The northwestern bulletin., 1923-09-15
INSURANCE CO.
LATEST PLAN OF
PACE DICKSON
Migration North Is Boon to Race
BY Giving Larger OppOr-
tunity for Extension

fBy the Associated Negro Press)
New York, N. Y, Sept. 14-Intelli-
gent observers in the North have be-
gun to measure the migration OF Ne
groes to the North by the effect this
movement is having on social and
economic forces, in the North as well
as the South. The church in the
South was the first to feel the infiu-
ence of the exodus. In some in
stances in Georgia, pastors lost their
charges because of the thinning out
of membership, due to the flight OF
the farm hands and their families.
AS with the churches. so with other
forms of endeavor. Life insurance
companies in the South, to take one
notable example, have felt the pres
sure of an economic problem that is
growing more insoluble as the mi
grafton continues.
Bad fortune in the South has
meant good fortune in the North.
Smaller and fewer churches in the
South are beginning to mean larger
and more churches in the North. Less
schools in the south are resulting in
more schools in the North. sag in
the business of the South has effected
a bulge in the business of the North.
Int
One of the men to take advantage
of this is Harry Pace, of Victrola-
record fame, and formerly of the
Standard Life Insurance company of
Atlanta, Ga. Pace has now become
interested in insurance in the North.
He has gone into the business in
practical way with the launching of
the North Eastern Life Insurance
Company, located in Newark, N. j.,
across the street from New York
City. Newark, with it's industries,
has long been a mecca for the
southern migrant. 1t is a strategic
point within hailing distance of many
urban centers. Two years ago the
social problems due to migration had
caused considerable friction in that
city, and increased racial conscious
ness.
This new company bids fair to be
one of the most successful launched
in the North, due to the knowledge
of the men who are associated with
Mr.. Pace One OF these is T. A. Dick
son of st. Louis, the man who opened
up Missouri and the southwest for
Standard Life, and who later went to
Chicago, where he rendered great
services for the Liberty Life.
Pace, with his genius for organiza-
ton, and Dickson, an expert from the
standpoint of experience in the in
surance field, together with a lineup
of practical insurance experts, are
expected to accomplish extraordinary
results.
Eight Branches
Their plan is to include in their
field of operations eight of the largest
cities north of the Mason and Dixon
line.
Men who have made successes of
other businesses in the North speak
in high terms of the possibilities of
the new venture. Negroes have been
uniformly successful in the insurance
field. The Standard Life, despite a
disposition toward neopism, The
North Carolina Mutual, The Missis-
sippi Life, and numerous others have
added to the rounding out of the race
in the field of business success.
Hitherto men have gone into these
organizations hoping for success
They have had little training, with
great ambition and energy. Pace and
Dickson are going into the North
Eastern Life with the added advan-
tage of knowing the game. The new
North expects to hear from North
Eastern.