The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-09-18

OF this charge will not bear look
ing into. So let us not emharrass
those who persist in presenting II
as raison d'entre for the ugly
inequalities OF social living. Why
should We copy their humility or
disturb their devotion when We
know tina: their hostile attitude is
largely geared 10 the gargantuan
greed characteristic OF their para
site class and the unqueStionable
coarseness OF their culture. let alone
their superior" slave mentality.
How parasitic and intolerant the
upperclasses are is best reflected
in the restrictions on the potential
voter and the resulting poor per-
centage Of voters in the entire pop
ulation. Approximately, one must
earn $500 4 year before being able
to vote. while prospective members
Of the Legislative Council must
embrace real estate 10 the value OF
$40 600 or an annual income OF
81 900.
What chance does q man earn
ing Is cents day have OF voting,
let alone running for the Legisla-
tive Council. "A SNOWFALL in helTs
ill-tenpered fires has better
chance at gaining longevity. The
result Is that, like the disyusted
camel who. stamping OF Indignantly
said: Let the needles eve be
damned" the laborer blesses the
King, but dsmns those who do bust
ness for him. Result: the percent
age OF voters in these years in Trim
dad was Sc o. the total popula-
zion: in Jamaica Cup to q few
months ago. SIS: in Barbados. "a;
n Antigua. 3: in British Guiana
20 in ST, Lucia -. trhe disparity
between wages Is just as profound
the upper classes drawing three
figures and the masses barely two)
Then in the years 1858. the
fantastic marriage o, opoosites."
found itself on the rocks the prin-
c.psls deciding 70 csll IL day on
tA> reasonable grounds OF incom-
paubilty. which like charity COW
ers multitude oi-virtues.
A roronic mite. a jsundiced ST.
:e-bug exploiting the Psretist po-
,i.!csl pirouette. an Italian man
toc,isaly called Mussolini discov-
ered that in the secret treaty OF
l9l7 The British gave him the Ethi-
opian desert and called i. land. So
Mssol;ni looked out from his ball
cony and with true jsckel-like men,
.sG;y decided 10 devour an Ethiopia
4 the midst OF reorganization as
he last citadel o. the black man.
Yes. said Benito. Ethiopia Is ready
,o- Christian adoption" perhaps
With the ad OF poison Sas. bu,
-esdy jas. the same. On the Black.
| shirts marched stealing and
conauer.ag Blu. IN conquerins they
lr,eased forces that. ike the
E;hiopians. were latent For years
enjoying the tranquility which
later troubles mems souls. In TIE
Ethiopian ho-des dater 20 become
ostr ots IN the Hearst Press and
London Timesl the common people
u the ropes found fellow sufferers
igh,nS dossedly for existence.
Interpreting their own yearnings
'o- se.f-determinstion IN terms OF
his one-si6ed struggle, the work
erS peered into their own situa-
;iou more closely and what they
found they didnt Ike. And thus
forces that appeared over the years
% De doclle. insrticuls;e and back
ward. Struck again. again and
szs.n until the entire colonial en-.
pire see;hed with unrest. Here 4
ne chronoloyy % events in those
years o; the glorious rise OF the
working class in the Car bbesn:
a sugar strike in 81. Kits
1888. revolt against increase oil
customs duties in s.. Vincent, 1898
coal strike in S.. Lucia, 1895
lsbor disputes on the sugar plan
,ations o. British Guiana, 1898; Z
general OIL strike in Trinidad. 1857
sympathetic strike IN Barbados
1887. revol; on the sugar planta.
:ions in British Guiana. 1887: suEar
troubles in Jsnaies. 1887: decker.
strike N Jamaics 1888"
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