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GARYITES TO BEGIN'
PERMANENT JOB
FIGHT CAMPAIGN
By J. D. Carr
If recent reports are true,
merchants operating stores in
the densely populated colored
tistrictsin Gary are assuming the
role of stooge-master in nearly
every case A stooge-master was
in old English stage days, a
, trainer of clowns for his own
amusement and after the clown
had done the master’s bidding, he
received as a favor a pat on the
baik, but still remained a clown
tar tar removed from any of the
habits of real men.
Less than a year ago, a group
of public spirited citizens, when
• correctly apprised by The CHI
CAGO WHIP, of what they could
do if they would, started a cam
paign for the sole purpose of
obtaining jobs for unemployed
coloredmen and women. It was
rightly argued that the first place
to obtain . sitions for the jobless
was in their own community
which they themselves support.
Appeal A Success
The Steering Committee once
formed, began at once to take the
appeal direct to the nighborhood
mrchant This committee argued
colored clerk, cashier and so
forth where the trade of the store
came principally from the color
ed citizens. Contrary to expecta
tions. ’ittle or no opposition was
experienced in carrying oct this
plan. Almost overnight there
was an astonishing change. Five
or six storekeepers had pictures,
of their stores and employes pub
lished- ention of it was made
in their advertising cony and
ev -r„ -hing in the way of opposi
tion was apparently erased. More
than one hundred men and wo
men were affected by this spir
ited campaign carried on by the
ehurches and civic societies. A
courtesy school was est-blised for
the purpose of exposing some of
^Uril^e^m^^successfuj^sales
perMm To tnose who -were apply
ing for jobs. Jobs were obtained,
be merchants smiled and the pa
trons crowded into the stores
It’ftaf Happened
Suddenly, a cleric here and
there was released indefinitely
with .egrets. Bad business was
the excuse, but white clerks were
placed in same positions. Still
another, and anothtr cntil now |
nearly all of the positions, which
were obtained by showing the
merchant and the buyer the new
economic idea of the century,
have been lost by colored clerks.
In discussing this situation
the other day, one Garyite, a
man who saw them build Broad
way and the rest of the town said
the main cause for the dismissal
of these men and women came
aboct through the lack of sustain
ed interest on the part of the
colored citizens. “An economic
fight is never over,” he said, “it
only stands to reason that when
yo ubreak into a new field you
can't sit down, but you must fight
as you never have before, against
, competition and prejudice to re
main there."
The employes themselves were
go overcome by the sheer subtlety
of the white merchant that they
, too have just begun to realize
a now tat they sould still be in their
former positions. The whole
' campaign must begin all over
again now UNLESS the citizens
of Gary will elect to become
" stooges of the neighborhood mer
■' chant — spend when he says
spend and receive a pat on the
back insttad of a job for doing
j so
Colored Population in
Gary Gains Rapidly
1 The percentage increase in
Gary’s Negro population from
1920 to 1930 was greater than
that of any other city in the
United States excepting one, ac
cording to federal censes figures
appearing in a recent issue of
The Uniied States Daily.
Gary’s Negro population as
figured by the 1930 federal census
was 17,922, or an increase of
238.2 percent over 1920, when the
total was only 6,299, the printed
table shows.
, The percentage of increase in
. the Negro population compares
with 57 8 percent increase in the
white population which rose from
60,044 in 1920 to 78.922 in 1930,
. according to the table.
Gary.’s total population, ac
eordding to the 1930 census, was
100,426.
Quees Borough, N. Y, is shown
as the only city whose increase
. in Negro population from 1929
to 1930 exceeded that of Gary.
Queens Borough’s percentage of
increase appears in the table a3
263.5
Gary's Indian, Chinese and
Japanese “populations” all de
creased between 1920 and 1930,
■ it is shown. The respective pop
- ulation figures for 1930 were In-'
» dian, 2; Chinese, 13. and Japan
ese, 7 The city's 1920 census
figures showed 4 Indians, Cl Chi
nese and 10 Japanese.
Leader Passes
Honorable Samuel Por
ter, one of the foremost
citizens of Hammond, In
diana, died Sunday as re
sult of a long illness. Mr.
