The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-08-27

mar who sta Tts I'm business Or. SOME cIi
industry I'M a simple way, as I1ia1,g az
you have done, and quietly and Dera
sistently hat ties against poverty, siacF
OF expert ence, want Of confidence ana
some times Tacs tll3 prejudice, 8tfIi
through u his. s8ccess he makes ali. who
know him, resp a6t and honor himsis
the ono who has the elements or ths
htshest courage e ,<5}tt :. -. q, ,%@5sSi
|: While we tto not overlook WRONGS
and injusticess and, % Obstacles need
lessly placed In our pathway, we are
concerned in lIhdihg a way to, over
come these difficulties than in merely
exploiting them. More and more. as
RAGE, we mus tbelieve in ourselves,
In our race, in our y white nefshborss
and in ours country" No bankerkeSet-
lends money to a man who doubts
ais abtlityf to<t return the loan. us No
people put confidence in u race that
doubts its ability to succeed, j, ~.
Dr., Washington extolled the south
Is the section Ii which the Negro re-
elves the largest measure of en-
enlargement toH develop along prac-
lcal business. lines, and remarked
hat, sctrange$as 1t may seem Ito the
uniformed, opportunity for, Indus
ry, for business Increases as one
goes further south, and it is in the
car south that QUIZ, business enter
pr1ses are the most numerous and
most successful. He cited the state
Of Mississippi with more banks con-
trolled: by black men than in any 9TH
err state In thes Union, and pointed out
The fact that white men draw no coli
Or Epc on the dollars Of these black
men,; but are anxious to do business
with thom aud their institutions. = =
The members Of the National Me-
gro Business League have, faith +. in
The assurance that we have /: MANY
white friends In tile south who wish
as to Succeed and who are willing to
offer opportunities for our Develop
ment; and they should not be over
looked The world has heard much
ot the white man who does not be-
HeVe in the possibilities OF the Ne,
gro; It should, through US, hear more
81 the southern white man who Goes
stand by us through his influence
Ind his dollars? Every community
represented here has dozens of such
men Of the white race to whom many
Of us are, largely indebted for what
ever degree of suiccess wa Ka,,a -
tanned. Let us advertise our friands
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