New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-03

rlcce-d it may prove a solution 10 the negro prob
lam. Up to this time owners Of Southern cotton
mills have said that the employment OF negroes as
factory hands meant certain failure. The very
hum Of the machinery. they said, put coIoTeu
man to sleep. The close confinement INDOORS
seemed to enervate tbs African who had AWAY
been used TO sing and whistle At his work IN tle
open fields Many mill mas pointed out "Lich
had tried the experiment Of colored iaooF anu
which had failed. Accordingly these nanll'c'" i
e-s continued to import white labor from Northern
States and from Europe.
But the friends of the negro MAINTAIN 1hat me
oclored man should have fair chance Ihey nave
ergued that heretofore too much has been eAPecIeu
cf him on TOO short notice. Give linn the proper
training they say. treat him right and yet olsc1-
pine him properly. and the black man VIII inaAe
good fabric the white man.
Those who believe the negro capable Of skliieo
labor now say that they have practical 'iiustfa-
ton Of his efi.jeucv- In mill which mas been
built a. Concord. n G. by Warren { Coleman d
negro al the machinery is manned 10y negroes aio
though me factory has been in operation oiIs q
little over Z year Sl.ePe worth OF yarn d "ee
has been turned out At a good Proht Accorulils
n its superintendent II has orders three ho'i'ii9
Ehea6 No dividends have heen declared pul 'ii7
earnings have been used TO build an electric hsit
plant, 70 install new wrappers to erect tenement
houses for the hands, and 10 aoo newer anu Ai
expensive machinery
r spent several hours al the Coleman hllh saio
e prominent negro educator recently ana "9
SURPRISED 10 see the way the NIFTY or more oI'e"'
worked The bows and girls at the pickers, zap
rers speederS and spindes moved about graceI uliS
and Dirnhlv Peter Brooks, who IL boss OF the
rjcEer room is an * slave. He said that ne GIG
rot SEQ am difference in working there from IsedN
ing the oldrir1e gin owned by his master lie hao
several children in the spinning room
While / vas there the whistle blew olo refer
v-enf Ont and changed his to q new grass
match before lac enjoyed his meal. There is tract
Of sixty acres around the mill Joshua Barney, q
coai blaxk negro the machinist and engineer. is q
graduate Of Tuskegee aud sample OF the type Of
man Booker T Washington is turning out 10 "o'R
for The salvation Of the South. Mr. smith. the
superintendeut. said TO me:
u have worked with The foreigners IN the
Northern mills and I prefer the negroes to the 70
landers the FTnIanders the Russian Jews 1hey
learn Just as readily and more easy 20 contFoL
The negro can be adapted this work with sue
cess After eight months practice my hands make
warp and zken yarns and do no more damage IMAM
white operatives
Mr. Coleman regards his mill not only a prac-
flcsI business proposition for its stockholders pat
also as teaching lesson to the nine million ne
sroes Of the Southern States II his factory can
be run sa satisfactorily il shows. he that other
lines Of ma nufacture be successfully estaD-
lshed IN thu South where the negro can be raised
from z hevver OF wood and drawer OF water 10
skilled artisan
The success Of this mill" mfr Coleman SAID
will be great thing for the negro race TINS
factory will b. my life work have believed IN u
srn. the first and have neglected family. State and
~ other business for It's sake. We are startin.
the s0indles 81 fast 81 We can IND trained manu-