Porter was known to all of
his fellow townsmen as a
man of high integrity and
progressiveness. Funeral
arrangements have not as
yet been made.
ELKS HOME RAIDED
Gary police arrested nine men
and two women, all colored, Fin
day afternoon, for operating or
patronizing a policy game, lo
cated in the basement of the Elks
building at 2168 Broadway.
A wheel and full set of equip
ment was confiscated. Joseph
Williams, age 32, of 1733 Wash
ington, was arrested as keeper
of the place- Detectives William
Davis and Hazel Williams made
the raid.
Those arrested for patronizing
the place were Herman White,
age 36, of 1551 Adams; Henry
Johnson, age 39, of 1649 Virginia,
Fred Hall, age 31, of 2185 Mad
ison; Morgan Metroyer. age 30,
of 1620 Jefferson; Locis Stone,
M-fl —Delaware: Wil
Adams; George Blackman, age!
25, of 2572 Washington; James
Habeas, age 36, of 2100 Jeffer
son; Alberta Brown, age 25, of
1528 Massachusetts, and Ramie
Thomps, age 34, of 2224 Jcflfer
son.
ST. PAUL CELEBRATES
ANNIVERSARY
The Anniversary Services of
Rev W F Lovelace I) D , be
gan Monday night, September 27,
to October 5.
He has been with the St. Paul
Baptist church live years and his
pastorage has been so victorious
and peaceful, we feel it ocr duty
to render unto Caesar the things
that belong to Caesar
Monday night, Sept. 28 was
Deacons. Deaconess' and Trus
tees. Sermon, Rev. M H. Ras
berry, accompanied by his choir,
Mrs M. Tate mistress of cere
monies
Tuesday. Sept. 29, 7:30 P. M.—
Sunday School and B Y P U.
Sermon, Rev M Coleman Miss
Louise Sherrils, mistress of cere
monies.
Wednesday, Sept. 30. 7:30—
Willing Workers, Busy Bee, U. &
L- & Ever Ready clubs. Mrs.
Sarah Harris, mistress of cere
monies. A musical and literary
program was rendered.
Thursday, Oct. 1, 7:30 P M.—
Missionary Societies, Senior Mis
sion Circle, Young Women's Mis
sionary Society, Sunshine Band
and Boy Scouts. Mrs. Rcth
Randolph, mistress of ceremonies
sermon, nev. u- k. oecKwitn.
accompanied by his choir. Alter
nate, Rev. H D. Lewis and
choir
Friday, Oct 2, 7:30 P. M.—
Musicale. Senior choir and the
Active Choral club Address,
Prof. F. C McFarlane. Mistress
of ceremonies, Mrs. M B. An
derson .
The visiting ministers and
their respective choirs were pres
ent each nighit and delivered elo
quent addresses and the music of
the choirs' thrilled the listeners
as the echoes sounded
The Musical presented by the
two choirs was selective, ond the
renditionswere numbered among
the classics. Spiritual groups
also quartettes and sextettes pre
sent.
An address, subject, “Leader
ship', was discussed briefly and
masterly, paying a tribute of re
spect to the pastor for his many
successful achievements during
the five years, by Prof. McFar
lane
The motto, The Model Pastor,
was the anniversary theme, and
presented every night by partici
pants on the program.
Sunday, Oct. 4, marked the
Coronation Services of the An
niversary Sunday School, 9:30,
conducted by the Supt., Mr. Wm
H Martin, and his coteries ol
officers Standing room was al
a premium long before the Sun
day School dismissal The aud
itorium was beautifully decorat
ed in colors of white, orange
purple, green and black, th<
*
1. whine signifying purity, purple
royalty, green freshness, orange
golden lustre; these colors with
.the blending together of the
black signifies out of ‘‘darkness
into light” for five years
The morning devotion was
presented by the following choirs
of the church, viz.:St. Paul sen
ior choir, Mr- Jas. Lewis, direc
tor; Miss T C Breckcnridge,
pianist; Junior Choir, Dr II H
Clay, director; Mrs V Fisher
Crump, pianist Sunshine Band
Choir, Miss N Williams, pianist,
Master James Eldridge, director.
