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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30,1931
EDITORIALS and FEATURES
SAN ANTONIO REGISTER
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JASPER T. DUNCAN, Editor-General Manager
R. R. Davenport.
J. W. Holland _
W. L. Walker
J. A. Jamea
P. E. Mclntyre _
Spo'ts Editor
Contributing Editor
Contributing Editor
. Advertising Manager
—Circulation Manager
All news matter should be in our office by Wednesday noon
to appear in current issue. News matter must be plainly
written and on only one side of copy sheet. The right to
condense matter for convenience of safety is reserved,
unless paid for.
William Randolph Hearst's open letter to President Her-
bert Hoover released through Hearst papers last Weda- B> W' AITC"R
day was strong and convincing to the American publicXnd . "then,me mo"'
. . . . f key used in connection with the
| will find ready support in the average American imnd. Read word wrench in ItUni„g t0 thtt
Wednesday's Light If you haven t. -f L(ry u,eful in,trument?
His pointed arguments and unanswerable questions tre I Answer: The term "monkey"
reeking with conviction. However, for many years these u"id mconn'cti°n **th wrench,
1 , , . , . _ 77 / making th« word "monkey-wrench"
same arguments have been presented to President after P#es- i, really derived from the name of
ident, Congress after Congress, Governor after Governor, lhe inventor ol th« instrument. The
Mayor after Mayor, and so on down the line, by Negro* in "m.°n
America—and to the Hearst newspapers as a powerful me- doubt monkey was easier to pro-
I dium in this country—as to the injustices toward Negroes roun,ce iha" MonfkJ' «"d h*n«.in*
• « -4U 1I H . . „ ...u *,,4d of th« tBo1 h* invented be-
in America with little or no avail whatever. ,nr , moncky-wrench it la
Register readers, and our people throughout the naticr cslled a "monkey-wrench,"
| should read this front-page editorial or open letter, digest it t0 cut"ne"i h^or finger nail!"? *
then paraphrase it, supplying words that apply to their pa-- Answer: Because neither the hair
ticular problem in the United States. Easy it is to conclude or fin*er n*lu contain any nerve
that the assertion is correct that "it is alright when it haj-
pens to somebody else, but just wait until it happens to you. cut as pain is caused only when a
Like the proverbial frog on the river bank at whom the boys nerve ''injur,(1-
were gleefully hurling stones, wht> with his last fleeting gasp
of breath spoke up and said, "Oh boys! stop! what's fun for
you is death for me."
Fo r years we have plead for protection against lynching
discrimination in opportunities on account of color, adequate
school facilities, jobs and the like, and scarcely a voice has
WIIAT DO YOU WANT TO KNOW?
Question: In a discussion the
other day it was stated by one of
the persons present that radio lis
teners did not actually hear the
voice of the announcer. Is this
true?
Answer: Radio listeners do not
actually hear the voice of the an-
nouncer, as it perhaps never leaves
the studio. In the broadcasting
station the voice of the announcer
or any other sound is converted
into an electric current by means
of an instrument called a micro-
phone. By means of the broad-
caating apparatus this current is
thrown out Into space In the form
of radio-waves. Your receiving set
"picks up" the radio-wave and con-
verta it back to electric currents,
which in turn are run through a
loud speaker which converts the
electric current Into sound waves
again. So it ia the reconverted
voice we hear and not the actual
voice.
FOR YOUR SCRAP BOOK
If you've gambled and won in the
great game of life;
If you feel you have conquered the
sorrow and strife;
If you've played the game fair and
you stand on first base—
You don't have to say so—it shows
on your face.
Fhe Register Platform
The San Antonio Register Stands For:
San Antonio first.
Increased patronage of extant racial business
institutions and encouraging the establishment
of others.
Opportunity for advancement in lines for u kich
the race qualifies.
Equitable representation in city a>id county gov-
ernmental departments.
Unbridled voting privileges. We are unalterably
opposed to the so-called "white man's primary."
Absolute equality for oil before tribunals of
justice.
AnMynch laws both Federal and State.
Equal accommodations on common carriers.
More and better school facilities.
A continuation of the pleasant relations existing
between the races in San Antonio and vicinity.
The establishment of a branch Y. M. C. A., with
all kindred activities, for the youth of this
community.
