The Appeal

ALL-RACE CONFERENCE CALL ISSUED STARTING MONDAY THE EMPORIUM CENTER GALLERY AT THE TREE CITY SAINT PAUL 21st ANNIVERSARY SALE VOL. 39 NO. 13 ALL·RACI DYER BILL TO BE REINTRODUCED IN NEXT CONGRESS Representative Dyer Informs N. A. A. C. P. He Will Again Sponsor Measure Hand Bags, Golf On House Station Washington, March 30, ers of this country are g cause for speculation as and wherefore of the high ernmental operation. The port of the clerk of Representatives, shows variety of articles, such a breakable pint bottle, l manicure sets and golf TO CONTINUE PUBLICITY Hope for Revision of Rules to Prevent Filibuster in Senate New York, March 30.—Representative Leonidas C. Dyer of Missouri who was sponsor for the Dyer antilynching bill in the last congress, will reintroduce the measure at the next session, according to a letter from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Mr. Dyer so informed James Weldon Johnson, secretary of the N. A. A. C. P., during the latter's visit to Washington, on March 19, where he spoke together with Mr. Dyer at a mass meeting of the National Association Branch, N. A. A. C. P. In the course of his address, Mr. Dyer said: "The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has done great work in acquainting the people of this country with their needs, and would have caused not only by the members of the Association and their officers, but by the pastors of the colored churches of the nation. The people of the colored race should pass the word on to their representatives in the national capital to urge them to stronger foundation may be had when this subject comes up again." To Revise Rules Present plans are to have the Dyer anti-lynching bill introduced simultaneously in the Senate and the House of Representatives. According to Representative Dyer the prospect is excellent for the passage of a second time in the House of Repreprints and it is hoped that steps will be taken in the Senate to revise the rules of the Senate in a way to make such a filibuster as was carried on by the Southern Democrats impossible. In announcing the new campaign in behalf of the Dyer bill, Wesley Weldon Johnson secures the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said Ask Co-operation. "The N. A. A. C. P. has told colored Americans that the Dyer anti-lynch bill was not a dead issue. In fact, it is more alive than ever. Since the Dyer became a law, the bill it has spread broadcast. Public sentiment has been crystallizing about it, and the conviction has gained ground, among white as well as among colored people that this measure ought to be enacted. The bill it has spread is comparable only to the intense interest in the slavery issue which was not allowed to rest until it was settled and was settled right. The lynching issue must be settled and settled the bill has met, it will continue to be agitated. "The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will again keep in close touch with the situation in Washington, will inform colored Americans of the status of the bill, and will devote its most strenuous effort to carrying the fight to a successful conclusion. In the fight we want the man and woman in the United States, and of every organization, religious, secular and fraternal. This is a fight for American civilization as well as for the colored people." EXPOSE LOUISIANA JUDGES AS KLUXERS Baton Rouge, IA, March 30.—Gorner Parker declared today he would not consider the appointment of either District Judge Robert Roberts of Minden or District Judge J. E. Reynolds of Arcadia to the vacancy on the Louisiana Court of Appeals, because they believed they would not appoint the Klu Klan. He reminded delegations of their supporters who called on him that he had made a public declaration that he would not appoint a member of the Klan to office, and he said this applied especially to Judges. A lawyer knows the majesty of the "lord," said the Governor "and a Judge on the bench must enforce it. I certainly will not name a man who has taken the Klan oath as Judge to enforce the laws of the state." The Governor was said to have produced the membership list of the Minden klan and to have read the name of Judge Roberts as a klan. Governor Parker then asked Mr. Reynolds if he had joined the Shreveport klan and it is said he admitted he had. Courtesy Jury Mates Out Swift Justice. A colored murderer in Hazard Kentucky, asked for an all-colored jury to present his case. He not his wish, and the first all-colored jury in the State convicted him in eleven minutes and he was sentenced to the penitentiary for twenty-one years. Hand Bags, Golf Balls On House StationeryBill Washington, March 30.—The workers of this country are given another cause for speculation as to the why and wherefore of the high cost of governmental operation. The annual report to the clerk of the House of Congress shows, in various articles, such as flasks, unbreakable pint bottle, ladies' bags, manicure sets and golf balls bought for the House stationery room where congressmen obtain their office supplies. Curious persons are led to wonder as to the office demands of congressmen. In the exercise of congressional duties, some of the representatives developed strange needs. The clerks' report shows that 319 pocket knives were bought and some twelve dozen golf balls. Congressmen are allowed a stipulated sum annually for "stationary" purposes. Many of the congressmen who couldn't use up all this money on stationery and its accessories had the clerk buy them safety razors, cigar and cigarette cases, golf balls, etc. Because of this alleged abuse of the clerk, they voked that henceforth the practice was to stop. But the most recent annual report shows that, if anything, the rule was more freely violated than ever. No less than five sewing sets were bought by the clerk, and despite the rule, women members of congress during the last session, 65 ladies' bags were bought out of the stationery fund. TURK ENVOY HERE CRITICISES U. S. TURK ENVOY HERE CRITICISES U. S. Rechad Rey Says Government Uses Protection of Christians As Excuse to Interfere (Crusader Service) Washington, Mar. 30.—Rechad Rey, who during the past twelve months has been "diplomatic agent" of the Angora government in London and has been appointed to represent turkey in the United States guilty of outspoken critic of the pharaohal hypocrisy of this country. In a statement given to the British press last November he declared that the American administration, in taking exception to the Christian minority in Asia Minor, was guilty of "lamentable ignorance," that its views were "based on the wildest and most unreliable of evidence," "were born of hate, were characterized by insult and insultation," and that the government at Washington had become "an instrument of foreign intrigue, and had endeavored to use the protection of the Christian minorities in Asia Minor as a pretext for intervening in the domestic affairs of which is jealous of its sovereign rights." The incident recalls the case of Rustem Pacha, another Turkish diplomat, who, toward the close of 1914, was compelled to take his departure from Turkey to view views he published, in which he declared that the Christian minorities in Turkey were better treated than the colored population in the United States and in the Philippines under German rule, and to the White House for an explanation he adhered to his statements, and gave President Wilson to understand that he would well to do away with the "water cures" in the Philippines and the "horrible yachings and massacres" in the United States" before offering advice to Turkey or presuming to interfere there. KLAN BOASTS 1,200 IN BOROUGH OF QUEENS NeW York, March 30.—The claim was made yesterday that the Ku Klux Klan has 1,200 members in Long Island City. The Hunter's Point Community. Council adopted resolutions denouncing the Klan a week ago, and a local newspaper quoted John Sulivan its president, as having characterized the klan's activities as un-American and against the Constitution, a letter signed the reservation day a letter signed "One of the K.K.K." which read in part as follows: "Well, we are in Long Island City and won't get out for J. Silulian. We will be there," he said, and are doing things in Long Island City for the benefit of the people. "We have gained over 1,200 members in the vicinity of Long Island City, and we are doing things in mind; you are in America, not in Ireland." Poetic Genius Recognized. The ability of the colored American to produce poetry of a high order, first conspicuously revealed in the work of Paul Lawrence Dunbar, was recognized by the Poetry Society of America in the invitation extended to James Weldon Johnson, to address the Society at its recent meeting in New York. He wrote, "Creation," which is considered one of the most artistic and original of contemporary poetic productions. THE APPEAL. EASON SLAYERS GUILTY New Orleans, March 30.