The Atlanta Constitution from Atlanta, Georgia • Page 11

GEOfiglX PROSPERITY NUMBER THE CONSTITUTION 12 1914. Page Eleven Atlanta Negro Business Men Lead Race SAWYTENEMP AREBEINGBUUTBY POBLICSPIIEDI Within recent months prominent At- lantana have taken steps to provide Xlrst-clasji anltary tenement houses for the ngro These men. believe that boo of. the greatest barriers to the progress of the negro race la the liv leg conditions which are forced upon them by white tenement In order to show the results which are possible and to encourage' enterprise In this direction a. number of Modern tenements have recently been erected hero.

One of the pioneers in this movement fend in fact. the most enthusiastic worker la C. 1 Had. PR. well- kowu lawyer and capitalist.

Mr. Hadn- has recently completed several modern tenements and he proposes to Interest a number of wealthy northern in the proposition it Jocal people do not take an active part in the movement. He believes that in a few years Atlanta will have several hundred of these modern tenements and he is certain that the change from present llv- Jnc conditions will of Inestimable Value to the negro race. and indirectly to the white people of the south. Mr.

Haden has given The Constitution an Interview un this matter which re and many others believe Is one of th most important in the progress and welfare of the state. He said There Is a growing sentiment among American cities that the hovel should be abolished and cottages should be multiplied. One shelters th sturdiest strength of a nation. while th other la the incubator of disea ml" crime. Detroit has in recent years set a Tiotable example in housing reform.

The sudden increase of automobile factories in that city congested the labor population In certain quarters of th city until the public conscience re coiled and then the work of. reform ment houses by- which sufficient-light ventilation and comfort should be had before the landlord was permitted to rent the house. Certain sanitary facilities were a part of the fixed standard of the The result is that Detroit now boasts the bet housed population in America. A number of states among' them Indiana- Michigan and New have led with vrnflar laws for good housing. Some years previous to this movement- mot of the American states particularly In thee east.

adopted taws for the inspection- of factories nd other places where laborers were employed demanding healthful and Comfortable conditions. This earn. chiefly from the pressure. of he labor vote. Following this statutory regulation of the workshops the old sweatshop system slowly disappeared.

The maxim of Mr. Jefferson jt the government which governs least governs bet holds Rood even now only when duly modified by changed Types of Atlanta. Negro Churches. industrial' conditions which-Its author never foresaw. Squalid houses with leaky roofs and perforated weatherboarding.

in the mud. along- the marsh or along some stagnant ally are now outlawed by an enlightened public conscience and must in time be prohibited. They exist now only because they seem to pay an abnormally high Income. They are properly classed along with the lottery and the loan shark and live only be eau. the.

slow-footed death-angel that serves public justice has not reached them In his destroying march. Chance ra4 to Come. two years ago a great na tionalparty put into Its platform In unqualified terms these words We are opposed to sumptuary laws. At that. time the prohibition movement was young and feeble and sumptuary laws' were offensive to a large foreign vote.

The conditions have changed. and antl- umptuary planks no longer form tart of any big party platforms. And so the once overstressed doctrine of the freedom of private control rights la fut losing Its sanctity. The law forbids usurious contracts forbids the wife being security for her band forbids th enforcement of' nu merous equal contracting capacity of parties and because their Inhibition is for the puhlla good. And sothe day la fast approaching when th maintenance of an insanitary house will not be permitted.

To reckon upon th run th good tenement nous pay better than the shanty the tenant uses the latter only bemuse he can get nothing better for near th same price. The hovel remains deservedly vacant for a considerable part of- thee year. The landlords big per cent Is usually short-lived and be often justifies his high rates bemuse of long vacancies. Unwilling to invest a neat Bumto put his property In de cent condition he loses enough income in two or. three year to pay th re pairs.

nnEAlm VERY EXIENIIVE Disease la frightfully expensive. Th bills of doctors and druggists and time lot from work diminish the earnings of the laborer to an extent that le appalling. Sickness and whisky ars the heaviest burdens of th Health la a btrtMright. Within th put fifty years public opinion has changed over to the viewpoint that the state owes the child a rudimentary ed ucation. Within the nut.

