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PAGE FOUR Thv Al)VOGATE KATl'KDAY. (K'TOIIUK .11. IM I WEST INDIANS SUPERIOR IN MANY RESPECTS Says Wei I Known Historian N a tiv e s C a n L e a r n M u c h F ro m T h e m w rtDTFH r 1». woonsoM {oro him*elf; wl,h anJ ,ht, he ,h„ ha Ught * H v i C A R IL K ,h;'r* KEEPING ‘ B ir t h o f a N a tio n * FIT- H a r m fu l P ic tu re BY W IL L IA M Some inopie. llko the honont off I* cinta of AMERICAN CIVIL LIBER TIES UNION, object to our opposi- tion to performances of The Birth of a Nation '. on the ground that we are interfering with the freedom of or ganisation and of speech, and that The Birth of a Nation" should have the same rights as other shows and theatricals This objection to our attitude as- Mimes what is NOT TRUE that we look upon The Birth of a Nation" as an ordinary, legitimate theatre i«er- formalice We do not: we regard It a a treacherous, dangerous attaek on thè miuority people who do noi have .»inai represontatton" in said theu- tres and performauces. We regard this performance as un snack oti a hclpless and handicapped miuority. ali snack niasnueradlug under thè guise of a "show " We have so regarded it for 15 years or more. ,hat for him It is timely that, at the annual ajj things are possible. The Negro in meeting of the Association for the rnitoil States, however, iltserimi- Study of Negro Life and History m Hated against here, turned away New York City from the $ to the 1-’ ther. ami told not to go yonder, has of November, some consideration will developed a sort of inferiority com be given to the unusually large con- t>iex; and iustead of thinking of great trifcutlon made by the natives of the things which he can do he spends too West Indies to the development of much time brooding over the things the race in the United States Be which he is told he must not do when cause of prejudice, w ith which almost if he had sufficient courage he might any foreigner would naturally meet, do those very things. we have been accustomed to refer to The West Indian Negroes mole.o these citiiens with epithets which er. have developed with a keener ap are more indicative of the ignorance preciation of cooperation than wo of those who utter them than an e- nativt N | valuation of the worth of people who apparently so dose to slavery that in several respects are far in advance they have not yet got rid of the dis of the native Negroes of the United trust and the ill will for one another States. which the slaveholding class instilled We too often forget that in the into the minds of the bondmen to course of the triangular slave trade keep them from uniting and starting the majority of the enslaved Afri servile insurrections. The West In cans were first brought to the West dian NegToes. as one has well said in Indies where cheap labor was very- post-classic language, hang together much in demand to produce sugar, whereas the native Negroes of the and that a large number of the first United State prefer to be hanged se slaves brought to the United States parately. came from the West Indies, which Wherever you find a native of the served as a sort of wav station from Africa to America. Having enjoyed in West Indies you will probably be- able for the West Indies some yrs. later more to interest him in doing something ___, privileges than were allowed the No- * * ' «her native of one of#theoj.tand^ Wherever you find a native Negro of ! groea of the cotton plantations, the __ the United States you will find it natives who continued to come from those islands to the UnitedSUtew hl™ brought a higher culture which tend- >hln* « « ui * » I ed to elevate their less fortunate fel- ‘■ountryr Wherever you find a native | low men in the settlements along the ot the West Indies starting some sor , Atlantic Refugees from the Haitian ot enterprise you are more that apt Rerolution. started by Desallnes and to 'f e his average fellow country-men Toussaint Louverture. settled in this coming to his support, giving him i counirv in and near the ports along ch a n ceto <*° lhe ,bln* as 11 the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico *!