The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-08-28
NATIONAL, NEGRO BUSINESS

The address Of DR. Motion before the National Negro
League Philadelphia in sressng the need Of
merce thrift and wealth among struck note in the great
racial needs which without doubt caused sympathetic
vibration among the thousands of all America who
keeny alive the tremendous opportunity for advancement
along that line which is open to and which fact has
always been ours for the graspng and development
While it is true that progress along all lines has been
startling and highly comendabe there be no doubt but
that realize that intensive development in the CONNER
world has yet to begin In addition to rights citizens
which nsstenty demanding of others there must be
duties ourselves of making ourselves heard through the
power of wealth, developed by and business
DR. Motion practically emphasized this iac when ne sad
people Poverty marks the dependency OF people Educa
ton the intelligence The Negro must get wealth if he
would to the standard Of modern civilization and
prefemen No people gain recognition who is chained
Golfers Of others What Negro needs of the gold
hard and cold and when he gets it and keeps as heritage
men America is honored and respected of her
wealth and her unbound prosperity We as people can
ed down upon our brow with the necessity staring
our eyes while wives and children asking for that
wives and children This age is not in love with poverty I'M
whole race of people, While commerce does not make a
SS gSt Se oo pov
We jealous Of rights and in every issue OF
periodicals. nssent and persistent in demand
ing Them all hazards want these and more too more
Nf the spirit d Of race poverty
There time when beggar could choose his sta
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of recognition and facilities for development.
along this line than has ever before been the case it
is only left for u.s. individuals then collectively to catch
the vision of saving pooling and investing savings in bus
mess enterprises suly managed and well directed We must
the need of specific business training and stress it. as we
already professional and religious training We must think
bigger still be willing to approach the greater object which
will come into view with such thinking with the same con-
sent mehodca processes which have marked small
beginnings.
reasoning brings back to need of greater
cooperation and vision of the things that OUR earnings and
OUR savings may bring to pass if properly supervised
The money spent by Negroes town for the ordinary
necessities life would handsomely store of general
merchandise operated by them Their bank deposits oan etc.
would support their banks Their spendng for amuse
nent and diversion would maintain well equipped places Of
amusement in any community where they are gathered
may happen that discrimination and discourtesy in banks
and of finally cause us
to seek furnish these things for ourselves Such we say
might case and the result would be the same But the
spirit and the desire to render ourselves more e
Gent duty ourselves and the toward greater
through property should be the only incentive
necessary the development of ourselves along this very
essential line.