Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 32, Number 249, 15 October 1907 — Page 4

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TIIE RICH3IOXDTALI.ADIU3I A5D SUX-TEI.EGRA3I, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1907.

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A WALL STREET MYTH. Wall street likes to allude to the present period It is undergoing of shrinking prices as the "Roosevelt l'anic." It likes to Have it believed that President Roosevelt's policies of making the corporations obey the laws are to blame for the enormous shrinkage in prices during the past few months. For the standpoint of Wall street, President Roosevelt is to blame for present conditions. lie started a ball rolling two years ago that has gone on with increasing force showing up this and that financier in his true light as little more than a wealthy gambler and exploiter besides being connected with many decidedly shady transactions. Wall street may blame th president for this, but the American people do not. The ball that President Roosevelt started rolling has now gone beyond his power to recall and communities all over the land are independently going ahead with the great work of investigation into the affairs of the great corporations. The effect of this is apparent on Wall street by the shrinkage of prices In many well known stocks and bonds. But It has only been a shrinkage of prices, for we believe, thanks to the investigations, the corporations are now being run on a more honest and, therefore, in the long run, profitable basis than ever before. In other words Wall street is experiencing a great shrinkage in prices as a direct result of the blow the confidence of the people has received in the underhand methods used by our one-time great financiers, but there Is no actual shrinkage in values. To prove this one has only to look around and see the great and increasing business of the country. Of half a dozen manu-

to hear. No pride of race should close eyes to the fact, that by our side, another race is struggling upward from a darg and gloomy past, and is reaching out glad, prayerful hands to the future. No lon.r the football of a hard destiny, that raca is busy as bees in June, amid the sweet fields of clover bloom, sipping honey from every opening bud of promise." Such philosophy, such loftiness of thought, such sympathy and fine sentiment could only come from a large, pure soul. Now contrast that statement with the article that appeared in the Item . under the caption 'Niggers classed as undesirable." The first statement is, "There are two classes of Negroes in Richmond, your honor, one is colored folks and the other niggers. This man belongs to the latter class." This statement, according to the Item, was made by Prosecutor Jessup. Now just look at that statement for a moment Don't you see that it lacks culture; refinement, dignity, manliness, sympathy, broadness. A man may be technically educated and make such a statement, but it shows that he is devoid of a broad education of facts and things and men. Why not treat this casa in which a colored man was involved a all other eases are treated. Tf it should happen to he a German the

prosecutor would not say there are two classes of Germans in Richmond,

there have been 41 Negroes convicted in the city court and 41c white. Even if the Negroes led in crime,, comparatively speaking, could we expect it to be different? Could we expect the white man to lead comparatively in crime with all of his years of civilization back of him and wth every thing surrounding him that is calculated to bring out tiie highest and be3t within him? We must remember that the Negro has been turned loose, a semi-civilized being, in the very midst of the highest type of civilization on the face of the globe and while this has its advantages, it also has its disadvantages. There are many temptations in high civilization, that are unknown to a crude state of civilization. I say, punish the law violator, but do not scandalize the self respecting and law-abiding. But if you do remember that for every act there is a reaction and if you continue to pour forth the poisonous venom from the spleen of the hydraheaded monster of prejudice, while we will be greatly injured, you yourself, will become mean and despicable and that I am sure is no mark of superiority. In conclusion I merely ask for my people a fair chance. I realize that we are powerless to defend ourselves since the newspaper owned by us is not read by the white citizens and therefore our side will not be heard when attacks are made. It does look cowardly to strike a man that is tied hand and foot. You have

your honor; one is low dutch and one the newspapers, the influence, the

is high dutch; but would try the case

on its merits without any such uncomplimentary statement relative to the nationality to which the violator of law happened to belong. The person that was being prosecuted is a boy eighteen or nineteen years old and is rather hot headed, although at heart not so bad. He threw a rock at a fellow and missing him broke a window in the union station. For this act he ought to have been punished. And the punishment given was not any too severe. But why the '"uncomplimentary reference to the entire race? "Two classes of Negroes in Richmond," says Jessup. True there are two classes. Wo :ro sorry that we do not have only one class, and that good. We are 'lo-.ng our best to have it so but it is v;ry discouraging

to have the people of influence refer

to us publicly in a wav calculated to bring us as a race into disrepute. "Some of them are colored folks and some of them are niggers." In other words Jessup says that some Negroes are colored folks and some Negroes are niggers. Now who are the colored folks? The Item takes up the remark made by the prosecuting attorney and devotes a column in comment and because Mr. Rowe, in an open letter, corrects a statement in this .article relative to the number and the character of emigrants from Lancaster, Ky., and shows conclusively that there are not 200 here from that place, as was stated by the Item, and that not one from th eplace mentioned has ever given the city any trouble, the Item devotes another editorial comment that is more reflective and

peopie, the wealth, judge, prosecuting

attorney, police force, jail, every thing, so if you want to use this power to smash us, well, but it after all will be only by brute force we are crushed. I think, however, that a vast majority of white people are willing to give us a chance and I leave the case to their judgement. Again I say punish the guilty but spare the innocent. N. WELLINGTON WILLIAMS.