>auld * 7 » « “ you meet a native and stimulated the struggle for free- ^egro of the l mted States, who has dom The most outstanding of these been informed of an enterprise start- West Indian immigrants was Den- e J lh> ;one his group however he mark Vesey. who worked out the ls 1,ab'e to immediately to find best conceived plan for a servile in- »au*! witb the undertaking to critize surrection started during enslave- founder, and to do whatever he 0111 to Prevent the carrying out of the men of the race In recent years we have profited by Plans, the contribution of the West Indians The West Indian, of course, cannot in various ways. Few of us think of always easily succeed, for he may not That ravishing beauty that cap the fact that Bishop J. B. Smalls and hare many of his native land in his tivates may be yours . . . because Bishop C. C. Alleyne of the African chosen community In this ct intry. the secret of it is a light, smooth, Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, and and he does not usually understand satiny soft skin. Dr. Fred Palmer’s Bishop W. B. Derrick and Bishop enough of the slave psychology of the Skin Whitener Ointment softens John Hurst of the African Methodist native Negroes of the United States and lightens the darkest s k i n , Episcopal Church were born In the to deal with them as they must be to clears up pimples, blotches and tan West Indies: and also the fearless organize the group for constructive marks, and does away with that fighter. R. C. O. Benjamin, the noted effort Before the American Negroes : t “ oily, shiny” look. Use this prepa lawyer. D. Augusta Straker; the be- can be useful to themselves each one ration regularly to make your skin loved educator. W. H. Crogman; and must be torn away from some white soft, delicate and alluring. This the distinguished scholar. E W. Bly- exploiter whose advice these Negroes amazing Ointment is made in the den Without achievements of such always se.-k on important matters, famous Dr. Fred Palmer’s Labora gentlemen, those who rehearse pro- sometimes even that upon such a tories where are also made those gress of the Negro race in America matter as whether the Negro's son other beauty aids you know so well: would have less to talk about. Henry should marry Sam s daughter Dr. Fred Palmer's Skin Whitener The reasons for these differences Jane; and the exploiter usually gives Soap, Skin Whitener Face Powder, are simple. In the first place, the na- the advice that redounds to his good, Hair Dresser and Hid Deodorant live West Indian is almost two gen- Some people have been unwise which may be had at all drug stores trations farther removed from Slav- enough to call this interracial co-op- for 25 cents each or will be sent ery than the native Negro of the eratlon. but it is really racial exterml- postpaid upon receipt o f price. Dr. United States. Being in a country nation. The native West Indian, Fred Palmer’s Laboratories. Dept. where the blacks outnumber the fortunate in having no such connec- 3, Atlanta, Ga. whites. moreover, the Negroes on tion in this coutry, would do well to 8«n d 4c In «ta m p « fo r a rcncrona those Islands have figured more con- help break these ties which still hold trial »am ple o f the Skin W hitener, ■Soap and Face Pow der. splcuously in the social, economic, native Negroes in serfdom and peon- and political life than members of age. this race have been able to do in the The mind of the West Indian Negro United States. The whites in the West therefore, has shown larger propor- Indies constitute the governing class tions than that of the native Negroes ! in the sense that they have the last of this country. While the West In- | ' k e e p s y o u r c o m p l e x io n y o u t h f u l * word in exercising final authority in dian Negro is conceiving such a plan practically all spheres even in mat- as the redemption of Africa through ters of religion; but inasmuch as con- realistic education and international ditions compel them to use Negroes trade the native Negroes in the Unit- THE ADVOCATE acknowledges in all capacities, there are practically ed States are satisfied with menial no functions in the life of the people Jobs as a political compensation for with great appreciation a metal letter which the West Indian Negroes are the unusual honor of having one of opener, the gift of Clarence O'Brian, not permitted to exercise. twelve million of people, and with registered patent attorney, of Wash The American, whether white or their