May so please give this
matter your earnest consideration an let me hear from you by
return mail as my bro. in law want to get away to. He is a
carpenter by trade. so please help us as we are in need of your
help as we wanted to go to Detroit but if you says no we go where
ever you sends us until we can get to Detroit. We expect to do
whatever you says. There is nothing here for the colored man but
a hard time wich these southern crackers gives us. We has not had
any work to do in 4 wks. and every thing is high to the colored
man so please let me hear from you by return mail. Please do this
for your brother.

ANNINSTON, ALA., April 26, 1917.

_Dear sir_: Seeing in the Chicago Defender that you wanted men to
work and that you are not to rob them of their half loaf;
interested me very much. So much that I am inquiring for a job;
one for my wife, auntie and myself. My wife is a seamster, my
auntie a cook I do janitor work or comon labor. We all will do
the work you give us. Please reply early.

SHREVEPORT, LA., May 22, 1917.

_Dear Sir_: I want to get some infirmation about getting out up
there I did learn that they had a man here agent for to send
people up there I have never seen him yet and I want you to tell
me how to get up there. they are passing people out up there that
are unable to come I would like to hear from you at once from
your unknown friend.

DERIDDER, LA., April 18, 1917.

_Dear Sir_: in regards of helth and all so in need that I am
riting you these fue lines to day to you. this few lines leves
famly and I well at the present an doe trus by the help of God
these will find you the same. Now what I want you to doe for me
is this will you please give this letter to the Chicago Defender
printers and I will bee oblige to you. I wood of back this letter
to the Chicago defenders but they never wood of receve it from
here.

I am to day riting you jus a fue lines for infermasion I wil
state my complant is this. now her is 18 hundred of the colored
race have paid to a man $2.00 to be transfered to Chicago to
work, he tel us that thire is great demand in the north for labor
and wee no it is true bee cors ther is thousands of t