The colored American., 1900-05-26
WASHINGTON Al HISiBESf.
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BegL.,t'466 Begin. the Tuskegee Institute now owns
I1Pel cras of land. OF this amount ABOUT
acres are this year under cuitly 1I sortl
..a are upon the school grounds forty
Dc. leI IbmiIdings and of these all except 1our
gnI U u.hoIlv erected by the labor of
Students Students and their lnstruc-
I'D ho,,e done the work, from the drawing
on IT, 40 ,Ians and making of the bricks to
nufting in of the electric fixtures:
tne ara fifty wagons and buggies and
NJ head of live stock The total Sadue saao ooo VI
III reaI and personal property is S3oO,oOo:
|ut ns | odd to this our endowment fund OF
e5gT. the total property is $46o 900, ana d
va add to this the value OF the 29,ooo
W of Dublic land recently granted to
t'f tS'irstitIItion by Congress, the total prop
Ld tr Of this institution is $59O,OOO. The
fu' i3,.nts earn by work at their trades and
bE thee industries, about S36,Ooo year. Inc ne
bm +ai annual expenditure for carrying on
; rrork is about 500, 900. The total
DO; nontblv expenditure is nearly $I,5oo. Inc
,nI daily expenditure is not far from
-9sginning with thirty students the num-
a. has grown until at the present time
|el Sara are connected with the institution a
fSA bousand and more students from tWehty
L. anr states Africa, Jamaica, cuba, Porto
"a 9irn and other foreign countries In all D!
|eS Mr. departments, industrial, academic and
IA sigious. there are lightweight of1cers ana
|G 81 egchers making a total population on our
I've rounds of about 1,20O people. .,
er mring the nineteen years the institution
|ay az been in existence hundreds of students
ave finished the academic and lndustrla
n mrses and if we add to this NUMBER ABOUT
IL 40 students who were not able TO re-
|ns main and get a diploma or certificate, VINO
ayert theless got the spirit OF the lnStltu-
ion and a knowledge of an industry TO
.. lch an extent that they are DONG Soou
nrk as teachers, as farmers, as trades
EsL nen as leaders of thought, industry, thrltt'
n0aty and religion, the number can sale-
bur be placed at nearly 2,ooo.
PN Free From Criminal Record.
|ly; Not a single one of our graduates mas
lest ver been convicted by any court or crime
Eot a single one of our graduates has ever
(tA been charged with the crime of attempting
pay In assault upon woman
tEU At least half of these students are work
6e, h. in part or wholly at the trades or IN
HQstries which they learned at Tuskegee
Ehether they are working at the 1mmedl-
lie trade which they learned or not, all
Uave the spirit of industry and thrift that
Fer hakes them valuable citizens. The IuSke-
H. Institute does not confine its work to
h. industrial training. Along with INDUS
rial training goes thorough mental and re-
Eh gous training. We keep In constant op-
#raou at which the various students re-
eive training tWenty-eight industries. All
Ii these are industries at which our stu
ants can find immediate employment as
oon as they leave the institution; in fact,
h, H. cannot begin to supply the demand for
ur graduates, and a large portion of these
emands come from southern white men
Ind women. We can now erect bulldlns
i
rounds to employ a single outside work
han.
10 Cast Down Our Buckets Where
We Are:"
e. This industrial development leads me in
gical order to the discussion of the most
Fly eicae part of my subject, that of the per-
tanent residence of the negro, the relation
L the two races and the question of citi-
enship.
Whether our habitat is to be in the south,
BE north. or west the islands of the sea,
in Africa, 1 think you will agree with
be that the elements of strength to when
|rly have referred will be most valuable quail |
es for us as a race. My own belief is |
|eI hat We are to remain permanently in this |
mtry and the great bulk of us at the |
|sE uth and until those who advocate a re- |
Em to Africa prove their faith by their |
~ f0rkS, | shall judge them by their actions,
d bteve that they agree with me- that |
|red bis is the better country to live in because
I'M hey are most careful to reside here them
kuI Elves.
ers Nearly all opportunities and privileges
FaI St upon an economic Industrial basis,
Een #ad when l say this l mean every time
lat this economic and commercial basis
ec5 lst be fortified and surrounded by men
Development and religion But there
|1nn the foundation. This granted, l do not
Aeye, with all her fault and wrongs, you
find habitable portion of the globe
Mere there is such opportunity for buSi-
L,s : for commercial development, as the
4 r. srO has open to him in our southern
|fhS 4eS The black man who cannot sue
|ose eG IN business in the south cannot sue
Idol 81 out Of it. But you suggest that COM
|aB elce, mere dollars is not all of life; there
arr SOmething higher and beyond mere visi- {