The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-26
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opportunities. has made unparalleled prog
re~s bot I want The progress in the future
10 ta far greater than in the past.
1.-THE man who IS able % do some, ing
a Wei or better ,hau some ore else is lac
individual who is lolo4ed and r5s-e ieI
z,gar.l5ess O his race or color.
"lu come ton with [. @ efforts Of the ne
gro himself 10 improve and 10 oh Y the
law. il S most important al Tie present
tm- hat tlOse in ara hoiity see 10 il taat
tie aw is enforced in The int ests Of the
back man and the white man alike. Any
d-.5lton rom th s. c0ur.e viii hi ruin
to ro d races and 10 our country. The Of
mil who breaks the Jaw wAe1 ne %
:. concerned. Viii ere -ons break IL wien
a white man j. concerned. We cannot nave
ore cO4e Of justice for a white man AMI
auo h.r for the lack man withou bOta
races being made 10 suder.
ID want 20 implore my race to not get
discouraged during this trying time. Per
haps We needed these trying days to prod
us on to greater effort and more cOnsclen-
tious duty Without sorrow there is no
JOY WI hout trial there is no triumph,
with the storm there is no strong oak.
Point of the Problem.
Almost the whole problem of the negro
in the South rests Itself upon the fact as
TO whether the negro can make OF him
self such valuable factor in the life Of
the South that he viii NOT in any large de-
gree seek privileges. but they will be con-
ferred upon him. To bring this about the
negro must begin a the bottom and lay
a sure foundation and not be lured by any
temptation into trying TO raise on false
foundation. While the negro Is laying this
foundation he Will need help, sympa thy
and justice from the law. Progress by
and superficial, and the latter end viii be
worse than the beginning.
American slavery was a great curse
to both races, and 1 would be the last 10
apologize for it, but in the = evidence of
God. believe that slavery laid the foun-
dalion for The solution Of the problem that
is now before US in The South. During
slavery the negro was taught every trade
every industry that constitutes the founda-
ton for a living Now. if on this founda-
ton, laid in rather a crude way, it is
true, but foundation nevertheless, we
can gradually grow and improve, the flu
ture for US is bright
The man who has learned to do some
thing better than any one c Sc, has learn
ed TO do a common thing in an uncommon
manner. is the man who has a power and
influence that no adverse surround ngs can
take from him. u is better to show
man how to make pace for himself than
TO put him in one that some one else has
made for him. The black man who can
make himself so conspicuous as a success
iul farmer, la Sc taxpayer, a wise he per
OF his felloWman as to be rlaced in 20
sition Of trust and honor, whether the po-
EitOn tc political or Otherwise by natuT-
al selection is "A hundIed-fold more secure
in that position than one placed there by
mere outside force or pressure
Need of Industrial Training.
Some people in America think that
some Of us make too much ado over the
matter Of industrial rain ng fer the negro.
I wish some o. the skeptics might 20 TO
Europe and see what races who are years
ahead of US are doing in this direction.
will not occupy time In outlining what is
Deing done for men in the direction of in
dustrial training, bat will give an outline
OF what Lave seen being dOre for women
as an example 1 visited the agricultural
ege for women at Swanley, England
where we found forty intelligent, cultured
women, who are mosiIy graduates of high
schools and colleges. engaged in studying
theoretical and practical agriculture, hoI-
ticuituTe, da.ryiEg and poultry raising. 1
found them in the laboratory studying
agricultural chemistry, botany, zoology
aud applied mathematics. and l a,so saw
these women IN the garden planting vege-
tabes, trimming rose bushes. scattering
manure. growing grapes and raising fruit
in the hot houses aud in the fed. Bear
1ng upon this same subject. l give an out
line of a discussion that I heard during
the meeting of the International Council
of Women. The general subject was
Farming in It's Various Branches as an
Occupation for Women" The discussion
embracing dairyiug, poultry farming
stock breeding. Bookkeeping. silk culture,
agriculture, horticulture. veterinary surg
cry. gardening as an employment for wo-
men; the training of women as garden
ers.
AS another pointer for our people, I
mention two other instances: One Of the
leading members of Parliament left his
duties for three days to preside at meet
ing of the National Association of Poultry
Raisers, which was largely attended, all
parts of the United Kingdom being repre-
sented In our own country, the son of
Cornelius Vanderbilt, after graduating at
Yale College, took a postgraduate course
in mechanical engineering, and has just
completed the building of a locomotive Al
the last commencement of Yale he received
his degree as mechanical engineer. Do
all of these things contain any lesson for
our people?"