| Show THE rhe COLOR LINE IN SALT LAKE CITY ow ON the let of jul july y 1895 we became a resident of this city and we began the publication ot oi the broad ax on august of the same ame year and an d from f rom that time to the present we have endeavored endear ored to sound the praises of the people of this city and state to the best of our ability but with a great deal of we are compelled at this time and on this occasion to write in disparagement of the people of this city but we deem it our solemn duty to do so fo the broad ax has never hesitated since it made its first appearance in hewing to the line and letting the chips fan fall where they may As we have hare heretofore stated in season and out of season that the people of utah as a general rule are honest kind hearted and very generous but at it the same time the majority of the restaurant sat keepers and many other business men of this city entertain such a hatred and intense prejudice against all negroes irrespective of their deportment or appearance that they I 1 will not permit them to enter cuter their places of business these business men regard all negroes as being criminals and not entitled to the least consideration there is in not one first class claga lunch counter restaurant mt or not even second or third elm class within the limi limits ta of this city whose whom owner or proprietors will permit a genteel ne negro g ro to be saved this is all entirely wrong if these them men man do not desire to accommodate the negro they should place signs lug upon their places of business biness bearing tim the following inscription all negroes keep out of this place for we will not serve you and we do not want your trade trades if man manca ca bros the cyz bank ganir rogel HogeT Broa and ana all others who detest the presence pm bace of negroes would woula punt paint a sign ign of this description on their windows and doors door they wo would uld not be under the ne 1 c ceaty of insulting stranger of a our ram race abo happen to stumble into their place of business wahib the put past two wo months we have cose in contact with quite a number of ow bw view race who are an tm ploy aloyed m the berrice ser rice nd and they all hare aklus of emu 60 e trea M which w k ia is tf 44 60 idam by the S S J m 47 effar W eff lr je people utah tic m ew om try to I 1 41 SS rl r l i ve hostile atti attitude tade which the salt lake tribune assumed when it was an bounced that the twenty fourth regiment would be located at fort douglas we could not controvert this thi fact and the omaha gentleman enjoyed a good laugh at our expense our business men may be of th the e opinion that by pursuing such a course it will not injure the reputation of our city but in this thi a they are mistaken for only a short time ago a member of our ram race intended to invest several thousand dollars in salt lake real estate but bat when he ascertained that his wife and daughter woma would be treated worse than common street walkers if they attempted to frequent ft any restaurant in our city he decided to invest his money els elsewhere we have no desire to convey the idea that we desire to dictate to any one how to conduct their business and we have always made it a rule never to frequent any place of business if we know that our presence will be offensive to the proprietor or that we will be insulted by being refused accommodation and inasmuch as the color line exists in this city to an alarming extent we therefore urge all who are not desirous of serving the members of our race to adopt the method which we have suggested gesteland dand and baso by so doing there will be no occasion to wound the feelings ot of the members of our race who are unfamiliar with the rules which have been adopted by the christian business men of this fair city of zion |
