Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-07-21
THECOLORED PRESS
Second Days Session Of The Ma
fiOnai Association.
TIE PROCEEDINGS At Nv EW :
EXrRESSED REGARDING TUE rRES
ENT NEEDS OF THE RACE,
ETC, ETC, ETC.

>lilned WOrk AT mon HAM, w "A. iifu"tt
president. in the chair. Prayer was offered
by Rev W A 81 Clair, OF the Sentinel, NASH
vile, Tenn. w. - Vance, the MISSING;
secretary, arrived and took his place. The
following additional delegates were found
present: j |. w aI;rr. Western Recorder.
Lawrence. Kan; " Allison sweeney and
Wiimot A Johnson. National People. De-
roii, Mich; Chas Bell. Weekly Review.
Cincinnati; W . Nancc. Review. New Al
bany. Ind. The following having no vote:
J II Rector. Messenger. Chatham Ont: }
W Henderson. David X Jones. Edwin Poifi-
dexter. j + Thomas. Juvenile Contributor.
St. Louis, Mo.
After some various motions. The question
.'How to Manage Dishonest Agents. was
discussed by j w Wilson, and paper on
the same subject, by Robert Pelham, Jr., of
the Plaindeaer, Detroit.
W. III. Scott. of the Gazette, Cairo. Ill.
and Henry Smkens of the Mansion. Little
Rock. Ark, discussed '.Journaism a
Business The latter said as he prepared
a very elaborate paper last year and found
so many persons there more anxious and
ready to put themselves forward than him.
self. that he had concluded this time to
leaye it all to them. consequently did not
prepare any paper, but having good deal
of practical experience in what it required
to succeed in journalism. he begged the
Indulgence OF the convention for few
ments.
The chief points made was the necessity
of the colored editors giving interesting
selections and editorials to their readers,
and paying more attention to securing ad-
vertisements. That the manager at the
head of a newspaper is like pilot at the
helm of Il ship; if he understands his busi-
ness and steers straight. he will not get
wrecked upon the reefs in the sea. but
there are so many of us that start out in
the newspaper business with view of
making money too fast. on II large lis of
subscribers. hence we fail. Hard work ,
however, economy and perseverance,, is the
only way to success i'll journalism. Give
good reading, news, and the readers will
find the paper and pay tor if. bu. when you
so around to find subscribers ii is always
on credit, and you have to give poor
reading. No man can succeed III run
ming weekly newspaper on credit.
He said he had sIIc,t cdcd iii A'kan$i>, a
state that YOU all know has 4 bad name.
hut we have succeeded and are now fully
recognized by the press of tn state ani
have been admitted aS n membcr. Ari>:n-
now stands ni,t IN that regard.
The convention accepted an invitation TO
visit the Cotton Exchange aud sec It's
working.
w. \. sweeney discussed the qnc>tion,
''liow Ia Manage dishonest Agents" and
+. II. Murray read paper on ''Indu~tria!
Eduration.' '.lIow IL Make the Editorial
Page Most Efficient was ne>t .:I-.-us>cd
by W. \. rlehgcr, OF the \indirItor. At
lanta, Georgia.
}. NJ. Turner offered a resolution that an
itcmizeu list of collectInns and eNpcndi
lures be furnished the conN cntion, which
we did not consider in good taste. at the
night session. Capt. Bcrzcy was elected
an honorary member. Capt. Horton was
also admitted to the privileges of the floor
later on.
Murray's paper on '<IndII~trial i,duca-
ton WAS very well received BY The con-
yention. lie remarked:
1.-The civilization of our day is industrial
and commercial, the Greek scholar is Obso-
lctc. and the fable of the man who would
hunt IA hundred years to find out the mean
ing of i Hebrew not only illustrates the in
telIcctual fool of OUT modern times. Thanks
to the progress of American law and scnti
ment. We have common schools: but. like
the Indian. we need mills and tart"rie,-
they are the best school houses for Il poor
people. In the struggle for freedom
have produced
GENERATION OF ORATORS,
and in the jubilee of our cmancipatiOn we
have sun" melO,iiOuSly and too IonC. our
freedom Is restricted by laws. ami the law
mn tom, II 1T Ia hon
is no true excellence, no substantial! pro-
grc>s without great labor. Skilled labor.
educated labor IL what our needs and our
day demand. But our labor is un>k killed.
unurganiZed and degraded. In the coun-
try we are cheap farm hands: in the cities
we are menials. The education that our
young men receive simply raises their
piratIOns above rough labor without quail
tying them for anything else. Those who
can not preach teach must seek refuge
in the corridors of hotels or behind barber
chairs. Our industrial condition is ptia-
BILE. Out of $4,000 coOred people in 81.
Louis not one is learning a trade, and this
is measurably true of other cities and states.
A colOred cOachman of 4 celebrated preach
er in phlade lphia translates Latin and
Greek with greater facility than the reseI-
end doctor, and mauy of our young men
educated for teachers spend their vacation
at Long Branch and Saratoga flying about
dining-tables III white jackets He went
on to say that all colored journalists were
doing was prating about politics and lavish
ing fulsome praise on men who appoint
cOlored people to thirc-rate clerkshps
Continuing in that strain he concluded:
''This is the age of agriculture, mechanism
and commerce. The linguist is giving
place to the engineer, the classical scholar
is studying the laws OF trade, and the math
ematician, instead of puzzling his brain
over Euclid's books, is wrestling with the
bulls and bears on Change. The text
books of our civilization to-day are big
farms, manufactures, steam-engine>, rail
ways, reapers, telephones and electric
lights, and unless the negro can produce.
own. or manage these. he can not keep pace
with the substansial march of the age"
Committees on resolutions and nomina-
tion of officers were appointed. and after
routine work the convention adjourned
until night.
THE EVENING SESSION
was called to order at 7:3O O'Clock, and after