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CIRCULATING THEIR MONET
Last year 1 1 4 .5 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 0 worth » e ll equipped as it t* today to resume
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of new life insurance was written
*t> epochal forward march Not only
While many deplore the fact that
Total Insurance now carried Is esl- have we changed from a '••blor ns-
the American
Legion is staging its far short of $1 .000 for every man. Hon to the greatest creditor nattou
big convention
this year. —frolicing woman and child in the United
Stal on earth, not only have we vaster na-
etc. while thousands are going Rung- eg. Policies in force total 127.800.- tional wealth not only have we an un
ry in all parts of the country, yet OOO.
precedented supply of gold, but we
The Advocate is of the opinion that
Such safeguard
. . . is enjoyed are richer in experience, richer lu
the Convention will put into ctrrula- by the people of no other nation in inventive brains, richer lu srlentiffc
tion thousands of dollars which other- the world.
knowledge, richer In machinery, rich-
wise might not be spent at this time.
Our national wealth, estimated at er in productive facilities, richer in j
One of the ways to help relieve the $329 .7 00 .0 00 .0 00 . is greater than managerial skill, richer in discover-
financial depression is by spending that of a dogrn Continental European ed mineral and oil resources, richer 1
money. Surely many needy persons countries combined
richer in transportation facilities:
will profit by the money which the
The income of the American pec- richer in every material wealth-creat-
legionnaires are going to spend. For pig comfortably exceeds $1 .000 ,0 00 - tng product and process, richer In
example: many vacant rooms will be OOO a week.
craftsmanship, richer in everything
used to house them, thus helping a
The per capita income here is far ( The country ts all right What we
grod many people who have had lit- greater than in any other land
need is less hysteria and more routi
ne or no employment for some time.
There are still six or seven persons dence and courage
—COLLIER'S
There are numerous other ways In gainfully employed for every person National Weekly
which their money will help those In idle.
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need as they spend it in Portland ; No fewer than 25.SOO.OOO auto- Portland Oregon
during their convention
next mobiles are owned by Americans .
Aug 2. 1532
month
This total is almost three times the
We wish to thank our many friends
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number owned by the rest of the for their kindness and sympathy In
■dine Portland young people re- world
our bereavement over the death of
fuse to recognize the depression They
Americans possess far more tele- our Aunt and friend. Jennie Wilson,
swim and hike and golf in the day .phones (19 5 0 0 .0 0 0 1 than all other who died July 29. 1932 We are es-
and dance and play games at night— countries. . . Radios . . multiply . . pecially thank (he Reverend D. G. Htll
And sleep and eat and go between over 15. 545 OOO
. unapproached for his sermon. Mrs Marcelle John-
times Old Man Depression can't find by any other people A grand total of sou for songs, and to the friends who
them but he surely hits their parents fully 3. 750. OOO. at an estimated ex- donated their cars and sent floral trt-
a wicked blow.
penditure approaching $2. OOO. OOO bates
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. . . In no other part of the globe do
To all who assisted in any way
The Olympic Games are just auo- half as many homes enjoy such a lux- we are truly grateful.
ther medium through which Ameri- ury-Americans are rapidly coming to 1
Mr and Mrs A W Strawder
can Negroes are proving that, when regard it as a necessity
and family.
given the opportunity they can meas ( A recent survey of 29 typical small r
• • » »
ure up an excel.
towns revealed that 71 per cent of the
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inhabitants owned hemes, that ss per j
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY
REALLY REMARKABLE
cent had electric lights. 7! per cent
Founded February 1. 1*42
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had baths. 51 per cent bad electric
It •» a tribute to the genius of both washers. 55 per cent had radios. 4! i
SALEM. OREGON
Professor Elmer C. Bartlett and Rev pgr cent had vacuum cleaners
Daniel G. Hill. J r . that they have
There are more families In Ameri
A Christian institution of high
* e n able to organize and keep com- ca than in any other land that car.
er learning. Located at the Cap
itol
of the State of Oregon. A
saratively intact, a large group of afford to and do send their children
beautiful campus opposite the
singers such as presented a series of to high school and college In no other
Capitol building. Buildings and
programs of "Spirituels t nder the land do so many average families
equipment attractive and ade
Stars" at the civir stadium recently, hare the means for foreign travel
quate. Faculty of highest char
acter. preparation and teaching.
It is nothing new for Negroes to
The movie still attracts a weekly
Student body clean, able and
sing successfully but the remarkable average attendance of 75. OOO. OOO
wholesome. Scholarship high
feat is for tBem to stay organized.
