The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1892-10-22
THE RACE PROBLEM
A New Light to Cast It's Refulgent
Rays on the Vexed Question.
An Afro-American Says he VIII Answer
tho Prayers That Assembled to Hea.
ven on tho National Day Of Fast
ing and Prayer.
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And when you begin to move them
out in real earnest you will touch the
white mans tender spot, for some of
them you know don't like to work and
some OF them wont work, but when the
laborers are removed the bosses will
either have to 90 to work or starve.
Cotton will not plant and grow of it's own
accord, neither will other products of
the soil. As long as you stay there and
depend on raising cotton and other such
things yon have got to sell it for you
cant eat it and as rule you have got to
take the white mans price, and when it
comes to buying the necessaries of life
you have got to pay his price, don't you
see he has got hold of both ends of the
rope, and in that way he is enabled to
keep you in debt to him no matter how
hard you work, what 1 want is to see
you get out where you can have little
farm of your own, and raise corn, wheat,
potatoes, fruit and vegetables of all
kinds, also stock of all kinds if you choose
to do so, and then if you think, or are
warned that famine is coming you can
lay by something in time to preserve life
where if you should only be hireling
employed by some white man he could
cut your wages to suit himself, and
starve you out. God keeps warning you
OF what is coming but it is very hard to
make you take the hint, God works by
signs, even the strikes throughout the
country is sign, to show you what
danger there is in only being hireling
one man can shut of a thousand men
and put their families in actual want at
any time, they may own their house
and lot but they can't make living out
of that. What are our young men and
women who are now attending the In.
dustrial schools and business colleges
throughout the country preparing them
selves for? is it to 60 out in the world as
hotel and train porters, house girls and
the like? If we depend on their being
employed by white men in places for
which they are qualified, those minor
positions ls where great many will
land. Better form colonies and start up
industries among ourselves where our
overplus skilled workmen, and artisans
can find ready employment, when I say
overplus L don't mean more than we
want or need, neither do mean more
than the country could use but I mean
more than white men are willing to
employ only in the capacity of servents.
There is yet one thing more which be-
longs to the outlines Of this plan for
practical solution of the Race Problem,
and that is the raising of money which
is the lever power. In the first place
let there be an organization or society
composed Of the people for the people
and called by q name as broad as Amer
lea ITSELF A name that will not bar
white people who feels disposed to help
you. The name Afro-American League
will not do simply because it is not
broad enough, the name stamps the
society as being purely Colored mans
organization. Another drawback to the
Afro-American League is, persons are
requested to become members in order
to become workers, and you know white
people do not care to have it said that
they are members of a Negro organiza-
ton or society. No difference how anx.
ious or willing they might be to assist
you, the white people give hundreds and
thousands Of dollars annually to the sup
port OF Colored churches, but it is not
likely that they would do 80 if they
were first required to become members.
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