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Rh its inception he has been business manager of The Plaindealer, and much of its success has been due to his untiring zeal and labors in its behalf.

The crowning results of their efforts is seen in every issue of The Plaindealer. Full of news, and its columns teeming with bright editorials, it will always be a welcome visitor to the home of every Afro-American. A writer in The Beaumont (Texas) Recorder expresses our sentiment in the following lines:

"Another good paper is The Detroit Plaindealer. This paper is just what its name indicates. It does not mince matters, but it calls a spade a spade every time. And what is most interesting about it is, it is making money and enjoys a good circulation throughout the country. The Messrs. Pelham seem to know what they are about."

The exact truth as to the consistency of Southern editors found in the editorial columns of The Plaindealer cannot fail to command attention, as well as prove true all that has been said of them respecting their editorial capacity. Says The Plaindealer:

"Consistency is a jewel little prized by Southern editors. One issue of their papers teems with tirades against Northern agents who entice Afro-American labor from the South, and the next declares 'the negro a detriment' rather than aid to that section, and clamors for his speedy departure or annihilation. He is said at one time to be utterly devoid of ambition, contented and happy in the state which Southern brutality has placed him, and at another berated because he aspires to social equality with his former master. He is regarded as an arrant coward; but one single specimen, unarmed and alone, is sufficient to cause a 'Negro riot' and warrant the calling out of the 'militia.' He is said to be utterly devoid of moral sense, yet is expected to display qualities of forbearance, patience and generosity, which are