By J. W. AITCH
How often have you heard the
old adage to not parade your vir-
tues or your vices? Well, here we
been raised in the "wilderness" in behalf of the justice of bavc th« reason f;r this advice:
the cause, and most certainly no president taken to task so
convincingly by the greatest newspaper syndicate of all ^' l'0,N.,T..H^\E T° TELL n
timos THEY KNOW IT
v , i ,,-r, , . . ^°u don't have to tell how you live If you ''issinate nigh*. till the dav
For years we have argued "The American Negro doe? each day; j j, mo,Vnigh
not want a dole—public or private; he does not want alms. Vou don t havc t0 f y°u work There is only one tattler, and one
he wants wages, he wants to be paid for sen-ice rendered. He \ tried L. that won't lie;
, , , • . . .... .... , , „ .ned, true barometer serve in the i Since your facial barometer is right
wants work for which he is qualified, indiscriminately." (Par- place— | in jts p]ace„ "
aphrasing Mr. Hearst.) This situation is nothing new to liowever >°" liv*. it will «how in You don't have to tell folks, it
us, but it does prove that when the "boot pinches your foot 5 'r act' 1 "hows in your face.
you also will cry out." White men's babies are now crying Tlle the deceit, that you bear it your life is unselfish, if for oth-
for milk. White men's homes are being foreclosed, their n-,, y?ur hear,t' . ! ers y°u live,
«ill not stay inside where it first j For not what you get, but how
much you can give;
shops being closed down, their factory whistles stilled, their got the start;
"white collar" men discharged, and the mistresses of their sinew "nd blood are a thin veil
homes forced to discharge their servants and in some casts what yoii'we'ar in your heart you
seek work—and Premier Laval of France, after being kismt wear in your face.
by President Hoover and his daughter dancing with Mayot! ~~ ""
Walker, hies himself back to his native land fully satisfied POI ITIf AI
with the relief given France by the President. ■ WXiUflL
Like Mr. Hearst, we think it unwise, and neglect;
this country, but we are not surprised, for it has happened
to LS so much, so often, and so long until we are accustomed [' J
If you live close to God in His in-
finite grace
You don't have to tell it—it shows
in your face.
PARAGRAPHS
to that type of thought, action and justice.
Our belief that legislation alone will not bring justice,
but that the hearts and feeling of men must be changed to
obtain results, is substantially strengthened. Reduction of
us all to the same common denominator economically, is help,
ing. Truly, "it's all right when it happens to somebody else,
but just wait until it happens to you."
Don't Lose Money Like This
Eaiapcipation Nnmher Two-
Watch the Texas Primary case
carefully especially if you live be-
low the Mason-Dixon line. It may
mean a second Emancipation Proc-
lamation. Stated simply its sig-
nificance is this: White people
in the South are Democrats. Ev-
ery important candidate elected is
a Democrat. The Republicans
don't amount to much down South.
If a man wins the Democratic
nomination down there, he is as
good as elected. The primary de-
cides everything. White people in
Texas know this. They passed a
law saying that no Negro could
vote in a Democratic primary. Dr.
Nixon, colored man of El Paso,
thought they had no right to do
this, so he fought the case to the
Supreme Court of the United
States and won out. This made the
white folk nervous. The legist
ture of Texas then passed a law
by ail means, read the ads Friday so that' fhat "ch "P°l'tica| party should
hnlfA tka MAhf * .. , i
By CAPITAN
All People Don't Think Alike
Another instance of how the other fellow might feel
aoout things has recently been brought to the attention of
the world by two men who were recently brought to this j Last week by reading the ads in The Register and look-
country to work as Animal Attendants. These men were ing for the bargains that it weekly contains, a man with
dark men from AFRICA, through whose veins coursed blood a family of four, including two children, could have taken
nurtured by mo her type of civilization that is different from advantage of these bargains and purchased enough foodstuff
the V\ estern civilization into which they were brought. on Saturday to feed them for an entire week for $2.25. lion-
Animal Attendants means they were men who did the day the same foodstuffs would cost him at least $1.00 more.
hazardous work from which most W estern civilization!,ts Read your paper, and read it promptly, and by all mean.,
S,nnk' 8Uch " tor the lions tigers badgers, gorillas, take advantage of the wonderful bargains that are offered
They evidently did their work well from the overtures that you and the privilege to save money by buying from our ad-
were made to them to remain, but they chose to not remain vertisers. IF Y0I" JUST MUST WAIT UNTIL SUNDAY to
in New York at any price, and preferred to return to their enjoy your news, by ail means, read the ads Friday so that , „ , - -
V'neS and trees' >'ou w'" ^ informed on how to save and where to save. Sifi^ionf of VrsonT'uk^
The Register is especially anxious about this phase of its pert in party primary." Then the
Executive Committee of the Demo-
cratic party excluded Negroes from
participation, pursuant to this law.