Senior Missionary Choir, Mr
A M Lovelace, director and
pianist
Each choir presen.ed a num
ber, and the pastor was radiant
with the Holy Spirit and chose
for his subject: ‘‘The Beautiful
Church,” Song of Solomon, 6 ch.
10th vs Text “Who is she'.”' The
impressive thought, first The
church is Christ’s power and can
not die, neither can any man
l destroy it. Second, Jesus died
! fir His church, and every child
| of God is safe. Indelibly he
| stamped in our hearts that you
I must continue in the church,
j march on to victory, singing, I
Love Thy Chcrch O God.”
3 P M.—The services were
i under the auspices of the pas
tor's relief clubs, Mrs S B P
Martin, midtress of ceremonies.
Words of welcome, Mrs. M F,
Freeman; Response. Mrs Callie
Williams, First A M E Solo,
Mrs Irene Riley. Remarks,
Mrs. M Storkes Duet, Mrs
Lula Calloway and Lucas, Pil
grim Rest
i ne Anniversary ociimm wus
delivered by tbe Rev. W F
Lovelace, D D
Selection, choir, Jesus Is a
Rock Rev J H Smith
preached from Zachariah 4:2;
subject: The Seven Golden
Lamps The Lamps of Love,
Knowledge, Sympathy, Adora
tion, Sacrifice and Consecration,
were plainly and intelligently
treated, showing to the hundreds
of listeners that the pastor pos
sessed all the above qualities and
to be a successful minister, it is
essential to draw from the Gold
en Bowl of Love Rev. Smith
brought with him members of
hins congregation together with
his coir, tat rendered unforget
able melodies
7 P. M—Te pastor delivered
V itvWiHwfflIfnrWieater tn» v' u.h**.
Coniniuiffli class show hous: whfif
fashioned ■not be humiliated by ty
curtains on ’icles ^hich me,' the
Par,tor’s Spir ,..dT3e of the An
t
Monday, Oct. 5—A testimonial
banquet was given in his honor;
Mrs C B Johnson, .toast mis
tress. A Literary and Musical
Program was given.
Despite the economic depres
sion the various committeeshave
showing that the services of the
pastor rave been appreciated not
only among the congregation,
but the entire city of Gary; not
only among his own race, but
white people worshipped wih the
church.
Long may he live, and be a
challenger of sin, conquering as
he goes
In Job Fight
Mrs. Ivy C. Lux was elected
president of the Gary Job
Campaign Committee last
week. Since its beginning Mrs.
Lux has been one of the most
| enthusiastic leaders in the
fight for jobs.
GARY CITY AFFAIRS
ELECTS OFFICERS
The City Affairs and Goodwill
organization, which purpose is
j to look after the economic, ra- j
| cial and political interests of
j the colored folk in Lake County, j
Indiana, will be one year old on
Monday, October 5, and the of-!
| fleers for the ensuinig year were
| elected on Monday, September
28 th
Mrs. Ida Ciletha Lux, presi
dent; Mrs. Gertrude Nevils, vice
president; Mrs Dovie Lee Bat
tles, secretary; Miss Magnilia
! Jules, assistant secretary; Mrs
Annie Sherrell, treasurer; Miss
C. Breckenridge, chairman en
j tertainment committee; Miss
I Louise Sherrell, chairman cre
dentials committee; Miss Marie
| Harris, chairman Invilateau com
mittee; John Devine Carr, chief
} advisor and director.
Cocnsellors: Rsv W K Love
lace, Dr ReCourt Van Warden,
ijlrs Irene Riley, Miss Luda
White, Attorney Harry P, Shaw
leslry.
COLORED SOCIAL
WORKER AT THE
NEIGHBOR HOUSE
Miss Agnes Howell, a young
lady of many accomplishments, of
' Cleveland, Ohio, is now director
of physical edccation at the
Neighborhood House, 17th and
Adams street, Gary. She has
had a comprehenhive amount of
experience in the social service
field ahd will no doubt prove to
be an asset to Gary. Miss How
ell is a young woman of person
ality and dignity She comes
from the Woodlawn Center where
she served satisfactorily for three
years having recently received
her master's degree.
