The Booker T. Washington Papers, Vol.5, page 689, Dec. 1900, U. of Illinois Press

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DECEMBER 1 goo pediment to interstate commerce. On Dec. 3, Moo, the Supreme Court made its ruling without dealing directly with the issue of interference with interstate commerce. Justice Henry Billings Brown gave the majority opinion, which said there would be sufficient compliance with the law if a separate coach was added for local black passengers as the train passed through Kentucky. Justice John Marshall Harlan's dissenting opinion was that the law violated federal control of interstate commerce and that Kentucky had no right to differentiate between citizens on the basis of color. From John A. Herte} Naperville, Illinois, ~2/6/oo Dear Sir: I have been looking over your Autobiography in the ''Outlook'' and I am really surprised to learn that this is to be an autobiography pure and simple. It appears to me, Mr. Washington, that this is doing us a great injustice. Now you will remember when this question came up when you sent your private secretary, Mr. Scott, here that we hesitated considerably, but when we were assured that you were going to write a series of sketches entitled ''Reminiscences'' and that the subject matter and title was to be entirely different from that of our book we consented. We stated very specifically that the title should be such that this book could not be confused with your Autobiography, ''The Story of My Life.'' I do not know what you can or intend to do about it now, but I wish simply to say that we are not making a howl about nothing. You can count on us always for doing the fair thing. We want to be liberal and just to you and to every one concerned but we wish simply to enclose you a letter that we have just received from one of our customers in the East—you can see what effect this new Autobiography is having on the sale of ''The Story of My Life.'' Of course, publishers whom we have succeeded in inducing to sell this book are very much surprised to think that we would put money in a book of this kind and then permit the author to repeat it in a monthly paper. I might add that your Autobiography is having an excellent sale. We are putting lots of money and energy into it and we are now 689