The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-06
HAMPTON ANDTUSKECEE
KEEPING IS HELD IN BEHALF
 OF INSTITUTES.
Bishop Potter Says He Never Enter tained at His Table Worthisr.
 Man Than Booker T. Washington.

New York, Ma.ch5.-Bishop Potter was Chairman and Booker T. Washington the principal speaker at a meeting sneid to- Hampton and fuskegee Institutes. The meeting was held under the auspices Of the Armstrong Association. Robert c. Ogden, President of the Armstrong Asso- ciation, introduced Bishop Potter. who said !n part:
 '.We must deal with the black man as a problem, not in fragments but as sa whole. In doing this we must pc pre- pared neN to meet with a great deal of sympathy from certain quarters. must confess that the first man who entered my mind as I entered this hall was the senior Senator from South Carolina. Some time ago in Boston he delivered himseiI of the strangest utterances that Mnst M these institutions at Hampton and Tus- kegee were doing was to educate the ne- gro so as to enable him to enter the trade6 and crowd out the white people. This is a peculiar discrimination to make just as we have begun to & elevate h tne so cos rs alike that the main thing that divides the negro from the white Is the lack or culture. and that by giving him this cul- ture we will ennoble him and raise nim to level of intelligence and creative
 II. E. Frisseii, principal of the Hamp- ton Institute, followed with few words about the work of the Institute. Wash lUktOH WuS lutTOuuCcu Oy DAoiAOP who said that after. the President had entertained Booker f. Washington as his guest he tclegraphed1 him as follows: l congratulate you upon your guest. lie I never entertained worthier one" x
 "Somehow or other" continued the bishop ''my message became public and since that time 1 have received numerous letters from people soath of the s Mason 2 show myself in their ncighborhood al their citizens had no desire to entertain
 Washington was received with reat
 Washirgton said: 'If we would discuss what is known as the race question with any degree of benefit we must reach the point where We can so Tar ria ourseives of sectional or racial prejudice. that we the position of the Southern white man and at the same time put ourselves in the place of the negro. Nothing VIII De gained for either race or any section 2So years the negro has been worked. What he wants to learn now Is to work. There Is q vast difference between work ing and being worked. For one to learn dishonorable Is at the foundation of civ ilization. It Is not the negro who has been properly trained in hand, head and heart who commits crime. It Is the ig-
 norant. shiftiess negro who has no re gard of occupation. who has not learned tn love labor. who does not own a home, who Is usually the criminal. When the man becomes the owner of piece ol land and a deco 1t house and a bank ae- count. I notice at once conservative. |law-abiding citizen and one who can be trusted to vote intelligcntly for the best interests of the commuhity- in which he lives. d. .e&S,.
 With the negro as with every weak and inexperienced race, 1t Is important that he be. taught that his salvation if in learning to own and cultivate intelli- gently and skilIfully the soil. To the ne gro. just now this is the wheat, all else Els the chaff. Agriculture will prove our salvation and the race should be slow to
 abandon the farm. Just now large proportion of the race needs that edu' cation which will make the youth return to the farm and produce fifty bushels. oi corn where only twenty-fiye grew be l fore rather than yield tn tho temptation to 20 to a city and attempt to live by their wits. Those who would help save
 my race should use their influence t' keep the negro out of the large cities: es' peciaiIy the cities of the North. These are some of the lessons that Hampton | and Tuskeeee Institutes are constantly teaching. The time has come when VIC
 must see to 1t that all the people In the South have the fullest opportunities for the best education. All must be educat' | ed without regard to color. Out Of hei poverty the South has done we'll. but tht tremendous demands upon her for the education of two races should enlist your hearty interest and support. Providing for education in the South is not a mat ter of giving aims of mere philanthropy It is a matter of business that concerns the whole country"