The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-06-18
THE AWAKENING OF A SLEEP.
ING GIANT.
By DR.. M. A. Majors

ne nOIInldnQ, the east, ana INK
central north are inhabited by the
people of every nation, of the habit.
able globe, and this must indeed
furnish incentive for the New Negro
who is rapidly taking up residence in
the northern and eastern states. The
Hon. Marcus Carney is teaching the
race much that is paramount to the
successful men and women OF the
race, and it will not be a great while
before we will have in operation
many great enterprises.
What will be the result of having
under operation many great enter
prises, regulated, manipulated, and
managed by the Negro? 1t is al
most beyond our grasp, and our
imagination almost runs wild when
we undertake to revel in such be-
lief OF our possibilities. We have
host of young people educated, but
hitherto we have had no places for
them. Large stores and few small
factories will take hundreds OF them
off of the streets and put them to
work at pleasant occupations. We
cannot all be singers and musicians.
artists, politicians. hotel walters,
porters. carpenters, plumbers, me
chanics. school teachers. lawyers,
doctors, preachers, neither are we
all constituted to do drudgery.
We have got to first learn. how
ever, the easy grace and pleasant
disposition in giving service that
belong in the work of clerking and |
paying a respectful attention in mat
tiers OF kindness to men and |
women of our own race who hold |
superior positions to ours. This les
son we'll learned. half of our race
battles are over. Our most difficult
situations are in our own race, and
when we have overcome ourselves.
by learning these important lessons
we will have given our adversaries
the lie, and then we will be crowned
with success.
This exposition, and employment
of our intellectual armament will
without any doubt mean to the
preacher a better church, to the
lawyer and doctor a better class of
patrons. the real estate agents bet
ter tenants. the Negro banker larger
deposits of real money, and so on
until it reaches every individual
us. For whatever helps any
particular business or profession will
also help the whole race fabric in a
greater or less degree. We have
been alive to this fact, but 1t has
been very difficult for us to get
started. There are several reasons
why it has been hard. All OF our
secret organizations are IN flourish
ing condition. All or most of our
churches are large and very fine.
We have been building our little
homes over our heads, and we have
not learned to do a great many things
At the same time; now we will be-
pin to do our most important things
At this late date. and profit by our
school of experience in which we
have been getting ready to do these
worth while things which are to at
ford amplitude for the investment OF
our money, and out of which we are
70 realize at the same time mod
crate degree of compensation. both
in giving jobs and making profits
The Progressive Company follows
our two substantial banks, and along
with the Liberty Life Insurance Co.,
occupies the investment spirit of the
race. Soon ground will be broken
for the largest department store m
all America This company will out
rank By far our hugest undertaking
IN the Northern states. A SIX story
department store with seventy-hve
feet front, and one hundred and