The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1914-09-18
COLORED MEN ARE BUSY.
Raoe In New Jersey Represented In
Almost Every Occupation.
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BY RALPH w. T1LEN.
Washington.-Very few Of the race
have any conception Of the great num-
ber of occupations in which you will
find members of the race. There In
hardly an occupation known to the
United States that the race Is not rep
resented in, either as owners and op-
orators or laborers. l have just COM
piled a brief summary Of occupations
showing the number of men and wo-
men Of the race employed in them, and
the number Of men and women of
the race who are owners, managers,
clerical employees or laborers in these
occupations For instance, In agricul-
ture there are 2,S57,732 Negroes en-
ployed as follows: Cranberry growers.
8; dairy farmers, 20S; farmers, S77, ,705s
florists, 116; fruit growers, 306; truck
gardeners, 4,466; nurserymen, 25; tur-
pentine farmers, 113; vine growers, 1.
Employed as foremen or managers In
agricultural occupation, either for white
or Negro owners, the race Is well rep
resented. AS cranberry bog foremen
there Is but one Negro employed, but as
dairy farm foremen or managers there
are Is; farm and plantation foremen,
1,546; truck garden foremen or man
ayers, 6S: greenhouse foremen. 4;
nursery managers, 7; orchard man
ayers, Al: turpentlne fUremen and man
ayers, 1916 As agricultural laborers
there are 1,960,460 members Of the
race employed in the United States,
and as bookkeepers, stenographers and
clerks connected with agricultural Oc-
cupations there are forty-one young
men and women Of the race employed;
while as blacksmiths, stationary en-
gineers and machinists employed on
farm or plantation there are 416 sons
Of Ham employed.
Farming has been much exploited Of
late, and the back to the farm" move
ment has led many to believe that but
few Of the race were engaged in farm
ing, that Is comparatively few, and az
to forestry, no reference has been made
whatever, yet In forestry 25,656 Ne
groes find employment. OF this num-
ber 1871 are owners; Ia are managers;
III are bosses, overseers or foremen;
II are foresters; 13 are bookkeepers,
stenographers or clerks; 21 are black.
smiths and 90 are stationary engineers.
Employed as choppers, log drivers,
sawyers, saw filers, scalers, teamsters,
tie cutters and lumbermen there are
24,993 Negroes employed in the forestry
occupation.
So far as agriculture, forestry and
animal husbandry Is concerned, the
number Of the race employed as own
ers and as managers and foremen Ia
especially very encouraging.
ohio's Capital May Have Weekly Paper.
1t Is reported upon good authority
that strong and vigorous weekly
newspaper will be started in Columbus,
o.. with the Hon. Ralph w. Tyler at
the head. The idea Of the new move
ment Is strengthened by the fact that
Mr.. Tyler has decided to return to
Columbus again and make 1t his resi-
dence. Thus the demand has been
made upon him to start an up to date
weekly which will give the colored
citizens an opportunity to let the public
at large know of the aspirations and
achievements of our people in Colum-
bus and its immediate vicinity. With
an experienced newspaper man like
Mr.. Tyler back Of such an undertaking
1t should succeed