The broad ax., 1906-12-29

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Colored people know how to pick
ron? Don't they know how TO rails,
ar cane? That isn't the kind of
.,. they have got to raise before
will be independent (Applause)
~ white man who hates the Ne
race loves Booker T. Washington.
rladseD. Every one of them loves
because they believe that he is
ling the Colored men to accept the
! unjust, cruel conditions that the
.r race imposes on him: because
leading them back TO be cDnten.
an inferior position and the in
II position is nothing but slavery
the end. They love him because
yaches you TO be contented: and
-cd man who can look over the
-iice of the United States; Col
man who can see men, women
children outraged, not for crime.
for cOlOr-who can see them de
ed of work, of social equality; 4
.NlNu man lAO NsllA hO AAAS OuShA
he a slave (Applause). | read
account now and then of Negro
80 is supposed to have done some
r ~rible deed and is taken out and
J. med at the stake The charge
slinst him makes no impression on
i.r. l know that man was burned at
Il T,1a
IN. wouldn't take the time to
md out whether the charges were
me or false; that has nothing to do
With it. If pick up paper and find
nj that whenever a white man as
S.ults a black or white woman he is
r..Een out and burned at the stake,
rlcn | will begin to investigate the
Question of whether he is innocent or
guilty. CApplause). But when it is
,nly the black man who is punished in
his way then | know the cause of it
The cause is that the lord made his
face black and that is the only cause.
| do not like this Booker Washing
ton movement have spoken of. If !
did not think this matter was such
an urgent one to the COlored people
I would not take the responsibility of
saving what do against a great work
such as Mr.. Washington's in the
South. But 1 have read his book;
there's nothing ennobling in it. ZAP .
plause). The thoughts are sordid,
crude, materialistic to the core. l
know he has many contributors
through the North and through the
South but it isn't everybody who
gives you a contribution that does you
good, it isn't the money, its the spirit
that goes with the money that counts
(Applause). The Negro question Is
not a question of knowing how -
work: its a question of knowing how
to get wages; its question of equal
ity; but when it gets down to it tell
leu. however much you may deny ii,
the whole question is question of so
cial equality and it will never be solv-
eI until this is reached. I'm not in
tcrested in any scheme to teach Ne
croes to be better servants. Gap
piause). And what is true of Negroes
is true of everybody else. | would like
o teach every worthy man and wo- /
ran in the United States to be very .
Tauch worse servants than they are. .
cont think anybody aught to serve
another unless that other is Willing f..
20 do the same service to them.
Applause). Unless I'm willing to 0
take you your dinner 1 have no right
10 ask you to bring me mine. You
must settle the question on that
line or YOU never will settle it while
The word lasts.
Now, I'll speak of something little
c,oser home. remeber one time l
came over on the boat from Europe
and Mr.. Armour was on the same boat
md We discussed the Negro; and
must say that Mr.. Philip Armour was
. real friend of the Negro race, but
-. said, l like the Negroes because
ley are loyal to me in times of
-,rikes. Now, I'm going to get after
our people some; and here again
@on't want any of you to think that |
not know the hardships of Colored
,ople. 1t has been hard for Colored
-ople to get decent jobs to do and II
.ey can serve as "scabs'' its difficult
them to take the job.
m talking of that justice which
II can not get; what you probably
.pnt hope for, for yourselves but
lat some of you hope, for the chill
zen and the grandchildren that you