The Monitor
A Weekly Newspaper devoted to the civic, social and religious Interests
of the Colored People of Nebraska and the West, with the desire to con
tribute something to the general good and upbuilding of the community and
of the race.
Published Every Saturday.
Entered aa Second-Class Mail Matter July 2, 1.916, at the Post Office at
Omaha, Neb., under the act of March 2, 1879.
THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor and Publisher.
Lucille Skaggs Edwards and William Garnett Haynes, Associate Editors.
George Wells Parker, Contributing Editor and Business Manager.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES, 81.50 PER YEAR
Advertising Rates, 50 cents an Inch per issue.
Address, The Monitor, 1119 North Twenty-first street, Omaha.
Telephone Webster 4242.
THE DEMAND FOR
COLORED LABOR
From the immense southern corre
spondence flooding The Monitor of
fice it appears that the members of
our race in the south believe that
the northern demand for their labor
is merely momentary' and that the
conditions which cause it will soon
pass out of existence. The real truth
of the matter is that the demand upon
the south will continue for many years
to come. Of course, the war condi
tions intensify the situation at pres
ent, but after the war the situation
will probably remain the same, if not
become more serious. This question
hinges altogether upon the duration
of the present conflict.
After the war Europe will have no
emigrants to send to this country.
She will need all she has and mil
lions more. Russia is now' a republic
and the chances are that she will of
fer to her millions of citizens oppor
tunities more golden than they could
ever have here. The recent immi
gration bill passed by the last con
gress reduces immigration to the
minimum. And with all of these con
siderations comes another and more
powerful than all: the whole world
is preparing to hail emigrants to
every land excepting our own. South
America, Canada, Africa and Aus
tialia, are offering glittering dreams
to all who will strike for their shores
and what is more, their promises can
be fulfilled. A recent w'riter in the
New York Sun declares that the
United States will no longer be the
land of opportunity after the war as
compared with the other bidders. If
war-wrecked Europe does spare any
emigrants, the chances are they will
not come this way. The opportunities
for Colored labor are enlarging every
day and there is no reason to believe
that they will disappear for many
years to come.
NEGROES NOT MEN
Every loaf of bread sold by Flor
ida bakers will contain on the wrap
pers an appeal for men to enlist.—
News Item.
And yet, when Colored men offered
their services they were told Negroes
were not being accepted for the army
or navy. We beg the South’s pardon,
they are appealing for MEN to enlist.
The average American, especially of
the South, does not consider Negroes
men, but only ,!niggahs.” And the
South’s in the saddle at Washington,
sah.
TEXAS GOES TO WAR
In another part of this issue it is
told how a mob clothed with the
uniform of the Texas militia and
the authority of the United States
service killed unarmed Colored men
and insulted Colored women in the
streets of the thriving city of Gal
veston. No, they were not Germans
in Mexican uniform, nor Mexicans in
German uniform, from over the line.
The murderers were soldiers called
to the colors to defend the country
from invasion; their way of doing it
was to kill their unoffending fellow
citizens of darker hue.
The responsibility for this unpro
voked killing was put squarely up
to the city authorities of Galveston
on the ground of the lack of proper
police protection. But there exists a
larger responsibility on the part of
the State and National authorities,
for the flagrant violation of all rules
of civilized warfare, in this slaughter
of helpless civilians by the very sol
diers whose duty it should have been
to protect them.
We shall see what action the State
of Texas and the W'ar Department
take to punish this crime against
civilization. The American nation
cannot afford to enter upon a War for
Humanity, with its first engagement
to be known as the Galveston Mas
sacre.—New York Age.
SKITS OF SOLOMON
Colored American Patriotism.
When it comes to Colored Ameri
can patriotism, O my Son, I don’t
believe there is any sich animul
There was sich an animul once upon
a time, but “ruthless slaughter” has
resulted in extinction of the species.
Colored Americans want to have pat
riotism, but every time they start to
work up their thrill engines some
body cripples the piston. The ma
chinery is so bent and twisted now
that it is a question whether it can
bp straighetned out. When the bugle
sounded for enlistments we butted in
to the army headquarters and wTere
gently and quickly told that the near
est way out was thru the door un
less we wanted to jump thru the
glass window. When we pussyfooted
to the naval headquarters and the or
derly caught a glimpse of our choc
olate-hued phiz, he threw a scare into
us that made our dogs feel like they
were in 100 degrees below zero water.
Then we went home, bathed with some
arnica and tried to boost hope on the
mantlepiece again. Now comes along
the registration card which specifi
cally states that if you are a Jigg:
mutilate the left hand comer of thr
card so that you can get into the
Jim-Crow files. Hope fell off the
mantlepiece again and smashed her
self all over the floor. We felt sort
of sick like and went to Doc and
asked him to slip the mercury bulb
under our tongue and tell us the
thermometric measurement of our
patriotism.
“212 Below Zero, Centigrade,” said
Doc.
“And what kind of dope do we
need, Doc-”
“Damphino,” quoth Doc, as he made
a grab for the pharmacopaeia.
And now, O my Son, we’re waiting
for Doc to speak up.
Five room house, Twenty-sixth and
Grant streets, $700. Easy terms.
Douglas 2842.—Adv.
Obvious Observations
“If you are of African descent tear
off the lower left hand corner,” is
the way the conscription registration
cards read. In other words there
will be Jim-Crow’ cards. Let’s get
our breath before we explode.
The New' York Times recently came
out in an editorial upon the “essential
analogy between the spirit of the
Iiohenzollems and that of the slave
power with which the nation came to
grips in 1861.” Maybe you think the
south hasn’t landed on the Times with
both feet, hammer and tongs?
One of our southern correspondents
tells us that the albino mill owners are
going around to Colored churches try
ing to find out how the Colored peo
ple are getting news of northern op
portunities for w'ork and how they
are getting away. Something mys
terious, Mabel; something mysterious.
Is congressional attack on old H
C. L. a vaudeville stunt or real sure
enough get ready?
Say, Polly, bless my weary peepers
is the sun honestly shining or am 1
having a pipe dream?
Bring in that subscription change
friend. Call Webster 4243 or leave
it at 1- 3 Scuth 14th street. We need
it mostly.
The Appeal to Reason moves that
United States take over the railroads.
We second the motion.
Thanking you for your dry-eyed at
tention, we will now proceed to shake
a leg and ask the printer to hold Tire
until we collect some more cash.
CANINES AND NEGROES
The dog population of the United
States is estimated to be 25,000,000.
A suggestion has been made that a
war tax of $1 per capita be levied
on them.—News Item.
Then there are about 12,000,000 Ne
groes or Americans “of African de
scent,”—see annotation in left hand
comer of official conscription census
registration card. A per capita tax
levied upon this portion of the animal
kingdom, whose habitat is the United
States of America, would increase the
war tax to the extent of a mere bag
atelle of $12,000,000. It is passing
strange that some brilliant Southern
statesman (?) has not before this
called th* attention of Congress to
this important matter.
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