Richmond planet., 1901-02-16

Ten walls would not kse o Ethe white
man out OF it. You couldn's do that
10 long "a there was any gold there.
W per cent. Of Anglo Sax m is offses by
! par cent. of Negre blood, but it takes
1OO per cent OF Anglo Saxon blood to
MAKE white man, 80 the talk Of All
soroing Us 10 out OF the question. Well
sooner absorb you THAI you absorb
as
The Negre amidst all OF his disad-
vsnsages, To the only race who had q
pressing invitation TO come to this
country.
We had made 80 much pruaress that
We had 20 be sent for and had our pas-
sage paid.
HARD TME 10 GET IL.
Every German and every Italian
have TO pass an examination in order
to enter this country. You sent for
the Negro and he was the only race
that had its passage paid
Some say that che only way Co settle
this matter is for the Negro 20 20
away from this couutry. It would be
unkind and upgrscious tor us not 60
remain here.
believe that there Is wisdom
enough, patriotism enough, ststemsn-
ship enough for these races Co live
together In peace side by side.
In the face of the disadvantanes, the
wonder is that We are 90 well z as We
are. It is at hrst with the race, very
much like 10 is with . child, it Graves
for the gew gsws, the shows, the shsd-
ows.
It is not ct ell surprising that many
took liberty to mean lie snse.
TIE RACE ss~rLNo novS.
My friends. no man can fail to see
! that the race is settling down to q
hard common-sense view OF life which
is most encouraging. We must &C
knowledge that there is difference
growing out Of the mast.
He spoke of two men going to col
lege, one white, the other black The
white boy goes to take position as q
clerk or manager in q business which
his father, or grandfather established.
| rhe black boy goes TO fnd no such
business. We must give that blaek boy q
training that will aid him to create 4
position for himself. No people, black
or white can get something for moth
ing. We have got to pay the price for
what we get"
He told story of the children of Is.
rael ard the ice. He spoke of his trip
Co England, visiting the Agricultural
College for Women. He foard 400 or
800 brigh', intelligent women. BE
four d them in the morning, studying
chemistry az applied to sgriculture
botany and mathematics as applied to
agriculture.
If that is necessary for q people W he
have 10 centuries Of wealth behind
them, why is IL not necessary for us2
THE QUANTITY OF EDUCATION.
How much education do you propose
20 give himi Let him get all the men,
tai strength that his pocket-book Il
able to pay for We must harresI
know ledge to the real practical thingl
of life.
he gave practical illustrations of the
: leading colored men Why. my friend
an educated man, standing on shs
streets with his hands in his pockets
is not one whit better than the igno
rant one. or the two, would rathe
support the ignorant one.
You may talk ab ut the starvin,
Russians and the starving Amenisns
but you never saw q starving sc loreC
. man. As long ss there is lood in Rich
mond, ms long 50 there is food in Vir
ginia, you support them. White men
4 you are largely responsible fol
this; you support them out of you
A kitchens. You close up your kitchens
cut IN the supply and make these lag
men work.
: 1 want to see the time that our col
ored women will not support an ignc
q rant, lazy, good for nothing man VIII
. will not work.
o THE LESSON OF INDUSTRY,
1 have been trying to build up
school hat will teach the lesson OF il
oustry. began with one teacher an,
thirty pupils. / moved to hen hous sc
. l said to an old colored man to com
q ana help me. / said, want you &
r help me clean out the hen-h ouse.
: DE said, BOSS, you certainly is
stranger in this country. What. 70,
r gwine to clean out . hen house in tn
day timer"
n There are DOW 1l50 men and womel
q &C Tuskegee Institute, coming from 2
states. Cuba, Porto Rico and we hay
q population Of 400. Property yAlu
( $500 600 and 3S buildings. Ever
: building except 4 has been erected b.
9 the students themselves.
= We must have train ing, skill an,
!. dignity, or we must 20 to the wall.
O OseIutness is the Keynote. Assist u
Il
!. rights until he gets property, charscts
and intelligence. Slavery was q grea
curse upon both races, but God en-
abled US to get two blessings out O
the curse OF slavery. God made th
II southern white man do business wit
I the Negro.
e THE OLD PLANTATION.
y He went to the Negro to get hi
y house built. Every large plantatio
= was In measure q large industris
o school.
common Negro would sell for s7OC
mecaanie would bring rs much q
; $500 and you could not get as muc
as scots. Tor the best white man IN th
country.
!, That was the difference between th
It' .(ooNTINUED ON srH PAaE.)