—A verdict of manslaughter was found by a jury yesterday in the case of William Shakespeare and Constantine Dyer, two followers of Marcus Garvey who were tried for killing the Rev. J. W. H. Eason, an opponent of Garvey and one of the principal witnesses who were to have testified against Garvey in the Federal case charging him with fraudulent use of the mails. Dr. Eason was fatally wounded following a church meeting January 1, at which he spoke against Marcus Garvey. Eason was formerly a supporter of Garvey but following federal indictment of Garvey on the charge of fraudulent use of the United States mails, left the Garvey organization and publicly condemned Garvey as an embezzler of funds of the Universal Negro Improvement Association of which the latter is head. PULLMAN PORTER UNREST SPREADS Plans for Permanent Organization Made As Complaints of Treatment Flood in Chicago, March 30. Inquiries regarding a permanent organization and reports of recent changes of Pullman porters throughout the country are coming in here daily as a result of the recent press reports that porters are planning an organized move for better working conditions. Indications are that the unrest is widespread. Secret meetings have been held in Chicago, Louis and Buffalo, the chief railway junction points of the Middle West. Many Grievances The Pullman Porters, who are recognized by the traveling public as an indispensable adjunct to railway service, cite a long list of grievances against their employers, chief among which are long hours and low pay. Only a few years ago the average Pulmanporter's salary was $27.00 per month. It now averages only about $60.00, or $15.00 per week. The lowest wage of unskilled laborers who work railroads is seldom less than $5.00 per week. They are peremptorily discharged without notice upon the slightest caprice of other members of the crew or complaints of passengers, although upon application for employment they are required to furnish a history of trees for five years prior to application. Although not in charge of the cars on which they work, the Pulman porters are held absolutely responsible for all Pulman equipment on the car, and for passengers' losses. In short, according to several veteran porters, who are prime movers the threatened revolt, all that a Pulmanporter has years of faithful service, is a set of stripes on his coat sleeve and imminent danger of arbitrary discharge. Quietus on Complaints. It is pointed out that the Pullman company has been on the alert to prevent any concerted effort against prevailing conditions. Several organizations which have been created to improve working conditions among workers have been quickly taken over and subsidized by the Pullman company, it is declared. Porters have been taken from their runs and placed in high salaried position for the purpose of placating the ignorant masses, they say. WITHDRAWAL OF TROOPS ROUSES COLORED DEPUTY (Crusader Service) Paris, March 24—Gratier Candace, a color member of the Chamber of Deputies in Paris, has written Premier Poincare announcing is intention to question the Premier in the Chamber concerning the withdrawal from the Ruhr of 200 colored soldiers coming from Martinique and Guadeloupe. Poincare, published regarding the withdrawal, permit the inference that it was in consequence of "the abominable German campaign against troops of color, notwithstanding straightforward and unexceptional actions," from American such as Major Gen. Hert T, Allen and Col. Coleman, after a searching investigation." The letter concludes by saying that at a moment when France is about to ask her colonies to furnish one-third of their military effect, ought to strengthen the bond written overseas possessions by "restoring the dissolvent action of all foreign propaganda." Rev. E. A. Jordan Created Stir in January When He Received Klan Emissary MAY LECTURE FOR KLUXERS Has Addressed K. K. K. Meetings Several Times; Stand Praised by Klan Resentment of his officers and congregation at his friendliness toward and activity in behalf of the Ku Klux Klan is believed to be the reason for the resignation of Rev. E. A. Jordan as pastor of the First Christian church, Nelson and Farrington avenues. It was announced Wednesday that the congregation had accepted the resignation and that the church board had ratified it. Rev. Mr. Johnson has announced he will remain in St. Paul and continue his lectures and his writings. Announcement that he will continue lecture work is believed to be an indication that he will devote much of his time to lecturing in favor of the Ku Klux Klan. Addressed Klan He already has addressed the klan on various occasions. He spoke at a meeting of the organization in the PFW office, and he was revoked. Rev. Mr. Jordan became well known in St. Paul when, early in January, a letter from the klan was presented to him during a Sunday morning service by a man who came down the aisle and met him in the middle of the sermon. The letter, which complimented the pastor for his treatment of the klan, was read for the congregation at the service. He said the "inclosed token" showed the esteem of the organization for him. Was Unmasked. The klan emissary was not masked. Members of the church said they had not seen him before. Many in the congregation at the time said they believed about 25 strangers at the services were members of the klan assembled to witness the presentation of the Rev. Mr. Jordan came to St. Paul from Metropolis, Ill., and has been pastor of the church, which is at Nelson and Farrington aves., since October, 1921. Rehabilitated Veteran Gets Government Position Ray H. Johnson, 4529 Lyndale avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota, is another example of the way veterans rehabilitation by the U. S. Veterans' Bureau are held. He recounted the civil service examination and has received an appointment with the Bureau of Internal Revenue at Washington at an initial salary of $2,200 per annum, which is double his average pre-war earnings. After two years, becoming a sergeant in the Headquarters Company of the 168th Infantry. He was gassed and also received a shrapnel wound in his left leg. His present disability is myocarditis and chronic nephritis resulting from a heart attack. Before the war he had worked in a garage and in a lumber yard, but his disabilities rendered a return to those employments impossible. He was accordingly awarded a course vocational from the Veterans' Bureau to overcome his handicap. Being a high school graduate he was given a course in one of the best business colleges in Minneapolis, leading to the employment objectives of auditor and accountant. This was supplemented by practical training in a bank at Hector, Minnesota, and with a firm of accountants in Minneapolis. When the Veterans' Bureau declared him rehabilitation, he was well prepared to carry on in an occupation which injuries would not be a handicap. One who knows him well says, "Mr Johnson deserves credit for the rapid erudes he has made in the accounting field. He has trained the training record, and is highly recommended by the concerns with whom he has been. He accepted a Government contract in 1994, and openings that were available to him with Minneapolis accounting concerns. (Grusader Service) Kingston, Jamaica, Mar. 30—Lord Burham, editor of the London Telegraph, who visiting here as an observer, has been asked to satisfaction with prevailing political and economic condition from representative public here. J. A. G. Smith, Simpson, Young and G. colored men, assured Lord Burham that they are matterly opposed to the island handled over to the United States and they are anxious to see fewer South African officials with colored prejudice sent here. Graduated From "U" Farm School Miss Beulah Stephens. Miss Beulah Stephens, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Stephens, 1031 Park avenue, was a member of the class of 93 which was graduated from the University Farm School last Wednesday afternoon. Miss Stephens finished courses in various phases of homekeeping. URGE ANTI-KLAN BILL IN NEW YORK Herbert Seligman Tells Legisla ture Klan Should Publish Membership List Albany, March 30.—The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was represented here today at hearings before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, its representative, the Ku Klux Klan, and the Walker bill which is designed to compel membership corporations and particularly the Ku Klux Klan to file lists of their members with the Secretary of State. The Advancement Association was represented by its representatives, Herbert J. Seligmann, who said: "Secretcy is usually invoked by burglaries, murderers, pickpockets and others of their class when they go about their business. You do not have on a mask to preach tolerance, love of your fellow man and good citizenship. "We have the testimony of a former officer of the Ku Klux Klan, delivered before the congressional committee investigating the klan, that the klan is waging an effort to intention to gain control of New York. It is because the secrecy in which this organization works produces crime, hatred, distrust and conditions bordering on civil warfare, that the klan is waging an enactment of the Walker bill which tears the mask from the face of its members." U. N. I. L. A. SPIRIT DEAD / IN BRITISH GUIANA Georgetown, Br. G., March—The Rev. Dr. Tobbitt, an official of the U. N. I. A. of New York, arrived in this colony recently and after a short stay proceeded to Surinam, Dutch Guiana. There are two branches of the U. N. I. A. here, but due to frequent financial disturbances and the loss of confidence generally in the New York office, the general spirit is one of rapid alienation, being rapidly alienated. High salaries paid to officials are said to be one of the principal causes of dissatisfaction. NAVY PROMISES INQUIRY IN VIRGIN ISLANDS New York, March 30—Theodore Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the Navy, has written to the National Association for the Protection of孕童 by promising investigation of complaints that free speech is being denied the natives of the Virgin Islands. Complaint had been forwarded to M. Weldon in a letter written by James Weldon Johnson, secretary of the association. 50 TEXAS SOLONS AT MEETING OF KLAN Russell Service Austin, Texas, 78703 More than fifty members of the House of Representatives are reported to have attended a special meeting of the local Ku-klux Klan here last night. The election contest case against Senator-atey Becker has been filed in the United States Senate, was the principal matter discussed. Colored Town Without A Jail Mound Bayou, Mississippi, has not had a jail for the past twenty-five years. Mound Bayou is a colored town with a $50,000 school, hospital, bank, colored business only, and cooled city officials. "People are too busy to get into trouble," says lasiah Montgomery, the founder. STARTING MONDAY THE EMPORIUM SINCE 1917 GENERAL STORE OF THE POWER GROUP SAINT PAUL 21st ANNIVERSARY SALE "NEGRO SANHEDRIN," NATION WIDE IN REPRESENTATION, PLAN Six Civil Rights Bodies Stress Need For United Front and Call All Groups and Organizations To Confer on Problems. DATE AND PLACE TO BE SET IN NEAR FUTURE (Crusader Service.) New York, March 24.