St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-12-15

Friday December Is, 1889
Three Million Dollars Is a Lot of Money
Maybe but Twin City Negroes spend
money the necessities and uxues of life very
places the amount of coin spent by this group
these two cities at S5OOO Three Million SIX hundred
Fifty Thousand Dollars per year!
This money spent long individuals and firms The
potential The fact that this
power used wisely by Negro group
dent how that expended
instance the bulk of the Negro families spend
employment from wholesalers retailers of
that possible exception of the packing industry
portion of the clothes dollar is similarly spent with
firms evidently thought to where their col
their with which to their bills
repeated most of the places to which the
goes contrast railroads. where only small portion
directly the chief employers of local
labor.
When spent potential power"
unused influence which could well be
change employment inequalities from
Negroes distribution of jobs return for
buying hasten the end of restrictions and
employment of Negroes in all branches of industry.
might idea begin such campaign in the neghbor
where reside We have idea that of these merchants
to
Nobodys going job us-bu
get all minded business people and industrial
concerns and unions when they learn
give simply stop spending with
responsible organization organization
DOESN'T do Individuals especialv the should make them
selves committees one
they spend their part of the $3,65OOOO
The Negro communities have the strength of an unhorn
allowing Dh Indifference shear their
financial locks daily without fair and equitable return
An UncrOwned King
sports opinion year Pacific
outstanding player
Pacific Washington University
lOrma Los Angeles.
Sunday sports pages have been full of the exploits Washington
head
every country the well puized
worthwhile Nile Knnick of the University of Iowa
AIAmerican Golfers
Washington him to be
second but didn't think he belonged place but
the first
Americans Whites
stood their last Saturday afternoon Kenny Washington
tho
stood for full eight minutes unprecedented thing in American
football annals cheer the youth who couldn't make Grantnd R
AII-American
yes forgot say Washington this
Negro Maybe that's why he wasn't Golfers star team
Mr.. Ickes Is All Right With Us
Chief target for anNew Deal often Secretary of the
Interior Harold kes Aside from F. D. R. himself Mr. Ikes the
best copy the New Deal side of the fence
critic of what he calls the kept and Mr.
with the thought that his bOadsdes against
mics OF the Roosevelt must have logic in them
than daily editors will admit they did the opposition press
would certainly do better job of cleaning up" Honest Harold
than they do.
Editorial Notes
Christmas like used be- Even the 1889 Dad who foo
the bill happy Uncle Ezra twarnsO when he raising
a family ......
says Negro
would trade Hlers
Washington W. Du Bots (beOre the war; and Randolph
what a flock leader a combination like that make.
You always find how much older people interested
the people when attempt made help
kids.
ordinary
parents provide little given raising cultural
religious and moral standards of the Those
first point scornfu finger the youngsters
miSstep.
It's funny organizations being formed
goodwill tolerance between Professionals Catholics
all white Most of these efforts entirely
this land of African
really Americas No. unsoved problem These organize
these goodwill obviously fool themselves by simply wnng
the unsettled problem tinker with problem less aggravaing
Pittsburgh credit opening
the aviation training Negro youth This
initiated which have greatly beneficial
the Negro in particular and the country general
Ali of the socaled national weekly which
Negroes whites with the international happenings
might initiate with profit the American Negro
for basic rights inauguraed by the Courier.
Atlanta and down that section that
bringing life throughout
with modes of attack
telligence and widespread influence.