The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-03-28
wholesale. and retail dealers IN yari-.
GUS commodities; md men Who han hrr
die dafly :latpa 80 ffffrs re- ~. ,.,.,.. ,,,,.,

GUS commodities; End men who han
die daily large u a4sffs Of their own,
or who serve 6ASfs, came as a re-
velation to thoS6 WnSse attention had
not been spaGifE4aIX calledcgto the
wonderful progress That the coioreti
many heipful dite6tt6ns TEs order
of exercises was aB pillows; I s>slshG'
- A RusineSs Svmp,siftiffttff. ( ~
"Journalism,: Atr.; g.. III. Perry,
editor of the PhtlKdsIphta TTtbune.
Building ana Inan Associations
Charles H. BrdUkS s'a-;r.1s-5 -5.7
: Religious Unffysss Rev. Clarence
Parrish. tn& NJ - ,..3..I,.; n
'Colored sMensinftne ctvfi sah::yy.iIsce"
Mr.. William II: Jones, City street
: Ministers In 4 Business Bishop
L. ]. Coppin. ss>EaE: #.@".,,%,>T4 :
=, Hospital Work l.of Negro physi-
ciaDs''-Dr. e. C. I40#ard. gi,,% :: -
Commercial y incorporations,'--- - :
Mr., Samuel Brown. , 80 =
Civic Righteotisness Rev Hen
ry l.. Phillips sEs,Y ;. ~,5r"r.>,.
Industrial Iiiyutance"-Mr. r.
A.. Cooper. ..3&.S3ss&,. . ~ #$%S&,>I :
The Gents Furnishing Business
Mr.. A. e. MakeN. : ~; 49,
THE Industrial idea for Pennsyl-
wants" Rev. w. A.. Credit. ,---..l-, ~. -.
The Negro Englneer''--M Pres
ton G. Slowe. . .,.,<ss: = .
The Negro Department. store -
Mr.. r. S. Jackson. = -, -:
The Real Estate B usiness''- Mr..
Charles H. Sandidge,< .-,s.s}}, -
"The Negro Physician h"-DF.. AL
.gernon s. Jackson, Mercy Hospital.
Our Guest Rev. VIC Parks. ? :.
/ Before the response OF the guest
Of honor to the Interesting remarks
.tof the evening, MT Charles w. An
derson, Of New York, one off, the
races most popular characters, was
introduced, and delivered a stirring
address. It fairly brlsted with good
points; 1t was witty; forcible and. elo-
quent. Mr.. Anderson was In his
happiest vein, and paid an especially
high tribute to the work and worth
of the greatest t,industrialist, whom
he described as the worst abused
and the most lavishly fiattered. man
OF the race, yet one&who was unsoiled
by the one and 5HHspoiled by. the
other.' Mr.. Anderson's lofty .esti-
mate OF. the guess Of the evening Was
applauded to the echo. ..|.,, :, ).
DIR. Washington Pieasls for Creators
of OppOs.tasnities. ,>,%.,
When the distIng educator
In whose honor agnificentl tlfunc-
,t1on was planned arose to speak, the
great company arosaaen masae& and
amid tumultnofs EaeFs, gave him
the .ChautauQua salute. s.z..;sEt
|: y The pervadin ng strain OF the tttNWiz-
a ~
saddFeBaYog three aaIkhfs OF an hour
WaB the &Yaiue; of, SSals tfuefivs seffoYi
in the .ssitui
Our greatest; need, thfHy time" ar.
gued Dr. Washington, rs the dogged
pioneer spirit that goes into the for
ests, the mines, on the farms, ferret
out the hidden treasures Of nature
develops the crude materials of earth
and createe original opportunities
for racial progress The old-time
leaders were called upon to destroy
ething-primary that monster
slavery; the newer leadership is call
ed upon to build up something a
store, church, a bank and to make
positions of advantage that did not
exist before.
I'VE want and must have educa-
ted men Of the race, who will become
creators of wealth, Of tangible evi
dences Of our capacity in religi
Gus, educational, business, profes-
sional and all of the branches that
touch our daily life. Complaints, in
dignation meetings and protests are
sometimes justifiable, for we do suf.
fer grievous wrongs, but, it be en-
phasized with all the force at the
races command that the ACQUISITION
of land, the building Of homes, the
successful management Of a bank
dry goods store, drug store, or a
da4ry==the- cultivation of a farm, the
Invention of O. useful piece of ma,
chinery, will go many times farther
toward solving the race. problem
than all the abstract theorizing that
we can indulge In from, now until
doomsday. When a Negro actually
creates something Of value to civiliza,
ton, through skilled black hands
backed by cultivated black brains, he
has furnished an object 1eesion In
racial capacity that cannot be fouted
even by his bitterest foes.
Display Tangible Evidences of Negro
Genius.
DR.. Washington said he wished tC
see cOlored business men lin the
great centers like Philadelphia, Bos,
ton, Chicago, becoming members oj
commercial clubs, and thought II
| would be one Of the most profitable
Of ventures If the colored business
tnen would arrange to display Of the
products OF Negro genius and mater
ial progress in some public place
where the white people whose op
portunities for studying the new Ne
gro are decidedly limited, might be
able to see for themselves just wha
Is being done Instead OF dwelling
ION the negative side of our problem
the intelligent Negro should bea1
heavily on the nOsitiYC side. by show