—In complete unanimity in the opinion, based upon actual experience in the field, that enmity toward Americans of African descent is on the increase rather than otherwise, the Conference of Civil Rights organizations held in this city on March 23 and 24 has issued a call for an all-race conference to be held some time before April 1, 1924. A detailed call specifying time and place, agenda and representation will be issued later by the committee and arrangements which is for the present composed of Dean Miller, William Monroe Trotter, James L. Neil, James Weldon Johnson, Robert W. Bagnall, Dr. D. N. E. Campbell, Rev. Jernigan, Richard B. Moore, Otto E. Husiwoud, with Dr. Shaw and Mr. Briggs as ex-officio members in their capacity of president and secretary, respectively, of the conference which, before its adjournment, voted to go into permanent being and elected another permanent officer, Mr. James Weldon Johnson, as treasurer. SIGN CONCORDAT AT CONFERENCE Document of Harmony Drawn Up Signed by Leaders at N. Y. Meeting 'New York, March 24'-History was enacted here today. The preliminary united front conference called by Kelly Miller and the National Equal Rights Amendment proved successful beyond the oldest of the groups. A new epoch—an epoch of unity and strength—was ushered in for the sorely oppressed colored American as the six leading champions of his civil and manhood rights, through their own representatives, signed a concordat this afternoon calling for the "closest co-operation and the most harmonious relationship" among organizations which, no matter with what differences, neither of opinion methods, are nevertheless "all striving for one great common goal." "We are the only group without an effective voice in the government. Why shouldn't we have a Negro as president? We are the only group of any of the other governing bodies? "Now if the Catholics and the Jews have sufficient brains and interests to justify themselves in forming organizations to protect their interests, it is not only that they should so do. We have unlimited potential political power. We have all the political rights that any other American citizen has, only we haven't developed the same power." We was followed by Mr. Richard B. Moore who made the following points: "There is this happy thought: that this is a time of reconstruction. It seems to me that all the oppressed groups of the earth have made their start towards liberation. The Indians started of the age gregio gandhi Movement. Korea is fighting for independence. Russia through her great leaders has thrown down a challenge to the oppressive system which rules the world today. In Egypt the Zaghoulists are fighting brutal British oppression. In India there is this unrest, and if the Negro does not better himself, recognize the signs of the time now while changes are being made, his will be a terrible situation." While a number of electrifying addresses were made, the speakers were brief and to the point. Mr. Briggs made a request, address by an anonymous request, following an outline by the chairman of the invitations sent out and the purpose of the conference. Mr. Briggs declared that it was "a far cry from August, 1921, the time of the second Garvey convention, when B. B. were expelled from that convention for daring to broach the question of a united front, to this conference." The plan which the A. B. B. had set (Continued on second page) CHANDLER OWEN WILL TOUR WESTERN STATES (Crusader Service) New York, March 30—Chandler Wren, editor of the Messenger magazine, will set out on an extended lecture tour in the West in a few weeks. French Buy Tanner Picture. In the field of art the work of an American Negro, Henry O. Tanner, is receiving high praise on two continents. One of his pictures, "Christ and the Disciples at Emaus," has been owned by the government and hung in the Luxemburg Gallery. A collection of his pictures is being exhibited in America cities and receiving high praise. (Crusader Service.) $2.00 PER YEAR ISSUED BRIN," NATION PRESENTATION, PLAN s Stress Need For United Groups and Organi- fer on Problems. BE SET IN NEAR FUTURE complete unanimity in the opinion, in the field, that enmity toward it on the increase rather than Civil Rights organizations held in has issued a call for an all-race date before April 1, 1924. time and place, agenda and reply by the committee and arrange-composed of Dean Miller, William L. James Weldon Johnson, Robert Appell, Rev. Jernigan, Richard B. Bch Dr. Shaw and Mr. Briggs as facility of president and secretary, which, before its adjournment,ug and elected another permanent son, as treasurer. Nine Fields Represented It is proposed to have representation at the all-race conference from the following phases of Negro life; it will be apportioned by the committee of arrangements on the basis of an equal number of delegates from each section: Religious organizations, fraternal organizations, civil rights organizations, social organizations, educational organizations, organized press, labor organizations, business and professional organizations. The task of working out an agenda, basis of representation and preparing a detailed call will naturally take some time, and before the job is completed many experts on the various subjects to be dealt with will have to be co-opted to the present committee of arrangements. In the meantime, however, the six organizations composing the conference and issuing the call, express the hope that the colored press will give this call the widest circulation and that all colored organizations and bodies will begin at once to move in the direction of the race conference. It is the hope of the conference that liamentary rules and the regular red tape will be suspected in this case and that immediate action will be taken on a question so vital and important to the well-being of the masses as the calling of this all-race conference with the view of realizing and not defeat the ever-increasing onslaughts of the enemy. The call follows: "The world today has come to a critical period of its existence. Our race likewise has reached a crucial situation. The promises of amelioration the citizenship to easily made during the citizenship of great World War have failed of fulfillment. In this time of readjustment there is growing a very menacing spirit of animosity against the race and a determination to thrust the Negro down into the most servile circumstances and to maintain him there forever. "Now while world readjustment is in progress and when every other oppressed group is exerting itself to the utmost to gain its rights and liberties, the Negro race must best itriment and emerge with best thought and energy with the willstaff of slaughtered made against it and secure its due and rightful status: equal manhood rights and opportunities in every department of life. The race must be stimulated to utilize all available opportunities for constructive development and harmonious working relationships with the white race. Conference Need Urgent. "The need is urgent, nay, imperative, then, for the assembling of a national all-race conference to consider the present position of the race, ferreer out and unmask the hostile force harassed or lit, to take a plan of defence and protection, to discover the forces, agencies and organizations which may be utilized in that defence, to effect a united front of the race, and to devise ways to secure or for full and complete emancipation. The attention of the conference must be focused upon the following: Race prejudice, legal discriminations, economic exploitation, racial self-respect, religions, awakening, education within the race and between the races, political action, industrial betterment; such evils as lynching, Ku Kluxkum, segregation, disfranchisement, unequal enforcement of law, peace. A detailed call specifying time and place will be issued later by the committee of arrangements. Every colored organization should begin now to move in this direction, and the attention and energy of the race centered on the race will be maintained (Continued on second page). The Call. 302 Court Block, 24 E. 4th St. PHONE CEDAR 5649 Entered at the Postoffice in St. Paul, Minne- sota, as second-class mail matter, June 6, 1885, under Act of Congress, March 3, 1879. TERMS STRICTLY IN ADVANCE Single Copy, One Year.....$2.00 Single Copy, Six Months.....1.00 Single Copy, Three Months......50 ```markdown ``` THE WRONG GOSPEL It is generally accepted at this late day that the churches have a definite social mission to perform. Modern church plants have many other rooms besides the church auditorium in order to adequately do community service. It is particularly the province of colored ministers to be community leaders. They should be mindful of the general welfare of their people; they should be interested in more than attendance at the weekly prayer meeting and especially should they be interested and active in bringing about better relations between the races and in smootting the path for race progress. Obviously then, ministers who come north to cities where little if any discrimination is practised—where thousands of white people ask for the privilege of aiding their colored fellow citizens—should not use their positions of leadership to preach hate and distrust of white citizens and urge their colored congregations not to co-operate in joint efforts at civic and religious betterment. These kind of sermons are being preached in St. Paul. The minister is so used to staying off in the corner where the southern white folk put him, is so deluded with the idea that black people are self-sufficient that he advocates, off here in Minnesota, the policy of aloofness, distrust and hate. He is so foolish as to believe that the white man cannot teach him anything and that any black man can do anything that any white man can do, simply because he is a black man. This is the wrong gospel. It is one more reason why the mass of colored people refuse to follow leaders. It is a reason why potential white friends grow first puzzled, then indifferent and finally antagonistic. The spectacle of a minister who makes a grammatical error in every 100 spoken words affirming grandiloquently that white men cannot teach "us" anything and that "we" should stay to ourselves and enjoy "our own" is too ridiculous for polite words. Race pride is pardonable and wholly desirable, but in order for it to be real race pride and not vain puffing and boasting it must be based on achievement. If our minister-leader must utter