The Houston Informer (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 44, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 17, 1928 Page: 3 of 8
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Industry and Business
7 Qhe Associate Negro Press
I “with the co operation of
%ellationalNegroBasinessleogse—/-Department of Commerce
and Other Reliable Agencies.
NOTE—If the articles appearing to this column suggest any par-
ticular question to your mind, or if you desire further information
along the lines suggested, you may address the Editor of the Busi-
ness Department of the Associaten Negro Pises, 3423 Indiana Ave-
nue, Chicago, Illinois, er Secretary, National Negro Business League,
Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, er a communication to the Inquiry Di-
vision. Bureau Domestic Commerce, Washington, D. C., will be pro-
ductive of the further information desired.
NOT TOO OLD TO LEARN
One so often hears a person of mature years declare that he, or she, was
so sorry that they did not have certain educational qualifications; and say
in resigned tones that clearly showed the talker to believe that since they
had mt already learned a certain something that is needed in the handling
of their business, that their case is hopeless.
L Such is not true; we read often of people who are indeed old whe or pur-
suing the regular courses at colleges and universities. However, we do not
all have the time for that. We can, if we have the will power, remove a bus-
iness handicap by spare time study of the courses set down by a number of
extension schools, so often referred to as “mail order schools,” usually by
them who meat need the benefactions of them schools.
There are many such institutions advertised. Some may be specious; but
ill of these extension courses presented by recognized institutions of learn-
are dependable. How much they help the business person is easily seen
r by reading the catalogue advertised by the great Columbia University of
New York, of 82 studies listed by this school, no less than 21 are intend-
ed to serve the potential or actual business man and woman.
There is accounting, banking, bookkeeping, budgets, business adminis-
trations, business law, business mathemeties, business statistics, econom-
its, cost accounting, economic history, finance, fire insurance, marketing,
personnel administration, sercetarial studies and typewriting.
A business man deficient in anyone of these, and that deficiency being det-
rimental to his business, may easily correct the trouble. Another sugges-
tion growing out of reading the ad is that if one has a growing business
and mi intelligent employee that it would be a good investment to pay that
employee’s tuition while he learns to better serve year interests.
Indeed, ft is not too Into to learn.
INFORMATION TO FIT YOUR BUSINESS
“The information contained is too general,” complains a critic of the sto-
ries appearing under the “Industry and Business” caption. "What the av-
erage man desires is specific information about a certain line of business,”
the complainant continues, entirely unmindful of the editor’s note accom-
panying each release to the effect that “If stories appearing in this column
suggest any particular question to your mind you may address the editor,
the secretary of the National Negro Business League, or the inquiry divis-
ion of the Domestic Commerce Division.”
Now, isn't that plain?
As a matter of fact, the whole object of the combination of these three
national agencies is to give specific information “On what it costs to open
E a certain kind of business—to tell the chance of success in given sized com-
Spunities—the relative importance of competition—concrete illustrations,
as was mentioned by our guiding mentor.
The purpose of the articles is to place at the disposal of readers who may
be interested, the services of the market research staff of government scien-
tists, the great mercantile library of the Department of Commerce, the ac-
“cumulated data on each and every business and the judgment of experts in
1owc.ee, diet eouna not be done in a newspaper. Each inquiry 4 answer-
ed to the person making it. No man would want his confidential questions
made public, even though there was a paper large enough to contain the
thousands of answers that pass through that great big inquiry section. So
the column will always be a general one.
SCHOOL MA'AMS AND MOTOR CARS MAKE NEW MARKETS
Two factors in the life of the Southeastern states that are given credit
with being of tremendous influence in changing the buying power of the ter-
ritory surveyed by the government research men who compiled “The Com-
mercial Survey of the Southeast” recently released, are the educational im-
provements and the development of motor roads.
Speaking of motor roads, this government publication states: “The enor-
moun investment which the Southeast has made in highways during recent
years is claimed to have benefitted the region far in excess of actual expen-
dituren. The establishment of main arteries of travel between population
centers and the opening up of inaccessible country districts by roads con-
necting with the main thoroughfares is constantly making possible easy
travel from all potato within every state. These improvements in trans-
portation facilities are not only encouraging an important tourist business,
but are making for a greater realization of the region’s resources, and bring-
ing the country districts and cities closer together, but are encouraging
a freer exchange of commodities, services and ideas, which is to the ad-
xantage of urban and rural dwellers.”
W Relating educational advancement to improved business conditions, the sur-
vey publishes tables prepared by the U S. Bureau of Education in which a
esmparissai between 1910 reports and those of 1920 discloses a wonderful
, The tables published for the states under observation show the following:
PERCENTAGE OF DECLINE OF ILLITERACY
STATE
Florida from
Alabama from
Georgia from
N. C. from
S. C. from
Tennessee from
WHITES
9 to 3.21
15.2 to 16.4
12 2 to 5.5
19.6 to 8.2
13.9 to 6.6
14.5 to 7.4
from
from
from
from
from
from
COLORED
38.4 to. 16.9
57.4 to 31.3
52.4 to 29.1
46.7 to 24.5
52.8 to 29.3
41.6 to 22.4
A computation from these figures shows that the illiteracy among whites
has been reduced by more than 43% and that among Negroes very close to
sex, making a general average for the whole territory 48.8%, or nearly
oul half. With the decided advance in educational activities that has pre-
vailed during the eight years since the 1920 census, it is fair to presume
that a significant dent has been made m the remaining illiteracy.
The commercial survey compilers argue that “such changes are import-
ant to commerce as indicating new wants and increased possibilities of ap-
peal as a result of wider contacts and a broadened horizon—increasing use
of natural resources and enhanced earning capacity with a result of increas-
ing total wealth and income; consequently a raised standard of living."
