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THE NORTHWESTERN
FB—l BULLETIN-APPEAL ESSS
VOLUME 111, NO. 16
LEGISLATION REGARDING CHILD
LABOR HELD VITAI ‘>'JNPORTANT
TD PHYSICAL, R&^FAIE
Northern States Credited With Maintaining Ninety Pe* Cent of
Observance to Laws as Provided by Statutes—
South Has Eleven hour Day.
Legislation whereby child labor shall be regulated is one of
the gravest necessities which has ever confronted America’s Negro
population; for the future welfare of its children and their physical
and mental condition, upon reaching maturity, will largely deter
mine the type of citizenship which is to carry on the unfinished
business of the present generation. A glimpse of the work status
of Negro children in the United States may be had in the follow
ing figures and percentages: Of the 12,502,582 children in the
United States, 10 to 15 years of age, of whom 1,060,858, or 8.5 per
cent, are engaged in gainful occupations, 1,450,996 of the total are
Negro children of that age span, of whom 817,231, or 21.9 per
cent, or more than two and one-half times the total per cent, are
gainfully employed in American labor pursuits. Of this working
group of 317,231, Negro boys constitute 191,877, or 26.7 per cent
of their total, while Negro girls constitute 125,354, or 17.1 per cent
of their total
In comparison with other racial groups whose children are
contributing to the output of American labor, the above percent
ages are astonishingly high. A stretch of the age span two more
years makes a working group of Negro boys and girls totaling
641,348, of whom 405,570 are engaged in agricultural, forestry and
animal husbandry pursuits; 44,198 in the manufacturing and me
chanical industries; 10,855 in transportation occupations; 57,644
in domestic and personal service; 7,972 in clerical occupations, and
the remainder in miscellaneous occupations.
Pwresntage Baits Shown.
*
Since Republican sponsor! of a
constitutional amendment hare, in
their full realisation of the menace of
unregulated child labor, deemed it
necessary to forthwith prohibit or
regulate the working conditions of
American children, how essential it
Is to get behind this movement with
all the loyalty and power at our com
mand. Political history shows that
practically all federal legislation for
the benefit of women and children
has beea enacted by Republican Con
gresses: and that the bulk of opposi
tion to such legislation has come,
just as It is now, from the Demo
cratic “Solid South." It is interest
ing, though distressing, in this con
nection, to note that while child la
bor Is eonflned to no section of the
country, it Is at its worst in the solid
Democratic Southern States. In Ten
nessee, 17 per cent of the total child
population is employed contrary to
the standards set by the government
regulating child labor; in Arkansas,
19 per cent; in Georgia, 21 per cent;
In Alabama and South Carolina, 24
per cent; in Mississippi, 26 per cent.
In the Northern States the percentage
Is much lower, and in the Pacific
Coast States only 3 per cent of the
total child population Is employed in
what Is classified as gainful labor.
Thirty states conform to the federal
standard of maximum hours for the
employment of chUdren eight hours
per day. Of these thirty, only three
are southern Democratic states. One
.southern state. North Carolina, per
mits children to be worked eleven
.hours a day, and one southern state,
Georgia, hsa no limitation.
Education, recreation, health su
pervision and other attentions are
needed, not In any particular section
of the country, but everywhere; and
with a heavy population of Negro
children busily at work in farm pur
suits of the Solid South, which has
been so derelict in its protection of
Negro children, the duty Is plain to
see that at the polls and elsewhere
full co-operation is given to the Re
publican party and its program, If It
is ever to be hoped that the children
of today may be the REAL MEIN
AND WOMEN OF TOMORROW.
Excluded Labor
Is Klan Ideal
“Every state, city and town where
the colored man cannot be a fireman
or cannot get on the police force and
cannot become a motorman on a trol
ley car, I feel, is co-operating with
ideals of the Ku Klux Klan.” This
remark by a Race editor is true. If
it is wrong for the Klan to discrimin
ate against and wage war upon Cath
olics, Jews and Negroes; if it is wrong
for the Klan to endeavor to elimin
ate Catholics from political positions,
is it not equally wrong for whites to
discriminate against colored and to
keep them from posttidns which are
supported by the direct taxation of
all? The oolored pay taxes, iy what
right then are they .cxdaded from
public works?