ten years the am public opinion will have settled the proposition that the governing power owe the child the fairest possible opportunity to well and strong. This question can be abolished among other ways by demand- Ing that landlords build and keep only healthy and comfortable houses. Ex- CAPITAL INVESTED IN A million dollars at a conservative estimate is the capital controlled by negro investors In Atlanta's and Georgia's negro life and industrial insur ance concerns. Recently one of the larger companies of Atlanta became the plaintiff in certain legal action In the courts of Fulton county in which Atlanta is located. and.

to the surprise of the attorneys engaged in the defense made a. startling show of financial strength. Nearly-every working within the city limits of Atlanta as well as thousands throughout the state rainy Insurance. The combined working forces of the negro In nee agencies and home companies working throughout Atlanta and Georgia- would proba bly. total larger than th entire rebel The fields smile to greet us the forests are glad The ring of the anvil and hoe Have a music as thrilling and sweet as a harp Which thou" taught us to hear and to know.

Paul Laurence Dunbar. force now engaged in deposing Huerta from the presidency of Mexico. As a class of industrious respected and worthy citizens as well as the negroes of Georgia and Atlanta en gaged in the insurance field have firmly established themselves in the eoni- i- dnc of their white friends. Insurance. Therels no business or profession in the south conducted by negroes for the benefit of themselves so helpful and beneficial as Industrial insurance.

The negro la making greater progress along- this line of economic endeavor than along any other vocation. The benefits derived from this line of in urance are greater than from any oth er business the intelligent negro is en- Raged In. Industrial insurance Is not covering the same intents and purposes peeuharlo insurance companies 1 anongj the neRroes but it is largely eduratyng and devoping' them along business lines. The ordinary purposes for which insurance was instituted are Uo provide against sickness and acct- tdent to lay up a small deposit weekly in the shape of dues for the purpoM of having an account to draw upon when unable to follow the usual employment. DRAINAGE FINE.

The drainage of the city is tin the water scarcely ever on the ground the drinking. ply of water is good and the climate ideal In many respects. I RESIDENCE. A BUNGALOW. GEORGIA" MILITARY.

ACADEMY. SOME OF THE HOMES I HAVE BUILT IN ATLANTA ALEX. D. HAMILTON BOTH PHONES CONTRACTOR. AND BUILDER 69 IVY STREET Long Years of Experience the Most Polite Service the Best of Equipment and a Complete- Stock at.

All Times Has Made This Business Possible I Satisfaction We are prepared to satisfy the. people. All calls promptly attended to day and tight. Phone service all hours of the day or night. The appointments in our new home are up-to-date and our facilities of the SHOWING A PART OF OUR MODERN EQUIPMENT OUR NEW HOME 157 PIEuMONT AVENUE Service Service is the Keynote of this organization Service is the best form of advertising when you know that service and it is the best.

By service we mean all that pertains to our business and' we endeavor to keep our serv ice unsurpassed. ATLANTA PHONE. 1812 BELL PHONE Ivy 1036 David T. Howard Son Atlanta Ga. 157 Piedmont Ave.

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lty ordlnances were adopted fixing a minimum standard oftene- eennt I rhf II If 1 hhoJ db a ra ii o' ala Ie. a I I a tl at I onrna aat condiuonabJ ell. Its alty muotln prl hlblted. I because. abnormallyhlllh I be- tb.

arch. I la Bo. Co. tio fo rtealai 1 a ifr lawaAt 1 I nfa a ritl onceoveratraued the nu- it' a ood. the the the paya tenantua the JIcan i gbia lJYT 0 11 la of tea Inva I years' the re- Tha I a arrii rrei hll the poor.

the v1eWl olnt ed- same arb clII1. th I 1 mJhIO nJ thatla lorda balll Porte on We' problem r. no. 1 In the question for Atlanta drawing inorntatlori from the experience of the most progressive cities. MILlIDN DOLLARS IS NEGRO' INSURANCE thecourta t.

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