The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1900-06-08


chiefly from the government school at
Hampton. Va. and from Booker T.
WashingtOn's training school at Tuske
gee, Ala. There are some neat tailor
made garments. There Is considerable
iron and wood work, the ironwork in
Guiding anvil and forge made articles
as we'll as castings. The display is
about equally divided between shop
work and farm work. 4 fine variety OF
grains and vegetables raised 10y the ne
groes on the model farms is shown.
anu IL is only truth and Justice To
say that the one cOlOred man who has
charge Of part of the show appertain-
ing To his race got his agricultural ex-
hlbit ready and In place before the
great United States government had as
Yet unpacked its tin cans.
The best part or this exhibit is the
charts. educational and otherwise.
showing the advancement Of the col
Ored people In the past generation. We
find from one OF the charts that there
are now T.JOO.OOO persons of color in
the United States. one chart shows
the progress they have made out of the
darkness of illiteracy: another their
steady gain in the ownership Of farms
and property. always Il test of success
AMI aspiration. Most impressive of all.
however. il the diagram with great
ingenuity arranged In compare the
present nlitrracy of the American he
gro with that actually prevailing in
other countries. We find from this
that today in proportion Ia the mum
Der of them American negroes are
much less ignorant than the inhahit-
ants uf the Balkan states of Europe,
which have had their chance at being
civilized for Il thousand years. More
over. this chart reveals that the col
orcd people Of the United States. Il
race. ru~lavcd and forbidden 10y law Ia
learn reading and writing until ~
years ago. are today only the mcrcSt
shade more illitcratc than the pnpula-
ton 81 Hungary, n great nation reckon
cd the most powerful ana capable part
of the Austrian empire. Certainly the
culurrd race I'm America. little aS II
sometimes appears Ia have done since
emancipation. has every reason Ia
ahead. Strangely enough. some uf the
more thoughtful uf the race hellrv"
that the discipline acquired through
centuries uf slavery bred in the black
race. In America the patience AMI per
severance. necessary tn cnahl" them In
80 on anil accomplish civilization.
Well. il there, * anything In diSciplin"
they have had il certainly.
In the same room With Tho ""l"r"d
prnul,.'~ exhibit il crara"i the whole
Tinted States contribution 4" social
and economic ScicEcc IN the slap" or
photographs. charts AMI diagrams. Not
one pcrSon in ~ will 81 much as sre
them. Vet here they are. witness ami
evidence uf the mighty forces. never
visible To the Suriarc observer. thai
move the human race. From TIA" great
orange. AMI olive orchards or talifnr-
mia. the pmrri,.S IL Wisconsin, ia" cot
ION fields Of the south. the toIart"
fields of all over. are photographs dis
playing the cXhauStlrSS Resources al
our mighty country. lou turn page
after page with ever growing wonder
and admiration. AMI You l"aN" them
with the IMPRESSION strong Within you
that the citizens OF 81 highly favored a
country ought to br very good pcoll'
to br worthy Of il. FASTENED Ia the
wall is n small hui quite natural look
ing model of the iron skeleton frame Ell
one Of those 10 story buildings, more
or less, now in process OF soaring the