The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-12-31
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Why succeeds and fets
johns q9i ais lilaf industrial Edu-
/ ! catipn leans to The Black Man. ss WI

with groceries and the mother with
her more ambitious s. dresstfi akins
I ,parIcrs becomes the p6rVeeyor 9of fash
icn. for the aristocracy OF the mill
& eontingsnt. Gradually they adopt. the
living standards of the1spFogressiVe
,2nattle stock, and the further history
y ofFtAe family reads something IKE
this The younger sisters complete
! thsApublic schools and after pursuing
!. business, courses find employment as
/ lbookkeepers ! and stehAgraphers a
Younger brother trains Tor must
clan BY the time Baby PetrowsKi
begins his, school work, q college edu-
Ecatton is the sstandard.} s X 4 I'LL, =
What !ofNPete? After tile release
Efrom school attendance which his II
Fears give him having, acquired the
Tatttle learning which is :2royerbially
dangerous. he comes into. his faith
er'sj inherftance: Of in1uBt rial yoppor-
tunity Cor lack Of itg! He accentu-
ates his. fathers loaflng habits to a
degree, and becomes, to name. him;
frankly, an idle, lazy fellow. y :"
AS you stumble upon him some
fine, morning stretched comfortably;
In a shady nook where cooI7bfeeZes:
fan, you are filled with a. disgust for
him and his kind which is partly. nit
igated by the good-naturad grin witht
which he greets you. FIN this rush,
of good feeling you are moved to Of
Tor him job, you will find added dis
gust in the unstable, inefficient SER
vice he will give you, and IN al like
iihood you will at last give him upl
as altogether impossible z>i.4: s. - 4
Here then is the class In town and1
city Familiarity known as the worth
less Negro. OK !. s%@ ,:t% ii! #s%E
: The boy who sits beside him In
school and who begins upon%the same
Level with him, holds the advakfageSt
Of a keen Industrial sense and 81 dusz
trial efficiency which count FOR moreI
than his advantage in Industrial Gp-
portunity, and Pete descends to sthei
state of indhstriai degenercy,,.s conssi
versely, as Tony rises in the scale I
! "A m ost EEnarkable history Of hui
nah progress is given in the address,
delivered by Andrew Carnegie before
she Philosoph Institution of Edin- |
,burgh In, 1897 on the American Ne
gro, Such actualities as; potato and !
cotton; kings who won their distinci
ton by. unusual industry, and the ac- |
cumuIation by the racelof propertyt
valuation Of $300,O00, 900 under un4 |
pretedepted difficulties disperse all |
doubt of the industrial possibilities
ofsthe Negro. XIX g. ~. -. Il: Ia -,
=" IF Pete by enlphasis here Is made |
to sohketna ;botato} king !, IL As with no
intention Of pessimism. ,.xIn modern
social analysista1l{ sides are equal1yd
considered jim the case OF the indiVid- |
ual or the more complex group which
calls for. remedial ministration, and
for. this the, class under. discussion
calls loudly. He IS becoming a more
and more apQreciable quantity and is
materially affecting the Industrial
history Of the race. In domestic SER
vice alone a, wage Increment lost by
the steady deterioration Of this class
you'll materially affect its financial
,stat1s.: 4 A far more, disastrous. and
.aeplorable reaction upon his thrifty
brother is the .flimsy excuse he at
fords for the mob Violence which is
becoming common In current history
How Ellsworth is regarded by a class
Of politicians, maybe judged by the'
politicians activity. in the Negroes
district at election times. .:,...\, !
But we are. dealing specifically
wifi his Industrial aspect. The re.
fliew of remedial agencies, which fol-
%isws by no; means covers the ground,
.hut serves mainly the :mrpese Of sug-,
|gestion. , 5..' /; s. IS, ~ ,> !, 4 = :.
- Industrial education, as represent
ed,szby Tugkegcc and Hampton instli-
tptes is the, brigh particular star IN !,
the Negroes Industrial horizon: Its
is1troduction$Jby3 General. ST. C., Arm;