-would be considered a waste of power Why not utilize the draw bar pull of your motor trucks by adding trailers? Municipalities and counties which are studying the transportation problem have found that the purchase of Watson trailers will materially reduce their hauling costs. Let Is there any official in your city or town who would like to know about trailers and what they will do in enabling motor trucks to haul bigger loads at less cost per ton? us have the name of any official, citizen, manufacturer or merchant who has to do with the hauling of quantities of goods or material and we will send him some interesting facts about the saving which Watson Trailers will effect. one as human beings and citizens. This conscious democracy of the rights of mankind, as human beings, is fundamental and final. Better Times Coming A large number of the Negroes are accumulating property, and living in good homes, clean, sanitary, with the comforts. and some of the luxuries of life. They love music, they appreciate art, they are educating their children, they want a clean, moral and wholesome community in which to rear their children and enjoy the safety and comforts of home life. They expect this, and as citizens they have a right to expect it. It is coming. As they prove themselves capable of laying hold of and improving opportunities, there is a company of white men and women, daily growing larger, who are demanding these opportunities for them. More than that, they are helping them to become capable and to take advantage of these opportunities for the benefit of the whole community and the whole nation. It is true that we have not yet gone far in cooperative social work. The juvenile Negro criminal and delinquent girl are not sufficiently provided for by either private or public institutions; nor is there sufficient provision for the juvenile offender of the white race. But the old way of making confirmed criminals out of this raw material is to yield to educational and preventive measures. It is true also that sanitariums, fresh air funds, day nurseries, sanitary prison reforms, settlement work, and public welfare enterprises generally have too largely left the Negro out of count. Coöperative welfare agencies have made hopeful beginnings in Louisville, Ky., Nashville, Tenn., Atlanta, Ga., Richmond, Va., Columbia, S. C., and a few other places. The Negro and Labor Organizations The Negro has been discriminated against in industry, but the clouds are lifting. Labor unions in the South have refused him admittance and mobbed him as a scab. But the American Federation of Labor at its last session, November 22, 1917, voted unanimously to recognize existing negro railroad unions in the South and to send a Negro organizer among the thousands of Negro laborers. Southern white men were among the first to endorse this new departure and progress. As the Negro becomes skilled and efficient and feels the new breath and apostolate of freedom, he cannot be industrially neglected, discredited, or disregarded. This new element is to be reckoned with. It is not to be opposed, but educated and directed. If the South is to make the most of its industrial opportunity and democracy, it must conserve its working force. Intelligence and self-interest require it and humanity requires it. Even here in this competitive strife where life calls for coöperative friendliness, the human way makes its divine appeals. As Principal Moton of Tuskegee said, "No laborer can give skilful, efficient, conscientious service when he is surrounded day and night by all that tends to lower his health, to distort his mind, to weaken his morals, to embitter his spirit, to shake his faith in his fellow man." The human way is the way out. Discrimination Before the Law, and Mob Violence We must acknowledge that there has been discrimination against the Negro in legislation; but the law has not been so crooked as the execution of the law. Even in politics he has been cheated out of his vote more shamefully than prevented from voting by crooked legislation. This crooked politics has reacted on the integrity of the ballot against the very people who forget to do right. While justifying shady practices on the ground of the necessity of securing a white man's government, they were bringing in a blacker régime by their own duplicity than black ballots could have ever delivered. They forget that the moral law never sleeps, and never forgets. This phase of our politics is passing. But the most outstanding crime is lynching. There have been from 1885 to 1916, thirty-two years, about 4,000 lynchings in the United States, three-fourths of them in the South. In the first sixteen years of this time there were never less than 100 a year; twice, the number rose above 200, the average being 150. In the second sixteen years the number reached 100 only twice, the average being 70, less than half. This looks hopeful. 'Tis true, we hear more about it in recent years. The tragedies seem to thicken. The fact is, we are simply waking up. Our consciences are quickened. It is That Weird Warning which screeches in unmistakable notes Fire! Words can't describe it-but once heard never forgotten. Everyone hears it instantly-everyone knows what it means-help comes quickly as never before. The efficiency of volunteer fire departments everywhere is being increased by the use of the FEDERAL ELECTRIC $1.50 a year for current. Loper Fire Alarm Co. STONINGTON, CONN. Manufacturers of Compressed Air Fire Whistles Whistle Blowers Bell Strikers, Boxes, Gongs Etc., Ete. 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Nor is the Negro the only victim, tho he has been the chief sufferer. In condemning mob violence the criminal is not excused from the villainy of his crime, whether Negro or alien. But law must be made supreme, justice more than a word on our tongues, and life made sacred and safe under all circumstances of excitement and of emotional stress and storm. The Negro as Soldier and 'Patriot The Negro as a soldier in the present war will be more than an episode in relation to his future history. He is by nature gregarious. He loves a crowd. He fits into mass movements. He is the synonym of loyalty. He is a typical patriot. He makes a good soldier. He is furnishing his quota of the American army. What effect will this war experience have on his public and institutional relations? Already the atmosphere is changing. I dare not guess what breath will blow upon us when the war is over. But this I know, the man who gives all a man can give for his country, his life, cannot be forgotten by the people; the race that fits into the world program of democracy and liberty will find a place and an appreciation, whatever his color or previous condition. AUGUST 5-10.-WINONA, IND. On the Calendar of Conventions Association. Indiana Commercial Secretaries' AUGUST 7-9.-WILMINGTON, N. C. An North Carolina Good Roads Association. nual convention. Acting Secretary, H. M. Berry, Chapel Hill, N. C. AUGUST 14.-SHREVEPORT, LA. Dixie Over-Land Highway Association. Annual convention. Secretary, Leland J. Henderson, Columbus, Ga. AUGUST 14-16.-RHINELANDER, WIS. League of Wisconsin Municipalities. Annual convention. Secretary, Ford H. MacGregor, Madison, Wis. AUGUST 20-22.-ST. LOUIS, Mo. Society of American Florists and Ornamental Horticulturalists. Annual convention. Secretary, John Young, 1170 Broadway, New York City. AUGUST 21-22.-RICHMOND, VA. SEPTEMBER 24-27-ATLANTA, GA. International Association of Municipal Electricians. Annual convention. Secretary, Clarence R. George, Houston, Tex. SEPTEMBER 25-26.-PITTSBURGH, PA. American Water Works Association--Central States Division. Annual convention. Secretary, R. P. Bricker, Shelby, Ohio. SEPTEMBER 30-OCTOBER 4.-ST. LOUIS, Mo. National Safety Council. Seventh Annual Safety Congress. Secretary, W. H. Cameron, 208 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Ill. OCTOBER 2-4.-BUFFALO, N. Y. American Society of Municipal Improvements. Annual convention. Secretary, Charles Carroll Brown, 702 Wulsin Building, Indianapolis, Ind. OCTOBER 14-17.-CHICAGO, ILL. American Public Health Association. Annual meeting. Acting Secretary, A. W. Hedrich, 126 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, Mass. OCTOBER 15-19.-RIVERSIDE, CAL. |