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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-05-29

tatfve Griggs, the chairman, succeeded
I'm procuring a copy Of an exporter 3
sales list with prices, showing that the
export price Of "a long line of articles
was less than the domestic price This
was used 10 substantiate the argument
that American-made goods enjoying pro-
lection are sold cheaper abroad than at
home.
List Of Speakers.
The Congressional committee arranges
its own list OF speakers separate and
apart from the speakers who operate
under direction of the speakers bureau
of the national committee. The commit
tee arranges with certain prominent
speakers to devote a certain length Of
time TO the Congressional campaign.
These speakers are to a large extent
members OF Congress whose districts
are regarded as absolutely safe, where
they are not required TO make any ef-
fort for reelection, and hence can af-
ford TO help out their brethren in the
close districts. The committee avails
itself OF the services Of these men. and
then as calls come in from the various
districts for speakers the Congressional
committee sends, out its orators. ar
ranges their dates. and in general d.
reefs their movements. The expense for
the most part is borne by the local Dr.
ganization. but it sometimes happens
that the district organization has small
means. and then II the district is a close
one the Congressional committee has 10
help pay the expense. For the more
prominent speakers there is always a
great demand. and they are generally
sent where II is believed they can ac-
he most VOOd
Records of Opponents.
Another duty of the campaign COM
mittee is to prepare the political rec
ords Of its opponents. For instance,
there may be a hot fight in some dis
trict between the rival candidates for
Congress, one of which is the present
incumbent His opponent desires 20
know what the members record is. II
then becomes the duty of the commit
tee to ascertain all the facts concern
ing what the member has and has not
done
1t ascertains as nearly as possible the
rumber OF days the member was in his
seat looking after the interests of his
constituents. the number of times he
answered the roll call, and how he
voted upon all questions which came Jp
IN committee as well as in the HOUSE,.
the number of speeches he has made,
and their character. the number of bills
and resolution, and their purpose, which
he has introduced, whether he worked
for their passage or not; IN short the
expert checkers follow the record OF
every man. and are able to prepare
upon comparatively short notice the
political record of any man against
whom a determined fight is being
waged This is information which the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-05-29
The Fallen in the Fight.
Decoration Day, 1904.
BY DAVID JAMES EVANS.

The balmy breezes from the scented South
The robins nesting in the lannon's mouth
And where the thunders of me fight were borne
Green fields of waving wheat and tasseed corn;
The song of larks, the a1ock-bird's plaintive cry
And overhead the blue, oer-hangng sky!
Still, wistful eyes-sti, heavy hearts that beat
For the unheard tread of unreturning feet!
For, where the pines their fragrant branches wave
They sleep for aye, within soldiers grave!
Where armies fought-upon the naked hills
There now reSound the songs of whip-poor-wilsi
LIE
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-05-29
HOW FIGHT FOR PARTY MAJORITY IN CONGRESS IS MANAGED
The congressional Contest.

The Managers-Hon. Joseph w.
Babcock, Republican; Hon.
William S. Cewherd, Demo-
crat.
The Problem-To elect i43 or
more party members of the
House of Representatives.
The Methods-By stump speak
ers, by party literature, by par
ty newspapers, and by a hun
dred Ways which ingenuity and
experience can suggest.
The Observation-Disclosures to the
fight from men politically in
terested in the success of either
party and from concerns inter-
ested from a business stand
point.
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Above their graves once rang the bugle call
Sped the swift bullet and the cannon ball!
The charge the shock of battle, and the neigh
Of horse-the dead and dying in the fray!
The vines are growing on the old stone wall
Where they as Greek as bravely fought-or Gaul
Cover them over-cover them over
Young and so fair-son, brother, and loveri
Cover them over with beautiful flowers
Deck them with garlands-these heroes of ours!
Crown them with chaplets they won in the strife
Crown them with laurel they lost with their lifel
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-05-29

