The age-herald., 1899-09-26
GIVES WHOLESOME ADVICE
Negro Problem Not to be Solved by
 Looking to the North.
AN INDUSTRIAL TRAINING NEEDED
Governor Candler Makes a Short Ad- dress, and is Followed by Lo- calNegro Politician, Who
 Welcomes Guest

Atlanta, Ga., September 25.-F'iye hum dred negroes heard Booker T. Washing ton, president of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial college for negroes at Tuskegee, Ala, deliver an address here tonight on the race problem in the light of European travel. Professor Washington recently re- turned from trip to Europe, and it was largely upon his observations on this trip that he spoke.
 Among the other speakers were Governor Candler. who welcomed Professor Wash ington on behalf of the state. The gover- nor said he was astonished when he con templated the progress made by the ne groes during thirty years of freedom.
 Cause Of the Nrprocs' Plight
 The cause of the negroes plight. Cover nor Candler said. was the dirty" politi- elan. He advised the negroes to listen to Professor Washington, he could lead them to attain a position no politician could ever attain. Concluding he said, Your work will aid me in putting down the mob in the south"
 w. A. Pledger. a local negro politician, and editor of a negro paper, welcomed the guest on behalf of the negro people He believed that the parting of the ways had come. He spoke of equal rights for the negroes and said some of them had as good white blood in them as was in the south, but with this they could not buy a railroad ticket and ride in a decent coach State School Commissioner Glenn and J. M. Henderson, president of the Morris Brown collc e, spoke.
 Rev H. II. Doctor, pastor of the Con- gregationalist church, introduced Profes- sor ashington.
 Prof. H ashington's Address
 Prs 'ssor Washington took advantage of the occasion 10 thank the governor of Geor- sia in the name of the negro race and all good people throughout the country for the many and courageous manner in which he is having the law for the protection of hu- man life enforced in the state. He believed that with the strongest members of the races standing sh Ter to shoulder in fa- vor of plotting out crime and enforcing the law, there Was no doubt as to the future prosperity and happiness of each.
 'I heard a few days ago. said Professor Washington, "that it had been reported that came back from Europe discouraged and disheartened to the condition and prospects of my race in that country So far from this being true, have nevar felt more hopeful about the future of the race than l feel at present. If other evidencs were needed, the presence of your chief eX- ecutive and other officials tonight is proof that the south desires the elevation-lnd not the degradation-of the negro; that tie south desires to encourage him, and not depress him.
 'I have unWavering faith in the provi- dence of God. Who knows but that events within the last year have been Gods way of teaching the race that it must make friends in every manly way with the people among whom it lives, and upon whom, m large measure, it depends for daily sub sistence? Our problem is not to be solved by looking to congress or to the north alone, but by the reputation that each in- dividual creates for himself in his own community and county. So long as the negro is permitted. unmolested, to secure education, property, employment, and Is given the protection of the law, l snail have great faith in our being able to work out our own destiny. The south has been guilty of a great many crimes but 1 be- lieve that it has rarely, if ever, been guilty of murederng men simply because they sought honest employ ment. There is little difference between the slavery that com pels a man to work without pay and that which forces him to refrain from working for pay.
 Negro Should Improve Himself
 The years We are now passing through are serious and trying ones so far as the question of the white and black races are concerned. l may not be able to advise that which will bring complete remedy for all our ills, but l believe that there never was a time that the negro needed to give more attention to the matter of mak- ing himself intelligent industrious, law abiding and to the cultivation of high moral habits. l confess that my heart is greatly and constantly troubled by the large num- Der of negro boys and men who stand in ideness about the streets of our cities and towns My friends, l confess to you that since thirty years ago, do not believe that l have spent a single day il complete idle ness. The negro is too poor to be idle He is too far behind to let others get ahead of him in learning useful occupations. He is too weak to fail to secure that strength and respect which comes to any one through the ownership of property and the conduct of business. l do not find too much fault; the negro, in proportion to his opportunities, has made unparalleled prog ress, but l want the progress in the future to be far greater than in the past. The man who is able to do something as well or better than any one else is the individual who is honored and respected, regardless of his race or color.
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