Farmer-Labor Party Seek to
Nominate Davie for Governor
Tom Davis, Farmer-Labor candi
date for governor, was born in 1877
at Judson, Blue Earth County, Min
nesota. His parents were of Welsh
descent and farmers. He spent his
boyhood on a farm at Tracy, Minne
sota; attended country school; gradu
ated at the high school at Marshall.
Minnesota, In 1894, and then attend
ed Macalester College, St. Paul.
Tom Davis was married in 1906 to
Mabel Emma Johnson of Chetek,
Wisconsin. He has two daughters,
Esther Mabel and Donna Mae, both
In school.
He was admitted to the bar In
1901, and was elected County Attor
ney of Lyon County in 1902 and
served one term; he was Mayor of
Marshall in 1910-1911-1912-1913,
and in 1917 was elected a member of
the Minnesota Legislature from Lyon
County.
In the Legislature.
His record In the Legislature Is
one of distinguished service to the
people. He was the joint author of
the Tonnage Tax Bill and led the
fight to tax the rich iron ore bodies of
this state.
According to the testimony of A. C.
Welch and other farmer and labor
representatives serving in the legis
lature at that time, Tom Davis fa
vored and spoke for every measure
proposed by both the Farmer and La
bor group in that body. When the
Non-partisan League formulated its
program and entered the political pri
maries of Minnesota, Tom Davis ac
tively endorsed the League and be
came one of its supporters.
BABY CONTEST FEATURED
THURSDAY AT UNION HALL
Thursday evening, Union Hall was
the scene of the Popular Baby Con
test sponsored by the City Federation
for the benefit of. the N. A. A. C. P.
funds.
The baby presented by the Sun
shine Charity and Art Club, little
Miss Edriss Few, captured the first
prise, $5.00 In gold, by bringing In
the largest amount of money, $42.15.
The second prise, a $2.60 gold
piece, went to little Miss Vesta Gains,
a well known favorite, who made
such a hit when she appeared as the
bride in the Tom Thumb Wedding at
St. James’ church. She was present
ed by Mrs. R. F. Wilson, 697 St. An
thony avenue, who brought in a total
of $27.50.
Miss Vivian Crawford, expert sten
ographer, formerly employed in the
Physician and Surgeons’ building and
court house, Minneapolis; also with
the Northwestern Bulletin in 8t
Paul, left for Nashville, Tenn., Tues
day evening. Miss Crawford will re
side with her father, Df. J. P. Craw
ford, a prominent physician in that
city.
ST. PAUL—MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1924
1863 and 1924 as the Great Northern Sees It
The diminutive William Crooks,
first locomotive ever run on the Great
Northern Railway, has come back
Into Its own again. Under Its own
steam, it is starting Monday evening
from the Twin Cities for a long tour
of the Pacific Northwest, pulling an
antiquated combination coach and old
No. 9, the original Pullman sleeping
car. A crew of veteran railroaders,
dressed in the uniforms of 1863, man
the toy-like train. And along with It
travels one of the Great Northern's
ten new Oriental Limited trains.
The diner is particularly attractive.
Snowy linen, beautiful silver service
and cut flowers on the tables were
TOM DAVIS
Other Activities.
In the campaign of 1918, Tom
Davis was chosen by the Farmer-La
bor party as its candidate for Attor
ney General. He made the campaign
with Dave Evans, the nominee for
governor, and Fred TUquist, the can
didate for Railroad and Warehouse
Commissioner. This campaign marks
the historic beginning of the now
great Farmer-Labor party of Minne
sota.
*Alabamaf Flees
His ‘Love Nesf
Mr. Sears, 700 Sixth avenue north,
did not go out on his run Thursday
morning as expected, but returned
home and found his wife, Mrs. Esther
Sears, entertaining a young Sheik
known as “Alabama.’’
