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Entered as Second Class Mail , July 27, 1919 , at the Post Office at New York , N.Y. , under Act of March 3, 1879 . CHANDLER OWEX . Vgr. Editor , Sworn to and subscribed before me this 9th day of Editors : October , 1922 . A. PHILIP RANDOLPH CHANDLER OWEN My expires , Assistant Editor : ( commission March 30 1923 . FLOYD J. CALVIN KENNETH DUNCAN . Contributing Editors : New York Co. Register's No. 4443 . GEORGE FRAZIER MILLER W. A. DOMINGO Clerk's No. 240 . December , 1922. ] THE MESSENGER 537 Editorials ANOTHER PONZI —GARVEY BUBBLE BURSTS the British “ rotton borough ” elections system afhrm party FOUR ihat the Labor would have returned many more RECEIVER TAKES OTHER proportional representation PIGGLY WIGGLY CONCERNS were there in Great Bri tain . As it is Labor increases its number from some , 70 to 142. a to say the least . Liabilities of the Five Estimated at odd Quite stride Some brilliant labor figures were elected , including Sidney $1,890,000— Promoter Elliot Has J. Ramsey . Breakdown Webb and MacDonald For the first time , in the history of the British Empire the British Labor party party of Majesty's Loyal SELLING OF THE STOCK HERE becomes the His Most of of In Opposition . the Bonar WAS OVERPLAYED the event the fall , ministry only , Law the alternative according to pre , cedent is that the King request the leader of the party Not Enough Grocery Stores Established , of Opposition to form a ministry which means that in This City and Vicinity to of in all probability the next government Great Bri Warrant It be a a very re - as . tain will Labor government . Not suring anticipation this to the British and American ( met your gaze in the metropolitan This news item , Tories who have lurid visions of the ghost of the , , press Noveniber 18 1922. ) of amazing capital levy . But one the most failures , , Still they fall . Yesterday it was Ponzi of Boston of the election was Lloyd George . He was over of Chicago of Bischoff and Garvey everywhere in whelmingly repudiated . Nor was Bonar Law given ; general in ' it and nowhere particular today is James , is any hugely popular mandate . On the contrary his W. Elliot of the Business Builders whose Piggly Wig in is limelight . Asquith a minority government the , gly scheme goes to the wall . The poor ignorant black , again , limping along with his foe Lloyd George who and white simpletons have been fleeced again . The has now become the leader of the “ Wee Frees . ” Lady of the MESSENGER have repeatedly warned Editors by , , Astor the reactionary was returned a smaller the Negroes against throwing their good , hard cash , vote this time showing that she is losing political , , by fly into these shoe - string - night- wild - cat business , caste . All eyes are centered on labor watching its ventures . We understand that a large number of every move . by Negroes have been hard hit this failure . Too , poor bad they are amongst the who least can afford KU KLUX KLAN SEIZING THE GOVERNMENT ; it but always such is the case . , , Negroes are the easy marks of the sharpers having Empiro ? to HAS it come this Has the Invisible , vague they as it can make mil were some idea that grown more powerful than our visible govern , lions like Ford Rockefeller and Morgan by buying be to be ment ? This question will have answered stocks . that are in the middle of the Hudson Lots of fore many more moons . Governor Parker Louisi oil , only on River and tongue of that exists the the ana , recognizing his helplessness before the Klan has , to Negro . When will salesman have been the to sold Capitol of journeyed to the the Nation consult they no learn that stocks which are worth a picayune with President Harding on methods for breaking the be peddled to . would ever out them When stocks are . is appealing . power of the Ku Klux Parker for Fed valuable Wall Street buys them ; when they are worth eral aid to curb this notorious gang of masked cut , they palmed on gullible less are off the and unsus , throats who honey - comb every department of the by pecting Negro . long as a pepole be duped , As can State government virtually defying him to proceed by , Black Star Line dreamers the fraudulent Co - op Harding against them . It is reported that President by erative Society of America which is condemned is hesitant about taking action . Is he afraid ? Have , the Co - operative League of America and numerous Klansmen gotten themselves into places of power in ; Piggly Wiggly labor unions and the which had noth , the Federal Government too ? We know they boast ing to commend itself to the public on except an efti in of 70 or a of having bloc more the House and of cent staff salesman who were equipped to make the Senate . Election returns show that they have , of green , one the made cheese , , think that moon was all of in of practically won in Oregon and course is hope any there little for substantial economic strides the Southern states . in the very near future , In City New York the Klan has boldly begun re cruiting in THE BRITISH ELECTIONS members the Rev. John Roach Straton's , church New York's " keeper " of the public's morals .