SOUTH’S FAVORITE
TO SING IN GARY
NOVEMBER 3RD
Mme. Alma Lily Hubbard, in
structor in music at New Or
leans, La., university, will give
a recital here at St Paul Bap
tist church, under the auspices of
the church choir Sunday, Nov
ember 3.
Mme. Hubbard is said by com
petent critics to possess a splen
did soprano voice She was re
cently awarded $1,000 scholar
ship by he Rosenwadl Fund.
She also wrote the music score
for “Green Pastures”.
MISS HARRIMS
GOES TO KY.
Miss Frances Harrims, who has
served for more than three years
as superintendent of the Friend
ship House, 2224 Washington
street, Gary, left recently for
Kentucky where she will serve
in a similar capacity. Succeed
ing her is Miss Rae Lawton of
Columbus, Ohio, a wqman who
has done social servicj work for
sometime and has received many
laurels for her competency
"ffftTW* ttHi' T -
GOES TOpMUNClE
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Rev W. H Raspberry, pas
tor if Macedonia Baptist church,
left Gary Toesday afternoon for
Muncie, where he i3 to attend
the annual meeting of the State
F. F. A A Y Mosons of which
he is State Grand Master
It was decided by the execu
tive committee and approved by
the National Grand Master and
officers to hold the 25th annual
session of the Ancient United
Knights and Daughters of Af
rica in Louisville, Ky„ the first
week in August, 1932, which
madethe Kentucky A U. K. & D
of A leap for joy Wednesday
evening the Board of Managers
gavea banquet in honor of the
executve committee The Hon
Ernest Patillo is preparing to
make an trip extensive trip easa
on business for the organization.
While away he will make several1
appointments to important posts.
Mrs Mae Johnson, 377 Rhodes1
Ave., Daugeter Ruler of Liberty
Temple No. 22, I B P| 0 E
, W , who represented the said
' Temple in the Grand Lodge in
Philadelphia, Pa., in August, has
reternedto the city. While in
Philadelphiashe was the house
guest of her brother and sister
in-law. 617 So 19th St. Mrs.
Johnson visited many eastern
cities while away
JURY HEARS STORY OF
N.C. PRISON CAMP BOSS
THEN SETS HIM FREE
RALEIGH. N. C., Oct. 7,- It
took only thirty minutea (or a
jury of twelve southern white
men to come to the conclusion
that Gordon Watkins, former
prison camp superintendent was
not guilty of causing the death of
Willie Bellamy who died a year
ago in prison Camp No. 5 as re
sult of severe maltreatment sup
posedly at the hands of Watkins
Last October he was tried and
convited of a charge of assault
with a deadly weapon but a high
er court reversed the decision.
H. B. Thompson, the first wit
nes for the state blurted forth
upon being cross examined that
he thought Watkins did right
I think so yet." This remark
however, was stricken from the
records. Ivey McCrimmon. a con
viet, testified for the state also
but the credibility of his testi
mony was obviously Questioned
by ail who heard It.
Bellamy, it was learned was
convicted of a liquor violation
sent to the Wake County jail for
ninety days. A few days later he
was transferred to the prison
ramp. Trouble ,mSe between
him and the authorities when h.
refused something to eat.
SLA VER Y IN LIBERIA
—— By George Schuyler vajmeuBmmmmmmmmamaamammmmmam
(Capital New* S*r» Ire — Inalaltmfnt 6)
Off To Firestone Plantation
INSTALLMENT SIX
K d ^ 11L NEXT DAY at noon 1 left by automobile for a
w forty-mile trip to the Du River Plantation of the F'ire
j| stone Company. The dirt road, perhaps the best in Li
beria, is none too good. Nothing whatever has been
done to it for over a year and consequently it is necessary to
drive with caution. The trip requires all of three hours.
Enterics A New World
To meter Into this largest of the
three Eirstone plantations is to en
ter a tctr.lly d fTerent world, a pic
' ture of what this beautiful country
might b? under intelligent control.
In just eight years a model develop
ment has been carved cut of what
was almost impenetrable Jungle.
