The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-10-24
Also White Mans Interest to
See Negro Is Protected
SAID PRESIDENT TODAY
Delivered Notable Address Before Tuske-
gee Students, Calling on Both
Whites and Blacks to
Exercise Reason.

Montgomery, Ala, Oct. "a President
Rooseyelt's special train left for Tuske-
gee at I o'clock this morning. Two big
excursion trains loaded to the platforms
with colored people, left for Tuskegee
before the Presidents party. 1t was
expected that d great crowd of blacks
would be present to hear the Presidents
address to the Tuskegee students.
President Roosevelt spoke on race
questions and urged better relations be-
tween whites and blacks. He spoke Of
the lack OF skilled and common labor
ii the South and then pointed out the
necessity for training every man to
help. He referred to the work the Tus-
kegee Institute is doing in agriculture,
mechanics and household duties, and
said Training in these three funda-
mental directions does not embrace all
that the negro or any other race needs,
but it does cover in very large degree
the field in which the negro can at pres
ent do most for himself, and be most
helpful TO his white neighbors.
every black man who leaves this
institute better able TO do mechanical
or industrial work adds by so much TO
the wealth of the whole community and
benefits all people in the community.
"The professional and mercantile ave-
nuea TO success are oyercrowded; for
the present the best chance Of success
awaits the intelligent worker at some
mechanical trade or on farm, Tor this
man will almost certainly achieve indus
trial independence.
Viewed from any angle, ignorance is
IL Ia. Al -
any part of the union. Every dollar
put into the education of either white
man or black man, in head, in hand
and in heart, yields rich dividends to
the entire community.
1T Is in the interest and for the pro-
lection Of the white man to see that
the negro il educated.
White Mans Duty to Negro.
at il not only the duty Of the white
man, but it il to his interest to see
that the negro il protected Ia property
IN life and IN all his legal rights. Every
time a law is broken every individual
in the community has the moral tone Of
his life lowered. Lawlessness in the
United States IS not confined TO any
one section; lynclang is not confined
10 any one section, and there is perhaps
no body 81 American citizens who have
deserved SO well Of The entire American
people as the public men, the publieists
the clergvmen. the countless thousands
III high-minded citizens who have done
such heroic work in the South in arous-
ing public opinion against lawIessness
ia all its forms, and especially lynch
ing.
II very earnestly hope that their OK,
ample win count in the North as wei
as in the South, for there are just a.
great evils to be warred against III ons
region Of our country as in another,
To Prevent Lynching.
And right here, let me say that i
iii any community misunderstanding
between the races arises, over any mat
ter, infinitely the best way out is tx
have prompt, frank and full conference
and consultation between representative
Of the wise, decent, cool-headed mel
among the whites and the wise, decent
cooI-headed colored men. Such con
ference viii always tend to bring abou
better understanding, and will be
great help all around.
ssYou young colored men and womel
educated at Tuskegee must by precep
and example lead your fellows towarl
sober, Industrious, law-abiding lives
You are in honor bound to join hand
ia favor Of law and order and to wa
against all crime, and especially agains
crime by men of your own race, TO
the heaviest wrong done by the Grim
inal is the wrong to his own race.
"The race cannot expect to get every
thing at once. 1t must learn to wal
and bide its time; to prove itself worth.
hy showing its possession of perseyer
ance, Of thrift, Of self f-control. The des
tiny of the race is chiefly in its owl
hands, and must be worked patientl
and persistently along these lines. Re
member also that the white man VIII
can be Of the most use to the colore
man is that colored mans neighbor.
"The future Of the South now depend
upon the people of both races livin
up to the spirit and letter of the law
of their several states and working ou
the destinies Of both races, not as races
but as law-abiding American citizens
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