The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-12-23


colin has declared that must turn
you ana your soas out mean that
II SOU are foolish enough 70 want 70
IeAsf your mistress and me you are
free to So Ny moiher went taking
is ana she cut Down trees with
which 70 build our first house Those
we're days Of suffering Later my
mother heard OF school chat had
been opened up for exslavea and she
decfded 10 put me hi II. we had no
means of transportation and we
walked 500 miles to ATLANTA Unlyer-
sitr which then was being conduct
ID IN 4 box car While ia that school
MY life was nodded and my deter
mination liked that the snfferings
through which my mother went
should not be in vain. All Negro
mothers OF that period suffered
rhey suffered greatly and n the
light or our knowledge Of that SUI
ferinr we should wonder deeply
whether or MOI THAI suffering ias
made as anxious enough that our
achievement Be commemorate win
IL Ne should really and seriously
attempt to discover whether or NOT
We are not still asleep, shackled at
least 10 a certain extent IN soul,
heart ane intellect.
Individually we have done re-
markedly well Individuals among
Us have homes to the number OF
600,000: individuals among us own
million farms: individuals among
us have BY struggling up from an
unwildly mass acquired some splen-
did business projects We are far
from paupers. Individually this has
been accomplished The spirit Of
rivalry has actuated this Individual
effort. As race we stand now
within this age Of rivalry when pro-
gress Is made only because one in
dividual desires to outstrip his fell
lows.
But we must move forward, and
that speedily, toward an age OF CO.
operation. That is the second les-
son Of civilization That is the de-
mand Of this the new day The
day Of every man for himself has
passed"
Major Wright then reviewed the
War record Of Negroes Of America
stating that the new day began
with the World War in 1917. Hel
declared that the World War wac
not yeti safe for democracy but
that all Of the nations Of the world
were YET graphing with the prob
lem Of establishment. He declared
that the part Of the Negro IN this
great readjustment was the gaining
Of the ability to trust members Of
his own group to the end that great
er financial strength might be gain
ed. He said: "Our greatest need at
this time is to take our money and
make It serve US. Cooperation is the
only means Of obtaining this result,
Any race which cannot produce
great financiers must eventually find
itself st the bottom Of the worlds
affairs"
Continuing he declared that ain
the various corporations the
country in which we have no voice
and take no part three hundred
thousand million d0EInrs OF Negro
money Is being used to provide liv-
ings and positions not for Negroes
but for white men. One corporation
alone which Is patronized by two
million Negroes collects $33 ,000, 900
from them yet not dollar OF that
staggering sum goes to pay q Me-
gro In Its employ for though 1t has
more than 10000 men on Its pay
roll not one Of them is a Negro.
Let un not feel that this old way
Is good enough. Let us cease to be
satisfied to collect for the other
man while we ourselves are SO sad
" lacking in the essentials Of H.
nancial stability. We can do for
ourselves Negroes have both mon
ey and brains. We have power but
we know not how to use IT,"
He then told OF the case Of Ne
gro farmer OF Georgia who owned
nearly 4 whole county. who died and
left his family destitute because he
had entrusted all Of his affairs to a
white administrator who saw to II
that nothing was left.
lie declared that Negro young
men were the greatest assets Of the
race and thar they should be en-
couraged and helped TO places Of
power BY the combinations Of Ne
gro capital which were possible. He
spoke at length OF his plan t@ es-
sablish 100000 trust company
and the success with which he was
mee&ag declaring that Though I
may not live to see its completion
the young men who come after me
viii see Il through to higher de-
gree Of success thar even now
can imagine. We must combine for
financial strength Money Is power. =
At the close Of Major Wrights'
address Prof. N. w. Harllee spoke
briefly Ia commentator Of IL and
the project which the Major is fos-
tering
Major Wright appeared Sunday
morning at Bethel A. NJ T. church
Sunday afternoon for the Y. M. @. A.
at ST. James Temple and Sunday
night al New Hope Baptist church.
The visit Of the Major 30 Dallas
vas made doubly sleasant by rea-
an Of the fs,ct saat some Of his
school mates Of early days are resi-
dents hCsA Many OCCASIONS were
held in his honor BY hem and nc
pains spared to make BIS stay plea
ant Among his former schooniatei
and acQnaintnnces are Rev A. s
Jackson. pQstor OF Few Hope Bap
list church. Mrs. ! G. Erazies. Mrs
Chase Harris and Mrs. s. A. Rice.
While In the city he was tn.
guest Of Rev G w Arlington whs
has charge Of his itinerary while il
Texas
Major Wright left Monday nigh
for San Antonio.