anything outside the strict province of the Holy Scriptures let him advise his people to co-operate with and learn of the white man to the end that mutual progress may be made. This involves no sacrifice of "rights" or "pride," it simply calls for the exercise of common sense. Any other social gospel in St. Paul is the wrong gospel and should be run out of town by the colored citizens. A SPIRITED GOVERNOR (The Nation) It is not often that in the South men are convicted of lynching and then kept in jail afterward. There was a governor of Alabama who once permitted the sentencing of a half dozen men to the chain-gang because they had made lynching a sport until mere hanging became too tame, when they indulged in the burning of a half-witted Negro boy whose alleged victim denied that he had done her any harm. That, said the sheriff at Wetumpka, was going too far. So these gentle playboks were arrested and, amid the plaudits of the Northern press, were sent to the chain-gang for a long time. Unfortunately, the governor soon came up for re-election; his friends advised him he could not win again if it were said of him that he kept men in the road-gang merely for having indulged in the pastime of burning a "nigger." The men were promptly pardoned. The present governor of Virginia is made of better and sterner stuff. He has just refused to pardon a certain A. L. Napier, "a prominent citizen in Wise County," who joined in the lynching of a colored man in 1921 for an alleged crime, and for his part in this foul deed was sentenced to a year in prison. Governor Trinkle rightly declares that to grant clemency to this lightly punished man would be to "lend my sanction to mob violence." All honor to the governor, THE MAN WHO DARES I honor the man entious discharge o stand alone; the w intolerant judgmen the countenances o averted, and the he cold, but the senses be sweeter than the world, the counten the hearts of friends I honor the man who in the conscientious discharge of his duty dares to stand alone; the world, with ignorant, intolerant judgment, may condemn, the countenances of relatives may be averted, and the hearts of friends grow cold, but the sense of duty done shall be sweeter than the applause of the world, the countenances of relatives or the hearts of friends.—Charles Sumner. all the more because, as the press reports, he resisted much pressure brought to bear upon him on behalf of this prominent and worthy criminal. THE MARCH OF THE K. K. K. (From the Nation) The Ku Klux Klan is marching on. This is a fortnight's collection of reports reaching this office: El Paso—H. E. Gardner stood as candidate for mayor on a Ku Klux ticket. His robed brethren staged a campaign parade in his honor. East St. Louis—The Klan put up municipal candidates pledged "to support only Klansmen and Protestants for office, to appoint only a Protestant chief of police, and not to make any appointments before submitting them to a Klan committee." Benjamin Morrow's life was threatened after he admitted being paid by the Klan to distribute anonymous campaign literature; he stated in an affidavit that Klansmen there are prepared to assembly fully armed at a given signal. Pawnee, Okla.—The grand jury investigating activities of masked bands, in which one man was killed, reported that the inquiry was obstructed by the Klan secrecy oath. Topeka, Kans.—The former chief of police, Guy Swallow, and H. H. Witchen, a court organizer, were held in contempt of court for refusal to take oath as witnesses at a Ku Klux Klan ouster suit hearing. Releigh, N. C.—The State Senate, amid cheers from the crowded galleries, passed an innocuous bill allowing appearance in masks for "charitable" purposes and refused to pass a bill aimed to strip secrecy from klan membership. Albany, N. Y.—Following introduction of an anti-klan bill, legislators received a flood of anonymous letters denouncing "Jesuit schemes for the mastery of America" and the "notoriously lawless Jew." Caruthersville, Mo.—Two thousand Negro workers were driven from the cotton fields by hooded bands. Portland, Ore.—The governor and the mayor were speakers at a banquet given by the local klan. Mer Rouge—Six klansmen are on the grand jury investigating murders attributed to the klan. THE APPEAL'S PLATFORM (Reprinted from THE APPEAL September 15, 1903.) 1. THE APPEAL resents the claim so persistently by many Caucasians that this is a "white man's country." The colored people are citizens by right and birth and the Federal Constitution specifically places all citizens on equality before the law. 2. THE APPEAL believes that the idea advanced by certain persons that the Caucasian race has been especially commissioned by God to rule all of the colored races is blashemy 3. THE APPEAL firmly believes that in a republic there can be but one kind of citizen, hence challenges the right of the government—federal, state or local—to discriminate in any way between citizens by the enactment of any law which specifies that the colored people must be separated from or treated differently from the great body of citizens. THE APPEAL is opposed to class legislation of every kind. 4. THE APPEAL believes in manhood suffrage without any educational or property qualifications whatever, and contend that the law abiding man of good character, who does his duty as a citizen and risks his life in defense of the flag, should not be deprived of the ballot because THE SIN OF To sin by silent protest makes co- The human race has test. Had no voice injustice, ignorance quisition yet would To sin by silence when we should protest makes cowards out of men. The human race has climbed on protest. Had no voice been raised against injustice, ignorance and lust, the inquisition yet would serve the law, and guillotines decide our least disputes. The few who dare must speak and speak again to right the wrongs of many.—Ella Wheeler Wilcox. who in the consci- of his duty dares to world, with ignorant, ant, may condemn, of relatives may be arts of friends grow of duty done shall the applause of theances of relatives or.—Charles Sumner. he is poor and cannot read and write, Disfranchisement works irresistibly for the denial or abridgement of all the related rights of citizenship, because a voteless man has no right which any one is bound to respect. 5. THE APPEAL believes that the schools supported by public taxation should be open to all regardless of race, color or creed and that every parent should determine the kind of education he wishes his children to receive. 6. THE APPEAL believes that the statement that the Southern Caucasians pay the taxes necessary to educate the Southern colored people is an economic absurdity. That each man in his place pays as much tax as any other man in the community is an economic truism which has never been disputed by any reputable sociologist or political economist from Adam Smith down to the present time. 7. THE APPEAL knows that the colored people have been misrepresented in the matter of crime. Enemies have endeavored to prove that colored people are a criminal people, but their statements have been disproved by statistics. Caucasian-Americans commit more and baser crimes than colored people. 8. THE APPEAL is opposed to mob law and believes that mob license is more dangerous to the well-being and perpetuity of society than the isolated infractions of the law by individuals. 9. THE APPEAL does not believe that the Southern Caucasians are the best friends of the race. The Southern Caucasian idea of friendship is the relation of superior and inferior. In many cases the colored person who gains the "friendship" of a Southern Caucasian does so at the expense of his manhood. THE APPEAL is not willing for the settlement of the race question to be left to the unjust, un-American, unchristian South for settlement. 10. THE APPEAL refuses to consider any proposition that the colored man relinquish any of the political or civil rights now possessed by the race. Every effort should be made to retain those which exist and to regain those which have been lost. THE APPEAL reaffirms its unalterable determination to continue to battle for the right to the end and come what may, THE APPEAL will never give up the contention for justice and the absolute equality of all citizens under the law. Leaving the Show. Twenty thousand people committed suicide last year in the United States; which fact seems to be a re-fiction upon our well ordered life. It would seem that the great panorama which history is unfolding before us day by day, forever beckoning with its tomorrow and luring us with big events just around the corner from today—it would seem that the gripping panorama ought to hold us all in our seats upon this planet. We may be forsaken, we may be cold, sickly, unlovely and unloved, and yet it would seem that the daily story of life about us, the great tragic events that are looming before us in Europe and in Asia, and the great comedy that should cramp our sides with an enguished daughter here in America should be held us tightly upon the planet. Yet 20,000 of us have voluntarily got up and walked out, left the show cold and flat, and for what it perhaps they are going to be big show, perhaps they are only going to be bad. But they are missing a mighty good thing, nevertheless. The spinning world never before has held so much to charm the eye and engross the soul as it holds today. OF SILENCE once when we should wards out of men. has climbed on pro- been raised against he and lust, the in- l serve the law, and At Conference forth there for a federation of all organizations, each to retain its identity, Mr. Briggs thought the most feasible and practical. Amalgamation, he thought, would be impracticable, if not impossible, whereas federation on the lines of the British Labor Party could be easily worked out "if we are all willing to subordinate selfish interests to the general interests, and I take it that we are so willing." Kelly Miller, given the floor, said: "We represent, as is well-known, one-tenth of the total population of the United States. We are the only element of the America people who labor under legal discrimination. We shall off from marriage with the great white population; the other element is so shut off by law. I