The colored American., 1901-09-21

''nY-eaRIiSm' 'muc q more good would Di
aCComI lIshed. The average Negro press
convention is run by set of politicians
ministerial and otherwise, who are
seeking flee or nOtOriety and Ii, tie, j
any, real business is Done at these meet
ing. The last meeting of the Nationa
Afr0-A merican Press Association a
Philadelphia was farce ard q 'joke.
L president, who By the way, WAS re.
elected, appointed a committee Of five
Oh nomination. OIly three of the Ave
were active newspaper men. Of the
other two, one was q minister and the
ether, sten0grapher. 1t is needless
TO say that when the report WAS brC ught
in, 1t was made TO order, and to suit
the president who appointed 1t.
The coloIed pleas association should
be In the hands Of such men as w. E
King Of The Dallas Ex prt SIS, F." VII
liam Il. Steward, of "The Americs II
Baptist" q. ]. Perry Of The Philadel-
pbia Tribune" jerome B Peterson oI
THE Nsw YORK Age" W. Z Brown,
of "The Reformer, Richmond Va"
Rev. 1, b. Scott Of The Southwestern
Christian Advocate" A. Z Manning
ofu"The Indianapolis World" ;" aud J
81 me ChilieIs OF "The Topeka Plain
de l6r." These are al Practical news
paper man who have made successes
out OF theiT business and whose smbi-
tiJn Is to succeed in their chosen pro-
fessiOn.
After this issue "The Colored Ameri.
can" viii devote page to the NaIIon
Afro-AmeTican Business Leauge 1t
wall print all letters aud COnmun1ca =
tlons concerning the L :ague and VII
keep the members of the League asWe |
as the readers OF TheC0Iofed American
posted on the progress that is belDO
made, There Is 10 agent so p0WerfI ]
Ia the deVelOpement Of the Negro at
this time as the Business League La
every community where there are any
number Of cOlOred men in business. =
league should be organized. In the
large cities, Tie different classes Of mt Il
IN business should organize. The first
meeting held at Boston and the second
one held III Chicago last month were
means Of great good (Chicago cOlored
newspapers to the contrary DOtwith-
stand1F g. The President Of the League
Prof. Booker L. Washington, needs nC
Introduction, and any information can
be had by writing hIm Or the manager
OF The COlOred American.
More than a thousand subscription
bills for sums ranging from two TO ten
dollars Will be sent out IN the next four
or five days to our delin quent subscrib.
eEs A letter gently worded and lean
ing as far IS is pOssibl nona 8 dun Will
be sent with your bill asking that psy
ment Of some hind be made IN full or IN
part,
We have never yet been able to dis.
cover what it is in human nature that
embitters itself against the payment OF
a neWsdsper sub>eripti0n. Pc, pie who
read the paper and who ke the paper
will not pay for it. People who are able
10 pay for IL womb pay for 1t. Because
OF these things the publisher finGs that
out OF every thousand subscIibers, less
than forty per cent. pay, aud it takes
what they pay to run the paper, go that
the margin Of the publishers g prLfis is
very small. The subscribers of The
C0lored American ale supe riOr IN iItei-
ligence and in honesty and in prompt
ness TO The subscribers Of other race
papers, hence we do not apprehend any
delay or any trouble in receiving our
money.