Franklin's paper the statesman., 1910-04-02
JUST WHAT WE NEEDED.

of the negros perplexing condition in
Denver by showing the necessity of
closer race unity coming from the
laity toward our professional, business
and tradesmen.
l heartily concur in every senti-
ment uttered along this line by the
Reerend on Sunday afternoon. Just
think of it, II 900 colored people here
getting hungry three times day, must
be kept warm, must be fed, shod, have
medicine, dental and legal attention,
and the negro of Denver utterly and
stubbornly refuses to give requisite
aid to these mentioned classes of our
own color. Think of the money made
each week by these II 900 negroes and
then think what small part goes to
the negro business, professional or
tradesmen. How can either the busi-
ness, professional or tradesmen ever
offer a position to your boy or girl
either as laborer, stenographer or
clerk when they don't get the busi-
ness to support them? Negro children
are being constantly born in Denver,
which makes competition for a job
among the negroes that much keener
by the increase. Now, mothers,
fathers, sisters and brothers, what did
you personally do last year toward
making job for your own or your
neighbor's son or daughter? Jew
lawyers and Jew doctors, dentists
and merchants control the Jew busi-
ness and as a consequence see how
many Jew girls and boys are employ
ed. Can't the negro be human
enough to preserve himself? There
are enough colored doctors here to
give medical aid and attention to the
1000 negroes; there are enough
printing establishments to do all the
1000 negroes printing; there are
enough undertakers, drug stores, real
estate agents, milliners, dressmakers,
hair specialists and lawyers to look
after the 11,000 negro sufferers. We
have the strength, ability and oppor-
tunity, and we do make and earn the
money, but we take it and scatter it
where it does not benefit u.s. Think
of the few churches to accommodate
1000 negroes. What fine edifices
could be had and maintained by such |
number. The negro in Denver must |
wake up; because your little boy and |
girl, now in the cradle, will only in
herit the wash-tub, picking in the
streets, the dust-pan and broom. Sure
ly there is some good ability in Den
yer worthy of the confidence and hire
of the negroes and if there is not,
why not make them capable and quail
flied by your support? Can you ever
do it by supporting the dominant race
who needs not nor caters for your
support? Is it not a sure way to keep
baby weak all the time by not de.
eloping, nourishing and supporting
him? Your sons and daughters will
have to face these same disadvantages
and depend upon the uncertainty of
the peoples support such as the pres
ent set of business men. Experience
is the only thing that will make this
present set better and which can lead
them to success. Think of negro min
listers begging negroes money to pay
a white man Ia fact unknown to them
at the time of their appeal to their
congregations) to bury negro when
we have capable undertakers of our
own. appeal to every negro, man,
woman and child, to help the next
generation, not the present, because
we have nearly lived our time
through and we can get by and
through somehow ,pt no mora col