During the argument that followed
Mr. Sears secured a nice blue steel
police'special, but Alabama having
business elsewhere, left Immediately,
touching the two flights of stairs be
tween him and the street but twice,
top and bottom. Sears chased him
down Lyndale avenue and secured
the of Officer Jones to help
him round up the fugitive, both of
them were too slow, Alabama clear
ing a six-foot fence and leaving his
pursuers far in the rear, was seen no
more.
Mr. Sears then returned home and
administered a beating to his erring
wife, shortly after which she drank
carbolic add, which resulted in her
death at the Minneapolis General hos
pital late Thursday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Hood, 174 St.
Anthony avenue, are motoring in
their new ford sedan.
sufficient to urge one to dine whether
hungry or not Beautiful bracket
lights with parchment shades dainti
ly decorated, created a home-like at
mosphere.
Diners and Pullman sleeper are
furnished in a restful color scheme of
olive green. So refreshing and rest
ful to the traveler, quite a contrast
to the reds and vivid greens of form
er days.
Drawing rooms and compartments
are in a shade of sapphire blue uphol
stery. The ladies* dressing room and
lounging salon are the last word in
comfort. Chairs are now provided at
the dressing tables, where mi-lady
ANNUAL SERVICE
OF THE PULLMAN
PORTERS IS HELD
The third annual Thanksgiving
and Memorial Services of the local
lodge No. 3, Pullman Porters’ Bene
fit Association of America, was held
at Memorial Baptist church, Rice
street and Fuller avenue, at 2 P. M.
last Sunday.
The local meeting was a part of the
services held throughout the United
States following a decree issued by
Perry Parker, grand chairman of the
association, naming Sunday, May 18,
as the day for the annual observance.
One of the most interesting programs
in the history of the local lodge was
enjoyed by not only the members but
many friends of the association, who
assembled for the grand event.
The program was pleasing in that
the variations were unusually com
plete. An address, “Aim and Object
of the Association,” was given by Mr.
A. W. Jordan, chairman of Local 3.
Other features were the Pullman
quartette, addresses by Mr. C. Ross,
Supt. E. R. Neal and Asst. Supt. C. C.
Healy. The annual sermon was
preached by the Rev. C. B. Burton of
Memorial Baptist church. Mr. J. J.
Wilson was master of ceremonies,
while Mr. C. De Quence Jordan di
rected the music.
The local lodge made a very credi
table showing in exemplifying the
work of their association. Every no
table feature wss given prominence
which proved the men are not only
members of a great organization of
railroad fame but thinkers who con
tribute much to the race and the na
tion.
Tennis Club Gets
Court Location
The Twin City Tennis club, re
cently organised, has secured the
field known as the Hollow at the cor
ner of St. Anthony and Kent streets,
for the use of the club members dur
ing the present season.
Mr. Frederick D. McCracken, real
tor, was instrumental in securing this
beautiful and spacious field.
Construction of the courts will be
gin at once and are expected to be in
condition by the Ist of June. Dr.
J. Walton Crump, president of the
Twin City Tennis club, announced
that entries for the Elimination con
test in the singles and doubles events
will be received until June 80. The
winner of the men’s singles will be
given a beautiful silver trophy and
nominated for the national tourna
ment to be held in Baltimore In An
gus!. Cups will also be awarded to
the winners of the ladles’ singles and
to doubles winners. Applications for
membership will close Jane 10,1014.
can arrange her coiffure.
The ladles’ lounge also furnishes
the service of a manicurist and la
dies’ maid, who must be graduates
from the Pullman school in Chicago,
whose morale must also be of the
very highest, refined and cultured.
Both Misses McDonald and Pope
proved to be of this type, former
school teachers, who longed for
change of environment and found this
work to offer many advantages in the
study of human nature, etc.
Mr. W. A. Knowles, veteran Pull
man porter of over fifty years’ serv
ice, was with the 1861 special train.
Houghton Gets Life Sentence
In the Stillwater Penitentiary
Roy P. Houghton, 23, was found
guilty of second degree murder Wed
nesday by a Jury in district court.
He was Immediately sentenced to
life imprisonment.
The Jury reached its verdict at
10:20 Wednesday morning, and the
verdict was read in court at 10:32
A. M. Houghton was charged with
the murder of Mrs. G. Mogol the
night of March 28.
