The Colorado statesman., 1923-10-20
RACIAL PROGRESS
Wages Are High and People Generally Are
Prosperous; Homes Being Purchased
in All Parts of the Country
(Lincoln Service)
wv wYASHINGTON, Oct. 1S.-It would
w be well for the cOlored Demo

w be well for the colored Demo
w cratic leaders in such states as
New York, New Jersey, Delaware,
Maryland Indiana and Illinois to do a
little constructive thinking along ma
tional lines before they place in motion
a propaganda that is calculated to
ALLEVIATE colored voters from the sound
economic policies of the Republican
party whose leaders, with but few eX-
ceptions, are men whose training in
industry, commerce and finance emf
nently fit them to guide the country
through a reconstruction era that has
buried every country but America in
a chasm of hopeless despair.
England lies all but prostrate with
100000 unemployed men crying for
bread, and seeking to attain by vio-
lence the necessities of life. Recon-
struction in other European countries
has made but little better progress and
from every direction one hears the
question. "Can Europe recover?' In the
United States there is no unemploy-
ment at the present time. Wages are
high and the people generally are pros
porous. the one bad spot being In the
wheat area of the Northwest, where an
overproduction of a staple crop has re-
suited in temporary hardships.
That the people of our racial group
are prospering is apparent on every
side. Everyone with strength enough
to toll is employed. Thousands of
homes are being purchased in all parts
of the country. New business enter
prises are being successfully launched
every day. Our bank deposits are
growing in volume. Thousands of chill
dren who never before had adequate
educational advantage are now attend
ing well equipped schools. Record at
tendance is reported from such leading
universities as Howard, Fisk and Will
berforce Our farmers have extended
their operations to every state in the
Union. Our professional men are busy.
Our newspapers reflect the general i'm
provement of our economic status. Our
churches are building new and magnif-
icent temples of worship. Our insur-
ance companies are extending their
territory of operation. Our banks are
building up financial reservoirs with
which to finance the commercial needs
of our group And all of this has and
is happening under the sound economic
policies of the Republican administra-
ton at a time when other countries
are threatened with breakdown OF
their industrial structures.
Yet. for a mess of pottage the pro-
gress of the race is to be retarded by
the untimely activities of a group of
practicing politicians, who seem una
BILE to keep step with the march OF
progress. Fortunately, the average
colored citizen is now thinking for him
self and cannot be led astray by the
tom-tom beaters of another faith, VINO
fail TO realize that the Negro of today
demands n constructive rather than
destructive program-a program thal
will permit steady employment goou
wages. and regular meals. This Is
condition that can be developed and
hest maintained by the industrially' IL
nancially and commercially trained
leaders of the Republican party, fact
that has been clearly established.