The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-01-01

provemont of the material or indus
trial condition Of the people would bet
ter their moral condition. Bearing up
on this, there were found i'm this second
township but two married couples who
had been separated; there were only
three families i'm which were found IL
legitimate children, and during the 10
years that this teacher had remained in
the township only two persons had
been sent to the Jail or penitentiary.
The negro in the South, as a rule,
works, but he has not learned in any
large degree to use the results of his
labor. The problem of the graduates
who go out from our large institutions
in the South is largely how to teach
them how to educate their children,
how to buy land, build decent homes,
and to save money. Already we have
gotten to the point in many sections
where the negro has become a taXpay-
er, is buying land, keeping out of debt,
and is educating his children, and L
find in the South as it is the world
over that when a man gets into this
position he has the respect and conf
dence of both races
With the negro, as with every weak
and inexperienced race, it is important
that he be taught that his salvation is
in learning to own and cultivate intel
ligently and skilfully the soil. To thu
negro just now this is the wheat, all
else the chaff.
Not the least important part of the
work of the graduates of Hampton,
Tuskegee, and other similar institu-
tions is by common sense, hard work
and self-sacrifice to cultivate in every
manly, straightforward way friendly
relations with the white people, espe-
cially with a view of letting the white
/ people see that an educated, skilled and
moral negro man or woman is of more
value than one without these elements
of strength
While we have difficulties in the
South with which to contend, there is
one advantage which is often overlook
ed at the North, and that is in the en-
tire field of business and labor, wheth-
err sommon or skilled, the negro has
an opportunity that is perhaps not Of
fered him in any other part of the
country, or perhaps in the world A
negro can borrow money at the bank
with equal security as quickly as a
white man. If he has a business and
conducts that business with skill, in
/ telligence and progressiveness, l notice
that he is patronized not only by the
members of his own race, but by the
white man.
The demand for graduates from Tus-
kegee, not only from the members OF
my race but from members of the
white race in the South, is great. Our
graduates are employed by white men
to take charge of farms, diaries. black
smith shops, wheelWright shops, etc
to a very large extent, indeed, to such
an extent that we cannot begin to sup
ply the demand.
While there is a tremendous work
yet to be done, l see no grounds fol-
Encouragement, but much reason fol
hope and every reason why we SHOULD
push forward with a stronger spirit
and determination than ever before. l
should always be borne in mind tina
the problems growing out of the pres
ence and influence of my race in thi!
country were not of the negroes seek
ing or making. The South is not alone
responsible for what is known as the
negro problem" 1t is the nations
problem, because the nation as a whole
was responsible for it's creation, anC
I the time has come when all of us
: black and white, North and South
E should, in a broad, generous, unselfsl
manner, do our part in making condi
tons more happy for all concerned.
J The immediate needs of the Tuskege,
institute are mainly just now in tw'
directions-money for current EXPENSE
= and for the increasing of our endow
ment fund. Aside from the fixed in
come l have to raise 100000 annual.
to meet current expenses. The en-
dowment fundSis now $355,000, bu
should be much larger - insure tn
future of the institution.