The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-03-18
THE NEGRO IN BUSINESS.
A STUDY or HIS PROG RESS MADE
BIZ ALMA UNIVERSITY.
Signs That the Colored Man Is Gradually
Coming Forward In Various branches ot
Trade-Co-opsration Among Negroes
-OpinIons of Cnlorel kmsiness MeM.

signs That the COlOred Man Is Gradually
Coming Forward In Various branches ot
Trads-Co-opsration ANON. Negroes
Opinions OF Colored business Men.
With a yisw 10 discovering how the economic
condition Of III, negro may b. improved, atlanta
University has been conducting n social study
OF tho occupations taken up by colored men ant
II has published the result II its researches IN II
pamphlet entitled Til, Negro in Business,
Statistics Of a more or less definite nature have
Ren collected regarding more than Lon negro
business men and these statistics have been, 81
far as possible, tabulated. The general result
seems 10 show that ths colorsd man Is coming
forward, gradually, in various branches of trade
and Is establishing hims II commercially in nearly
all parts Of the country. Thu records published
In the pamphlet were gathered from thirty States.
Under The term business man in this con
sidera,ion are included all ;h,s' with n stock
Of goods TO sell and any others with $500 ~ mor'
invested In any department, Of industry as capt
ial. For ins,snc', n barber or q blacksmith Of
the ordinary kind Il classei ~ an artisan and
Is not rackOnrd in the counting, buI u barber ar u
blacksmith who has 800 or more capital invested
in his shop and hiriS assistants il a business
man. Here II the tahulat-d result Of the inveS
ugation, dividing the subjects into general classes
t) House Servant Glass BARRIERS, restaurant keep
ers, e~xpressmen. butchers, caterers, livery men. bak
ers, milliners Sc.-iS2.
V) Field. Ham Glass Market gardeners. green gro.
Gers, d.irymen. cDtton-pln owners. florists, lumber
mill owners. &c.-6i.
tl Plantation Mechanic C~lass-Blilier, and con.
tractors, blacksmith-. brickm ,ker-. jewellers. shoe
dealers AMI re- alrsrs, mach ni,t-, clgar manutactIr.
ers, timers. laperhsng rs aad painters. harness
dealers, upholsterer, ne. III.
d the Traders -Gro'erS, general merchant ami
dealers IN fuel, Ash, ~clothlns. furniture, feed AMI
dry goods, and seco'd uani dealers tito.
q The CAPITALS --Btrk-, real estate dealers,
money lenders, building AMI loan associations Sc,
81.
~ The Manufa Jurors Makers Of shirts, broom1,
fans, carpets, handles and rubber goods, and the cot.
to- Wlll-l.
70, Cooperative Efforts - UudertsEers. druggist,
publishers, cemeteries, printers, Sc.-lsy.
fr Efforts for ,lo1ns. pOolrooms,
photographers, bicycle dealers, Sc.-iOl.
The Atlanta University sociologists consider
th-s, lines Of business In IN" light of their his
toric evolution from thu past economic condi
lions Of tn nagro in slavery times. OF the house
servant class it Is suggested that tn" change Of
conditions was slightrr than in other cases.
Tn" pamphlet says.
1t is a we'll known fact that the aris,ocracy
~ '" ' '" 80 80
thoss who, for appearance, ability AMI intelli
sVN'' W." "'"' ~ y" " saws
TO perform household duties at their masters
house. Often such servants were educated and
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the first steps toward inlop 'nlent livelihood.
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iSo'o negro oarp'rs m 'hlS country io2 oil Whon
ar" reported IN the list o' BUSINESS men TheN'
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