Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1918-09-28

ton of not only the communities mentioned
above, but OF any city in the country could
contribute that amount if they had intelli-
gent cooperation and the will to do it.
Now apply this ratio of only cents to
the entire Negro population of the country.
Put that population at ten million; then if
ten per cent OF that population gave at
ratio OF cents per capita of the whole
Negro population, the sum contributed
would be $8OO,OOO. Imagine how much
could be accomplished with such a sum
contributed annually. Things could be done
with 1t all the way from dispensing charity
10 hghtlng for our equal rights through
the courts OF the land. It would even rem
der possible the establishment of great
Negro bank in Wall street, which would
make the race power in the financial
world. Such bank could finance legiti-
mate Negro enterprises, and thus open the
door OF economic opportunity to thousands
OF colored men and women; and that would
be getting right at the heart of the solu-
ton OF our problem, would it not?
In many ways the Jews can serve as an
example for the Negro Both races have
similar conditions to contend with But
the Negro has much to learn from the man.
ner in which the Jew meets his problem.
For long time the Negro has been afflict-
ed with the idea that to get the things
that are due him, all he needs to do is to
pray. The Jew knows that he must not
only pray but that he must also pay And
so it u.s. Jews put their dollars together and
in that way raise millions for charities, for
the defense of their rights, for great bust
ness undertakings and for any other pur-
pose that will make the Jewish race
stronger and more independent.
If the Jews can put their dollars to-
gether for such purposes, why canont the
colored people put together at least their
pennies? If the selected proportion Of the
Jews contribute $500 per capita Of the
whole Jewish population, why cannot the
selected proportion of the colored people
contribute cents per capita Of the whole
colored population? There is great diff
ference between the wealth Of the Jews
and the Negroes but it is not so great as
the difference between $500 and cents
The American Negro must learn this
vitality important lesson, and he can learn
it by watching and studying the Jew; that
IN order to get those things that he desires
and even those things that he is Justly en-
titled to, he must need not only work and
pray, he must need also pay. The colored
people must learn to put their pennies
together-and we have shown that their
pennies if put together will amount to mil
lions Of dollars-for the charitable aid of
each other, for the purpose Of defending
their rights and for big business enter
prises. If they learn that lesson, they will
have the chief key to the solution of their
problem. 1t is simply restatement Of the
old axiom, "In union there is strength"
But we come back to the question we
started with What is the ratio at which
any ten per cent Of the colored people Of
any community give per capita of the whole
colored population? 1t is not $500 per
capita It is not 80 cents per capita Is
it as much as cents? Or is it at present
even 8 mills?
We should like any of our readers to
figure it out for any community and send
the figures in to us.