New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-18
pooKKRT WASHINGTON HERE
HE MAKES AN ADDRESS BEFORE A LARGE
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AND SOLUTION oF


srrrr-rE-DrscUssrON AND SOLUTION VI
THE RACE PROBLEM
rooker T. Washington, the coiorea presa .,..,o
IN. Tuskegee Normal and Indusr."i ..,.
uSosa rotabIe speech at the opening OF the Ausn'a
,,,,o, unon the race question aroused va
.,..I ,,teres, arrived in this city YESTERDAY ~
noon. Mr. Washington is making .o"'
nr,ncnal cities of the Northern states 'o p.
nosa q, infusing general interest III the "''N -,
the Tuskegee Institute Is DONG ioi ''e 81.
.,o, q, the condition Of the Southern hes'o,' ~
for the purpose. also. OF raS'e '
development OF that WORK .., ,o.
NJ washington addressed large cohsIes"'V"
last night at the Collegiate Churc' W.
ond eventy-seventh-st He spoke en'"eH W
tho needs and objects Of the destitute over ""'N
- nv nrss,des and was listened TO with the utmost
" 80 rho institution ne said, was In the
n,oor Re. Of Alabama, where the coorei peops
outnumbered the whites in the proportion % 'n''
10 one and from modest beginning Icu''ee" Y'a''
ooo u now contained 1853 male ana iemae s'u1en,s'
and es instructors The course OF study ne sa'i'
,rc,,dad a good English education combined WIN
,ar.,r,a, training twenty-five industries being IN
rorstant oneration But for this Industrial WORK
he added few OF the colored young men ann
women would be able to pay the - month which
we charge for their teaching and board MS year.
by the labor OF our own hands we nave cu''.'a'e1
I COO acres OF land, and we make an object lesson
q, the farm this class OF pupils are thoroughly
nrepared for agricultural pursuits. and In the same
way we teach over twenty other Industries ana
trades fitting a man 10 be a useful citizen ana AZ
the same time giving him the opportunity 70 nep
to pay for his education
Mr.. Washington said the property belonging 70 the
rstitute was worth S225 0 consisting OF 1900 acres
Of land upon which stood thirty seven buildings. all
except three built entirely by student laoor' lhs
whole of the property is he added, free OF ehcuih-
brance and is regularly vested in board OK
Trustees. I'VE don't ask you he continued 70
help us to educate and train coored person In
the South: we want you to help to educate
certain number of men to fit them as leaders OF
their race-men who will out and teach the popu-
lace to demonstrate to them how TO better tner
condition Of life. TO give them Industrial traihhs.
and to help them in many possible ways TO get rin
of that fearful incubus upon the Southern co.ored
people-the crop mortgage The greatest lnj4ry
slavery inflicted upon my people was 10 deprNe
ton, and Independence that such striking char,
acterisics Of the Ango-saxon race sof 0vsr ~
others for everything they Wsn Sy an raors
n order put them on Ssr tset Supply this
need and If time permitted GOOD S0I1a Work k our Srad
ssc Sa af dons ia this WORK
Prior to Mr.. Washlngton's address a short SER
Henry ss was hs y coS S ps
quartet of students. under the direction Of Mr. Har
Tn songs snn one of the students also history
OF his Ne and told the congregation OF tae msny
in the institute. -
Speaking 10 a Tribune reporter after the meeting.
Mr.. Washington said: If l may say SO. witloo.
being looked upon egotist, my speech 20
the opening OF the Atlanta Exposition did mucn
to open the eyes of the country TO the meets 0.
the Southern coored population think II cleared
away some OF the prejudice that exists against my
people, and from what | am told think II h.pea
10 weaken the barriers between the white ana ,he
colored races But those barriers have been TOT
some time, especially where the negro has become
a useful member OF society. undergoing g,adIua.
iessenng process, and in some distant point In me
future when the effects OF our work become more
widespread, I look for the race problem TO disap-
pear almost entirely. . .
~ have been often asked what is the present
effect OF our teachings and whether II IS not 4
cause OF friction now between the two races Wei,
II NAV for time be the cause OF some friction pul
YOU will find that whatever friction exists no"
will pass away as the colored people by Their M
creased tnteeence and skill produce sometnlny
which the white people want use or respect Ihe'e
commercial transac tons to bring any two races OF
people together. That has been proven often ror
instance when first went 70 Tuskegee the wnIe
people would turn their heads away from US; out
since we started the brick fields. printing WORKS
and other things that the whites require ana us-,
there Is a better understanding and feeling between
us Undoubtedly when the coored people produce
things necessary to the white people there wiz 10
between the two different relations than now eAst
right along that line slowly but surely, the race
nroblcm is working itself out"
Mr. Washington will address meeting on Inurs-
day evening next at the Broadway TaOernscle;
Several prominent men in this city have promIea
- ottapd nd sneak