New-York tribune., 1910-08-17
LEADING NEGROES GATHER
National Business League Opens
Convention in This City To-day.
ROOSEVELT TO BE SPEAKER
Representative Men Of Race to
Tell of Experiences in the
Business World.

The tenth annual meeting cf the National
Negro Business League opens to-day at the
Palm Garden No. $50 East 5sth street.
This organization is made Up of the most
successful and representative negroes IN
America. and at this convention these lead
ers of the race will tell the stories of their
successes in the hope that the standards
they have set may prove an inspiration to
all negroes throughout the United States.
most comprehensive programme has
been arranged and practically every bust
ness enterprise in which the negro as well
as the white man is interested will be thor
ougllIv covered in addresses by those pest
qualified by their experiences to deal WIN
these subjects.
Tt was learned Yesterday that ex-Presi-
dent Roosevelt had promised to speak be-
fore a negro convention at Atlanta on Oc-
toher s. The Rev. H. II. Proctor, pastor OF
the international Congregational Church OF
Atlanta, and J. o. Ross, president OF the
Manor State Savings Bank. of Atlanta,
called on Mr. Roosevelt at the Outlook
office yesterday and asked him to speak
The opening session of the convention
will be called to order by John M. Royal
president of the New York Negro BUSINESS
League. George McAneny, President of the
Borough of Manhattan, will then give the
address of welcome on behalf of the clty'
and Charles ". Anderson Will greet the
delegates on behalf of the New York Negro
R1siness League and the citizens of greater
New York
Following the appointment of the COM
mittees on credentials, resolutions and aud
iting. A. G. Gordon. of Gordonville, Va,
will speak on Manufacturing Brooms for
the Trade" Next on the programme Will
be addresses by representative negroes on
Some Business Experiences Of Country
Physician" Conducting a Silk Mill with
Negro Labor" Conducting a Hosiery Mill
with Negro Labor" "Drygoods and No
tions." Poultry Raising "Co-operative
Merchandising and Ethical Standards III
Business
This evening Booker T. Washington VIII
delivec the presidents annual address,
which will be followed by speeches on
--Cont: acting and Building, The Puohsh-
ing ,lstne .s'' ''Thirty-two Years Experl-
ence manufacturing Chemist Black
Detroit Id Livestock Dealing.
The programme for the first day illus
trates the scope of the convention On
Thursday and Friday other subjects or IN
terest to the negro will be dwelt upon ny
the speakers, each Of whom VIII nave
twenty minutes to devote to his particular
theme feature of the Friday session
will be an address by Theodore Roosevelt
AS a forerunner to the convention tne
pegro editors of the United States met
Yesterday at No. 247 West 10Th street IN
the first yearly gathering OF the Negro
Press Association. Nearly every state was
represented by at least one delegate Inc
nrinciuaI sneaker was Z. j. Scott private
secretary to Booker T. Washington.
In introducing Mr.. Scott. r. w Tnomp-
son. president of the association, main
tanned that the whites newspapers appeared
more anxious to print the stories OF the
negro crimes than those concerned WIN
the establishment of negro banks, COM
uercial corporations and the successful
enterprises of the negro race.
Mr.. Scott in his address urged his fellow
journalists to get in close touch with the
correspondents throughout the country,
emphasizing especially the fact that many
of the misstatements made were due to the
failure of the negro to visit the edltor ana
set forth fully his side of the matter He
ended his remarks by saying that closer
relation with the white press was TO be de-
sired.
At the afternoon session Charles Stewart.
of Chicago. gave an address on 'Colored
Newspaper Correspondents MI Stewart
is member of the staff of The Chicago
inter Ocean, and in his newspaper work
has several times circled the globe