The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-11

"The advance which the colored people

"The advance which the colOred people
Of the United States have made in the last
twenty years" said he, 'is astonishing
They OWL farms, mills, mines, shops,
stores. printing presses, patents, mann
featuring establishments, vessels, hotels,
ranches. stock and orange groves. They
are traders, brokers, printers, farmer
and spectators. They are editors, doc
tors. lawyers aud merchants"
"Partieulari1e, =" said +.
at is easy TO 40 SO. In Louisiana the
colored people pay % per cent. of all the
taxes, in Georgia their property mounts
TO $1,000, 900, IN South Carolina $40, 600,
600, in Alabama :12. 900, 900 and in the
United States $3.50, 600, coo. In Louisiana
the colored citizens have sugar. dry goods,
groceries and other establishments.
Private fortunes among them range from
5000 10 81 loo, 600. Mercer Bros, OF
New Orleans, carry a clothing stock Of
500, coo, and their dry goods stock
amounts to $500, 900. There il n c0lOred
levee contractor PANIED Allan, who en-
ploys hundreds Of whites rs well as blacks.
The PickVick club building Of New Or
leans, which is the 'swelP club Of that
city, was built by cOlored mechanics.
ColOred men own q new building on Canal
street, in New Orleans, which cost $3.50,
600 IL was built by colored mechanics. y
'HOw about Alabamay'
''There are many rich eoloTed men in
Alabama. They have made some money
out Of the rise in property about Birming-
ham, and all over the state they are adj
vancing Samuel w. Lowry. Of Hunts
vile, was awarded the first prizo at the
Louisville exposition on silk c0coons and
raw silk over seven exhibitors, one Of
whom was the exhibitor of silk cocOOns
raised in France. This man recently
bought sixty acres of land near Birming-
ham, and he has shown that the climate
OF central and northern Alabama is
adapted 10 the mulberry tree. lie pro
poses 20 establish n loom and 1000, 600
cocoons on his property ut Birmingham.
In Selma coiUrcd men manufacture car
riagef. Wagons and buggies, and they do
an extensive blacksmith and w~hcelwright
business. Philip King, OF Montgomery,
* q cOlored bridge builder. He planned
and constructed the bridge across the
Chattahoochee at Columbus. Ga, and
another at Eufaula, Ala. James
Hale, Of Montgomery, is a con
and builder, and be own S75,
600 worth Of real estate. Fowlkes and
Robinson are two colOred men who " a
coal mine at birmingham, and another
man, Alfred B%illingsly, OF Mont
gomery. has refused $500, coo for his real
estate in birmingham. Maura, another
man. has property in that city
at 5000, 600. The largest tin
in Alabama is owned, and worked
with coioreI help, by F. Gomez d Sons,
men, Of Mobile, and this firm
real estate valued at 100000. Mrs.
II. White, Of Mobile, a colored woman, is
worth $4,000. a. Armant is "A steam
boat boiler maker Of that city. Felix
Of Mobile, ~ q contractor and
who employs colored help only
and does a good business.
How about Georgia"
''You have heard Of Mrs. Amanda Eu-
banks. She is worth 100000 Ebert
Head, Of Americas, Ca, is a colored
worth $4,000. Jacob Mckinley,
If Atlanta. Ga. is a merchant, real estate
owner, a dealer in coal and WOOD and the
proprietor Of a grocery store and a brick
yard. The colored students Of the Clark
university, Of Atlanta, have an industrial
department, and they manufacture and