Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1921-02-06

THE RICHMOND PLANET On
GARVEY.


John AlicAcll, Jr has edited the
Richmond Planet. lie has always been
Il fear css and courageous editor ANA
has written mauy interesting rAVel
SIX Icncs His editorials i'll recent
y7et,r; have been ChJr.ctcrizcu DS
keen Observable and hard horse
sense.
In the January Is issue OF the
Richmond Planet MIR. Nit hell dcNot
es n two-page EDITORIAL to the Du Bols'
Garycy com rJvcr.y and in the Jan
uary % issue a tnrec.column edto:
iol to the sam, subject. Aud he an
nounccs that Il third editorial is forth
coming on the si.iuo subject When an
editor OF Mr.. Mi,chclls wide expert
.ncc cnmmon sense and tcrSc and
trenchat style dips 5nto such Il i've
subject as the Du Buia'G rv.y .Sauo
it is naturally cXpeltcd that he Will
give his RAIDERS some very interest
ing rcldings.
but il is not our purpose to make
DR.. Du Eo.s' opinion OF Hon. Mar
ems Gurvcy the pc. email theme OF
the Negro World cu.to. iyls. The Hon.
Marcus Garvcy, Mir. Lucian Is. Wat
kins, the National DGtcndcr and Son
the editorial 1T o. tUc Ncaro Worla
have already oppressed their opinion
of tho articles in lhc Crisis. We nave
our cDiuion too, so by thiS tine |
believe that the readers Of the NC
gro World take the st.iIturcS anu
criticism Of the DISTINGUISHED editor
of the Cr.3M wtLh u gram Of salt ana
SEQ that it would not he advisable 70
sulp down everything he says whole
So we have no desire TO distract the
readers attent on from the construc-
tive work OF the U. N. ]. a.
But ut the s. me time Editor Mitch
cils editorials arc 80 sane, fair ana
reasonable and characterized by such
q mastery analyst; shat we cannot
lightly pass them by. III the five col
umns that we have been fortunate to
read, Mr.. Mitchell proves h m elf
focmun WORTHY Of ;hc brightest stc' |.
He not on,y par,i s, 81 c.steps and
ducks the thrustS ut Dr. Du Bois. but
he counters heavily.
He quotes at lcuHth and ably am
swcgs ten as crtions from DR.. Du
Bois. 1t might be wen for those inter
estod in IL literary cnntruv rsy, where
keen analys $, logic re son,ng, wise
oh scrvntions and i'on;c comment are
subtly blended To procure the January
Is and January % Issues Of the Rich
mond Planet.
But we arc mainly interested in the
conclu ion Of TIE whclc matter and
4 this is how Editor Mitchell sums up
his cn-e. He seys Of Marcus Garvcy
and the movements that he has launch
cd: '"rhc commercial life Of this c I'm
try is being injected in 0 this great
Negro organization and this is hcing
done without the help Of TIN colored
leaders and their followers whom DR..
Du Bois decl1rcs arc so scnt'al,y
necessary to the success Of the move.
mcnt. We d not th'rk 20. We hclicvc
that for D.. Du Bois, Mr. Roscoe c..
Simmons, DR. II. r. Motion and II host
Of others to 10 in this Universal Ne
gro Improvement Association imburd
with tMcir pres mt idc s and MOTTO
would be to set up Il "Bahc," Of YOic-
es as Il result Of which nothing
would be done.
"Marcus Garvcy may fail, but
let him go down sur u1dcd by his
! friends and with the knowledge that
he has don" moro than any other Ne
gro in this parti~uIar line OF work
and honest as DR.. Du Bps says that
he Is, and let the Du BoiS and SIM
mons combinnton start n movement
of similar Importance and Influence
where they, too. can havn a "hcll of
= heir own, and , If possible peace with
it. But We are becoming q little too
canstic in our remarks and so we
shall reserve further comment for
= cur next issue"
We will look for Mr.. Mitchclrs
) further comment with 4 grnat deal
n interest. We will ery, however, cn
passant that he road 4 needed homily
to Messrs. Du Bois. Motion and Sim
mons
Ry no means do wo un1crrntc DR..
Du RoiS. lris "STllc Of Black Folk"
and "DarkwHtc"" while not nhiloso.
4 phical or scirnt 'f'c mag 'or.nicces are
i nevertheless tho work of . scholar
who has maeto"cd the art cf express
SION and is Gifted VII" ro"tic insight
His analysis "f Booker ~. Wash ng-
ton in the Bookman and his point
ing out tho Gins of ommissio OF
f'on. Emmett !. Scott in thn Crisis
are worthy o. comparison with Demos
themes "Ph'lEpric'" AMI MacHul"y's
'Imncachm nj OF W1rr"m Hast incs'
But when TO ioornod doctor pre-.
s3nmcd to 81 i" iud"m"nt unon a
man OF ret on 'ikn Marcus Garvnv
ard a worldwide mov"m mt IKE the
u. N. I. A. with The business enter
prises that h"v" grown ont of #, he
stepped out of his natural sphere, or
In plain AngloSaxon. "has bit off
more th"n he con rnew" and "waded
beyond his depth"
(New York Negro Worldly