Dr. Nixon didn't like this either,
so he fought some more. Now he
is back in the Supreme Court.
What those nine gentlemen do in
this case is going to mean a great
deal to you and me. Two thirds
of us who might vote live in the
South.
You ought to be proud of Dr.
Nixon and the intelligent men down
in Texas who just wouldn't go to
sleep on their rights. You ought
to be proud of the N. A. A. C. P.
which furnished the lawyers to
fight the case. Whether you arc
a Republican or Democrat doesn't
matter. For if the Democrats of
Texas get away with this disfran-
chisement, so can the "Lily White"
Republicans of the South. This
isn't just a Negro Democrat's fight,
it's everybody's fight. And if you
aren't interested you ought to be
kicked.
Business Hints
and be not molested by this Western culture.
Up they turned their noses at the suggestions of American-, service to its reaaers, for many reasons, prominent among
za ion according to the American idea) and back they went them being the economic value to be derived from this pro-
to the place where they may enjoy the freedom which their cedure. You cannot afford to lose a dollar in these ard
riS,n r enJ°y ln thAe'r,nafeuhaunt8-: times by sheer neglect in reading your paper. Further ban
rliril ^ y ra,r7T,g\ thfy reP- that, this is (according to common consent) the first ime
Z2 ^th thouLT Hf v X the hUnd;e5S,;f th°U,;,ln the h>«tory of .San Antonio that colored people have had
civilization behind them" ° °. ,.W ,an organ of the type of The Register giving service, news,
r PT i es fn clv' atl0n and taking a position for the betterment of the group in its
JU&T AS WRONG by their code, as Western civilization can entirety,
prove them.
All people don't think alike. Don't be too quick to call
the other fellow a savage, barbaric fool because he doesn't
believe as you do, or he doesn't square up with your idea, book
or code of living. He may be able to take his and prove YOU
TO BE THE HEATHEN.
Act Today
W. L. WALKER
Yesterday is gone. Today is here. Tomorrow must
«ome. What have you done to help yourself and fellowman?
Did you get all out of yesterday that could be expected of
rou? Did you finish your task today? Do you plan to start
tomorrow off in the right way? Is your schedule for the
Present and future crowded with constructive plans?
The Register, therefore, in rendering this service, calls
upon its readers, subscribers, club following, churcht and
friends, to be guided by this injunction: READ THE R.EG
ISTER PROMPTLY, PATRONIZE REGISTER ADVER-
TISERS, AND MENTION THE REGISTER WHEN SPEND-
ING \ OL R MONEY. If your merchant is not advertising in
your paper—the paper that prints your news FREE, fights
your battles, and enables you to be enlightened on subjects
of interest from afar, find out the reason WHY. Ask him.
Don't lose money by not reading our ads, and mention
The Register when you buy.
U. S. R. vs. U. S. A.
The Negro Technicians, now on the high seas, who were
_ a*... • . . * vviiiiiktiAllSt ii\j y\ Uil HI C IliMIl B6W| WHO WviC
! 2 Z11«" W? Sh?ld empl°y!d by the government to teach cotton raising
realize that if we fail to use our time properly it is lost for
tver. Tomorrow is uncertain, yet we plan, hope and look
forward to its coming. However, it is not right or fair to
crowd tomorrow's schedule with a task that can be done to-
day or could have been performed yesterday. Do what you
can today, tomorrow belongs to the future and yesterday
can offer nothing but memories.
to the Russians in the Ukrane, had an opportunity to realize
the different attitude of their own United States and that
of the United States of Soviet Russia, which they are to
serve for two years.
The Russian government had engaged passage for these
men on the steamer "President Roosevelt," an American
By W. L. WALKER
TO CAFE OWNERS
If you expect to compete with
the other fellow in the restauiant
businus open y iurs a little earlier
each morning and stay opei: a lit-
tle later at night. If possible, stay
open night and day.
• • •
Everyone enjoys eating a well-
prepared meal served in passable
looking dishes and dishes that are
at least clean. Try to be num-
bered among those'that render such
service.
• •
The duties of a waitress or a
waiter are to render first-class
service to all. Tips will follow nat-
urally with such service. You need
not expect tips^ waiters and wait
resses, if you are slow and not
properly dressed.
• A *
Very often restaurants fail be
cause they arc not located in the
proper place. Study the daily flow
of the public carefully before de
ciding on a location.
• * *
Learn how to estimate quantities
of food and the number of meals
you are likely to serve each day and
you will not likely have to serve
left-over food the following day,
which very often causes unncces
sary comment.