LOCOMOTIVES HAVE CONSTANTLY GROW!

It Is Seldom one Sees a Small One on the Pennsylvania Road.

EXPECT GOOD PATRONAGE.

LOCAL TICKET AGENTS BELIEVE HOMESEEKERS' EXCURSIONS WILL BE POPULAR OTHER NEWS OF THE RAILROADS.

The size of the locomotives on the Pennsylvania have increased so rapid-

damaging than the first. I should like j ly during the past few years that some

to ask why? You can not possibly I of the trainmen have almost forgotten

facturers of Richmond whom we have j appreciate how humiliating and dis- j there was anything on the road of

couraging such articles are to the, . , .. . , . , . , . smaller size. hen one of the local members of our race who are doing all within their power to lift up even . Pennsylvania employes said recently the lowest of the? low among us. Not that he had never worked on an engine by any means would we shield those larger than the old Rhode Island, some guilty of law violation but when you Qf those hearing thought he was speak in detail about the many crimes springing a joke. It was not many commited by the vicious and merely years ago when the Rhode Island ensay that there are some good Negroes glnes of the ciass of 478i were super. can't you see that it is misleading and ceded first by the 700 that were looked hurtful? When you speak in detail upon as m0nsters of the time. Then of the crimes, why not also speak in carae the my ciass and then the 2,000 detail of 'he good that is being done clasS) eacn making the preceding ones in this very community by the Ne- imu no r.vrmio w,, fow cmQn n.

is receiving for this crop is just twice groes? That, it seems to me, wou'd gines are now seen in Richmond. For what the average price has been for be fair- There are perhaps 1,500 Ne- many years the little "goats," as thev

groes in this city and there have were sometimes called, did service in been about 45 convicted of violation the local yards as swltch engines,, but of the law this year. The rest of these soon gave way to more powerful them are in the main, law abiding types. In the east end yards very and industrious citizens. There are arge freight engines are now used, nearly 300 who belong to the church Many of the older eng:neers in Richof wheh I am pastor and 150 more mond still say they ook back to the who attend, none of whom ever give mtle engines with pleasant recollecthe city any trouble. They have Uons ag they say they were easjer tQ church property valued at twenty RtnrT nT1f, Paipr Rtnr,nprt thn tv, n.

questioned, not one but has declared his business this year has been the best he ever experienced. And the same condition is true practically all over the country. The year has been amazingly prosperous and an enormous amount of new wealth has been added to the wealth of the country. For example, the corn crop this year is just about on an average with the average for ten years and the price the farmer

ten years. Furthermore, wheat is bringing now the highest price it has commanded in ten years, all of which goes to show that farmers, the basis of American prosperity, are in practically an impregnable position as far as money is concerned. Wall street's "Roosevelt Panic," therefore, is easily proved to be nothing more than a myth other than in the minds of the poor Wall streeter. The average citizen is still drawing good pay and the average business man wonders at all the panic talk when he is doing more business than he ever did before in his life.

FORUM OF THE PEOPLE OPEN TO ALL.

ATTITUDE TOWARD THE NEGRO. Editor Palladium: My attention was called to two articles which were published simultaneously, one in the Palladium and the other in the Item, and strange it is that these two articles appearing the same day reflect the attitude of the two classes of citizens toward the Negro. And also they reflect the char

acter of these two classes, for a roan

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people of Richmond can then have trolley connection with St. Louis.

HAVE NEW UNIFORMS. Pennsylvania station attaches and trainmen are now togged out in "their Sunday best," as they term it, wearing natty blue caps and entire blue winter uniforms. The transformation was made Sunday when the dinky white caps were ordered relegated to the clothes heap along with the summer suits.

