The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-09-26

any temptation into trying 90 raise on
| false foundation While the negro is lay
ing this foundation ne will need help
sympathy, and justice from the law
Progress by any other method will be but
temporary and superficial. and the latter
end will be worse than the beginning
American slavery vas a great curse 10
both races. and l would be the last e
apologize for n. But ia the providence OF
God believe that slavery laid the foun-
dalton for the solution OF the problem
that Is now before US IN the South. Dur
Ing slavery. the negro was taught every
trade. every industry that constitutes the
Foundation for living. Now. II on this
fCnnuation, ana IN rather a crude way.
IL is true. but 4 fOt ndation nevertheless.
we can gradually grow and improve, the
future for Us is bright
Places FIR me Black Man.
THE man who has learned 20 do some
thing better than anyone else. has learn
ed TO do a common thing In an unc0m-
mon manner. is the man who has power
and an intiuclCe that TO adverse surround
inss can take from him II is better 20
show man how to make place for him
self than TO put him in one that some one
else has made for him. The black man
who can make himself so conspicuous as
wige helper Of his fellow man as 10 be
placed in position Of trust and honor,
whether the position be political or other
wise. by natural selection, IS a hundred
fold more secure in that position than
one placed there by mere outside force or
pressure.
Some people in America think that
some OF Us make too much ado over the
master Of Industrial training for the ne
gro l wish some Of The skepties might
go to Europe and see what races who are
years ahead OF US are doing in this d.
rection. | will not occupy time in out
lining what is being done for men in the
direction of Industrial Training, but will
give an outline Of what have seen being
done for women.
As an example / visited the agricuI-
tural college for women at Swansea, Eng
land. where We found forty educated. c1Il-
tured women. who are mostly graduates
Of nigh schools and colleges, engaged in
studying theoretical and practical asrictI-
ture, horticulture. dairyiHg, and poultry
raising. l fOGnG them in the laboratory
studying agricultural chemistry botany
zoology and applied mathematics, ana |
also saw these women in the garden
planting vegetables. trimming rose bushes.
scattering manure. growing grapes. and
raising fruit IN the hot houses and in the
field.
Women Taking Lessons In Farming.
Bearing upon this same subject, l give
an outline of a discussion / heard during
the meeting of the International Council
of Women. The general subject was
Farming in its various branches as an
occupation for women The discussion
embraced dairyfng, poultry farming. bee
keeping, silk culture, agriculture, horti-
culture, veterinary surgery. gardening as
an employment for women, the training of
women as gardeners.
AS another pointer for our people I
mention two other instances. One of the
members of Parliament left his duties
for three days to preside at meeting Of
the National Association Of Poultry Rails
ers, which was largely attended, all parts
of the United Kingdom being represented.
In our CWn country, the son OF Cornelius
Vanderbilt, after graduating at Yale Col
leSe, took a postgraduate course I'm me-
chanical engineering, and has Just COM
pleted the building of locomotive At
the last commencement Of Yale he re-
Ccived mis- degree as a mechanical engi-
neer. Dc all of these things contain any
lesson for our people?'