New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-01
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AerGS in P3g@nsm1 today b there Are vt6dIg
a Language: to-day he speaks the English tongue;
from slave he has grown into citizenship ana
bound By the fetteTs II bondage he receives, to
day day the Bible the Spehp BOOK n ie These
constitute distinct and potential signs Of progress
period to inquire whether this progress represents
the influence OF slavery or Lreedom or Ooun, ord ~
PIshed fact and that cur common country should
have been referring to unsettled and debated
questions concerning the growth OF my people. ana
ask to be permitted 10 dwell Il little upon another
question, one that seems to he gwen considerable
From e nuarers thu statement has
recently come that education does not only not
benefit the negro. but actually hinders his prog
reasoning from the known to the unknown 1
begin with the TUskegee Institute. At the close
of our school year about 525 young men left the
that the services of practically all of these men
had been engaged many days before they left
school In several cases, tickets We're sent to de
fray their passage on the railroad One firm in
fare. In other cases agents representing various
enter their employ Still others solicited them
by mail and telegraph. Those seeking the labor OF
our students practically all Southern white
were sought for labor which REQUIRES not omiy
skill but q high degree of intelligence. One manu-
featuring firm in Birmingham keeps standing
every man that we recommend. It is safe to say
st IL tho hb b or students leaving the school
sun have found work Of some kind.
4AFSStL5dllOH SHOWS sui IuELneF IndC our stu
dents command an average wage that is three
times as large as that which they earned before
That is expressed in dollars and cents the South
upon the Services o an FeS 9eS as mpch value
place upon the services OF an uneducated one.
and self-hep. the education Of the negro has been
success. Few white Americans realize what sac
rlnceS on account or his poverty the negro has
made to secure education, and that practically no
View the picture OF black Woman tasc5ar gre
the Tuskegee Institute. teaching school for weeks
Ing the way In the building Of a schoolhOuse. and
Later see ,I her e SgTvicGs pance OF SO MONTH
she ana the older children may cultivate the acres
Of land about the school building from which three
bales OF cotton are raised toward the support OF
fne sGhool' 50 that the term is finally heightened
from three 10 eight months.
NIr. Washington related several Incidents 10 illus
trate points in his address which greatly en-
Joyed Here arc two or three OF them:
-, When decided to transfer my first class from
tne sIiahty 10 a building which had been used
henhouse, l asked an old coored man to come
around at O'Clock the next morning and help me
clean .1Il , out "a, a he sat o..
and bai around at o'clock tomorrow morning
long E,o h& We your
We'll, boss. YOU viii get IN no end of trouble II
Bousd nefh your work here by cleaning out hen
"a "A Ei[EiRia family had an old mule. called Ole
MOULD 6Gy her He tried TO give her away. but no
one 3 y, would take her Then ne turned her out TO
grass one day no ana his wife walked across the
llcl4, atd ole Sal was not IN sight They looked
mule or her carcass. Finally thew looked IN s1
hho9hdoned well and found Ole Sal there where she
h9 .-i stumbled in while looking Tor water.
, mt nj IS good, said the farmer. Let us get
Ole sal a-oTs's S ana ii up the well. We will give
And so they began, husband and wife 70 sbo,,.t
Glrt INTO the Well; Ole Sal felt dirt falling on
ner ears and back. and she shook II of and trod
on II. For half hour they shovelIed and s6e
shook herself and stamped. At last the TsrTDsr
looked into the well 10 see IL his fob was finished
a!1u 10 MS surprise, he found Ole Sal still alive and
10 the top OF the we'll Redoubling their EFFORTS
now 20 bury her alive. since she wasn't dead as
her s,5 10 IoiH they were much surprised To
NJ step OUT or the well on tho dirt which they had
thrown upon her for another purpose
we'll. said the farmer, since we cannot sell
iisF' or give her away. or starve her bury her
let us build Ole Sal stable and care for her az
we should have done from the iirst'' And they
Uncle Jake was going TO camp meeting. I ex
pressed my surprise. as l knew he had not been
tor some thine. Yes. Mr.. Washington I'm gwire
thcc AZ your place eight years ago that II was bet
yer 20 nave a piece OF land and pay it than to
camp meeting. Well l went home ana I bonpS+ ~
piece OF land, and last week 1 paid the last dollar
on OF, H. ana now I'm gwine 20 camp meeting Well
9ui = mousse on my lana. ana Il Is paid for, every
do4lar. And tho house is painted inside ard OUT
MT. washington, and now have tho right 10 go To-
camp meetings. DO you see this wagon In which
We riding? Well, this wagon Is paid for and
1t Is right 10 80 10 camp meeting. That Is Jake's
wagon. and these are Jake's mules and 1 don't owe
camp meeting. See these girls in that wagon! Dem
Is Jake's girls They may not be hanson but they
so 10 camp meeting. DO you see this bread and
meat IN e1lis bundle? That's Jakes bread and
meat. raised the corn and the pigs and the ole
woman cooked the pork ana baked the bread and
l have "a right 10 so 10 camp meeting Uncle Jake's
Sot money lnhls pocket and religion in his heart
ar. washington. and he's swine to the camp meet