The courtroom was filled with peo
ple who flocked in when it became
known that the Jury was about to re
port.
Appeal Stay Denied.
George W. Hamilton, attorney for
Houghton, asked for a stay of sen
tence for 30 days In order to prepare
an appeal, but Judge O. B. Lewis re
fused this request.
Hamilton demanded a poll of the
jury, but on this each juror answer
ed that it was his true verdict.
The jury, in returning its verdict,
found that Houghton was not guilty
of murder in the first degree, as was
charged in the Indictment. The pen
alty for the two crimes is the saiqf,
up to life Imprisonment, but the first
Forum Indorses
Race Candidate
For Legislature
At the regular meeting of the Sun
day Forum, Sunday, May 18, Chas.
Sumner Smith offered a resolution in
dorsing Mrs. Mayme Donovan, candi
date for the legislature, from the
35 th district, a member of the For
um.
Minneapolis. Minn., May 18, 1924.
A resolution:
To officers and members of the
Minneapolis Sunday Forum.
Whereas, One of the members of
our racial group and an active mem
ber of this organization has announc
ed and is conducting a campaign for
member of the state legislature from
the 35 th legislative district, in this
city, and
Whereas, It is the duty and
privilege of this organisation to give
some expression relative to such mat
ters effecting the welfare of our
group in community affairs,
Be it resolved, That the Minneap
olis Sunday Forum go on record in
endorsement of the candidacy of
Mayme Donovan for the legislature,
and give her its moral support in her
effort, which is an advanced step to
wards racial progress that deserves
the earnest consideration of our peo
ple in particular.
Be It further resolved, That a copy
of said resolution be engrossed on
the records of the Minneapolis Sun
day Forum—a copy bo seat to tbe
Negro Press and a copy presented to
Mrs. Donovan.
HOWARD UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT
SAYS NECRO FACES THE GREATEST
OPPORTUNITIES IN HIS HISTORY
Restricted Immigration Seen as Economic Boon When Skilled
Workers Are Given Employment—Co-operative
Methods Are Being Well Applied.
Recently Dr. J. Stanley Durkee, president of Howard Univer
sity, when asked to prepare an article of some 500 words upon the
theme, “The Negro Faces 1924,” remarked that he was glad to
write from his vantage point at Howard University, where beat all
the tides of racial life in America. He wrote as follows:
“The Negro faces 1924 with a new racial consciousness. His
history of buried centuries is being written. A great history it is.
Reasons for the long night of racial captivity are clearly appearing.
They are the same reasons which have brought on the captivity of
every race in history. Now the Negro thanks God that his renais
sance appears. He is determined to consolidate his powers, mass
his strengths and overcome his difficulties by a racial worth that
will win world recognition because it contributes to world better
ment. Just, in science; Hayes, in music; Carver, in agriculture;
Haynes, in social betterment—these men and countless others of
the Race are contributing largely to the sum total of human good.
Progress Seen.
"The Negro faces 1924 with the
improved opportunities for national
and even international revelations of
inherent capabilities. Prejudice and
ignorance of history have fettered
most white thinkers for hundreds of
years. They have not allowed their
thinking to include any possible con
tributions from the Negro. The Ne
gro Race is shattering that ignorance,
degree murder charges premedita
tion.
Jury Instructed.
Houghton, before imposition of
sentence, said that he was born in
Chicago, and that he worked in vari
ous packing plants there until 1917,
when he came to St. Paul.
He never before was arrested, he
said. He admitted using liquor.
The murder of Mrs. Mogol took
place during a snowstorm, in an alley
near St. Albans street and Iglehart
avenue. Leo Mogol, 10-year-old son
of the woman, was with her, and ran
screaming from the alley as his moth
er was killed.
Houghton was indicted * for the
crime April 16, and went to trial May
13, eight days ago.
The Jury went out at 4:10 P. M.
Tuesday, and after deliberating all
night, at 9:30 Wednesday morning
asked for further Instructions on the
difference between first, second and
third degree murder, and the penal
ties.
Judge Lewis gave these instruc
tions, and an hour later the verdict
was in the hands of the court.
