When Mama discovers that Stacey has given his new coat to T.J., she insists he bring it home. Why won’t Uncle Hammer allow it?

Uncle Hammer won't allow it because Stacey foolishly let someone else talk him out of it.

“Then if you want something and it’s a good thing and you got it in the right way, you better hang on to it and don’t let nobody talk you out of it. You care what a lot of useless people say ’bout you you’ll never get anywhere, ’cause there’s a lotta folks don’t want you to make it. You understand what I’m telling you?”