New-York tribune., 1905-10-25
THE PRESIDENTS TRIUMPH
Continued from FIRST page.

foundations of which were made OF bales OF
cotton, had been erected and covered with bunt-
ing The platform from which the President
spoke was male of cotton worth $4,000. The
President was met at his train by a reception
committee. among the members or which were
Mayor Q. s. Lewis and DR.. John Massey, presi-
dent Of the Alabama Conference Female Col
lege. Escorted by a company of State militia,
the President was driven to the college. Here
the President saw a typical Southern scene.
Cotton had been transplanted in long rows. and
TWO old Southern negroes with sacks on their
shoulders were picking cotton.
CARRIAGES MADE BY NEGROES.
The President WAS received by Booker T.
washington and members of the institute board
Of trustees and faculty He entered a carriage
made by the students OF the school, drawn by
horses raised at the school and driven by stu
dent in the school uniform Four other car
riages, also made by the students, IN Whlch
were seated other members Of the President
party, followed. The party went Immediately
70 an deliberately decorated stand in front OF the
Office building, surmounted by the President
Gag. From this point Mr.. Roosevelt viewed
the educational and Industrial parade.
Immediately behind the student body came
sixty-one floats. representing the various phases
Of work OF the academy department ana the IN
siustriaI divisions of the school
After the parade had passed. and the students
faculty and visitors were going 10 the chapel
the Presidents party was driven hurrieu'S
about the grounds that the extent and scope OF
work carried on by the institute might be seen
Then the party was taken TO the chapel. where
the students, led by the institute choir OF 1'V
voices. sang a number of plantation melodies
Booker T. Washington. the principal. introduced
the President in the following words
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON SPEAKS.
This is q great day for the Tuskegee Normal
and Industrial Institute, 100 great 10 De aeCt1e @
hy words We have gathered 10 hear but one voice.
" see ersentng our guest to students teachers
fude felt by the people OF the Tuskesee institute
and by the people OF both races IN @ blAaS sfeTred
,71oo then1, That the Chief Magistrate of our
Ssioved republic of Soo0o000 people deemed t 5000
srd wise 70 INCLUDE Tuskegee Institute in his TRIP
through the South aud spend rev ne nouI tba bear3
the work are doing here brnss 10 me Inc o1aI I'm
Of every man and Of our race IN TINS COLI Co1II
TTg,c5 If IS Impossible for any American citizen
not of our fully to appreciate. -, nina
have the pleasure and the honor of presenting 10 10
Roosevelt RfS eve
Before he began his speech the President saiu'
Mr. washington and each student and grad
,lafe Of Tuskegee: You can't be as InucIi III
spired by anything may say as LiaHg ,7I peII
inspired by what / have seen here MI: WASH
ingfon IT is a liberal education in itself Just TO
come here and see this great focus OF clNLiNsi-
fio0. Now. I had read a SOou aSttl VI 80 -
and I believe in it with all my heart. Wouiq
not call myself good American II % dIo " ILo,, -
was prepared 70 see what would impress me anu ~
please me- but 1 had no ldea tiiat NodIu y go -
deeply IMPRESSED, so deeply pleased, as nave
been I did not realize the extent OF your "oTN'
did not realize how much you were uolis,
wish I had the time not merely 10 go dIoulIu
to see the buildings and the grounds, but TO see
the finished products outside. 1 would like 10
go around and see the houses that are beihg
built by those who leave this lhsutucoA:
s,eo,,15 Ia to see the effect in actual life of the
TEx-ish
giff of description would come here and go from
here out where the graduates go ana N!sIL t4e-Lt
in their homes and follow out what lhey are
doing and describe It all I think there could
not be anything better than that so as TO snow
what is being done and, Mr.. Washington, WLllie
have always stood for this institution, now
that I have seen it and realize as l had never
realized by the descriptions OF II All II MEANS
viii stand for il more than ever.
WHITES SHOULD HELP NEGROES.
Here the President paused, and then he said:
To the white population. well as TO the
black it is of the utmost Importance that the
negro be encouraged TO make himself a citizen
of the highest type Of usefulness. 1t is TO the
interest of the white people that this policy be
conseientously pursued and to the interest OF
the colored people that they clearly realize that
they have opportunities for economic oeVelop-
7nent here in the South not now oHered else
where. Within the last twenty years the in
dustrial operations OF the South have increased
so tremendously that there is a scarcity of Ia
bor almost everywhere, so that it is the part or
srisdom for all who wish the prosperity Of the
South TO help the negro to become in the high
est degree useful 10 himself, and therefore 70 the
community in which he lives
The South has always depended and now de-
pends chiefly upon her native population for her
work. Therefore, in view Of the scarcity not
vi only of common labor, but of skilled labor, it
" becomes doubly important TO train every avail
able man to be Of the utmost use by developing
his intelligence, his skill and his capacity for
conscientious effort. Hence the work Of the
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute is a
matter Of the highest practical Importance TO
both the white man and the black man, and well
South and in the North. Your fifteen hundred
students are only being educated In head
and heart, but also trained TO industrial eff
cheney, for, from the beginning, Tuskegee has
placed especial emphasis upon the training of
men and women in agriculture, mechanics and
household duties. Training in these three fun
danental directions does not embrace all that
the negro or any other race needs, but 1t does
cover In very large degrees the field in which
the negro can at present 90 most for himself
and be most helpful TO his white neighbors.
Every black man who leaves this institute bet
TER able to do mechanical Industrial work
adds by much TO the wealth Of the whole
community and benefits all people in the
nunity. The professional and mercantile ave-
uues TO success are oVercrowded; for the present
the best chance Of success awaits the intelligent
worker at some mechanical trade q farm;
Tor this viii almost certainly achieve indus
trial independence. I pleased, but not in the
least surprised, to learn that many among the
men and women trained at Tuskegee find imme-
diate employment as leaders and workers among
their own people and that their services are
eagerly sought by white people for various kinds
of industrial work, the demand being much
greater than the supply.
IGNORANCE THE CosTLdEsT CROP.
Viewed from any angle ignorance is the cost
Hest crop that can be raised in any part of this
Union. Every dollar put into the education OF
either white man black man, in head in
hand and IN heart, Yields rich dividends 10 the
entire community Merely from the economic
standpoint it is of the utmost consequence to
ali of our citizens that institutions such as this
IT, -far Ta1I fa1