The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-09-11

that the ownership and cultivation Of
the soil constitutes the foundation for
great weaitA and usefulness among our
people. / have already indicated that
we operate about SOC, 900 farms. With
in rthe next decade let us try to double
the number. To indicate a little more
in the directions in which we should
seek. There are now 1000 truck farms
operated by us; We ought to increase
this number to 5000. We ought never
to forget that in the ownership and
cultivation Of the soil in very large
measure we must lay the foundation
for our future.
A landless race is like a ship without
rudder. Emphasizing again our OPP
portunities, especially as connected
with the soil, we now have for exam
pie 122 poultry raisers; the number
should be increased to $500. We now
have 200 dnirymen; the number should
be increased to 1000.
Too Many Negroes in Cities.
At present there are far too many
Of our people living in the cities in
hand-to-mouth way, dependent on
some one else for an uncertain job.
Aside from what the soil offers there
are other opportunities in business.
For example, we now own and operate
IS bakeries; the number can be in
creased to 500. From 80 brickmakers
the number can be increased to 1000.
From 200 sawmiIls we can increase the
number to 1000. From 80 furniture
factories, the number can be increased
to 800. Where we now have 1000 dry
goods stores and grocery merchants we
should have in the near future $4,000.
Where we now have 700 drug stores
we should have 5000. Where we now
have zoo real estate dealers, we should
have 5000. Where we now have 1000
millinery stores, we should have 5000.
Where we now have $50 plumbers We
should have 600. Where we now have
400 tailors, we should have 1000.
Where we now have SO architects we
should have 400. Where we now have
5000 contractors and builders, we
should have 5000. Where we now have
81 banks, we should have 500.
Few people are aware of the fact
that we now have in our race, after
only fifty years Of freedom, 200 news
papers and other publications, IS book
stores, Is department stores, "A FIVE and
ten-eent stores, 81 hardware stores, 200
ice cream dealers, 100 insurance COM
panies, 20 jswelry stores, 100 junk
dealers, Is warehouses and cold stor-
age plants, 15s wholesale merchants,
200 Iaunderies, $50 livery stables, 95s
undertakes, 400 photographers, 10 OPP
tieians, rs hair goods manufacturers,
III old rag dealers, ~ buyers and ship
pers of live stock.
With our race, as it has been and al
ways win be with all races without
economic and business foundation, it
is hardly possible to have educational
and religious growth or political free
dom.
Lessons from Liberia and Haiti.
We can learn some mighty serious
lessons just now from conditions in
Liberia and Haiti. For years both in
Liberia and Haiti literary education
and politics have been emphasized, but
while doing this the people have failed
to apply themselves to the development
of the soil, mines and forests, and the
result is that from an economic point
of view those two republics have be
come dependent upon other nations and
races and in both the control Of
finances is in the hsnds of other ma
tions. This is true notwithstanding the
fact that the two countries have nat
ural resources greater than other coun,
tries Of similar size.
In the United States there is no hope
for us unless in an increasing degree
We teach cur young people to apply
their edueation to develop the natural
resources and to the promoting of hu
man activities in the commnnitie.
where they live. Mere abstract unused
education means little for a race or in
4 dividual An ounce Of application il
worth 8 ton Of abstraction. We mus
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