• • •
Don't make the mistake of grow-
ing puffed-up because a few people
happen to highly recommend your
place of business. Keep a level
head and never cease to render first
class service.
• • •
You can't specialize in every dish
in the restaurant business, but you
can study your public and find out
what they like best Specialize in
that dish and sell it at a reasonable
price. It will be a great advertise-
ment to your business.
• • *
Study the menus and popular
prices of the leading restaurants in
the city; see that yours compare
favorably with their prices and
service.
Slavery in Liberia
the men because of color, promptly cancelled the booking and
arranged for passage on the "Deutschland," stipulating that
the men^be accorded every privilege of any other passenger.
How different from our government that permits, coun-
tenances and supports segregation, not only to a group of
trained American citizens, but even to the war mothers who
visit the graves of their loved ones fallen on the battle fields
of France. •
owned vessel, but finding this steamer intended to segregate to Russia,
Mr. John W. Sutton, son of the principal of the Douglass
High School, San Antonio, is a member of the staff going
Convicted before the world as a
slave state, how lont will Liberia
be permitted to continue her un-
civilised practices? Can she re-
form from within or must she be
reformed from without? When
even the report of the recent in-
ternational commission has not
put a stop to pawning, domestic
slavery, concubinage, oppression
of the natives, forced labor of the
less spectacular kind, and merely
rendered the "boy" traffic more in-
frequent and lass profitable, can
we expect any improvement?
There ii a possibility of clean-
ing house in Liberia through po-
litical upheaval at the polls, but it
is about as remote as a Republi-
can victory in Mississippi. There
are som« honest Liberians who are
sincerely aroused by the plight in
which their country finds itself,
but they are few in number. They
have tried for thirty years to oust
the True Whig Party from office
but without avail. Most of them
are now discouraged.
Most of this group of Liberians,
with many others, one imagines,
who are eager for nothing but of-
fice, are organized in what is
known as the People's Party. In
this year's election they chose as
their standard bearer for the third
consecutive time Thomas J. R.
Faulkner, tne country's most suc-
cessful business man. Faulkner Is
an American-born naturaliied Li-
berian, highly respected by the
blacks and whites of Monrovia,
where he has a large office and
private hotel.
Active for Progress
During his thirty years' resi-
dence in Liberia, Faulkner has
been most active In trying to de-
velop the country. The first elec-
tric light plant, the first ice plant
and the first telephone system
were all Introduced by him. Mean-
time he has been the most persis-
tent foe of Government graft, in-
efficiency, fraud and crime. He it
was who was largely instrumental
in bringing about tht internation-
al investigation into slavery and
forced labor in Liberia. Others
knew what was going on but only
Faulkner speke out and denounced
the evil. Graduates of foreign
universities, clergymen and mis-
sionaries maintained a discreet si-
lence about it. Faulkner is the
biggest thorn in the side of the
politicians and they would gladly
get rid of him as they have other
annoying persons, but he is too
popular for that.
The man is a dynamo of energy.
In a country where travel must
be either by hammock, surf boat
or canoe and conducted with the
maximum of difficulty, he is ever
on the go, rushing back and forth
from Cape Mount to Cape Palmas,
uncovering those in power. Like
an evenging angel he appears
suddenly in the most out-of-the-
way places gathering evidence of
fraud and graft which is duly
published in the one or two little
weekly four-page opposition pa-
pers. At one time he journeyed
over 300 miles of tropical sea
from Cape Palmas to Monrovia
in a dugout canoe to attend an
election, thus surprising his op-
ponents. Some of his feats seem
miraculous to Liberians, who are
notoriously short on energy.
Party Friendly to U. S.
The platform of the People's
Party favors a more friendly poli-
cy toward America, American
citizens and American business,
urges the conviction and impri-
sonment of all Government offi-
cials guilty of complicity in the
Fernando Poo "boy" traffic and the
brutalities of the recent forced
labor road program, asks Ci?
granting of concessions to foreign
enterprises that Liberia may be-
come economically developed and
advocates the immediate reorgani-
zation of the judicial system which
is now the laughing stock of Af-
rica.
The platform Is the work of
Faulkner and the People's Party
is largely financed by him. Some
people say he is merely an adven-
turer who loves the Presidency of
Liberia more than he does Li-
beria; his friends say he is the
only man who can save Liberia.