number stand for a picture with black, then, in visiting the West In- President of the United States. When ington, D. C. dies today, is surprised to find these these douceurs are thrown at the na conditions obtaining there in contra tive Negroes all of their problems, so touched the shores of this country distinction to the situation in our own far as their mind can conceive them, ami never will. The nations are now country. We hardly know what to are immediately solved drawn Into an international sphere to think when we see a Negro engineer It is timely, then to call for a sort work out a program for a new econo or conductor on a train, a Negro of 'rapproachment” between these mic and political order and the vari manager in charge of an internation two elements of the same race in ous races suffering from distinctions al corporation, or contruction con America. The one has much ambi in these distant parts of the world tractor with Negro mechanics and ar tion and few resources: the other has will eventually find that with respect tisans working at trades from which little ambition and many resources. to them their problems tend to be they are excluded by unions in the The one can learn much from the come one. Only with a real under United States. For this very reason other; the one can be of great assis standing and a sympathetic coopera the West Indian Negro, as a rule, is tance to the other. The one can not tion In carrying out a universal pro more of a dynamic force In a com advance very far without the other. gram for the betterment of all under- munity than the native born Negro of The two must stand together or go priviledge people can these interests the United States. down together. of the race be properly taken care of In his home in the West Indies, al This close understanding, moreover, though he did not receive such high must not be a matter of concern only wages as employers pay for the same to those natives of the West Indies sort of work In this country, he could now' living in the United States, but go, nevertheless. Into most any oc- to those living on the distant Islands cupatlon for which he had prepared of the seas, those who have never The First Step A I'olum n Modes Prepared E sp ecia lly fo r l h i S e n i p a per KOOK T H E O EA TH R A T E OF T H E N EGRO The dcath rute unioug the Negro popula! ion is proporllonally larger titán that of the whltes Thl* larger Mothtua coin plain about t Itoli* child propon Ion loada to much conjecture reu ballig dlHroMpoctful "Have (hoy Many selentlfb tíreles nttompt to lout (ho lllhlo Instructions. Honor (hy father and mother?'** oxplaln the difiérenos as un Inherlted envlronment and occupatlon. For (houMMiuU of yearn, children have beeil taught to honor thlr par- Othor tíreles attcmpt to account lenta, and thta admonishment hue been (or tht dtffereuce as un Inherlted strictly adhered to ami enforced hy wcakncsH from racial ailiulxtures fathers ' hrotifhoul » ho voi i«i rhoi• Othor eirclo» oxplalu the difiere tice was IIo knowledge to buck thta «litar- as u luattor of racial susccpllbtlity i fattoti, only blind obedience to trudl- Iloll ; even the futhera themaelveu A professor of Zoology ut the l ’nl- i were Ignorant of Ita meaning amt pur verstty of California has gtven the Ux»ae Now the rlutug generation niuttcr signe aertoua atuilv He set have broken ihla law. hecauae they out to prove that there are other thau feti that they have Intelligence en virón mental dlftoroncos to account j enough to understand and demand a for the dlffereut dcath rute. He cites ¡reason When they learn the reason the dlffvrence tu susceptlbillty to ¡f»»r thta i nie. which they will to the eertalti tliseases The Negro seenis to near future, they will love and respect he more susceptible to chest diseas j their parents of their own free will, es eepecially tuberculosis The Negro and not because they ure forced to do seenis tu he lesa susceptible lo Sear- so Intelligence, reason, and know let fovor. Meas les. IHpthcrtu. Ilook lodge will be tltolr guide worm. ele The professor attempta tu prove that hts Suaceptlhtllty to sesr- let fever. etc lacreases tn proportlon • ■.»•Ml.