The percentage of our agricultural
and credited everywhere Very
It is hoped that the programs like population who despite deflation, are
inexpensive. Rich In tradition:
large and honored list of alumni.
the Bethel Chorus presented, will be- acquiring domestic comforts, convent
Students
wishing work in the
come an annual occurrence — some- ences. labor saving devices, improved
Course of Liberal Arts, in I-aw
thing to look forward to at a certain machinery, the use of better roads, is
In Theology, in Music, or in Fine
season each year.
constantly increasing.
Arts are highly advantaged at
Such an agregation of singers
Willamette. Close investigation
Today more than 7 0 0 .0 0 0 farms
invited. Bulletins on request.
would make a fine hack-ground and are electrified, representing an in
accompaniment to such Negro plays crease of 4 0 0 per cent in eight years,
as. for example: “AH God's Chilian" and the total is being swelled rapidly.
and “In Abraham's Bosom’* et al.
In industrial communities hard man
MRS. ZEPHA BAKER
The latter, particularly, is a fine ual toil is being steadily abolished by
preachment tor more education for the introduction of machinery Each
the Negro and when it appeared at American worker now has at his com
Little Theatres in the East — a cho mand five horsepower, a record not j
Specializing In
rus such as the subject of this edito even remotely approached outside j
rial, furnished the music throughout. our boundaries.
All Lines Of Beauty Work
The effect was marvellous I
The average working day a generation 1 C. J. WALKER TOILET GOODS
This or a similar play would be a ago was ten to twelve hours The
— for sale —
fine thing for the Chorus to support. standard in this generation is eight
Only a few characters are necessary hours. . . The work week used to con- |
34t Williams Ave.
for the Bpeaklng parts and celebrities sist of six days. Now it is five and
MUrdock 1016
might be imported from the East to one half days, with the five d iy week
take the leading roles.
coming into vogue
At any rate we hope that the Beth
Never in the patt was America so '
el Chorus will find fertile soil in this
suggestion.
BEAUTICIAN
The following editorial appeared In
Collier's for July 9. Its message is of
such great importance that, by re
quest, Collier's granted permission to
reproduce it with due credit. In these
days of exaggerated pessimism it
helps give a better perspective of
conditions as they really are.
COUNT YOUR CHANCE
There's no argument in this edito
rial. It’s merely a collection of facts,
incontrovertible, eloquent facts that
confound those who profess to see
America slipping down into a state of
effortless despair.
Total bank savings today exceed
$ 2 9 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 .
equal to more
than $ 1,0 0 0 for every family in the
land. Savings depositors number 52,-
0 0 0 . 0 0 0 , nearly two per family.
The number of Americans owning
stock has increased almost 40 per
cent since 1929.
A group of 102 companies which
had 5.539,035 stockholders at the end
of the boom year had 7,675 143 stock
holders at the beginning of this year.
One company alone today has over
666.000 stockholders, a gain of more
than 196,000 since the boon). This
company has assets excepting 93
2000 , 000 . 000 .
Our total stock of gold Is $4.000,-
0 0 0 .0 0 0
No other country ever
possessed so much. Britlan. for exam
ple, haa only $5 88 ,000,000 f'nrren-
rjr In circulation aggregates $5,464 -
0 0 0 . 0 0 0 . or $ 7 0 0 .0 0 0 ,0 0 0 more
than In the boom
evntnllnn only hi lleorgln. South Coro
»♦ A NEW V A R I E T Y OF L I L Y W H I T E S !
t^.ulelaue and Mississippi but
! permits Virginia, North Carolina and
Texas tu exclude the black man ubao-
— Kelly Miller
lately w IIhunt one word of censure or
If the writer mistakes not. the trim
rebu k e from the head of Ihe Republl
Illy white had Ite origin under the ad-
can party
MORGAN BLDG
—
(Incorporated in Oregon, t4t3)
■ululstrmtkin of William Mcklnley II
If Mr Hoover will come out from
meant then a Southern Republican
liehlud Ihe yell and openly declare
who denied the Negro participation his Nepro policy, as Mr Roosevslt
In the management of the party. The
■ltd. so that Ws may know precisely
FULL MEDICAL CARE • All for a few rents « day
Reconstruction
governments
hail
where the head of Ihe Republican
PERFECT PROTECYION FOR MEN WOMAN AND CHILDREN
come and gone The North capitulated
l-arty Blands, such an open and (rank
tn the South In I STB Rutherford II
declaration of policy would certainty
HEALTH YOUR GREATEST ASSET — GUARD AND PROTECT IT t
Haves was the great com|>romtèer He
¡ he worthy of consideration. If not of
It la far better to have a Prudential Hospital Certificate
wag permitted In assume lile presiden
urrrqtatlon
and never uae it, than to noed It
ry on the distinct umici standing Ihn!
and not havo it I I
the political equality of Ihe Negro was
noi io he Insisted upon Many of Ihe
.musi ardent and derout while repuhll
PRUDENTIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION.