• The school houses and the motor car seem to have combined to have open-
ed a splendid field for educative salesmanship in virtually all domestic lines.
The commercial survey presented this one suggestion as one of the many
thoughts that may be engendered by careful reading of the volume that con-
tains so many well digested facts concerning the Southeastern part of the
Easiness League
Officials Confer
With Bureau Head
5 Washington, D. C.—(ANP)—Al-
bm L. Holsey, secretary of the Na-
tional Negro Business League, and
Gordon Simpson, director of the na-
tionwide survey of Negro businesses,
which the business league hm set
out to make with a view of having
a partial report prepared by the
time of the August meeting of the
league, were callers today at the office
^Aamatata Dwodtar^Ftauih^l. E
of the advisory committee in charge
of the work.
Dr. John A. Hill of the bureau of
census and Gorton James, chief of the
domestic commerce bureau, where al-
so participants in the conference
where plane modeled upon the most
successful practices of these govern-
ment organizations were laid out for
the conduct of this, the first scien-
tific and complete survey of Negro
business ever attempted.
At the conclusion of this session,
Messrs. Holsey and Simpson went
into session with J. A. Jackson, as-
sistant business specialist in charge
if the small business section of the
domestic commerce division with a
view of obtaining the already avail-
able data in the field covered by this
section, and in which most race in-
stitutions are to be found. Active
work has already been begun. Ques-
tionnaires have been devised and the
big job started.
PROSPECTS
(By JAMES H. HOWARD)
idential possibilities one must be very
careful for fear of giving offense to
a number of gentlemen who, measur-
ed by their own conceptions of what
(EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the fourth of a
series of articles on important characters
who promise to figure in the forthcoming
presidential campaign. Other instalments
will follow in regular order. The articles
are non-partisan, being purely character
surveys of an informative character as re-
vealed by circumstances and activities of the
subjects at the nation's capital. These ar-
ticles are prepared by a man Ions familiar
with national politics: who has been a city
councilman in Harrisburg, Pa., a U. S.
deputy marshal in Washington, and a dele-
sate to many state and national conventions.
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sine, a publication” that nourished i. the
early nineties. Though new a retired bank
president, Mr. Howard retains an acute, ana-
lytical ability, as these stories will show.)
* * * *
Looking over the house of repre-
sentatives and singling out the pres-
is required in the way of statesman-
ship to merit consideration among
the elect.
Right here is as good place as any
to recall that more presidential tim-
ber has been found in the house than
in the senate. In the past quarter
of a century, two members of the
house have been elected to the pres-
idency. James A. Garfield and Wil-
liam McKinley both served in the
lower house, while the U. S. Senate
gave us only the late William G.
Harding.
Speaker Nicholas Longworth, so
much beloved by every member of
the house, has frequently been spoken
of as an executive possibility; but
being from Ohio, where open an-
nouncement of Willis’ candidacy has
been made, he has nothing to say.
Representative Cordell Hull of Ten-
nessee, former chairman of the Dem-
ocratic national committee, is an
aspirant for the Democratic nomina-
tion. These Shrohn in the bosom of
many members of the home the am-
bition to be a candidate, but the sea-
son for “dark horses" is not very
promising this year. We will, how-
ever, mention just a few of the house
members who are of presidential
size.
There are such men as Louis C.
Crampton of Michigan, W. R. Green
of Iowa, recently appointed to the
U. S. Court of Claims, Stephen G.
Porter of Pennsylvania, and Ber-
trand H. Snell of New York, all
Republicans.
Democrat offerings include Thom-
as Connolly of Texas; Henry T.
Rainey of Illinois, and Emanuel Col-
lar of New York.
One of the Progressive congress-
men who it seems is a thorn in the
side of conservatives is Feorello La
Guardia of New York. He speaks
upon more different questions than
any other member of the house. Mr.
La Guardia was in the aviation ser-
vice during the World War.
Since Congressman Madden made
such a stinging reply to the attack
recently by Representative Stepb-
eus of North Carolina, the K. K. K.
contingent in the house has been
quite docile.
The brilliant speech of Congress-
man Saunders of Nebraska against
the 60-40 plan of dividing the ex-
penses of the District of Columbia
between its taxpayers and the
nation-at-large was a vote winner
for him.
Senator Copeland of New York is
never without a red carnation in his
coat lapel; nor without means of per-
sonal publicity usually fabricated
upon his facility as a writer on pub-
lic health and medical practice, his
former profession.
Senator Reed Smoot of Utah, chair-
man of the finance committee, is the
last word on government finances
when appropriations bills get before
the senate.
Senator Walsh of Massachusetts
who defeated former Senator W. M.
Butler, chairman of the national Re-
publican committee, will have to
this fall. As Hon. w.'m. Lee
former assistant attorney general,
has not pledged the colored vote as
yet to the Republican nominee, who-
we Mt T P sh
A member o-nkress said to the
writer that several members of con-
gress would not be surprised to see
a colored man elected to the seventy-
first congress from one or two con-
gressional districts, if the colored
voters played some real practical,
politics.
Congressman Will Taylor of Ten-
nessee says that helis going to have
a bill for a national memorial for
Negro soldiers reported from his com-
mittee on public grounds and build-
ings very shortly, perhaps by the
time this reaches print.
Congressman Dyer of Missouri
promised the same thing someyears
ago and Congressman Will Woods
of Indiana made a like promise last
If promises were made to be kept,
well, enough said. - t
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Richardson, Clifton F. The Houston Informer (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 44, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 17, 1928, newspaper, March 17, 1928; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1637599/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.