The miles of roads running in allr
directions, well crowned, drained l
and bridged, could hardly be 1m
! proved, and workers, clerks and su-\
perintendents are well housed
There are a modern 100-bed hospi
Liberians were first employe*! as
troublesome, litigious and inefficient
that they . ad to be renlaced bv N»
groes from the Gold Coast, Nigeria
and Sierra Leone Then are some
liberian foremen remaining , but
many have been replaced by na
tives. The superintendents are all
Americans with the exception of
the director of the tree nursery, a
Dutchman.
Firestone Largest Employer
The Firestone company is the lar
gest employer of labor In Liberia
and quite naturally considerable
>from two to four shillings a dav. un-'
heard of. fabulous wages In Liberia,
but the Government objected, say
ing that Llber'an farmers were pro
testing on the ground that the high
wages drew away .heir labor. Even
bank clerks in Monrovia get put two
pounds, ten shilling a nenth. At
one time the Firestone Liberian
payroll exceeded $1,000 000 annually.
The laborers work at will, only a
i 1 percentage ever drawing a full
month's salary out of a total of 3,
00 workers now employed cm the
Du River plantation. 66 per eent
turn cut daily. So there seems to
be nothing to the rumor that the
men or driven.
The workers are housed in six
teen camps resembling J'minutlve
native villages. Each ramp is ruled
by a native headman elected b vthe
workers and under "hose direction
thev perform their dailv tasks. The
men will not work under undesirable
headmen and the company respects
their wishes. I found the camps
neat, clean and sanitary, much
more so. indeed than Monrovia.
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Members of the inland tribes of iberia live in the most primitive fashion, entirely nut
of touch with the civilizing influepces of the coast country. The picture above gives a'view
of the pastoral subtropical village life of the natives of the interior.
tal completely equipped, offices, a !
general store with ice plant adjoin
ing, sawmill, machine shops, water
and electric light plants and a wire
less station. It is, indeed, a little
American colony in the heart of the
wild Africa.
The management boasts that this
task has been accomplished almost
wholly with native labor, exceptions
being clerks and superintendents.
Interest must attach to its treat
clerks, but were found to be ao
ment and payment of that labor I
found that the workers get the stan
dard Liberian wage of one shilling a
day, six pence being deducted for
food. Skilled workers like chauf
f. rs, mechanics, nursery workers
and so forth, receive from one to
four shillings a day In the begin
ning, common laborers were paid
In The Air
By W. H. A. MOORE
The caste situation in India has
its counterpart, different only in
characteristics in the United States
of America. In either instance the
effect is the same. In India, its
maintenance has made the Hindoos
tsy victims of the most pig-headed
system of exploitation the modern
world has had the privilege to wit
ness. The Indian civilization is an
rlent, refined. intellectual. Its
literature, its art an di nsome re
voerts Its music Is full shot with
exalted feeling: and its expressed
philosophy of life is packed with a
superior wisdom and ornamented
r.iUx exquisite traceries of beauty.
Vet Hindoo life, lodar. Is a sorry
weial mess. The answer is caste!
Cast!! CASTE!!*
The historical and cultural back
grounds of th<f Western Hemisphere
Piegrdid elements are not as deep
-ooted nor are they as superbly a
live to the presure of social respon
sibility at the subjugated Indian.
In Brazil, United States, the is
land of Hayti, Cuba and the Lesser
Antiles it is the presence of CASTE
that is working sad havoc with the
social, political ana economic me
of the undermen of the Western
Hemisphere. The hot bed of color
prejudice is everywhere about a
inong Western world Negroids.
,T''iich goes to prove in wide meas
ure that there Isn't much difference
between backward and forward
races after ail. Caste is CASTE and
Itnats all there is to be sdid about
i the cussed matter.
1 get a jolly “kick" out of talking
with an occasional man who drops
unrcnsciouslv oft times, bits of solid
s-elal wisdom. I dropped in on Dr.
B»,iitt, Hie Biuitt ot good red Texas
blrod, the otli day and found him
rather interested in what he call
ed “Some of the sima of the times.’
Depression came in for a passing
mention or two, but what he had
so say in another direction struck
me as being full <*f meaty sub
stance. Among some of the talk
he said: “This race of ours is grow
ing. It's growing sltw. probably,
but it l» golnff *lnnS !n what 1 cal1
the ease stages of ui> and up pro
gress. Every day I have the good
privilege to meet a. more than
goodie number of our folks. They
talk differently nowadays. I And
that intelligence, solid intelligence,
is spreading fast among them.
