Show I WS W VW THE EDITORS EDITOR'S S 'S T TABLE ABLE TALK J OF THINGS GRA GRAVE GRAV V AND GAY NEGRO LABOR An s Interesting ng bit of at evidence illustrating illus- illus rating the growing disinclination of ot Northern working men frien men to permit Southern negro competition with their labor abor is furnished In a 1 despatch from Wheatland Indiana It seems that ome ti time e ago a negro negra colony of ot about two wo hundred and fifty souls settled in inthe inthe the he place much to th the disgust of af the white Inhabitants Three times Ulmes durIng during dur- dur ing ng the past two weeks their feeling ly-feeling y has been SI shown yn in the po posting post post- ting t- t ing ng of af notices on the negro netro cabins threatening to burn them down In addition a secret organization of local I residents calling themselves firebugs have lave sent warnings to to land owners manufacturers and others to the effect that hat Every person hiring leasing renting to or harboring in any manner manner man man- ner ncr negro labor after May 1st willbe willbe will willbe be burned out Manifestations of at this sort ort considerably str strengthen the theory theory theory the the- ory that American negroes would best consult their own Interests by bk remainIng remainIng remain- remain Ing ng In the South where their labor is needed and they are aie wanted AN UNRECONSTRUCTED YANK TANK An Incident occurred at the he Washington Wash Wash-c Ington Birthday celebration of of the Sons Son of the Revolution Revolution In Washington the he other day which was well calculated Sated to show how hO in some cases the passions and prejudices of ot over a generation generation gen gen- ago have been been pres preserved Intact Mr sir Grosvenor representative in Congress Congress Congress Con Con- gress from fram Ohio who happens to have been been jeen a Union soldier in the Civil war was vas addressing the Sons In the course of his remarks he said It fl is told to tous us that we must not speak of af the War of the Rebellion any more that It must be known as the Civil war or ar the War Var between the States But with my latest breath I shall say the War of th the af pf Rebellion Then a number of the he the Sons hissed the orator It Is a fI pity that hat a man of Mr Grosvenor's intelligence Intel- Intel could not be imbued with more liberal iberal ideas He Is old enough to to re remember remember remember re- re member that the doctrine of State sovereignty sov soy including t the e right ight of secession secession sion slon was an open question In 1861 and was only settled by the result of a sanguinary war He He might as well charge sedition against men of af today who bow to the Insular decision of the Supreme court but who before It was rendered end red thoroughly believed in the doctrine that the Constitution followed Uie he the flag From Fram their own wn point of ot view the he Confederates were not rebels but patriots struggling for rights guaran guaran- teed them by the Constitution and their construction of af the Constitution was held t to be right by many of the ablest and lawyers of af the day even evenin In the North In any event It does n not t hurt Anybody to use mild and non offen offensive non ive terms when they will willand willand and offensive non-offensive terms which will serve every purpose of at nar narrative argument argument e ment meat or Illustration SHODDY LEGISLATION There is healthy and vigorous agitation agitation agitation tion in the co country of of the the question of shoddy cloth masquerading as wool A Abill Abill bill is before Congress providing that manufacturers of shoddy cloths must label their output shoddy and providing pro pro- viding penalties for violations of the thel l law w It I Is not surprising that the people people peo peo- pIe who are are engaged In the business of m making shoddy Should should protest vociferously la isly against what they call a scheme to crush a struggling Infant American industry They say that If It compelled to reveal the real nature of their goods to the public they will be ruined The answer to this on the part of the wool- wool growers and manufacturers of genuine woolen goods is that If they must lie He Heto lieto lieto to and swindle the public In order to live ruin ruin Is quite the proper thing for forth th them m and that Congress ought to accelerate accelerate aced aced- erate erat i It as a much i as asp p possible se bl NEUTRALIZED NATIONS NA TIO S. S I For a lon long time time th the States Stats Stats' of ai Belgium and Switzerland SwItzerland have existed In itt a state sate of af neutralization guaranteed by bythe bythe bythe the great Powers They They are arethus arethus arethus thus assured from entanglement in the qu quarrels els of of their their more powerful neighbors and are without without without with with- out authority to go to war except to re repel repel re- re pel Invasion For Far small and weak countries countries countries coun coun- tries such an arr arrangement obviously Is providential and It has worked so so well wellIn In the cases cited that in the Scandinavian Scandinavian vian kingdoms there is considerable agitation In favor of af their securing a alike alike alike like protected status In Sweden a bill signed by forty members has been In Introduced Introduced introduced In- In in the Second Chamber urging the government to negotiate a common agreement of neutrality and to obtain the consent of the Powers to become guaranteeing parties to It Primarily the object abject of the measure Is to enable the Scandinavian States to cut down their military expenses but it Is probable probable probable able that the promoters of af the movement movement move move- ment meat ar are apprehensive of a great European European Euro Euro- war one ane of ot these days and are anxious to have up rup a substantial um umbrella umbrella umbrella brella when the stor storm breaks |