THE WORKMAN SPECIAL EDITION. WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 22ND 1926 PAGE THREE LA MASCOTA HEADQUARTERS FOR Stetson Hats AND Packard Shoes Packard Shoe DAWCICA BERGADURAS REDES DE PROTESTED SIG SAUDADES PRESTASIES WERE BOERDERE PLENES DE UNDERDE To all my customers, friends and wellwishers Merry Xmas aand Posperous New Year MULLER. Sole Agent 37 CENTRAL AVENUE PANAMA CITY mist Finance held in.
of white CO OPERATION.
for co. operation and harmonious action and erected that Colored And White Moton, who présided, sounded tle tower of strength, the great American Federation of Labor, keynote of the meeting by telling of tbe Negroes progress in busters As there now seems to be a serious and determined since which time it has always been given decent considera Business Men Meet and describing the which Negro basiness experiences uphill strucgle move among West Indians to get together for their eco tion at the hands of both law makers and captains of indusnomic preservation, we think the subjoined article on cotry.
because the asuul avenues to Wall New York, Nov. That which has come to pass for merchants, bankers Street and ober operation taken from the NATIONAL FARM NEws should be centers of read with more than casual notice, and act as a strong and labor: through the adoption of a co operative plan, will significant remode important inter are closed to our group. The dia!
racial conference was held nera cuse on which followed brougot in o stimulant urging us on to discard every selfish motive, bury just as surely reveal its value to the American farmers, yesterday when, at the call of Dr review questions of credit, in vestall traces of insularity and get together as one people, and whenever they decide to quit trying to play the game Robert Moton, Principal of ments, and business experience as give the lie to those who dare to assert that we are a cring alone and get together as one great co operative organiza Tuskegee Institute, and President it relates to the Negro of the National Negro Business ing and disintegrated race, incapable of accomplishing tion, prepared to shoulder their part of the responsibilities officials of the League, One of the white friends who anything. The article follows:as well as to enjoy the fruits of their labor. Bidding Colomiers spoke said that one of the chief dif.
met fincul. ies was the lack of contact Co operation, whether by that name or some other, against each other in their efforts to dispose of the products with some of the has been the great key by which the storehouse of human of their labor, the more than six million farmers in this and investment experts of New between the business men of the prosperity and success has always been opened. This was coun:ry are playing a losing game, much to the satisfaction York City. The conference was races and felt that the conference the Standard Oil Building, ce had just as true in Bible times as it is today, and the honest of speculators and unscrupulous middlemen and greatly to 61 Broadway, and was the first of in permittin Plished a great service the loss financially and otherwise, of each one of them. its kind in bringing together busiwhite friends to learn at first hand conditions for the human race.
application of the principle will always bring about better Coupled up, under the banner of One for all and all for ness leaders of both races to discuss Somme the nee one, they will become an irresistible force for the salvation sympathetically the common proand needs of Pulling together is much more productive of good than of agriculture.
blems of the Negro race. Dr. usinesa gurprise at the inform All of the friends any attempt to paddle one own canoe without regard atioa they received and admitted to the com nonweal of all engaged in the same pursuit.
that they had a new and more That has been proven time and again by men engaged in a SCOX XOBISK sympathetic viewpoint of the industry, Commerce, and labor, The lesson was no doubt situation. Dr. Moton announced that it is his, plan to arrange a iearned in the school of bitter experience but once learned second conference of this kind early was never forgotten, with the result that today in all large in 1927 when be returns from business enterprises co operation is the accepted keystone abroad.
to every arch wbich is erected to support great movements, Those of tbe white grour present The same is true in religion and science and that church or at the conference were: Mr Clarsociety which is not composed of a unified membership is CATHEDRAL PLAZA ence Kelsey, vice president of the Title Guarantee and Trust doomed to a short and stormy existence. moment glance at world activities wile thoroughly Next Hotel Central Company: Mr. Chelis Austin, presi lent, Seaboard National Back convince any open minded man that the road to success runs Mr. William y Schiefferlin, Chair: through the lane of co operation and not along the avenues swemwa swamwanswerwenwerowerowemwen man. Band Sohiffelin Coro pany; and representing the Rocke of individualistic endeavor. few years ago, merchant THE princes wasted much effort and considerable money in feller interests; Mr Raymond Fosdick, Dr. Wyckliffe Rose, Dr.
bi ter competition with others likewise engaged, but wisdom Beardsley Ruml, Dr. Trevor has overtaken their foolhardiness and today they are herArnett, metically sealed in a co operative organization, known as the The colored group included, Merchants Association, through which they sense market aside from Dr. Moton, Mr. C, conditions and agree upon commodities to be handled and Spaulding, President. North, Caro.
lios Mutual Life Insurance Comprices to be asked. Likewise, the bankers used to pursue a sort of cut throat competition with other financiers WONDERNELONEM Mwamum pany. Durbam: Dr. John H il, New York realtor; Mr. weakening their business and greatly reducing their earnings.
Dougall, vice president, Farmers At last, they tumbled to their lack of business acumen and Mechanics Bank, Durham: and merged their business with that of other bankers, under Prof, Pearson, Durham; Dr John a common co operative plan, to the end that credits might dential Bank, Washington, Hawkins, president, PruC; become more secure and banking more profitable. For years, Mr. Gomez, Secretary mana labor wandered upon the earth as an individual, taking what ger, National Negro Finance Corit could get for brawn and brain and floundering between poration, Durbam; Mr. Fred.
poverty and prosperity, according to how the master emMoore, Editor, New York Age; Me ployers decided to treat it. Then labor awoke to its need (Continued on page 5) MADURO Jr.
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