Young and the older, It iloesn’t M*m
t. make much difference, are now
talking about getting along tn th«
world. They are getting te be more
practical. Even the recent bank
r.„bc* hasn't d-scouragcd them.
We mae not be up-to-date in every
particular hut »e ure coming
f*A" little longer than a few weeks
since I had found occasion to men
tion that it was my opinion that
Washington Park had become a
God-send to the colored people In
Chicago in more than a single di
rection. My attention to the subject
was again brought to view by what
Dr. Love Laker said to me . day or
two ago. A oulet. unobtrusive man
is this same Dr Baker. He is hard
to draw out of the dcptlui or a re
ticence that is all Loo deep I feel.
But it seems he had spent a part
of a day in Washington Park with
a small group of friends who were
enjoying the felicities of a picnic
party. “Do you know." he remarked,
In his quiet way, “Washington Park
is working wonders for our people
This beautiful spot is having, I
hone~tly believe, the most whole
some kind of Influence on the peo
ple. There was a time when I dread
ed to visit the place. But In these
days and times I found it to be a
real pleasure to go there. The young
people arc better behaved In every
respect. The picnic parties are
more orderly than formerly. It 1s
even getting to be the favorite of
the average family. A common sight
Is the man and the wife with their
families taking advantage of the
health giving situations that abound
in this real resort. I’m for Wash
ington Park first, last and all the
time, I'm here to tell you."
Candidates in the front of us, can
didates bellin'1 us and on either side
of us is the situation in which the
average citizen finds himself or her
self in these stren.cus times of de
pression. Well, let the best ones win
whoever they may be Is all I have
to say about the whole blessed thing.
Whenever, it seems, somebody
comes to town who has attained an
unusual position of acclaim some
body rushes Into view with a testi
monial at so much » ticket to give
thb distinguished ones a sample of
th» high regard In which they arc
held by the folks in Chicago at so
much per ticket. A specious prac
tice of appreciation that ought to
be stopped. The recent attempt to
ust the w»l earned celebrity of
Richard B Harrison Is a good case
ir. point. The practice In my hum
ble opinion eught to be stopped.
•The Chicago Art and Culture So
ciety is making a real bid for pub
lic favor in a quiet way. Its Winter
program has been issued by Secre
tary Loring Moore and contains
some go*d matter. Percival Prattis
sooho to the Society last Saturday
night on the present conditions in
the island of Hayti. Prattis was
(here.
All Of which brings to mind the
fact that tf you see It In the WHIP,
ITS SO.
There are seldom members of more
than one tribe !n a camp
Natives Are Skilled
'Die company has a nursery of
546.000 young rubber trees and the
delicate work of grafting Is done en
tirely by natalvrs. Tne automobllea
and truck are operated and large
ly repaired by natives an they do
much other work requiring skill,
such as constructing roads and cul
verts and building concrete bridges
Some day It would seem, Liberia
should greatly profit from the train
mg theae native., are receiving and
which they could get nowhere else
in the republic.
Seeking the Firestone company's
answer to the statements made by
President Barclay, I went to the of
fice of W D Hines, the resident
manager of the Flrstone plantations
who has been In Liberia since the
beginning of the protect, Mr Hines
was rather wearily amused by the
remarks of the Chief Executive, but
politely proceeded to relate the
whole hlstody of the company s ef
I forts In Liberia.
In answer to my question con-,
cerning the President's claim that
PICKET JIM CROW
MOVIE IN PHILA.;
NEWSPAPER AIOS
PHILADELPHIA. Pa Oct. 7.
Because they have been discrimi
nated against right In the midst of
one of the city's most densely pop- j
ulated Negro districts, the colored
people of West Philadelphia headed
by prominent laymen and ministers
have decided to exert all of the pres
sure possible upon the management
of Fays theater that it might real
ize that a segregated theater, es
pecially in the midst of ", color sec- j
tion in this town, is decidedly un-!
profitable and not wanted.
In speaking of the situation as It
now stands, the Rev. J W. Moss,
fiery pastor of the Monumental
Baptist church stated: “I feel that
the t'.ie has come when Negroes
can afford to show people that they
can not snend Negro money and
heap insults upo the mat tne same
time.”
