Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1921-03-05


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flourishes and vegetation has tho lux
uriance OF the tropics. is enough to
arouse tho enthusiasm OF tho most Dor
| cd, and much more that of q people
who regard it with an exile's pro
found passion" What Africa needs Ia
skilled labor and the competent direo
ton Of it. In tho West Indies there
| arc countless numbers Of Negroes who
produce, on u large scale, sugar, cot
fee and other staple supplies on their
own land, but who by reason OF alleg
ell discrimination or lack OF export
and training. facilities are forced to
their hold down product ion or stand
great loss. In America the richest
OF Negro countries. there is demand
hoth for African raw material and
West Indian fCcd products. 1t seemed
logical mud profitable. az well as IN
N'finG for his rHcc. - bring these
| three fields into contact; therefore.
GarVcy'S earliest ambition was TO
! bring the Black Star Line into being.
the first effort to float this enter
prise by voluntary donations failed,
, but the Plan was speedily revised
with n capt. alzation Of $4,000, OOt
, and 100000 shares at SIS each were
put out for sale among Negroes. More
than Il million dollars worth had been
seld at tho time the convention
closed, and an intensive selling cam.
psign In every part OF the world
whero there il Il branch Of the U. N /.
l. a. Is still In progress. There ne.
, inalnS \ long IEs!G y, tic travelled but
enough money has boon raised to pur
chase three steamships, and the buy
Ing or throe moro OF greater TONNAGE
10 promised In the near future. The
black Star Limo today owns tho Var
mouth, Of 1900 tons, the Antonio
hAcoo, OF 1 1Cu tolIs ana ,.iie Snauysldo
sIill lighter vessel that is used only
Lor local excursion purposes. The An
ionic III coo was formerly tho ocean
gong y; ;ht or IL. ii. Rogers. The
Yarmouth aud the Antonio Maceo are
being utilized now IN the Now York
West Indians trnde. which today of
course 10 not heavy, oousistlng for tic
mos. part in passenger traffic. 1t is the
ittent!ons OF the directors soon to
start tho Yarmouth on the Now York
to Africa route With two Of the three
ne" vessels to be bought to join her
later; tho Antonio Maceo IL to go in
to tho New Yo.k-West Indian service
and the third OF tho three ships to be
acquired will be placed on the same
route. 1t is the intention to place
ono or tho servio>s Ho that one ship
Will serve the general New York West
Indian trade and tho other attend to
freight and pasesenger traffic among
the dozen or more ports In the Carlb
bean. Tho African port Is to- lie Mon
roVIa, the capital ot Liber la. The 8
Vcsels already acquired by. the line
represent an Investment of $4,000
mato fore the August conv sn,i ION
assembled; inasmuch ns sales of
oatock during lhc ,onventiin nette,l
several hundred thousand dollars 1t
IS expected that acauisit;ors to the
floet Will be made soon.
The second place OF this general
commercial programme Is found In
the Negro Factories Corporation. This
Organization is undertaking to find
tho means with which to start Ne
gro business enterprises over Ameri
ca and later In the West Ina1es.
Since its formation In New York ms a
part or the general Garvey system OF
development, it has established and
IS operating hat factory, q large mil
linery store and n steam laundry,
while In other centres such as Phila
delphia Boston and Baltimore as
well as IN many smaller cities SINH.
lar commercial undertakings have
been launched. This organization la
capitalized ut $l,Gt0,0OO ?nl hnd on
tho market the unsold rem indcr of
an issue OF two hundred thousand S.
fhnres. The Negro nae cries Corpora
alton seeks out ssitah'e md remun
er'tlVe fund obtained in the sale
est Negroes, provides the executive
ana technical guidance il desired and
supplies the capital through the conn
.eratlvo fund cbtained in the $40 az
shares. If this and Sta Kindred schcm.
ca appear to be snly the ARC Of
h'gh finance, they serve as the mora
emphatic criterion Of what little the
suooeniy prosperous new Negro of to
dny need to stir him into the world
Oh business accomplishment. This
corporation Ia reported by it's propon
chts as rapidly expanding throughout
erea In which the general crnol,
OF Garveylsm has taken hold : -,
The parent body. the original Gar
vey enterprise, ia the Universal Negro
Improvement Association. This body
~ concerned with the promotion OF
so1fdarity among the adhorents NJ
mo empire building organization. II
Is IN ecedt the political comnIementa
OF me two previously described com
, ,na corporations Aolic dwith It ia
tho African Communities OF the World
which Is undertaking to develop thoso
poruons Of Africa now held by the
n!acks as well as later to taken had a
mana IN those areas which they NAV
REGAIN, with this larger and more dis
Iant field, this Joint Organization
points to the convention Just held
ana tho organization perfected
throughout the Negro world as it's
chlef accomplishment to date. Event
ually and nconjunction with the