PERMANENT OFFICERS ARE
ELECTED IN AUXILIARY
Leslie Lawrence Post Auxiliary
was granted a permanent charter and
at their last regular meeting the fol
lowing officers were elected: Miss
Jeska Oden, president; Mrs. Elmer
Gilbreath, vice-president; Mrs. Geo.
Hamilton, secretary; Mrs. Jessie
Brown, second unit secretary; Mrs.
Ruth Mitchell, treasurer. Serving on
the various committees are Mrs. Ruth
Grice, chairman of the ways and
means; Mrs. Blanche Lee, chairman
of membership; Mrs. Lelia Mundell,
chairman of Americanization; Mrs.
Elmer Gilbreath, chairman of ways
and means, fourth district. These
ladies are planning an elaborate pro
gram for the entertainment of the
buddies who will attend the national
convention, which meets here in Sep
tember.
HOTEL HOWELL IS SOLD
TO LOCAL INTEREST
Mr. Owen Howell this week sold
tbe Howell Hotel, located at Mackub
in and Rondo streets, to Jay M. Hall.
The hotel recently was opened by W.
H. Reams, after being remodeled into
one of the best hostelrles of our
group in the Northwest, by Mr. How
ell. No change in the management
has been announced by the new own
er of the property, and it is expected
that the plan Inaugurated by Mr.
Howell will be continued.
Mrs. Badle Wagner of Galesburg,
01., was called to the city on account
of the serious illness of her aunt, Mrs.
J. R. Wilson, who died last' Thurs
day.
PRICE: FIVE CENTS
not by producing a few exceptional
men and women, but by revealing the
fact that the Race as a whole has
those inherent powers which feed
civilisation. Howard University,
rated in the highest class of American
universities and hence accepted as
such In England and on the conti
nent, draws to herself this year over
2,500 young men and women of the
race who everywhere demonstrate
their ability In science, art, literature
—in short, in all the trades and pro
fessions.
Race in
“The fact of restricted immigra
tion opens doors in the trades hither
to closed. Of course, only worthy
achievement can keep those doors
open. Negroes are crowding into the
ranks of the skilled workers. If the
Negro does the work better than one
of another race, then the position is .
his. If he fails, he loses his place and
the door closes.
“A thoughtful review of the last
ten years must reveal to an unpreju
diced mind the vast Increments of
gain to this race. Wrongs there are,
injustice abound and human preju
dices are still blighting; but the Race
steadily advances to a future which
will outrival those great centuries of
the long past.
Has Greater Vision.
“The Negro faces 1924 with the
largest co-operative agencies. That
old phase, ‘A friend of the Negro,' is
dead. The Negro does not want a
friend any more than does the white
man. All he wants is fair field and
no favors. As a Race he is a long
way from that; yet there are more
agencies at work demanding it for
him than ever before. Those agen
cies are not advertised as they used to
be, but they are greater and stronger
than ever.
“Be as discouraged as our pessim
ism or chronic indigestion disposes,
yet the fact remains that a new air Is
sweeping through the world and a
new brotherhood is coming up the
years to meet us. ‘AH ye are brth
ren’ is the word of God. Poetry trans
lates It, *A man’s a man for a’ that.’
“Ability, training, character and
good old New England horse sense is
bringing on the fulfillment.”
Frat Holds 1 Go
To School ’ Meet
Mu Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity of the University of Min
nesota will hold its annual Go to
High School, Go to College campaign
this year on Sunday, May 25, at 8
P. M. at Pilgrim Baptist church, cor
ner Cedar and Summit avenue.
The purpose of the campaign, as
you know, is to arouse the ambition
of our people for the education and
training of our boys and girls. The
campaign is being carried on this
year throughout the United States by
fifty chapters of the fraternity. From
Minnesota to Alabama and from New
York to California men in all walks
of life are co-operating. The cam
paign terminates with an essay con
test. The winner will be given $25
on tuition upon his or her entering
any college or university in this state.
The winfieg of last year’s contest is
now registered in the University of
Minnesota.
Yours for more rapid progress and
development.
Come out! Help os encourage, our
youth.