The Washington bee., 1902-01-18
REMEDY FOR THE NEGRO.
u<Y THINGS SUGGESTED.
Philosophical View of the Ques-
ao,-Let the Negro Waste no
more time.

r.. Sunday Journal has recently
l..-D.b..shing the views and opinion!
USI- -l....,ir-1- people, emient writer:
" ,1a race issue, or Negro Prob
1p'' n is termed: Thinking peo-
II..',. II,..',,.-,srs the readers of the Bee
p. care TO hear from one, not prom
.l Hh in % si.ion, or literary attain
nc man this all absorbing topic
I-y,~4-I an original and practical
idas be advanced, or thought suggest
therefore make the venture,
C-s4.r,riDr nv effort upon an Ass DcI-
-. .rIfg The Negro of high and low
a. flr Inc past thirty years OF my
' F5,rati1n is the remedy suggested
;s -. sr,Ic.s published on this sub
TO-, 1btris true. but what kind OF
sdl-s-53I to.s the negro stand most
IN r--Iog ChOOls are established IN
almost every hamlet OF this country,
,....i.E he has access. Ia them he is
tg..., I-.rrr, Id read-Wrlte-mathema>
,.r. and The like. A few schools of
sr.tf-r kind are established in certain
ssrrl,rs IgIs country. They under
tsg-+.fral9 his hand and eye. Man
nal Training schools they are called.
Worr8 there were none OF. them. But
there !, another education, ana one
he needs most of three, VIZ kdu-
cate the negro to be thrifty, and At
me- same time be frugal, to work
and earn. and put his earnings to
DrErtlr4| use
the negro in America is strictly a
consume, he forms but little or no
part of the producing class. He IS an
employee solely. employ nobody, de-
pending for existence upon the VIII,
nUcc-ssus5 sr charity OF his white
brother.
Educate the CoIored boy and girl
through al. the grades of the public
schools. and let them take high and
norma. course you please, and lew
may enter COIleYes and SemlnarlsS, but
when they leave these halls of lean
ing, what can they mad to do.
Are any mercantile, manufacturing
sr other great industrial pursuits
open TO them for employment. Does
the negro Crcate, or contribute TO
create establish. manage, or control
aaY O. the many indus tries that furl-
lsa employment to 50 many Of the
youth OF this country, Then what
does be do with the vast amount OF
money nrearns annually. What pTaC-
uca. usr does he put il TO?
The Co.oTed man IN America has
little or DO knowledge Of business en-
ie.pus-, aud apparently no attitude
loE i li- has no appreciation OF the
power %. money, nor the use II can be
pu, %. So that he can satisfy eX-
hln- appetite, whether 1t be for food
OF Tamrar, he seems absolutely con-
tent, H- Goes not look ahead and
provide l.r the future and the future
responsibilities he creates. Therefore
lhe colJred boy and girl by reason of
Ius condition, Is forced into idleneSS
and Vice. Nothing 10 do, no m ans
o. employment created by their mo
WEIs, fathers, OF ancestry.
lue Negro Is an initiative being, but
loilr,ulur.r, he initiates his white
C.3.urT u his tOlltS and extraVagan-
tra oGt Ills love of dress is inSatia-
Die, anj he val. adOrn his anatomy in
.e latest and most expensive of the
haoudasher, art and wear, if he has
~ "'a.. a Tree lunch counter, his
heaTJ -WeIIs with pride Vh n he an
AOlLc-s 'hs price he pad fJr the goods
s"a,, Er. MS body and feet especial
9 u Riley came high.
.ASal4 MS conception of the dignity
U. 81. Aoars, labor is crude, though he
u'af DE- sincere IN IT, His ambition Is
10 .1acA, eaC become a BaTrister
Vi "rd.co, or get a Government job.
l5 D1..5'.. tnat his social prestige de
FI"~' OIL employment of that kind.
--g t-gg.ri'Ie, he looks upon his brother
1"o SISTER as far below him in the
IIo..'' scale, % they seek and earn their
-''"s .t domestic employment, Los
,'a >'s". JI the TACT atmaRy Ofthe per
,--' 9J emp Dyed are skilled artists in
.," employment, and are largely re
,S-...l..t-rJ iOT their services, and that
G'-t .o.m the majority of the well TO
Ir0o.o'rapeople IN eveay community.
,-- -1. Us have the Capital City Wash
.-.r .-o.o~r hy nay OF Illustration. In
r-r.' l'n Ct about 2SO 600. 1000 are
Il ..'- people and very many of them
NJ good and lucrative positions.
r.. .."n ln any city, large or small in
-A.,ed States. \ large number
r.vlNN and messengers under the
-.'. and local governments, They
..l b. lle Fire and Police Depart
,-,.. ,'..,' a.t the entire corps of school
l7'...l.s and IL Is large one" which
ir'-s. ,l- COlCTed youths of Wash
raa.--, aTe EXCLUSIVELY Colored. All
ny people are pald good salaries.
XII. add Io that the large number of
ra..." COOKS, buffers, walters, and
c.s.. c..-,.-'-eD employed by the wealthy
ar ..'lag social season. and they
Is- -'.t liberal salaries. Yet there
r.. ." the District of Columbia TO
sr..' s.' even a first class retail store in
,l.. .''a.h OF trade, or an laundry
G--.4- 4-'-.- give employment to the
.-5N 80 %. boys and girls running the
r,.---> CO. 'l e, owned or controlled by
sr5 ND -r "~r that a few own their homes
them ..''',9er are trying TO purchase
y-r,'.. EN-. Oh The iustallment plan, but
c5,a-''g Inc suggestion that TO day
srsl ~ people own less real estate in
g7,5.a1 g,1 ana value in the District Of Col
ina U'1 IN man they did when the Terri
ind GIoFeTnment " was established
uOF. Cook. Then they owned