Evening star., 1907-07-01
600 before starting~the school which we
are confident we will be able to do by
the 1st of October"
Mr.. Macfarland's Address.

the ISL OF CctoDer.
Mr.. Macfarland's Address.
Commissioner Mcfarland then spoke.
in part, as follows.
This is Fourth of July week. We cele-
brate gratefully the declaration of our
political independence, and the men and
women who, making that declaration
good by victorious warfare founded the
republic which is the hope of the world.
But what avails political independence
If man have not industrial depend-
+ ence? If he is not able to support him.
ssf and family, If he has one the Dec
laration of Independence does not keep
him from dependence which may he worse
than death. Politically free, industrially
slave; this is the actual state Of many
man who is all his life in the letters Of
CALLING and sordid poverty. Every boy.
and for that matter every girl, black or
white, yellow or red, ought to have a
training that will give Industrial Inde-
pendence The children of the rich need
It no les than the children of the poor.
The rich boy or girl may tomorrow be
seeking employment. Then comes the
test Of education. What can you do? is
who has any kind of employment 10 give
must ask every day. If the answer is, as
SO often 1t is, anything" 1t commonly
that some other man or woman who can
do well the particular thing that has to
be done Is given the place. There are at
least thousand applications for employ
ment under the District government
made by those who have no special quail
fications now pending at the District
building which will have to be set aside
a person who can do well the particular
kind of work which that vacancy re-
quires.
Hard to Say No.
"one of the painful duties of my Office
is to say No to the many applicants,
SO often the children of those who have
been rich or well to do who are not fitted
Tor any special task. Corporations and
private employers must follow the same
rule. Therefore the unframed miss all
the opportunities, and opportunities are
always waiting. The state loses the
benent which self-supporting, self-re-
specting citizens must give, and may
even have to take the burden of support
ing dependents If their relatives cannot
do So
Fortunately, the cause of what we call
industrial training, with its many phases,
no longer needs defense. 1t has conquered
general acquiescence and particular loyalty.
The only question now is to time, place,
means of applying Its idea. We of the Dis
trict government are about to open mu-
nicipal industrial training plant, for de-
pendent and delinquent colored children,
hitherto without adequate provision, which
l hope may be SO successful as to stimulate
other municipalities to similar endeavor.
Today We are here 10 encourage an effort
by private citizens to establish an institu-
ton for the industrial training of those
Of the same race who have not been ad-
judged delinquent dependent, but who
are to be kept by this means from becom-
ing either There is room for every under
taking of this kind Our public schools. al
ways so good, always abreast of the times,
have been doing fine manual training work
and will do more But when you consider
the vast need you will agree that there IS
room for private philanthropy in addition
to all that the state Is doing.
The present movement especially appeals
to me because it is led by colored man.
and supported by colored men and women
AS a lifelong friend of the colored race, as
one who believes that our fortunes are in
eXtricably mixed. and that we must rise
or fall together, l rejoice in every mani
feStation of true race pride and interest
as indicating that self-respect, that initla-
tive, that independence, without which no
race can make progress. What you do for
yourselves Is worth hundred times what
others do for you.
subscriptions to Y. M. c. A.
Nothing has ever seemed more encourag-
aging to me of it's kind than the Splendid
subscription of the coored people them
selves for their Young Mems Christian AS
sociation building, in this city. The amount
was large but the fact that 1t was SUBJ
scribed with such heartiness by SO many
people was far larger. -.s,-
I hope to see the colored people them
selves, proud of their remarkable progress
since 1865, and of the possibilities Of their
future, contribute largely to this institution.
which will do SO much for the youth Of
their race"
given by Rev ]. D. Corrothers. Bishop AL
exander Walters and Mrs. Julia Mason
Layton, who pledged the support Of 10000
colored women of the District.