It is safe to say that a majority
of the Liberians, outside the offi-
cio' class and its satellites, and
certainly most of the natives are
for him. But the chances are
that he made a poor showing at
the polls in the recent May elec-
tions, the returns of which will
not be published until the Legis-
lature sits in December. The ma-
chinery of government has been
in the hands of the True Whig
Party for so many years and poli-
ticians in office are so adept at the
art of obtaining majorities on pa-
per if not in reality that their de-
feat will be a modern miracle.
In the 1928 election, when
Faulkner opposed former Presi-
dent C. D. B. King, the True Whig
machine was working in its usual
excellent order. Indeed, the True
Whig machine and the Government
lighthouse are about the only two
things that do work in Liberia.
Although only property owners
enjoy the right of franchise i„
Liberia and not over 16,000 per-
sons were qualified as electors,
King received 243,000 votes while
Faulkner got but 9,000! King's
aide-de-camp alone delivered 100,
000 vote* from the interior. In
one district where there are but
9,000 electors, 40,000 votes were
cait. In the town of Slnoe, wltk
a total population of but 3,500
souls the Registrar of Elections,
who is allowed 2 cents for each
vote registered, sent in a bill for
$948.
Vote by Truckloads
' On that election day a high
Government Official excitedly
sought to borrow a truck for elec-
tioneering from the manager of
the Firestone Company. Whtn
refused, he remarked wistfully,
"Oh, al lright. I just voted a
bunch of men down here (in Mon-
rovia) and I wanted to rush them
up country so I could vote them
again before the polls close."
In Grand Cape Mount County,
the True Whigs suggested and the
People's Party managers agreed,
that the polls should be kept open
one hour for the Faulkner ad-
herents, then an equal period for
the King men, and alternate in
this manner through the day ia
order to avoid clashea between en-
thusiasts of the two factions. Tht
polls opened the first hour for
Faulkner, but the reat of the dsy
only True Whigs were permitted to
vote. The forces of law and or-
der upheld the True Whigs.
Hence, it is difficult tiimagine
that the election of this year te
fill the vacancy made by the re.
signation of President C. B. D.
King over the slavery revelations
was any fairer than previous ones.
The bulk of foreign observers
in Monrovia sec no way to clean
up the mess of slavery, forced la-
bor. pawning, bankruptcy and in.
efficiency except by outside con.
trol. They argue that money and
technical assistance are necessary
to the development of Liberia is.
to a modern state, and that tin
present Government ia hardly ol
such a character to inspire conl*
dence in the h* rU of internet!
al bankers and eonceeeionnalrea« <
Few believe that anything ialjf
be hoped for from the League V
Nations because Liberia it a mem.
ber and nothing can be done with,
out its permission and agreement.
The chief and primary need in Li*
beria is the ousting of the pres.
ent misgoverning gang, and it il
not on record where politicians
voted themselves out of office, par-
ticularly when they have no other
occupation. Beyond sending health
experts to clean up Monrovia and
fight the yellow fever menace, the
League of Nations can do little ex-
cept dispatch commission! to itudy
conditions and make reports. It
might arrange another loan for
Liberia but that eeems remote.
The United States has always
taken such a friendly interest in
the affairs of Liberia and as the
little republic ia already known up
and down the West African coast
as an American protectorate, there
ore some who think America
should step in and straighten
things up as she has in some
small states nearer home. But
there is no indication as yet that
the United States ia eager to be-
come so deeply involved. It would
perhaps at best be a thankle«s
appreciated expenditure of mil-
lions of dollars before Liberia be.
came self supporting and devel-
oped a superior class of governing
officials.
Ruling Class in Saddle
Meanwhile, the little, haughty,
impecunious ruling class, perplex-
ed over the future but getting
what can be extracted from the
present, sits uneasily astride the
backs of a million and a half sul-
len and dissatisfied aborigines.
They can get labor for the grab-
bing, extra wives for the taking
and plenty of food by requisition;
they are incapable of developing
but, lacking brains and money,
the rich natural resources of
their beautiful land or even of
constructing decent roads to en-
able others to do so.
Cruel, unmoral, incompetent,
they flock devoutly each Sabbath
to their numerous churches, pray-
ing for salvation—and meaning an-
other ioan.
(The End)
You have just finished the final
installment of "Slavery in Liberia"
by George S. Schuyler. If you
have liked this feature, then write
the editor of this paper at once. If
you haven't liked it, write anyway.
The point is: would you like anoth-
er feature like this one?—The Ed-
itor.
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Randle mo-
tored to Kingsville, Texas, visiting
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hiram
Williams. On their return they
stopped in Corpus Christi, Texas,
with Miss Myrtle Hall.
They reported a wonderful trip
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