Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1922-01-14
OUR OWN LEADERS

OUR OWN LEADERS
BUT certain leaders of the black race
III the same country, through coward.
ice, conniVance and treachery tried to
make you all believe THAT the colour.
Gu chlla did not even need this en-.
enlargement. That without n chance
10 associate with others or to practice
"lal he thought, or even to SEQ how
INC great things OIL his country were
o"he' lie could yet hope Tor success mt
CT completely Surrendering every1nlny
" his adversary. Such was ana -.
tue teachings Oh The Tuskcgee Ins,l.
Iu'e 10 the elect thai Africans aud
INC bfltlsh west Indians can COME IN
W your country ana exceed the n;s. lyet;
VI Ills own race. And wuule MAXIM,
fortunes out OF thcm with nothing Inn
"lllui lney Make compete lOo!S out OF
theih all by telling them to give up
thelr citizenships and lily 10 the Wild.
OIL Africa. Without cducation, eXpul.
ence, money or arms.
Ihey may not only hope to beat tho
natives there; but TO ALSO beat tho
src;ac civilized powers which ruio
lhem. Yet, you are unable to beat
ZIG nyhcherS Ill your own country,
ohlel Sam made Il goodly fortune
OUT OIL such Il scheme and now some
pouy elSc Is making much moro than
he did. Sill those Liberians ufter
such long experience are in need OF
about C$6,0O0,000) five millions of dol
iars with which to work. And tn.
worst or it all is the lights OF the col
CURED American education do not even
stand out prominent; but falls meek
~ III lilo to help deceive the Door un.
educated classes. What does all this
mean
II these things are so possible now
why has not some educated coloured
American seen it before And IL YOU
can beat the white world and the M.
ives TOO by going to Africa empty
handed and uneducated, why can yon
not compete with some OF the whit,
people there In tho u. S. Of A., wher.
you VIII have 1.-THE help and sympathy
OF some Of the white people and not
half SO many to fight.
LIKE TO BE EMBARRASSED !
And besides this, you already hayo
start; In money and some experience
WIN the natives and climate condi.
lions. 1t looks nightly like, tho
american Negroes like better to be
humbugged, than to be helped! OF
course they are more used to the lat
ter. But my aim is to not only helm
you to profit by the short comings of
your white brothers in the foreign
markets OF tho world, but to mako
your labotrS and sacrifices moro Drus
liable to you at home. l want to not
only help you to build up new and
more powerful enterprises, but to gain
access for you to those that are already
built up and much from your losses. I
want to open the doors of every Ameri
can institution to all or any of it's
worthy citizens so desiring to enter
ana take part with them and to like
wise teach and fit American colored
man to go peacefully into foreign mar
Kets and represent the best American
splroi, by competing with any and all
corners upon purely speculative prin.
clples; whether commercially, indus.
trially or intellectually.
Ih1s Of course will :..C b. antagonis
tic to the best advantages of any body,
Dlnt a desired service to all is we'll as
yourselves and a credit to your nation
ana country. Your race and
yourselves. Therefore, quit your baby
talk, and put your hands to the pillow,
like men and give the world your need
Ell service. But you must have free ad
mission, upon equal conditions, to all
OF the great American institutions
first.
MARCUS GARvEY'S HELP
TIM, 80.
II Mr.. Garyey does not wish to lselp
You to build up your own country first,
just as the white foreigners have done
by the white Americans, why he would
40 you all favour by going back to
Jamaica, or British Africa or even to
Liberia and mako his propaganda
from there and with their or his OWE
money. And by the time he is ready
to 40 business, I believe that some OF
the Americans will be able to meet
him half way. There Is no doubt
the need OF a reawakening and q gerl-
eral understanding among the darke:
peoples Of the world, but these arc
much better WAYS oP doinp its tbon