First-A piece Of well-seasoned board
about IS inches wide. 2 inches long.
and IL inches thick This board must
have a good. deep groove all around il
about one-half inch from the edge. This
groove can be cut easily with a gouge.
The board should be thoroughly sized
with shellac then ana covered with
three Of four coats OF paint
Second-An iron or tin pan. square or
rectangular in shape. and as nearly ten
or twelve inches long and wide as you
can procure; an old, wornout pan will
answer your purpose as well as a new
ore.
Third-TwO panes OF window glass.
which must be cut TO Mt into the pan
one OF the panes must have the corner
cut away to the extent OF about an
inch.
Fourth-Four strips of wood. two to
be the length Of the panes and the
other two to be the width OF the panes.
These strips must be one-haif inch
wide and only a little bit higher than
an ant is when he is standing on all
his six feet which is not very high.
you know.
Further Arrangements.
To place these four things so as to
make the nest ready Tor use. do as
follows:
First set the pan in the middle OF
the painted board. Fill up the pan 70
within one-half inch Of the top with
sand Lay the pane OF glass that has
no corner cut fat on the sand, being
careful that the bed of sand upon
which it rests is quite level
Lay your four strips Of wood cong
the edges OF the glass Cover this
glass with a layer OF fine soil, free nom
Jumps and stones, of the same thick
ness as the strips of wood. Upon this
lay the other pane OF glass that has
had the corner cut on
Cover the upper pane Of glass with
a bit OF baize or flannel. or anything
that viii keep out the light.
The groove in the painted board is
now filed with water and must BE kept
full. Thus. it will form a moat. and
no ant will dare 70 cross f. This viii
prevent them from strayfng.
That completes your ant nest or for
micarv. as scientists would call it.
The ants with which you stock IL are
TO live between the two panes of glass.
These being so close together. the ants
are forced to build all their passag es
and chambers with the lower gsSss FOR
floors and the upper one Tor ceilings
All their work IS thus opened to inspec-
ton IN every part of the nest
Managing the Light.
If you want TO see them act naturally.
as they do in their closed nests. do not
let the light in too suddenly. and do not
let IL be too brilliant or last too long.
They can enter and leave the nest as
they like through the opening that is
left for them by the corner that is cut
off the upper pane of glass. but they
cannot leave the formicary altogether
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L'ENVOI
on FameS Eternal Heights they camp today
Who wore the Union Blpe-Who wore the Gray!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-11

Tuskegee, Dec. o.-(Special) )-The busy hive of industry one encounters on . visit to the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute inspires and fills one with the idea that the negro Is ad, vancing and progressing, and Is fast fitting himself for good citizenship and for the battle of life at this institution. Going about the grounds from place to place, one familiar with the beginning more than twenty years ago. Is amazed to see so much that has been done in that period of time, and 1t represents and demonstrates very forcibly the condition of the negro then and now and in the same degree presents his ad-
 vantages for securing an education.
 Then he had no opportunities at all: but now he has only to come here and declare his desire and determination to learn and he has every opportunity to do so. I have been unable to learn
 of any applicant, who was at all worthy to be admitted. being turned away, and there are SO many instances where applicants have worked their way to success and gone through the institution with credit and honor and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-11

and results of negro education. The charge is made by some that the more education the men and women of my race receive. the more useless economi- cally and the more immoral do they become. If this charge has any color of truth. the public ought to be inform ed of 1t. If the charge is untrue. it's falsity should likewise be made known Let me give an illustration in point that ought to be of value:
 "At the close of our school year, about 525 young men left the school for va cation. I find by careful investigation that the services of practically all of these young men had been engaged many days before they left school. In several cases their railway tickets were sent them. One firm In Misslssippi employed twenty-five students for the summer and sent tickets for their rail- way passage. In other cases, agents representing various industrial plants came in person to urge students to en- ter their employment. Still others sO- Iicited students by mail and telegraph Those seeking the labor of our stu- dents were practically all Southern white people. In the majority of cases, the students were sought for labor which required not only skill, but high degree of intelligence.
 A manufacturing Arm fin Birmingham keeps a standing order with HIS to the effect that 1t will employ every man
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raw material. Few persons not &C., quainted with this school, however, have any idea of the amount of practice work done in our industrial depart ments during the year. For example, find that 3,678 peices were made in our Plain Sewing Division, including 360 uniform dresses. A considerable number of dresses for lady teachers and ladies in the town of Tuskegee were made in the Dressmaking Division, dur ing the year. and 499.s54 garments have passed through the Laundry Division.
 We feel that as the financial condi- ton of the colored people grows better, they should bear each year an increas- ing proportion of the cost of their own education. To increase the financial resources of the school and to teach colored parents to share the cost of educating their own children, for next year the entrance fee has been increas- ed from 8 to s, and the plan Is to in- crease 1t still more in the future. The price charged the students for board has been increased from $S per month to $s.50.
 "The Executive Council has just used
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cation in idleness, and recent investi- gation has shown that of the graduates from fifteen of the largest and oldest negro colleges and industrial schools. only two graduates from all that num- Der have been sentenced to prison, and that at present not single man or woman bearing their diplomas, wears the prison garb. Is that not a record for pride to any racer
 During the present year. many new and useful ideas have been adopted at Tuskegee, and none among them Is more important than the green houses where flowers are being cultivated and which promises In the near future to be one of the leading industries and departments at the institution. The report of the Principal to the Board of Trustees for the past year will show better the work of the school than anything that could be said just now. Every one should read it closely and carefully and you can see for yourself what is being done for the elevation of the negro both mentally, morally and industrially. There are many who have not taken the trouble to inform themselves on this point, and to all such we commend a careful study of the following words from a man who has given his life work to the school and who has made success of hi Aln- dertaking:
 With the closs of another
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-11

