Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-09-07

Inc Negro as q Re3l Estate Dealer
Mr.. Giles B. jackson, Richmond, Va;
Mr.. James E. Sheppard, Raleigh, N. G.
Discussion.
Negro Business Enterprise in Pensa-
cola, Fla, Mr.. NJ. II. Lewey.
Negro Business Enterprise in End
field, N. G. Mr.. J. w. Pullen.
Negro Business Enterprises in Jack
sonv,lle. Fla, Mr.. J. Douglass Wet.
more.
Negro Business Enterprises in Chat
tanoog, Tenn, DIR. A. J. Love. Dis
cussion. a.
The Drug Business, DR.. l.. L Bur.
we'll, Selma, Ala; DR.. E. X. Elbert,
Wilmington, Del. Discussion.
Work in Hair, Mrs. Gilbert G. Harris,
Boston, Mass. Discussion.
The Negro Florist, Mr.. A. F. Craw-
ford, Meriden, Conn. Discussion.
Dressmaking, Mrs A. A. Casneau,
Boston, Mass. Discussion. q
Night Session, s P. M.
Singing, Mrs. Nellie Brown, Mitchell.
Address, Hon. Thomas N. Hart, May
or of Boston.
Address, Mr.. William Lloyd Garrison
Boston. &s<
The Savings Bank, Mr.. w. R. Petit
ford, President Alabama Penny Saw
Bank, Birmingham, Ala. .. f..
Negro Cesl Mining Company, Mr.. r.
w. Walker, Birmingham Ala.
The Building Of a Negro Town. Mr..
Isaiah T. Montgomery, Mayor and
Founder of Mound Bayou Miss.
August "a, 10 4. M.
Banking, Mr.. w. F. Taylor. Rich
mond, Va; Merchant Tailoring, Mr.. J.
H. Lewis Boston. Mass, Mr.. R. j. Pal.
mer, Columbia, s. G. Discussion.
Life Insurance, Mr.. w. IF. Graham,
Richmond, Va. Discussion. The Ne
gro Publisher, Mr. 7. Thomas Fortune
New York. Discussion. -.ra 3.
Colored Woman's Business League,
Miss Alberta Moore Smith, Chicago, III
Discussion. Catering and Restaurant
Keeping, Mr.. w. A. Potter, Philadel-
phia: Mr. David 3. Allen, Newport, B.
I. Discussion.
Barbering Mr.. Daniel Lucas, Kansas
City, Mo-; Mr.. 7. H. Thomas, Galveston
Texas. Discussion. Negro Business
Enterprises at the South, Mr. Andrew
F. Hiyer,; Washington. Discussion.
Undertaking, Mr. Geo. c. Jones, Lit
tie Rock, Ark; Mr.. G. w. Franklin,
Chattanooga, Tenn. Discussion. Man
ufacturing, Mr.. John Mason Brown,
Macon, Ga; Mr.. F. G.. Stedman, East
Hampton, Conn. Discussion.
Night Session, P. M.
Singing by Mrs. Nellie Brown Nit
chell; General Merchandising Gnclnd-
ing Groceries and Dry Goods,) Mr.. D. j
Cunningham, Pensacola, Fla, Mr., John
E. Reid, Philadelphia, Pa; Mr.. j. r.
Fowlkes, Evington, Va; Mr.. Eugene
p. Booze, Clarksdale, Miss. Discussion
The Coleman Cotton Mill Cnmpany,
Mr.. w. c. Coleman, Concord, N. G.
Address, Mr.. j. c. Leftwith, Montgom-
cry, Ala. Resolutions, etc. Farewell
address by President Washington. Ad'
journment.
The man who set the ball rolling
was Mr.. Andrew =. Hilyer, Washing
ton, q. e. His paper was on 'Negrc
Enterprise at the South" and more
interesting discussion of the subject
we have ever heard.
Mr.. Hilyer was appointed by the u
s. Government to collect data concern
ing the business standing of the Sonth
ern Negro for the Paris Exposition, anc
his investigation brought out the fol
lowing facts:
For the year 1890: Number of Neg
roes in BUSINESS, 10000, among whom
were agents and collectors, 1,172
boarding house keepers, 1898; drug
gists, 139; grocers 1889; hotel keepers
429; hucksters, 2,516; bank officials ant
insurance agents 213; undertakers, 231
builders and contractors, 154; photo
graphers, 500; journalists and publish
} ers, 1874; ma nufacturers, 461; besides
BARRIERS numbering. 17,4s0, 5000 O
whom were proprietors; butchers, ?.51o
} blacksmiths, 1O,762; watch and clocl
} makers, 81, and more than 700 OF thes
: business had been established NOR
than 30 years.
) There was great demonstration
when he said that the Negroes had in
vested in business in 1899 SO, 7s4, ,637.
| The next significant report was b.
. Giles B. Jackson, Esq, of Richmond
!, Va, who told that the Negroes in Ric
) mond, Va. owned real estate there
the amount of $4,000 besides the $50
l 600 worth to the credit of the Tru
: Reformers. and during the manic {