The broad ax., 1919-11-29
LOOKING FORWARD.
BY DR.. NJ. A. Majors.

There are a great many screws loose
in the running gear Of our race mech
anism.-Thcrc is too much conccutra
tion Of ar energy in the wrong thing
and not enough in the things th"t
make for general race welfare and
progress.
The church i at the present timD
our largest effort. The church is al
right and vet it i capitalized at tn"
expense Of the general public TO satisfy
the morbid. cravings of a comparative
" few noisy. don t want 10 work, AM
almost useless creatures, who make :;
! their business TO marry us, hurry u.
and tell us how we can get what W.
don Z need until after death, hut fat
to tell uS what we may possibly get,
and what we DO need while we live
But the preacher is alright he u good
fellow. and Is intensely human and -
is industrious and kind for him 20 try
10 make Us horrible creatures fir 70
the shining portals Of glory. He h.
to make a living for himself and FAM
ilv. and he Is so constituted that H.
heart would break 10 see Us all goin.
10 perdition while he and the rest Of
his preacher brcthereu al went 10
hcaven.-Thc trouble Is the overhead
expenses of running the machinery %
that ne might get his needs on earth
But this is not the central or dominau
note in this editorial
What we want to convey TO the read
ers of The Broad AK is chiefly this
There are several phases of our racial |
development and progress that we n
race have got TO work out that do no
run counter with dying and going 70
heaven. We have got TO build found"
tions for a race supcrstmcturc that on
earthly activities of permanent
tangible nature are 10 rest upon.
If we were to capitalize much of or
wasted energy, conserving it at all
points. we might manufacture much OF
the million dollars worth of eloaks.
coats. hats. and shoes that we are just
TO wear.
We might build few piano fac
tories since no home is complete with
out a piano.
We might start automobile shops AMI
make a few hundred thousand auto
since every body seems to want
an automobile. And so we could name
a hundred different things, for instance
plates, cups and saueers, dishes. cut
glass. bird cages. furniture, carpets and
rugs. knives and forks, spoons and
cooking utensils. stoves and stove pipe
wall paper, paints and glass ware etc.
None of these things are made by u.
and why mott
Yet in spite of it we are happy. and
never better pleased than when We arc
paying our money TO people that hate
US, would segregate US, would kin US
burn US. hang US, and strangle out our
lives with a rope.
But in spite of our blues. and the
Of our situation things arc
picking up, the business Negro, an'
the new Negro together with our needs
and necessity 1.-THE logic of events pres
sage bright and glorious days.
No more are we supine, nor on our
knees in supplieation. We have arisen
and stand on our untricd feet, ere
long we will begin to walk.
Corporations arc in the formation.
and everything worth while is being
considered. The whistle has not begun
TO blow. meaning our whistle on fac
tory and mill. but we are thinking
4Bout and that is a long step from
crawling and depending on the mind Of
others to direct Us.
Possibly when we viii have freed
ourselves from tho moro essentials. ant
viii have taken the positive fore" plar
Of action as the road Of having and Ice
rg. leaving out of the equation O., /
negative idea Of race opposition fh-ourn
fear Of mistrust and lack Of confidence,
eur success viii then Pee mcasu ell hv /
our numbers. and nothing VIII be ap- |
parent TO impede us. not even our ow"
-acial Indifference if indeed there can
hen be such a thing in existence.
The more ignorant of the race viii |
IF course be solving the riddle Of John
he Revclator. the mysteries Of Heaven
and hell, death and the grave, while
he intelligent ones among US will
struggle TO make life on earth worth
living well, and living better because |
{ is using our talents God gave us by
which the world becomes better.