•••ail».a as admixture of »h ito blood lucreas- Even insurance companies are hav ing an about fuce in their opiulous One insurance statistician of nation al and international repute has Just »bout apologised for many of the o* pinions he advanced on the Negro death rate 15 years ago. Proprietor« S A Sims It Do Journet!«* TIIK ECONOMY CAFE The Horn«* of (southern Looking Hum«* Made Mexican Chili Home-Made Pork Sausage libi N. SIXTH Hy J John OtltM’rt (Now Publishing The Company. Chicago 1 Ravlvwvd for The Advocate hy Clifford Mitchell Hy reading thta hook you cau tuoii- frally explore the universe Trattaceli ding all physical and tangible hodlea the theme of “ The luvlalhle Fulcrum" dwell* wholly on the law« of nature aa they apply to the mind, though!. aaSOClBt toil of »«letta. light I (linking and perpetual life The religion of life, of love, of true Understanding, happlneaa and peace, la llluatrated In aimple language In a manner that combtiiea the truth prln ctptcM of all faith deuoinlnatlnua ami culta and reconcile* the truth be tween religion and aelence The law of mental action la clearly defined ua the law of gravltattou and in a cuucltialve manner provea that man cannot go contrary to the law of nature hut that man can take advan tage of the law of nature and Juat to the entent that hi* mental force« are harmonloiiM with «ame will hla sue- cea* he uioUNtir«»d A Himple mental rule of «ucce*a la laid down In the treat I no . aa follow* Dea Ire plua fixation of attentimi pitia concentration plu* auggeatton equal« destre realized ** The theory la then analyzed amt aupportod hy concrete statement« of facta amt maniple« After reudtug thla hook tt la uot aurprlaing to me that In many com muntile« It haH been dramatized aa u pageant of life and ctidnraed hy leud- era of many rellgloua faith«, civic or gatilsutIona, etc It la “ The Drama of U fe“ Note The editor of The Advocate wtahea to announce that every book reviewed III theao columna la to he found In her collection of t>ook* Near (¡liaan St For COLDS, COUCHS Oregon 7T7"/7X S ore throat, m uarular rliru- » la t ir arhraA|iaina,a|)|>ly M u » CASCÓ Q t\ C L L lA teru lr, the "c ttu iilrr-irrita u l*’ AUSPLUNI) drug STORE £3 « \ SIXTH ^for Summer Comfort During'Wintrrthonthr V T . & 0 L I8 A N STREETS AT A L L IIRUGCIRTH PO RTLAND , O R I PATENTS : , eu»w i*»« i tut *«. la li rad ford / j ■ • XI < - nj f \ ■ • •• jr \ •l tj .. Ù »1 L t ‘ i t ; : L mm m j y® by Nancy Lee Portland fo A lluring B e au ty REVIEW " T N I IN V IS IB L E FULCRUM** IT M A K E S A D IF F E R E N C E The seventeen year-old white ho> who raped u six year-old colored child in 1‘eteisburgh. Virginia, lias neither been lynched or burned He enjoys lib freedom on a twenty-five hundred dollar bond. But his father 1» very indignant at the exposure of hts virtu ous still The Negro parents should apologise to the young man who out raged their baby for being so thought Insurance companies use the tu- less ami discourteous as to talk about creused death rate as substantial re it. asons for refusing to Insure Negroes Some cities and states use the farts as a justification for segregatoli Up-to-the-Minute It in lií By D»N orv«l Unthank. M. D. UU RUNS ami aoo rotinoli to chango our minds We believe in the freedom of the stage, and screen, but we do not be- lieve in mob-liu-ttemout and danger ous race-hate taking advantage of the theatre in order to claim immunity Just as we also believe iti "free speech". but would call the police If the "free speaker" took the slump and began to yell. "Lynch him’ Lynch him '" While we believe In liberty of the press, we would do our best to hall Into court any editor who wrote u editorial calling upon the mob ti attack us. for that is not legitimate editorial privilege; that would be a plain crime, taking advantage of edt tortai power The difference between our atti tude and that of others equally hon eat. is that we do not regard "Tin- Birth of a Nation" as a legitimate theatrical performance or an honest endeavor in Art H ealth Üirlpful . a » . / i / Phone BRo<idw.iy 7611 or Call at Gat Salesroom Sixth and Salmon Stt Clothes Shop •• 1th «ml on $25.00 to $45.00 "Where Young Men Buy" aril« S 'ô ta * i i n f IWr>d for A taú d •arataIio»* o* n> •l»kll T con Add liai r rompt C Wat*« C L A R E N C E A O BR lEN RagtfUrad Pstsnt Attorn«. »• * Sa«arHr u>ia(i a CwaawA «a ad Salldlay tatua* air««« from F •*«! 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