Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1921-01-22

IL shooting at the organist, even
though he admits that he is doing
tho best he can. Dr.. Du Bots says:
he present financial plight OF an
Inexperienced and headstrong promo.
ter may therefore decide the fate Of the
whote movement. This would be ca.
lamity. Garvey is the beloved lcade.'
of tens of thousands Of poor and DO
~ildered people who have been cheat
Ell all their lives. His failure would
mean Il blow to their faith, and
i0sS of ihdir little savings, which IL
would take generations TO undo.
If, as he states Mr.. Marcus Garvey's
failure would be calamity why then
is DR.. W. E. b. Du Bois doing all in
his power to bring about this calam.
ity? From no angle or viewpoint Of
reasoning can his brilliant and blast
ing attack tend to bring about the
success OF the movement. He could
have decided upon this line of casti.
CATION and condemnation to his mind
after all hope OF saving the Univ.r-
sal Negro improvement Association
, had vanished. He says further: .
Moreover, shorn OF It's bombast
and oxaggeration. the main lines OF
the Garvey plan are perfectly feasible.
What he t3 trying to say and do Is
this: American Negroes can, by accu.
mulattnE; and mdnistering their own
capital organize industry, join the
black centers Of tho south Atlantic uy
commercial enterprises and In this
way ultimately redeem Africa as tit
and froe home for tierL mau, This is
true. 1t rs feasible. It is, In a sense,
practical; but ut will take for, its &C.
complishment long years Of painstak-
ing. selfsacrinicing effort. 1t win call
for every ounce of ability. knowledge
experience. and devotion In tho whole
Negro race. II ia. not q task for one
man or, one organization. but for co
ordinate effort on ,She part OF millionb
Tho plan is not ~ortgInaa with 4arvey
hut. no has .ponularized; it, made 1t O
living Yocal ideal and, swept thous
! snds with HIM with intense belief In
the possible accomplishment of tho
Ideal. .... -. .., S.,
| To our mind this Ia a damaging ad-
mission by DR.. W. r. B. Du Bols. It
|'s In effect demand that he and hls
!, associates and all other race lenders
insist upon tho right to participate
IN this great Garvey movement which
he alleges Us not original with Gar.
vcy. He would participate In this
new emancipation or he would de-.
stroy the present great organizat ion
and attempt upon its ruins 10 build
up another In keeping with the theo-
rct'cal Ideas, which he I'm the sanctt.
ty OF his study has doomed feasible
and possible. .@.. ~. .
4 But while Dr.. !Du Bois. Is consider
Ing his plans, Mr.. Marcus Garvey Is
operating his ships and spreading his
own influence and that of his corpor.
alton IN the fields ct commerce. n
story lis told about great general
during the late civil war, VINO had
reached an unfordable stream and ne
cs1Dsod his engineers into his camp to
draw plans for building his bridge
and for getting his army across. He
had also consulted his leading subor-
dlnate, who was noted for doing
things. About noon. the next day, he
became impatient over the delay and
S.: ordered tho engineers to report to
him forthwith and explain the delay.
His army must be moved at once
or face disaster. Just then an orderly
rode UP to him from tho front, with
the information from his commander
III command OF that brigade OF
troops. Il sounded like this, General
---directs mo to report to you that
! - bridge Is built and half OF tho
.arm' is across the stream" AS for
tho engineers, they were still draw.
ne on the plans to build bridge on
which tho army could be gotten
across the river.
1t seems to us that in this instance
Marcus Garvey is reporting, "rhe
bridge Is built" The vessels are oper
ating. The commercial life of this
country is being injected into this
great Negro organization and this
Is being done without the help of the
chlorod leaders and their followers,
whem Dr.. Du Bots declares are es-
Hentially necessary to the success OF
the movement. We do not think so.
We believe that for DR.. Du Bots, Mr..
Roscoe C. Simmons DR.. n. r. Motion
and a host Of others, to DO in this
Universal Negro Improvement Asso-
citation, imbued with their present
ideas and notions would be to set up
Babel Of voices as n result of which
nothing would be done.
Marcus Garvey may fail, but let
him go down surrounded by his