The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-03-20
NOT UP TO DATE.
Prof. Booker r. Washington De-
scribes the Negroes Position.
NEEDS OF THE COLoRED RACE
nstOr. 1t Can Hope 10 Equal ths White
itass Education III the Indnstriai Arts
Hses,,ary-Ths World Getting Practical.
The Grrat co,orsd Leader Tells Ills PsO-
pie what they snonld Do.

Hscs.,ary-Thv World Getting Practical.
The Grrat coiored Leader Tells Ills Pso-
pie what they snonld Do.
WASHINGTON, u. c.. March H.
When Prof. Booker Il. Washington. the
great colored leader. OF TuskegeC, Ala.
Institute, arose to lecture last evening
at Metropolitan A. NJ. Z. church before
the Bethel Literary Association he re-
ceivrh an ovation from his audience,
which numbered fully 1000 persons.
Among them were grave bishops, rev.
crend clergy, lawyers and other repre-
sentative men aud women OF the race
from every part OF the District.
Prof. WashIugton's theme was I'm
tlustrlal Education" and he treated the
subject in a mastery manner. well de-
serving OF all the applause which was
bestowed at frequent Intervals during
the delivery OF the address. The speak
er devoted the major part OF his re-
marks to demonstrating that unless the
colored people OF this country, mainly
In the south. shall speedily realize TO a
much fuller extent than they now do
the necessity OF making ttse OF the va
rious kinds Of labor-saving machines
that the whites do, they Will soon BIZ
entirely excluded from all occupations
where there IN now competition or that
the white man cares TO enter.
IN part Prof. Washington said: III
our education means anything. II our
Young men and women have any object
in life. THIS object should he to lift up
the masses who dwell In so large meas
IRE ON the plantations of the south. II
Tonight you will place yourselves In
the place Of the coiored men and women
OF the south you can better appreciate
what shall say.
Eve have got to make on effort TO
better our condition. We must Fenem-
Der that our position Ii n peculiar one.
The relations that should exist be-
tween the two races are still unsettled.
1T has taken the white race one thou
sand years TO reach It's present high
pIanc, and II we are wise we will take
advantage Of some OF the advances
made by them"
Lot OF IN, Negro.
"our people in the south are aHding
out that the world is getting very prac-
teal, and that they care very little
about what man knows, but they do
care what he does with his knowledge.
THE negro produces almost every
bale OF cotton that Is raised In the south,
but let him go to a factory where cotton
goods are manufactured. whether II be
In Massachusetts. Rhode Island, North
Carolina or Mississippi. and ask for
work, and the door Will be shut In his
face. There are but two or three states
in the south where the negro can ride
In a first. coach. but let that negro
go Into the shop in Massachusetts
where that coach Is made and he Will
be turned out Of the place.
II have often wondered why II was
that fully one half OF the money earned
by the Georgia negro farmer had TO be
spent In the north for corn and pork
and other neeessaries OF NE, which the
farmer must have 10 support himself
and family during the year. but never
could understand the matter until
went into Indiana a few months ago.
There saw n white farmer In the Held
riding on some kind OF n machine. OF
the use OF which knew nothing. The
man was riding on the machine. to
which were attached two spirited
horses, and the mans principal oecuph-
ton seemed IN be TO keep the horses
from going too fast Not only was the
man in the comfortable position to
which I have referred. but he had an
umbrella TO cover his head, to protect
him from the rays OF the sun. ! ana
lived that machine, and found that Il
plouGhcd the ground laid out the rows
and planted two rows OF corn at time.
One-Gsalius Man.
"a short time afterward was down
in Georgia. and saw a negro farmer
planting corn. He had an old mule at
tached TO an antiauiated plough. and
dragging behind was n pole about I'VE
feet long. Every little while the mule
would stop. and then the farmer would
reach behind. take up the pole and beat
the mite. This would cause the animal
to move on again. but before going far
1t would be necessary for the man to
stop the mule and repair the harness.
which was made partly OF leather and
partly OF rags This he would fix up.
hut In q little while 1t would become
necessary to make some repairs 90 the
pIouCh. And II would not be much
longer before the farmer would have
TO stop to TX his pants, for our negro
farmers are all one gallus fellows, who
are used TO making repairs while at
work to their trousers,
Speaking Of the trades In which col
ored men have had monopoly, but
from which they have been almost en-
tireIy excluded BY white men, Prof.
Washington said:
Thirty years ago there was scarcely
white barber to be found in the city
OF baltimore. Philadelphia, New York
or Boston. To-day there Ia not first
class barber shop In one OF them that
Is owned by colored man. The latter
failed to realize that he must progress
with the times. He wAs satisfied to
have q diugy shop on side street. The
white man came along, fHw an oppor-
tunlty for making money, rented nice,
bright room on front street. liked X
Hp with Improved chairs. hung pictures
on tho walls and took all the colored
mans trade, Tho name OF the craft
was changed; the color-cd man was n
barber. the white man styled himself
n tonsoTial artist. but he took the col"
ored mans trade all the Rnmc.
Even tte Mediterranean.
"our mothers and sisters In the south
who now make their living at washing
| and ironing will lose even that occupa,
ton unless they develop progress with
the times. l was in Chicago short
time ago, and one Mondny morning at
G o'clock sent my laundry from my
| room tO be washed and ir0nC1 At +