might say that such a law exists in 29 of the 48 states. "Then we labor under severe distinctions that no other non-white group does. We are shut into separate schools. We are shut into separate cars. We are cut off by marriage. Those of our later living lines of distinction under which no other group labors as our group does." Mr. Moore was followed by Mr. Weldon Johnson, who said: "As to actual accomplishments, what can this conference do? The signing of a concordat is one thing. We have very often been handicapped among colored people themselves by the reports that there was antagonism between the leaders. This isn't so true as has been noised about. This conference can accomplish to the Negroes of the United States the inspiring news that the leaders have gotten together, allowing for differences of opinion, but are working to a common end." The following concordat or agreement was signed by a representative or each of the organizations taking part in the conference, the rule being that the delegation must act as a committee which drew up the concordat would sign for his organization: Concordat We, the undersigned representatives of the following organizations: The African Blood Brotherhood, The Friends of Negro Freedom, The International Uplift League, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, The National Equal Rights League, The National Race Congress, assembled in conference in New York City, March 23-24, 1923. Knowing the strength of the forces opposed to justice and fair play for Americans of African descent, realize that those forces must be met by the closest co-operation and the most harmonious relationship possible among all agencies working for the civil and citizenship rights of Negro Americans. In order to secure the most effective action and the greatest results, we must guard against the slightest loss of energy from frictions and antagonisms. While each organization should reserve to itself its full antonomy and the use of its own best judgement as to the manner of carrying forward its aims and work, we should not allow any differences, either of opinions or methods, to blind us to the fact that we are all striving for one great common goal. We deplore as harmful and injurious to the best common interests any attitude which implies that loyalty to any organization organizations necessitates antagonism or the need of the others, or that membership in one in any way precludes membership and active interest in the others. It is, therefore, the sense of this conference, that we, the representatives of the above named organizations take active steps to bring about a closer relationship, both in action and in feeling; and That upon the great fundamental principles for which we all stand there shall be the greatest possible correlation and concentration of all our forces, that we may present to the common enemy a united front and inspire in the whole race united action. For the conference: AFRICAN BLOOD BROTHERHOOD, W. A. Domingo. FRIENDS OF NEGRO FREEDOM, George S. Schuyler. INTERNATIONAL UPLIFT LEAGUE, D. N. E. Campbell. THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE, James Weldon Johnson. NATIONAL RACE CONGRESS, Kelly Miller. NATIONAL EQUAL RIGHTS LEAGUE, Wm. Monroe Trotter. All-Race Call Issued (Continued from first page) this conference to the end that our race should at last achieve that improvement of its status for which we all hope and strive. (Signed) AFRICAN BLOOD BROTHERHOOD, Richard B. Moore, W. A. Domingo, Otto E. Husiwood. FRIENDS OF NEGRO FREEDOM, George S. Schuyler. INTERNATIONAL UPLIFT LEAGUE, N. N. E. Campbell. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION *FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COL-ORDED PEOPLE, James Weldon Johnson, Robert W. Bagnall, Richetta G. Randolph. NATIONAL EQUAL RIGHTS LEAGUE, James L. Neill, Matthew A. N. Shaw, Wm. Monroe Trotter. NATIONAL RACE CONGRESS, Kelly Miller. Public Utilities Secured. Through the efforts of local committees on race relations a park and winning pool have been secured for colored people in Atlanta, a detention home for colored girls in Savannah n. $88,000 recreation ground in Memphis, play ground and promise of winning pool in Louisville, and better traveling conditions on trains in Huge Increase in Use of Commercial Fertilizers in Last Twenty Years Revealed. MAKE SURVEY OF AGRICULTURE Virgin Soil of Nation Has at Length Worn Out and Fertility Must Be Added—Hired Men Get Better Pay. Washington.—The enigma of why American farming cannot survive under present conditions, although the prices of foodstuffs are higher than they were in any prewar year, is not the only topic dealt with in the report of the joint commission which investigated the agricultural crisis. The report itself constitutes a broad survey of farming as it is at present conducted and as such it makes clear what a change has come over the business of food production during the last 20 years. One prime characteristic of farming today is its increased and increasing use of fertilizer. The virgin soil of the nation that once produced a heavy series of crops year after year and seemed inexhaustible in its richness has at length worn out. Not even manures and the rotation of crops can sustain its productivity. Fertility has to be added and it must be added in the form of commercial fertilizers. At the beginning of the present century the farmers of America, and principally those of the older states east of the Mississippi, were buying commercial fertilizers at the rate of about $54,000,000 in value each year. In 1919 they spent nearly $380,000,000. Twenty years ago not $4,000,000 a year was spent for fertilizers by farmers west of the Mississippi river; in 1919 the farmers of that region spent approximately $27,000,000. The Pacific states are using nine times as much fertilizer now as they did then. These figures are evidence of the exhaustion of the soil. Hired Men Get Better Pay. The hired man on the farm gets better pay than he used to. His wages now, figuring in his board as part of his pay, are about three and one-half times what they were in 1898. It is costing farmers today nearly four times as much to feed their live stock as it did only ten years ago. In ten years the farms of the nation have nearly doubled in value, due to the increasing cost of land. The average farm in 1910 was valued at $5,471. The present value of the average farm is $10,54, while the total present farm value is close to $68,000,-000,000. This represents an increase of about $22,000,000,000. On this increased value interest must be paid, and the greater difficulty of making the farm pay as an investment is one of the things which is embarrassing our farming. Although in 20 years there has been a great increase in the use of farm machinery, the crop statistics do not indicate that machinery is increasing production. It is permitting fewer men to operate the farms, but it is not sending the farm output ahead of the increase in population. Yet, as farm labor grows harder and harder to get, the tendency is toward a greater use of machinery. This is another indication which points to higher food prices in the future. Farm Implements Cost More. Farm machinery and tools have greatly increased in price. So has lumber. Today one farm in every twenty-eight owns at least one tractor; two out of every hundred maintain motortrucks; while the automobile has now become so prevalent that practically one farm of every three has one. The great wheat and corn states of the upper and middle Mississippi valley are the chief users of tractors. Here there is a tractor for every nine farms. While machinery has not increased the output of crops per acre, it has increased crop output per unit of labor. The physical conditions of living on farms are growing better. The great number of automobiles in use—nearly 2,000,000 cars on the farms in 1920—is an indication of this. There are about 140,000 motortrucks and 250,000 tractors in use. Telephones are now installed in more than 2,000,000 American farmhouses, or in almost 40 percent of them. Nearly 650,000 American farm homes have their own water and sewerage systems. About 450,000 of them are lighted by gas or electricity. Science, while it has done much, has not yet rescued the farmer from the business hazards of weather, destructive insect pests, or plant and animal diseases. The commission believes much more can be done to render farming less exposed to these risks. Hand in hand with the increase in the value of the farm lands has gone an increase in the total mortgage on those lands. The lands themselves have nearly doubled in value, but the mortgage has considerably more than doubled. It is estimated that the present total mortgage debt on American farms is $8,683,000,000, as against approximately $3,600,000,000 in 1910. On the average the interest rate on the farm debt at present is 6.1 per cent. Overture - - - - Birdie Mead's Orchestra and End Ladies Song—"Driftwood" - - - Gladys Harris and Entire Company Jokes and Song—"Aggravatin' Papa" - - - Francis Glendon Stump Speech - - - May L. B. 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Old point, all carrying charges pre- rimmed in silk gauze and packed chocolate Dreams, as circled below: $5, $7, $10 ency, check, money order or stamps. and latest BK SWAN RECORDS from REACTION Records for sale. Come over. Tel. Cedar 9282 OCEAN TO OCEAN SWEET HOME PRODUCTS CO. MINNESOTA Tel. Dale 1741 Gardner's Cash and Carry Meat Market Francis Glendenon - Susie Tudos - Eulabell Moore Namol Thomas Charles H. Miller WEEK'S RECORD OF HAPPENINGS IN MINNECOTA'S CAPITAL. The "Saintly City" and Saintly City Folks—Neway Items of Social, Religious, Political and General Matters Among the People. SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1923. THE APPEAL ASKS AS A SPECIAL FAVOR THAT ITS READERS GIVE PREFERENCE TO THE ADVERTISERS WHO SEEK THEIR PATRONAGE BY ADVERTISING IN IT. SHOP IN THE APPEAL BEFORE SHOPPING ELSEWHERE. Mrs. J. S. Sparks continues to be ill at her home, 633 W. Central ave. Mrs. James A. Lee, of West Central, who has been ill with the Flu is convalescent. Mr. and Mrs. G. Mundell of 417 Rondo st., entertained the T. N. T. 500 club Monday evening. Mrs. John Folling, of 418 Rondo street who was at St. Marys hospital in Rochester, Minn., has returned home and is convalescent. PIONEER LODGE NO. 1, F. AND A. M. meets first and third Monday in each month at Kensington Hall, 588 Rondo St., at 8:00 P.M. M. G. W. L. Jackson, W. M.; J. H. Dillingham, Secy., 569 Rondo St., Tel. Dale 0872. Keep in mind the minstrel to be given by the City Federation on April 3 at Union Hall for the benefit of Crispus Attucks Home, directed by Mr. C. H. Miller. HOUSEHOLD OF RUTH NO. 553, G. U. O. of O. F., meets the third Monday in each month at Union Hall, corner of Aurora and Kents streets at 8:00 P.M. Mrs. Jessie Brown, M. N. C. : Mr. Carrie E. Lindsay, W. E., 426 Rondo street. Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Mason, 1045 Cross avenue, will entertain in the near future at a very unique party celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary. Office: Cedar 0508 Res.: Dale 2947 Res.: 678 St. Anthony Ave. MRS. T. H. LYLES Successor to T. H. LYLE UNDEBTAKING CO. 150 W. Fourth St 150 W. Fourth St. ST. PAUL A few of Attorney Francis' many friends surprised him on last Monday evening, the occasion being his birthday and presented him with a beautiful legal case. Mr. R. C. Shane, 934 Gaultier, St. Paul, Minn., has been elected general secretary of the Sleeping and Dining Car Employees Union succeeding Mr. Clarence Rhoper. Don't miss the minstrel to be given April 3, at Union Hall. It will be a scream under the auspices of the city federation. Director Charles H. Miller, chairman, Mrs. Maude Brooks. CASE CAR SERVICE—Persons desiring motor car service for any occasion may get the use of an elegant new seven-passenger Case sedan, by calling at 528 W. Central avenue or calling up Dale 8412. Rates reasonable. Mrs. Cora Bell Grissom, president of the City Federation urges all clubs that are working so earnestly on the drive for the benefit of Crispus Atkinson to make their clock Friday, April 6th, at 2 o'clock at the "T" Center. INSIST ON GETTING CLOVER LEAF BUTTER TILDEN PRODUCE CO. CHURNERS The Annual Sermon Committee of the G. U. O. of O. F. will meet April 5th, 8 p. m. at the residence of Mr. James R. Jones to complete arrangements for the annual sermon of the order at Union hall, 2nd Sunday in May. Mr. S. E. Hall, a member of the mayor's advisory board made a very interesting address on the Ford plant in St. Paul and on other civic affairs before the Adelphia club, Tuesday afternoon at the residence of Mrs. Alice Gooden, 514 Fulley ave. Mrs. W. F. Griffin entertained a number of friends at a birthday party given in honor of her husband, Mr. W. F. Griffin at their cafe, 388 Kent st. The cafe was prettily decorated for the occasion. A dainty lunch was served and covers were laid for eighteen. Mrs. Girlie Bakeman of Winnipeg, accompanied by her brother, Donald Howard, went to Waterloo, Iowa, the first part of the week, and returned Thursday. They came to St. Paul to bury their brother, Weldon Howard, who died in Moose Jaw. Mr. Howard has returned to Canada and Mrs. DEPOSITS Made on or before April 10 will draw 3 months interest July 1st 1923. THE STATE SAVINGS BANK 93 E. FOURTH ST. 4% Interest on Savings Compounded quarterly H. DOROSHOW FUR CO. Advance Showing of Fur Chokers at $4 up WE SAVE YOU 30 TO 40% ON REPAIRING AND REMODELING BECAUSE OF OUR LOW RENT Free Fur Storage for the Summer Months. See us first. 444 ST. PETER ST. TEL. CEDAR 2919 Bakeman will return to her home in a few days. Mrs. Carrie McCracken Anderson died Sunday at 8:30 a.m. She was born on March 28, Iowa. On December 28 she placed the City Hospital suffering with an infected thumb which soon developed into blood poisoning. The deceased is survived by her husband and three small children, one child having died last November; father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. S. H. McCracken, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa; two brothers, Charles McCracken, Des Moines, Iowa; and F. D. McCracken, St. Paul; three sisters, Mrs. Myra B. Gater, Ames, Iowa; and Mrs. Gertrude Thomas and Mrs. Nell Wheeler. Minneapolis medical services were held at Simpson and Wills' Chapel, 234 West 4th street, Thursday. Interment at Oakland cemetery. FOURTH ANNUAL POOL TOURNAMENT To Be Held at Walker Williams' Recreation Parlor On Thursday, April the 5th, Walker Williams, Popular Recreation Parlor, 554 St. Anthony avenue, will hold its Fourth Annual Pool Tournament. The contestants are Messrs. T. Luck, J. W. Thomas, J. Younger, Lewis, Baumgardner, J. A. Moore, Sam Ransom, Smith. The public is cordially invited to witness the contest. A prize will be given to the winner. NEW STUNT IS SPRUNG BY COLORED ROBBERS (Crusader Service) New York, March 30.—Ripping off trouser legs of victims, who resist their efforts to search them is the latest expedient adopted by hold-up men. Rushing into one West 100th street station early yesterday morning, with his left trouser leg missing, men were taken off a old oil engine on a Standard Oil tanker lying at Pier 18, Hoboken, told Detectives William Boyle and Joseph Nelson that the trouser leg, including the pocket containing $165 in American and $20 in Mexican money, had been ripped off by two colored men when he struggled with them after they had dragged him into a hallway, while he was walking east on 134th street, near Lenox avenue, and ordered him to turn over his money. MR. RENTOR! REV. E. W. GILLES SAYS: In the course of a lifetime, one pays out enough to build several houses, and the other man has the houses and the one who has done the paying has the rent receipts. Think It Over and Consult Your Real Estate Dealer FRED D. McCRACKEN 323 Metropolitan Bank Building. Tel. Cedar 8190. "Women's Garments ON CREDIT As Cheap As For Cash" 744 Rondo Bring in this coupon, it entitles you to all the privileges of the Lewis-Credit System. O. SPICER'S DRY GOODS STORE Money's worth or money refunded Full line of Ladies' and Gent's Silk Hose Spring and Summer Underwear at very reasonable prices Exclusive Hatters Fine Hats and Caps at popular prices Charter Gilman $4 Mallory $5 Stetsons $7 Caps $1.50 to $5.50 Two Stores 29 West 7th Near St. Peter 7th & Robert At McCluskey's CHARTER GILMAN THE HATTER We money back our headwear Neckwear Selections Furnishings Main Floor Direct entrance on Wabasha LA and DRDS Bros. set Sheet Music ```markdown ``` W. J. Dyer & Bros. 21-27 West Fifth Street Pianos Saxaphones Sheet Music W.H.MYERS STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES FUR CO. Pers at $4 up ING AND REMODELING RENT months. See us first. in the City of Saint Paul and that Forty-five per cent of them are owned by the occupants. The opening of a Savings Account was the beginning of thousands of these homes. Regular deposits in a Savings Account made them possible. Do It With a Savings Account You can start with $1.00 THE Dale 0482 Great Northern Says Shipper Pays Bill If Laws Increase Railroad Costs Prices of nearly all necessaries of life are too high. The average freight rate for the whole country, which is the lowest in the world, is now 46 per cent higher than the average rate during the ten-year period beginning with 1900. In November, 1922, the average increase of the wholesale prices of all commodities, as compared with the same period was 79 per cent. Railroad rates can be reduced in only one way—by reducing the cost of hauling freight and passengers. When a lawmaker says he wants lower freight rates and then proposes laws that will make it cost more to haul freight, that man is not sincere or he has not thought out the question fully. The railroads have only one source of revenue, viz., from freight and passenger earnings. If their expenses are increased they must have more income to meet the larger expenses, and they can get this income only by charging higher rates. Some people are for Government operation of the railroads. Twenty-six months of it in this country proved it is expensive and does not give good service. Other countries have had the same experience; Italy owns its railroads, but it costs so much to operate them that great efforts are being made to turn them over to private operation. The shipper will suffer again if Government operation returns in the United States. Only two classes are openly and frankly for it—politicians who use it for campaign talk, and labor leaders who believe it will make more jobs. Both of these favor it to further their own ends. The lawmaker cannot add to the expenses of the railroad by forcing it to make unnecessary expenditures without hurting the shipper who has to pay the bill in the end. Low rates and good service both are needed; poor bankrupt railroads cannot give either one. How the shipper is served by this type of politician is illustrated by the fable of The Farmer and the New Hired Man A farmer had an old horse that for many years had hauled his farm products to market, and being well fed had strength to haul a big load every day. Finally there came hard times for the farmer. He had good crops, but the prices he received for his crops had not gone up so much as the prices he had to pay for his clothes, his shoes, his fuel, his groceries, and his hired help. He did not know what to do. A friend told him his troubles were because his horse ate so much of his grain and hay. The old horse in fact did not eat any more than was necessary to keep him well and strong, but the farmer turned him over to a new hired man who had radical theories about the treatment of horses. He beat the old horse almost to death, hung heavy weights on his harness, set the dogs on him, offered him food and took it away before he could eat it. Then, to make the old horse easier to handle, the new hired man hobbled him so he could hardly move and beat him more than ever because he did not go faster. When the new hired man told the farmer what he was doing, he was full of glee at the great joke on the old horse. At last when the old horse had been made weak and lame the hired man said to the farmer: "Your old horse is so sick and broken down he will never be able to haul your stuff unless you get Uncle Sam to take him and hire some more men to help doctor him up and drive him." The farmer remembered that once when Uncle Sam had managed the old