The Omaha guide., 1937-01-23

ed for aud received a Charter from the State of New York TO
a nonprofit, cooperative, membership corporation, to be known
as the Consumers and Craftsmens Guild, Of Harlem, Inc.
1.-The members of this Guild, which is to be a fraternity
of consumers and craftsmen, will enter into a solemn agree
ment to wear, purchase, use and sell, anything produced by
any other member, providing such merchandise is as good, or
better, than similar articles now on the market. BY this
means we hope TO popularize the use Of Harlem-made merehan-
disc to such an extent that many new local industries will be
created to satisfy the demand
Atlantic City Plans
I. Z. WRIGHT, secretary Of The Atlantic City Board Of
Trade. says:
Atlantic City i sa resort and its livelihood depends up
on the pleasure seeking o~ut-oftown visitors. If they continue
prosperous as is indicated by press dispatches, and the opinions
Of men whom I. and others, have personally contacted during
recent weeks, Atlantic City is in for the largest and most pros
porous year We have had since 1929.
"Please be assured. however, that Negroes will get their
share of the spoils and that those of us who are in business will
prosper also. Preparations for the great Easter, Summer and
Fall seasons are now in full swing. The Night Clubs, Hotels,
Restaurants, Stores, Beauty Shops, Beauty Schools and mum
erous other businesses undermining their places.
Miss Grace Morgan has recently opened a large Mod
en School of Beauty Culture and Mrs. Annie Malone, Of Poro
fame, has also optned a new School. New stores are opening
every day, also new restaurants.
''The new sum Clearance Project will begin to take in
tenants about February ], 1897. In fact, the whole town is
awake and is preparing to go places.
Again, let it be said that this little burg has always
done well anyhow. There are between twelve and fifteen thou
Negroes here and they have numerous business enterprises,
of which have been mentioned above and many are en-
ployed by the City and National Government, as letter car
riers, clerks, police officers, firemen, teachers, and so on. In
all, there are about five hundred of such employees here. At
the present time, many of our people are employed in the
hotels; some with Negro owned enterprises, some
with WPA. and the rest as domestics, and, of course, some are
yet unemployed, especially at this time of the year.
''The Atlantic City Board of Trade, of which 7 am secre-
;s n xu;1o a.vIa bodv v;tl onac oo 1upJroJ ,oooborc
they are continually whooping it up, boosting business and the
town in wholesome fashion,
Philadelphia Outlook
SAM II. EADTNG regional director of the National Ne
gro Business League, and executive secretary of the Progressive
Business Association of Philadelphia, says:
"Were on our way into another year, full speed ahead.
Looking backward, there has been little to distinguish any of
the past five years from another with the exception of the up
turn in late 1896.
"But of ONE thing I feel sure-any eolored man or woman
in legitimate business who has weathered the storm of the past
five years or more will have no one to blame but himself if he
doesn't make real progress during this year.
"No one will be foolish enough to expect any such torrid
prosperity as laid the base for the depression. But one does not
have to be a Roger Babson or Albert Einstein to figure out that
things are better than they have been for some years past.
cone infalible sign is h housing. In most metropolitan CEN
ters Their are comparatively few habtable houses available for
tenancy by colored people. There is even some noticeable move
ment IN realty sales. And people don't start buying houses when
Kings are bad or worse.
whether or not this upturn is atificial or not, reliable fl
cures show that holiday business exceed any since 1929.
so we start another year with better than even chances
for business life