cens were lefl scattered llirniiah the
South hy Ihe defunct Reconstruction
It you wore laketi down with appvu
FUhout obligation, send me Information nbout your HOSPITAL
regime They were USdevlallng devo- illclUs tomorrow would you be able
tees of the constitutional rights of I» lake rare of Ihe doctor and «he
ASSOCIATION
the black man. for which many of .ospitai bills If you should happen to
them had fouahi lu the Civil War reak a leg tomorrow would you have
Name ............................................... Phone ............................. Age
Tutu Heed, of Maine wes canillilale fur only physical worry nr also havt
the nomination against William Me Inanelal worry? It you are a member
Street Address
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City. . .
t the PRUDENTIAL HOSPITAL AS
Klnley In 1896 Itced Mood hy Ihe Con
Occupation .................................. Business Address ..........................
alllullon ami Ihe Negro
McKinley SOCIATION /mi would have nothing
looked gakance Reed loet. but
Mc o worry about This aaaiK-talhm will
Kinley won Southern while republi lake care of any sickness or Injury
CUT OUT THIS COUPON AND MAH. OR BRINO IT IN
can« became divided Fea of Ihe more that you may suffer from After you
ardent onea adhered to Ihe old fouu- have become a member, no tlckuess
datlone upon which the party waa es or injury la too small or (wo large for
tablished; others fattening on public hem lo sdmlnleter This eeeoclatlon
pap. Ilrked the illy while hand that pave your medical bllla. furnishes you
od ors and medicines You do uol
fed them lu a lltlle while (he died In
the-woold. aid line Southern Republl have tn pay out a single cent The
can became extinct
Only the illy roet of joining Ihle organization le
f i t l y tuyki
white variety survived The Republl- $3 00 for an Individual or $4 60 for
family The monthly payments be
¡can party In Virginia. North Carolina.
Florida and Teza» excluded the Negro ing from $1 on np to $2 50. according
from their orggntgallona without re o age fa ll me or write for informs
dimirse or shame In Ihe mean lime, lon about Ihle unszcrlled offer and
will he glad to call on you and tell
.such Under stales as Maryland. Weal
Virginia
Missouri and Kentucky, ou more about the PRUDENTIAL
where Ihe black contingent was com lOBPITAl, a s s o c i a t i o n
paratively «mall, admitted him freely
Signed ..............
¡to full constitutional privilege The
George Cannady
The thickly black alatea of Georgia. Garfield 7621
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South Carolina, laiuislana and Misal-
saippi constituted a different political
problem Here Ihe Negroes were the
residuary legatees of Ihe left over po
litical organization of the Reconstruc
tion regime There were scarcely e-
dough while republicana lefl lo till
244 E A S T l a l 4 T R C C T
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worth-while is
«tarty had no hope of functioning ex
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Hon of delegates lo Ihe National Con
ventlon. on the basts of federal patron
age The good natured Warreu Q Har-
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dlng agreed lo turn three stales over
American War
to Negro manipulation and control
werelnsofar as Republican organiza
VETS
ttous were concerned
! Thus the mailer stood until the com
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Ing of Herbert Hoover who strove to
! pul all the Southern alntea under Ihr
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Illy white control In thin he had all
but completely succeeded The exlgen-
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cles of the coming election caused
rounty Tourt Ilona«
j him to modify somewhat his lily white
policy He could not afford too rulhles
sly to offend thi Negro voters of the
North So Mr Hoover and hla first
lieutenant. Mr Waller Brown, devised
a new variety of Illy whites for these
states The Illy while bosses were In
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Mructed no longer lo Insist on the ah ¡
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party management after the manner ¡
of Music. California
of Virginia. North Carolina. Florida,
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of color to hla delegation Mr Brown j
on behalf of hla chief, fought valiantly
| for the admission of the Illy white
delegation at the Chicago Convention
He was forced to desist only when
Congressman DePrlest, Hob Church.
Rosroe Simmons, and Ihe rest of the
Negro delegates threatened to bring
Ihe open Issue lo Ihe floor which the
wily Postmaster General quickly rea
lized would too grently ombnrrnss Mr.
Hoover with the Negro voters of the
North upon whom he must largely de
pend for whatever hopes he may have
for reelectlon It was thus that How
ard and Booze won a victory over
Mr. Hoover’s Illy white policy,
j The new Illy white policy of Mr
■ Hoover Is identical with that of Theo
dore Roosevelt, with certain Impor
tant differences. In his progressive
campaign of 1912 Mr. Roosevelt Insis
ted Ihnt In the management of Ihe
progressive organizations In Southern
Stales white men should sil at Ihe
head of the table, hnl only for the
reason that they possessed superior
experience, power and influence. He
rigorously
insisted
that Negroes
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