He sells to restaurants on credit terms, but, if he can't borrow money himself, his business can't increase as fast as possible. If I had the money to work with I could buy most of my produce direct, cut out the middleman, increase my profit 15 percent. Through the years Betts has seen other produce companies, white-owned ones, get loans and move ahead of him. I just keep trying. I don't let it get me down.
Blacks always have a problem .
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