Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-16
The Future of the Negro,


Porto Rican changed his methods. He
learned to control himself and is now one
of the Guietest boys in the school"
The Future of the Negro.
How about your work in the SOUTH Mr.
Washington? Can you see any material
chang in the condition of the negro as a
result of it,
There is a considerable change in Ala
banla.N was the reply. I'VE can see the
change in the character CT thu applications
for admission to the school At first many
OF these who sent their children were anS-
icus 10 have them taught books, and ex-
pTessiy said that they did not want them to
he taught IL work. They had the id that
th"y should be educated only for nnedi-
Csf'e, the law or the ministry. This is all
changed The students ROW enter with the
idea Of ! arning to work. and the boy would
lose caste who refused 70 work We
nave already educated about three thouS-
all over tn south
How about the negroes generally? Are
they growing bJtter?'
Il think So said Mr., Washington. They
nave learned that the read to advancement
Is along the line Of Industrial and PERSONAL
success and not wholly along the lines Of
political working. They see that their flu
tuf" depends upon themselves They are
striving TO better IN fr conditions and
many Ct them are doing So. [ believe this
race problem viii work itself ont lust IN
PFC portion as the black man. by reason of
his - ILL., intelligence and character can
show himself the equal of the white man,
or can produce what the white man wants
As cur people accumulate property. You
viii find that they will he resnncted The
H. gro VINO has $50 mo to lend will not want
for friends nd custom RS among his white
70 Shb@rS. The Back man that spends SO =
"" year in freight charges can secure
f1St-cIass accomma lations in a railroad
car, or the company viii put on a Pullman
pstlJrt for him is :,
other thlrgS; when our people have ole
waited themselves along industrial and
educational lines they will have improved
the tt st. s yui lern Whit Dc0pla .dO no.
Nani t" keep the negro down
II Will be the same in all fields con-
ftHUed Booker T. Washington. when the
hla'E man, by reason Of his knowledge Of
tlrGiStfE Il IN soil and improved mcthOfS
OF agriculture can produce forty bushels of
&c IN oE any acre II land. while his white
brother produces only twenty bushels the
white man will come to the black man to
i'afN. ana they Will H." good friends. Az
'rSfanC' Of this kind recently hapnened in
Alabama not far from me. y black man {
Ni:'W produced crop of 81 bushels of
~ Get potatoes from single acre of land.
} Ms Wi.S }Wi-e as much - any man in that
community had produced. and every one Of
IN" dozen whit men W h. came to see how
II Wa don" was ready 10 take off his hat
To that black man. !,
Il don't think the people of the north
quit" appreciate the situation of the col
m, ,,.tj,a -, ,us Spu'n III sIth respects.
d. - al P,ilGct'| Wiling u
NJ. tr,Ii - 'Ilv ol1ckS- hey VIII
rs they VIII d white grocer. The man who
mas Ii" hest store and keeps the best
E'"'S so'S the trad" II i the same with
Ll.si,.. ,,i. H'''ii' anu WIN inc co4"fed
No Union Of Races.
ne "ilielti''S' suppose" are entirely
'tL,'I
inns d'''a'th'[ So S''ld Mr..
"''''i4i'S ''''i- ne Nv" races are Ill this
respect apart