horse it cost a great deal more than ever before to do his hauling, so he decided to change hired men and see that the old-horse had decent treatment, but he was UP AGAINST IT to get his hauling done while his old horse was getting strong again. Besides our display of New Easter Modes, we are doing a wonderful business in remodeling and making to order. White Front Provision Co. Formerly St. Anthony Provision Co. GROCERIES AND MEATS Full line of fresh Vegetables Fresh Fish in Season Watch for our opening date! C. A. Frederick, Prop. 559 St. Anthony Ave. Cor. Kent CASH PAID FOR OLD GOLD Gold in any form including old jewelry, dental crowns and bridges; also platinum and silver. FRANK A. UBEL 478 WABASHA ST. We Satisfy We Satisfy Busy Corner Rondo and Western Staple and Fancy Groceries Cigars, Cigarettes, Tobacco and Candy Ice Cream and Soft Drinks 381 Rondo Dale 8807 STOP COUGHING! BROTCHNER'S COUGH SYRUP WILL STOP COUGHS AND COLDS Prescriptions Properly Prepaired -at- Brotchner's Pharmacy Dale & Rondo Tel. Dale 3454 Central Cash and Carry Grocery 263 W. Central, Cor. Jay. FULL LINE OF FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. Come and Give Us a Trial Great North Bill If Laws Prices of near $15.00 This Garland Steamer Trunk is built from best materials throughout. The box is 3-ply veneer wood, hard vulcanized fiber covered. The hardware is cold rolled steel. This Trunk is full cloth lined, 37-inch and 40-inch. Sixth at Cedar GARLAND LUGGAGE SHOP Sixth at Cedar For SHOES Try This Pair High Grade Oxfords Our fair policy and our exceptional low prices would mean little to you if the shoes themselves were not of the type upon which you could safely depend in giving you complete satisfaction. Stanley-Reem Shoe Co. 400 Robert Street-Ryan Hotel The Edwin Clapp SHOE Custom like shoes and oxfords THE DOINGS IN AND ABOUT THE GREAT "FLOUR CITY." SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1923. Mr. Martin Brown, after spending the winter in Oklahoma and Kansas, returned home last Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Madison Jackson, 2003 Franklin avenue, S. E., returned Friday from a visit with their daughter, Marvel, at Columbus, Ohio. The public, rightly enough, is very much interested in the work being done for the disabled veterans of the World War by and through the U. S. Veterans' Bureau, C. D. Hibbard, District Manager. A few typical figures from the report for December will help one to understand the huge volume of work disposed of by this organization: 1. During the month 13,938 pieces of mail were received and 13,887 sent out. 2. The disbursing officer drew 23,095 checks for salaries, compensation training pay and miscellaneous purposes. 3. Medical examinations, general special and dental, numbering 8,392 were received. 4. Medical out-patient relief treatments numbered 4,809. 5. Dental out-patient treatments totalled 1,956. 6. Six hundred sixty-three applications for vocational training were received. 7. There are 5,402 men taking vocational training to overcome their vocational handicaps. They are preparing themselves to carry on in about 250 separate vocations, and are distributed for purposes of instruction as follows: (a) In shops and industrial plants, 1,622. (b) In schools and colleges 3,780. There are 7179 taking regular college courses and 395 in special courses, 614 are in commercial schools, 164 are in trade, industrial educational schools and 503 in miscellaneous schools. 8. The co-operation section had interviews with 13,286 claimants during this same period. This summary does not cover all the activities of the Bureau, but gives a glimpse of the amount and variety of beneficial work conducted. ANNUAL FORFEITED SALE. OFFICE OF COUNTY AUDITOR, COUNTY of Ramsey, State of Minnesota—as. Notary Expiration of Time of Redemption. No. 18421. To Edward Dengere: (1) You are hereby notified that the following County of Land situated in the County of Ramsey, State of Minnesota, and known and described as follows, to-wit: Florida Street in Langevin's Second Addition and East line of Minnetonka Street in Langevin's Second Addition and East line of Minnetonka Street in Langevin's Second Addition and East line of Florida Street 150 feet, thence South on line parallel with East line of Minnetonka Street in Langevin's Second Addition and East line of Florida Street 90 feet to beginning, being part of Lot Eight (8) in Section Five (5), North 221, in newly assessed in your name. (2) That on the 10th day of May, 1909, at a sale of land pursuant to the real estate tax, and by the District Court in said County of Ramsey on the 20th day of April, 1909, in proceedings to enforce the payment of taxes delinquent upon the County of Ramsey, the above described piece. or parcel. of land was duly offered for sale, and no one bidding upon it was allowed for the State of Minnesota for the sum of $(\$ 21) Nine Dollars and Twenty-one Cents. (3) That thereafter, and on the 8th day of August, 1909, not having been redeemed from said sale, was sold and conveyed at public sale by the County Auditor of said county, and pursuant to the statute, to an actual purported sum of Ten Dollars and Eighty-two Cents. (4) That the amount required to redeem said piece, or parcel, of land from said sale, is $10,000. That the amount notice is the sum of ($10.82) Ten Dollars and Eighty-two Cents, and interest at the rate of 12 per cent per annum on ($10.82) Ten Dollars and Eighty-two Cents, from said 8th of August, 1921, to the day such redemption is made. (5) That the tax certificate of sale issued to said purchaser has been presented to me holder thereof and this notice requested. (6) That the time for the redemption of said piece, or parcel, of land from said tax service, is the time for the filing of service of this notice, and the filing of proof of such service in my office. Witness my hand and official seal this 2nd day of September, 1921. (Official seal) GEO. J. RIES. Auditor Ramsey Deputy, Deputy. By Ed W. Peterson, Deputy. BOY SCOUTS (Conducted by National Council of the Boy Scouts of America.) (Conducted by National Council of the Boy Scouts of America.) WHAT BOY SCOUTS HAVE DONE The Boy Scouts of America celebrated the week of the thirteenth anniversary—February 8-15. In its brief history, 2,000,000 American boys have been influenced by its program of character building and citizenship training, and have promised to follow the scout oath which is as follows: "On my honor I will do my best: "1. To do my duty to God and my country, and to obey the scout law; "2. To help other people at all times; "3. To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight." The present membership of boys and leaders is over one-half a million. The boy scout program in providing wholesome work and play for the boy in his leisure time, has proved a remarkable aid in the prevention of juvenile delinquency. A large number of universities, colleges, normal schools and theological seminaries have placed the study of scout leadership in their curriculum. Grade schools are becoming interested in placing the study of the program in their work in connection with citizenship training. The boy scout movement stresses out-of-door life because it believes that to be the most helpful type of citizen, a boy must become a strong and healthy man. Summer camping has been put on an organized basis, through the efforts of the movement. Last summer 200,000 boy scouts went into camp for two weeks or more. As an aid to the boy in keeping mentally alert, the program offers merit badges for accomplishment in 61 various subjects. Scouts through the merit badge system have wonderful opportunity to choose wisely and thoughtfully their future vocation. The wholesome activity, splendid courage and skill shown by boy scouts have furnished literature for boys with high and noble themes. The movement also produces a magazine for boys that has set an excellent standard in boy reading. Many cities and towns have been recipients of services from the boy scouts in such work as campaigns for safety first, clean-up, better health, forest fire prevention, wild-life conservation, bird protection, and similar important public interests. This service is a direct outcome of the training which emphasizes "citizenship through service." Competent first aid has been given by the scouts in countless individual cases, and in connection with many public disasters, such as the 1918 influenza epidemic, the Pueblo flood, the Knickerbocker theater tragedy. Six hundred and three gold medals have been awarded to boy scouts who have risked their lives to save others. The scout slogan—"Do a Good Turn Daily"—has become famous throughout the country. With a half million scouts and leaders seeking daily for the opportunity to perform an act of kindness, one readily realizes the tremendous force for community welfare that lies in the boy scout training. HELPS BOY "COME BACK" The "come back" of a young Hungarian boy of a Middle-west town, broken down in body from undernourishment and in soul by harsh treatment in his home, to a condition of usefulness and happiness, contains a fine tribute to the boy scouts, for the influence of the scout program and the boys' own help, have been the main factors in accomplishing this result. Early in the summer, Louis, who had left his unhappy home was found by relief authorities living alone, in a dug-out in the side of a hill on the outskirts of the city. The boy scouts then adopted him and taught him scoutcraft. Louis occupied the scout's cabin, keeping it neat and tidy and in perfect repair. He has made 'exceptional progress, entering into the spirit of the organization so thoroughly that he is considered one of the best members of the troop. SCOUTS RESCUE MINERS One of the best "good turns" during the past summer of scouts from Indiana, Pa., was the part they played in a certain five hours' hard work which resulted in the rescue of two miners shut off by a cave-in in a small mine near the scout camp site. Middleburg (Pa.) Troop 1 hunted lost man of feeble mind for two days and nights during heavy electric storm. Located him on third day. BOY SCOUTS PROTECT TOWN. When the town of Coshocton, Ohio, was recently in the grip of an epidemic of a grave