thousand dollars, all out of debt. The

Baptists and "Wesleyans have good membership and splendid property and are doing an excellent work. A large number of our people own homes; why not say something of this, if you are going to speak in detail of the crimes committed? It

gines of today, and in all ways easier handled. i EXPECT GOOD PATRONAGE. . Local ticket agents feel that the coming western homeseekers' excursions

will be more liberally patronized from

seems to me. however thnt a better I Richmond than any of those already

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thing to do would be to punish those ,uu im eai- im uu beason 101

who violate law without any special

the farmers will end with the corn

reference to the race, as is "the case harvest. then many of them take

with German and Irish violators. The Item says that the "niggers,

as Jessup terms them, cause the po

lice more trouble than any other class; that they provide the majority of the assault and battery cases and lead in petty thieving and deeds of desperation. Here are the facts taken from the court docket: Intoxication, negroes 7, white 176; assault and battery, Negroes S, white 53; petit

larceny, Negroes 6, white 24. In

advantage of the low western rates of

fered and make such trips. Local

J ticket sellers are swamped with inquir

ies as regards to western rates and therefore are lead to believe business will be good in this line during the later fall months.

WANT WAGE INCREASE. The grievance committee of yards, under the jurisdiction of the Switchmen's Union of North America, has completed the work of demanding an increase in pay equal to that granted to men in the North-west. The matter will now come before the local unions for ratification. It is the purpose to ask for an increase of 6 cents per hour, time and one-half for overtime and double pay for Sunday. All yards west controlled by the union will demand the increase. STOCK DISTRIBUTED. It is said there are only 2,789 holders of Philadelphia & Reading com-

! mon stock while there are about 48,000 Pennsylvania share owners. There I are 1,400,000 of the Reading common and about 6,320 shares of the Pennsylvania. The average number of the J Reading common owned by each I stockholder is practically 500, while

the average owner of Pennsylvania is but 132 shares.

It is a good thing to know how to select food that will so thoroughly

speaks as he thinks and he thinks asifeed and nourish the body that there

is no indication of hunger or faintness from one meal to another. Grape-Nuts will carry the user longer, probably, than any other food known. A young lady attending business college writes: "Before I began using Grape-Nuts I

he Is. The article in the Palladium was written by Judge L. C Abbott, who presents the better side of the Negro. He is endeavoring to give the race hope by pointing out the persons in the race who have struggled up to noble heights. lie seems to think ifcut the best way to keep a fellow from walking in tho mud is to black his boots. In other words, he is so much of a philosopher, so much of a refined gentleman, of real culture, that ho holds up the beautift-.!, the true, and the good to the end that, the unfortunate and depraved might behold and attain. Take one statement by the Judge: "Men and races never take their place until fitted for it. Th? chrysalis never bursts until wings are formed. The shell never break., until the imprisoned germ is ready. A Booker T. Washington never comes until the race is eager to listen. A Paul Lawrence Dunbar never strikes his harp until the quickened intelli-

ence of his people is bending forward "The Road to Wellville,

EVERY ACCOMMODATION . The up-to-date accommodations given by the Pennsylvania on its through

all trains over the Indianapolis division, is

being commented on by all. The trains are largely patronized by business men owing to the advantages offered by the company. Stenographers stand ready to answer the beck of all, while every accommodation imaginable is given. The corps of stenographers 01 trains is being increased.

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SECURES RIGHT OF WAY. The Cincinnati,. Bluffton & Chicago road has secured right of way for an extension from Bluffton to Huntington, Ind., 22 miles. Surveys are made and all grading is to be completed by Oct. 15. Tracklaying will be started

The road now operates

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THROUGH TO ST. LOUIS. It is reported that the Illinois Traction Company, Danville, 111., will begin at once the work of constructing a line between Ridge Farm, 111., south of Danville, and Clinton, Ind. Construction will commence at once and be rushed to completion. This will be a connection of two large interurban systems by way of Terr Haute, and

ket South America. He said the Germans were shrewd enough to make what the South Americans wanted. Our manufacturers tried to force on them what they did not want and then wondered why our Latin neighbor would not buy from us. Mr. Watson stated that while a member of the ways and means committee of the house of representatives he had made a prophecy that if the Cuban reciproc

ity bill was passed our exports to Cuba would be five times greater than they wjere and that our imports from Cuba would be doubled. Instead of

this prophecy being fulfilled. Mr. Watson stated, it was reversed. Our imports from Cuba were five times greater, but our exports remained the same. A New England shoe manufacturer was called before the ways and means committee. "Do you sell shoes in Cuba?" he was asked. "No." replied the shoe manufacturer. "They won't wear the kind of shoes we make." Mr. Watson cited this as one example why our exports to the fatin American countries were small. Our manufacturers will not make the kind of goods these people want. On the other hand

Germany eaters to their demands and hogs the market. Summing up the gist of Mr. Watson's remarks, he pointed out that if our trade with South America is to be increased we must have regular and constant communication with South American poru and our exporters must cater to th demands of the South Americans. Mr. Watson was introduced by Prosecuting Attorney Jessup.

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