s4,ooo from Mrs. Francis c. Barlow. of Boston. to establish "TheColonel Robert Gould Shaw scholarship" in memory of her brother; $1o,00o from friends in Brooklyn. to be used in making per manent improvements on the farm; s4OOo from MT. E. P. George, an ex- Confederate soldier, now residing in Freiberg. Baden, Germany; $6.oO0 from MT. and Mrs. Edwin M. Bulkley of En- glewood, N J., to be used at the dis cretlon of the Trustees; $s50 from the estate of the late Mrs. Mary B. Stearns of Tufts College. Medford. Mass. to establish The George L. Sterns Schol- arship"; $S,100 from Gen. w. H. Car pentier, of New York. for the purchase of additional farming lands; s1,s0o from Mrs. c. L. Byington of Rochester N. Y, for the erection of the "C. l.. By ington Greenhouse" and other pur- poses.
 T cannot refrain from adding that but for the hidden generosity or a tew friends in Boston. Philadelphia. Brook- lyn, New York, Ohio, and elsewhere, who give very largely, but who Will not permit the use of their names 1t would be hardly possible for this school to continue its work. No less are we indebted to the large number who con tribute regularly in small amounts. This class furnishes the basis for the security of the school.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-11

of the surest signs of healthy. useful growth.
 At present our needs are mainly in the following directions:
 T. Money to pay the tuition or stu dents.
 "2. Unrestricted donations for gen eral current expenses. The smallest gift helps and Is appreciated.
 "3 An increase of the Endowment Fund from its present figure, $1.o3o,- 4902S to at least $S,o00,000.
 A. $65,0O0 for new Dining Hall. Kitchen, etc. for students and teach CTS Towards this we have in hand s1s,ooO. This need Is urgent
 "5. s15.OOo for a system of drain age and sewerage, for which a survey has already been made.
 "6. $S,oOO to cover increase of water system.
 2. s1O,oOO for additional equipment for mechanical department.
 8. $9o00 for teachers cottages.
 g. $20,000 each for two dormitories one for boys and one for girls.
 Conclusion.
 No one dwelling in the heart of the South can fail to be constantly remind ed of the seriousness of the situation before us. not only in the elevation of the black race, but in producing such adjustment in the social order as shall promote friendship, confidence. and justice between both raceA- in the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-11

buildings of various sizes are owned by the school. Besides these there are on land adjacent to the school grounds 65 buildings, homes of teachers and em- ployes of the school. owned by individ- uals, making a total of 163 buildings in our community.
 Of further interest Is the fact that there is a constantly increasing desire to purchase homes in the vicinity of the school The demand for houses Is so great that 1t is not possible at pres ent to supply 1t in even a small degree. In some cases land which sold a few years ago at $10 an acre, now has q value of $500 an acre placed upon 1t.
 The Institute will become more po- tent for good in proportion as we can build up about 1t a model community. With this in view. there could be spent to great advantage at least $10,0o0 m improvement of the grounds, streets and roads, not only of the premises im- mediately owned by the school. but In the school community as well.
 Value of Education.
 {. 'The interest of the public centers just now on the question of the benefits
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-11

church and finally we had to build a school house. We have a very good
 school house made of dressed lumber. The school is in session seven months, The public money given us is about $29 for the year, at the rate of about $7 per month for four months and we have
 to supply the rest. We pay our teach CT $3S per month, of which amount $31 Is raised by voluntary subscription among the colored people of the com
 munity. The school is on seven acres
 of land. The land Is worked by the
 students at odd times, and we raised last year cotton worth $120, which we applied to the extension of the school
 term. and the improvement of the school property. We have sixty-one children enrolled"
 Extension Work.
 As indicating the amount of Exten- sion Work done by the Institute, would call attention to the night Bible Class conducted under the auspices of the Phelps Hall Bible Training School. This class consists of thirty seven min isters and laymen, including one wo- man. These people live within a ra- dius of five miles of the school and either walk or drive to the Institute two nights in the week to receive sim pie lessons In the Bible Training School which will enable them to do more eeffctive work as ministers. This night Bible Class Is conducted by our
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-11

more than a week in examining into each department of the school. with the idea of reducing the per capita cost of educating without lessening the ef- ficiency of the school. The result of this investigation will be evident, I think in future reports.
 Tt must be borne in mind however, that industrial education is costly, but fully justified by the fact that such institutions as Hampton and Tuskegee are furnishing lessons in the very best methods of education. and are creating a leadership that will gradually reach and permeate the whole mass of the race.
 The Gifts.
 The income from the Andrew Car negie Fund" has gone far this year in Tightening our burdens, and Is enabling the institution to do more effective work. Among some of the more i'm portant gifts of the year have been $21,S00 from the estate of the late Ed ward I. Brown, of Boston, towards the funds for General Expenses and for Equipment; $20,o00 for special pur- poses, from two ladies in New York;
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-11