Several civic organizations have
placed pickets in front of the show
house with the result that there has
■ been a marked falling off of colored
patronage. This action was brought
about as result of the Fays theater's
management sudden change of pol
icy When it first onened It was her
alded as a show with an all colored
oersonnel. This was found out to
be only a gesture, because In a few
days all of the colored help was re
leased and colored patrons were
relegated to the rtgh' side of the
balcony and denied seats In any
other part of the place.
Thus far. the Philadelphia Tribune
a weekly newspaper, has taken a de
cided stand in favor of the color
ed patrons and It Is believed that
with the Conner at Ion It should re
ceive from the civic organizations
from the ministry and lawmen, the
theater will either be closed or
acede to th* demands of the pub
lic.
V.i- Firestone company had insisted
the Government must build road* so
that rubber might be taken to port
Mr. Hines dro e me In his car to
Landing No. 10 on the Du river,
where there are -rehouses, a small
dock an dseveal lar^e motor liunch
es moored He explained that auch
rubber as has been produced la
shlppfO frcm that point to the
mouth of the river at Marshall,
where It is loaded aboard ship, thus
making completely unnecessary
transportation by land. He pointed
out that the small and much older
Mount Barclay plantation sits a
astride of a Liberian road that was
constructed long before the Fire
efona company entsreo the country,
nenlea "Pressure
When I mentioned the accusation
of President Barclay that the Fire
stone Com any. through the Ameri
can Legation, sought to get the
Government to use Pressure to Ln
crea ■ the flow of labor to the plan
tations. he replied:
‘‘There was alwa's a sufficient
supply of labor until former Dis
trict Commissioner David Carter
‘now Jailed on charges of murdert
be*an to lnteriere wiin laoorers en
| route to the plantations In order to
extract Illegal tr - from them or to
j divert the’ to forced labor on the
j Government roads
"Upon being requested to atop the
| nraettee, CommUsloner Carter re
! frrred me to the then President
! King I Immediately took up the,
j matter with the President, but the
1 on!" thing he wool dsay was that
if the American Minister would
make the one that the Firstone
j com par" would be supplied with
more labor it would be furnished
"I replied that I coul dmake no
such request of the American Min
ister. nor could I see where he had
anythin* to do with It A h!»h La
berian o lal was Interfering with
our labor supply and I was merely
i asking that this Interf -ence cease.
However. President King communi
cated w-lth Mr Francis, who was
then American Minister, concerning
the matter Mr Francis replied at
first that he would have nothing to
do with the matter. Upon Kings
further Insistence Mr Francis stat
ed that he saw no reason why an
American corporation should not be
permitted to base all the labor tt
desired."
Mr Hines expressed the opinion
that the whole scheme was to make
the American Government appear
to be forcing the Liberian Govern
ment to supply the Firestone com
pany with labor. I discovered later
that there was not a shred of cor
respondence in the files of the A
merlcan Legation to tupoort Presi
dent Barclay's charge.
neniri league spur
The Firestone manager stated. In
answer to the charge that hts com
pany inspired n» League of Nations
Investigation, that as they had nev
er had any difficulty In getting suf
ficient labor, except when interfer
ed with by Liberian officials, there
was no reason for the company to
complain against the exportation of
a fe "'’undred laborers. He men
tioned the fact that years before Li
beria had been criticized for per
mitting this traffic In “boys" and
that Thomas J R Fa jlgrer. wealthy
merchant and head of the People's
Party, had oecn a frequent and out
spoken accuser of Government offic
ials In that connection. He sug
gested that perhaps Faulkner's
charges may have speeded the In
vestigation.
It Is true tha 15 000 laborers are
a whole lot to recruit from the scat
tered Ullages, and one mlghtt be
excised for crediting rumors that
force was used And yet, from my
travels in the Interior, where money
Is so scarce and so desired, I can
see where even at the peak of Its
operations the Flrcstorte company
needed no force to get labor"
Copyright 1931
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sold into slavery? Schuyler savs
yes. You may not agre* with hts
condemnation of missionaries, but
you are bound to sit up and take no
tice when you read what he says
next week.
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