
better off than some OF us in the
northern cities.
Wages on the farms are about
the same-men receive 1925 per
day, women 75c to soc day.
There are two nearby defense
plants located in Pine Blum. Ark
and Baton Rouge, La. Hundreds of
colored are leaving town and the
country going there to work--thc
pay ranges from $3.50 to $500 per
day-that Is some money for che
South-that Is not all--they work |
only eight hours-now l am sure
that you will agree that the South |
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