basis. 1t is probable that at least 300 others, who have finished only a par tial course. but who have been fitted to do commendable work. will not again return to the Institute. making the output of more or less educated work CTS for the year about 500.
 The statement has been justified by careful investigation that the propor- tion of our graduates who can be found idle during any part of the year does not reach 10 per cent. They are em- ployed mainly in Agriculture. Dairying. Mechanics. Domestic work, the Profess sions and in Teaching-both industrial and classroom work
 An example of the work of Tuske- gee men and women is found in the testimony" at the Tuskegee Negro Conference at Tuskegee last February. of a colored man named Herbert. of Conecuh County, Ala, who said: "The people of my community. under the guidance of MT. N. F. Henry, a Tus- kegee graduate, have built school house known as the Union Educational Industrial School. We first began un- der a tree, but the rain drove us Into
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-11

presence and influence of the black people in America.
 Upon many vital points affecting the Negro. the nation has been divided
 from the first. As far back as the sev- enteenth century. a portion of the na- tion sent ambassadors to the natives
 in Africa, saying. Come hither and we will do thee good;" while another DOT tion said to the African, Tt Is best for you and for us that you remain away" Later came slavery, and the division of the American sentiment
 was still more evident. One portion
 of the country said slavery was right eous and the best for the Negro and the nation: another said it was sinful and hurtful to the Negro and the na-
 tion. Still later came freedom, and an- | other division appeared. One element said that the Negro could not be ed- | ucated; another said he was capable of
 education. Still another claimed that whenever mulatto ex-
 hibited qualities of executive abil- ity or of organizing power 1t
 was the white blood that should
 have the credit. A fourth claimed just
 as emphatically that the mixing of the
 races tended to weaken the negro. An
 other element held that the salvation | Of the South would come only when
 the negro departed from it's cotton, ricG
 and cane fields; still. whenever the em- ligration agent appeared, he was virtu-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-11

we recommend. It is safe to say that
 If the number of students leaving the
 school for vacation had been twice as
 large, each one would have been able to lind work of some kind.
 investigation shows further that our students command an average wage that Is three times as large as that which they
 earned before receiving any training at
 the Tuskegee Institute. That is, ex-
 pressed in dollars and cents, the South-
 ern white people place three times as much value upon the services of an
 educated negro as they place upon the services of an uneducated one.
 "The foregoing statement seems con- elusive as to the effect of education upon the economic worth of the negro. If evidence is needed to prove that ed-
 ucation does not harm him morally. I
 would submit the fact that no negro
 who holds a diploma from any char tered institution in Alabama, can be
 discovered in any prison in that State. The number of students receiving di-
 plomas and certificates from the vari-
 ous departments of the school this year
 was 197. Reckoning on last years
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-11

out in the world Is daily renecting credit upon the school.
 The Record.
 What has the school accomplished. one will ask, who Is practical. and who desires to get at the bottom facts. The answer is told in the last report of the Principal to the Trustees. to which most of this space is devoted. but 1t is desired briefly to call attention to a few most striking and command Ing facts, which are alone sufficient to commend Washington and his work to nll liberal and nationally disposed peo- pie. During the past year there have been practically two thousand negroes In all departments of the school and this year. the present term. there are more. At the end of the last term there were 525 young negroes who left the school, whose services had been engaged many days before school closed, many of whom had their rail- road fare paid to destination. One Alabama firm has a standing order for every man turned out and recommend ed by the school. Not 10 per cent of those from the school spend their va-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-11
Buildings.

"In my last report, referred to the gift of a dormitory for girls from Gen. William J. Palmer of Colorado Springs, Col This building has been complet- ed and at General Palmer's sugges- tion is called Frederick Douglass Hall" This beautiful and useful structure was dedicated during com mencement week, Major Charles R.
 Douglass. one of MT. Douglass's sons, delivering the principal address. The Collis P. Huntington Memorial Build Ing. for which Mrs. Huntington has provided $58.S92, Is now nearing com pletion, and will doubtless be ready for use. In the fall, at which time we hope 10 formally dedicate the building. It IS to be used for class room purposes, and will be the largest single structure upon the grounds. Miss F. Julia Elm cry. of London, England, has provided the funds for the erection of two dor mitories for young men, Each will contain sleeping rooms for seventy eight pupils. One of them has been completed and the other will he ready for use in the fall. These two buiId.