disease, local boy scouts were prepared to aid their community. The Rotary and Kiwanis clubs put out printed precautionary measures and the scouts co-operated by delivering one copy of these warnings and a personal message to each home in the town. The population is 12,000; the number of active troops is four; and the distribution was accomplished in 54 minutes. CITATION FOR HEARING ON PETITION FOR ADMINISTRATION STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF Bamsey, In Probate Court. In the matter of the estate of Mary E. Lewis, decedent. The State of Minnesota to All Whom It May Concern: The petition of Ban Lewis, having been filed in this Court, representing that Mary E. Lewis, then a resident of the City of Winnipeg, Maintained to instate day the 8th and 9th of March, 1923, and praying that letters of administration of said estate be granted to W. T. Francis. It is order, that said petition be heard and that all persons interested in said matter be and hereby are cited and required to appear from this Court on December the 17th of April 1923, at ten o'clock in the forenoon or as soon thereafter as said matter can be heard, at the Probate Court Room, in the Court House in the City of St. Paul, in said County, and—show cause, if any they have, why said petition should not be granted and that this citation be served by the public from the head of the Appeal according to law, and by mailing a copy of this citation at least 14 days before said day of hearing to each of the heirs of said decedent, whose names and addresses are known and appear from the files of this Court. Witness the Judge of the Court, this 22nd day of March, A. O. 1923. HOWARD WHEELER, Judge of Probate. Attest: F. W. Goeswich, Clerk of Probate. W. T. Francis, Attorney. STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, CIRCULATION, EXEC., ACT OF CONGRESS OF AUGUST 24, 1912. of The Appeal, published weekly at St. Paul, Minnesota for April 1, 1928. State of Michigan, ) State of Missouri, ) Before me, a Notary Public in and for the State and county aforesaid, personally appeared John Q. Adams, Jr., who, having been acquainted with the Editor and says that he is the Editor and Manager of The Appeal and that the following is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, a true account of the events that took place (and if a daily paper, the circulation), etc., of the aforesaid publication for the date shown in the above caption, required by the Secretary of State, 448, Postal Laws and Regulations, printed on the reverse of this form, to-wit: 1. That the names and addresses of the publicizing manager, editor, and business managers are: Publisher, Ella B. Adams, Spl. Adam. Estate of John Q. Adams, Deceased. Editor, John Q. Adams, Jr., 24 E. Fourth St., St. Paul. Managing editor, None. Business Manager, John Q. Adams, Jr., 24 E. Fourth St., St. Paul. E. Fourth St. St. Paul. and addresses of individual owners: (Give names and addresses of individual owners, or, if a corporation, give its name and the names and addresses of stockholders owning the total amount of stock). Estate of John Q. Adams, Sr. Deceased. There are known bondholders, mortgages and other security holders owning or holding 1 per cent or more of the total amount of mortgages or securities are: (If there are none, so state). None. That the two paragraphs next above, giving information about stockholders, and security holders, if any, contain not only the list of stockholders and security holders but also, in cases where the stockholder or security holder appears upon the books of a company as trustee or in fiduciary or commercial person, the person or corporation for whom such trustee is acting, is given; also that the said affiant's full knowledge and belief as to the circumstances and conditions under which stockholders own or believe in, upon the books of the company as trustees, hold stock and securities in a capacity other than that of a bond owner; any other person, association or corporation has any interest direct or indirect in the bonds or other securities than so stated. 5. That the average number of copies distributed, through the mails or otherwise, to paid subscribers during the six months pre-payment, (This information is required from daily publications only.) Q. ADAMS, JR. Editor and Business Manager. Sworn to and subscribed before me this [SEAL] of Mark M. Francis W. T. FRANCIS, J. PETRIE Give us a trial and you will come again A purchase of 50 cents or more at our shop entitles you to a chance on an automobile which we are giving away O. W. BARRETT Plumbing and Heating CONTRACTOR REPAIRING REASONABLY 397 Rice St. St. Paul "For Peace of Mind" BLEKRE Tires and Tubes A TWIN CITY PRODUCT CONSPICUOUS AMONG THE BEST Cords and Fabrics COST YOU LESS LAST YOU LONGER Slip them on your car now and away go your tire worries IM AT YOUR SERVICE— FLL DELIVER TO YOUR DOOR FRED BAKER SALESMAN 426 St. Anthony Ave. Phone Dale 5386 or Nestor 1815 Tel. Elkhurst 4750 HERTZ Heating and Sheet Metal Works 517 University St. Paul The Flexible Arch Pad Comfort with Every Step NEW LIFE ARCH PADS WHAT THEY DO New Life Arch Pads correct fallen arches and restore muscle strength in weakened condition of the feet. They will relieve those tired and aching feet instantly. New Life Arch Pads will remove calluses from the ball of foot, may they be large or small. Will relieve Morten's toe, soft corn between toe and burning feet and all metatarsal trouble. Think what it means—"comfort." For Men, Women and Children. NEW LIFE ARCH PAD CO. 228 Gates Street, St. Paul, Minn. Send For Free Booklet. JAS. CHRISTSEN & SON WALL PAPER PAINTING DECORATING 553 W. University Ave. Saint Paul TEL. SOUTH 7954 W. S. FUN 502 EAST 24TH ST. PORTERS Excellent Food at TOBACCO GLOVER SHULL, Pr MUSIC & T 40 E. TH CAFE O We M S Tables PORTERS' & WAITERS' CLUB MUSIC & ENTERTAINMENT NIGHTLY THANN'S 40 E. THIRD ST. ST. PAUL CAFE OPEN AT ALL HOURS We Make A Specialty of Southern Dishes Tables Reserved For Parties Call Cedar 9088 "Say It With Flowers" HOLI OLM & OLSO The Home of Flowers LOW LOWER PRICES ON FURNITURE AT BOUTELL'S A Great Sale Now Going On All Departments Besides wonderful opportunities to save—big price reductions—up to 1/2 off—we offer you Liberal Credit Terms. You can get the benefit of the sale prices—and pay for your purchases by the month. WHY HESITATE—This is the time to come to BOUTELL'S and furnish your home—AT A BIG SAVING Rugs—Draperies—Furniture—Dishes Kitchen Ware—Cut Glass—Aluminum Ware—Stoves, Heaters, Ranges all at a saving to you. BOUTELL BROS. 458 St. Peter St. & SON DECORATING Saint Paul MAN Saint Paul ESTABLISHED 1905 EAL OR MRS' CLUB Banks of All Kinds. GRETTTES DIE L. BOYD, Secy. NIGHTLY ST. PAUL HOURS City of Parties SON ICES TURE Humboldt 1758 MINNEAPOLIS A GIFT ELECTRICAL We are sure would be appreciated Make it Reading Lamp, Vacuum Cleaner or anything Electrical WE HAVE IT We will make delivery any date Minnesota Chandeller Co. 369 Jackson Street Pool Parlor Open Every *Evening Until 12 o'clock 5-PERFECT TABLES-5 WALKER WILLIAMS, Prop. Always Clean and Comfortable 554 St. Anthony Ave. St. Paul A GIFT We are Make it Ready or a WE We will MI PUBLIC SALES. We have purchased 122,000 pair U. S. Army Munson last shoes, sizes $1/2 to 12 which was the entire surplus stock of one of the largest U. S. Government shoe contractors. This shoe is guaranteed one hundred per cent solid leather, color dark tan, bellows tongue, dirt and waterproof. The actual value of this shoe is $6.00. Owing to this tremendous buy we can offer same to the public at $2.95. Send correct size. Pay postman on delivery or send money order. If shoes are not as represented we will cheerfully refund your money promptly upon request. NATIONAL BAY STATE SHOE COMPANY. 296 Broadway, New York, N. Y. U. S. ARMY SHOES. We have just bought a tremendous stock of Army Munson last shoes to be sold to the public direct. These shoes are 100 per cent solid leather with heavy double soles sewed and nailed. The uppers are of heavy tan chrome leather with bellows tongue, thereby making them waterproof. These shoes are selling very fast and we advise you to order at once to insure your order being filled. The sizes are 6 to 11 all wirths. Price $2.75. Pay postman on receipt of goods or send money order. Money refunded if shoes are not satisfactory. THE U. S. STORES CO. 1441 Broadway New York City S. BRAND COAL RICE & UNIVERSITY PHONE GARFIELD 7501 - 7502 - 7503 St. Anthony Hill Provision Co. Meats and Groceries Poultry & Fish 559 St. Anthony Dale 0818 A woman in a dress stands in front of a mirror, holding a lamp. SAFE Phone: Elk MINNESOTA M. ELECTRICAL sure sure would be appreciated Washing Lamp, Vacuum Cleaner anything Electrical WE HAVE IT will make delivery any date Minnesota Chandeller Co. 369 Jackson Street OFFICE TEL. CEDAR 4044 REP. TEL. DALE 7816 HOURS: 8 A.M. TO 1 P.M. AND 2 TO 6 P.M. DR. JOHN R. FRENCH SURGEON DENTIST FIRST CLASS GUARANTEED WORK IN ALL BRANCHES OF DENTISTRY SUITE 2 DETROIT BLDG. SAINT PAUL COR. 4TH & WABASHA MINNESOTA OFFICE TEL. RES. TEL. CEDAR 8104 DALE 1484 HOURS: 8:30 A. M. TO 1 P. M. AND 2 TO 6 P. M. SUNDAYS BY APPOINTMENT DR. EARL S. WEBER DENTAL SURGEON FIRST CLASS GUARANTEED WORK IN ALL BRANCHES OF DENTISTRY 84 W. SEVENTH ST. DAKOTA BLDG. SUITE 203-204 ST. PAUL Madame L. B. Gross When in need of Face Cream, Hair Grower or High Grade Toilet Articles, Call Dale 7506 WORLD'S BEAUTY LABORATORIE 540 University Ave. TEL. VAN BUREN 1931 VANDER BIE'S ICE CREAM IS THE BEST For Sale Everywhere J. C. VANDER BIE Partridge and Brunson Sts. ST. PAUL, MINN. Tel. Dale 3339 We Call For and Deliver ELMER MORRIS DRUGGIST Drugs, Medicines, Soda Water Soft Drinks, Toilet Articles Candies, Cigars, Tobacco, Ice Cream Brick or Bulk. Gas and Electric Fixtures Fishing Tackle Dale & W. Central St. Paul New Ideas in Fixtures are constantly appearing and they come here first. We want you to share in the pleasure of seeing their new beauty, their increased effectiveness. Come when you can and see how the modern home is lighted and made beautiful by the latest ideas in fixtures. Let Us Wire Your Home. Seven Corners Electric Co. 208 W. 3d St. Phone Cedar 3366. Opposite Wilder Public Baths. N. E. Anderson G. W. Swanson MILK Khurst 3163