The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-27

who builds that which improves and oeautihes his city earns the right to the respect of his white neigheor. and benef1ts himself In double way. hope that the colored men will continue freely toward this building, and l nope that their white friends will help them the improvement in morality, in Chris tianity. in sducation, of the colored of Washington. but the white people also. When completed, this building will cost tloo,oo0, and no sum of money days the colored people of this city pledged S25.000 in order to secure a gift of s26.Oo0 contingent on their rais- by colored men. only s12,000 has been paid in; and rght here let me say a word to the colored men who have their pledges. No man has a right to not keep his promise. It Is. the duty good and to do 1t at once; and all those who have not pledged for con- tribution should likewise contribute society % of f. the the I race. every coiored @ man man of means, should feel the obligation to complete this building as soon as pos sible.
 Let me mention a couple of cases in which colored men have contributed largely to work of this nature.
 v;A. A colSred Esn6 man, born a slave in Knox; Knox with the value of the. Y. M. c. A. work among young white men that he
 the eocseS f RoSRg sns sH;Gs csrsS O Association. He has the honor of having, given the largest gift up to s1sta shat time .nfy of any indiyidIai ds. in the to the Association movement.
 Another colored man who was born
 on the gold coast of Africa. came to ' fExy uf ozINF kA-
 friended by the Philadelphia Y. M. C. | A., and by the use of their library l prepared for competitive examina-
 sylvania after winning the prize, re- l ceived his education, and is today a very successful physician h the city
 Sudlns fand of thsir Vs sSSG tS the year ago. He also gave SIO0 for cur
 rent expenses the first year the asso- elation employed % a %secrettsry: ts and , says: Mems Christian Association" e
 Many other eases might be cited
 reputable .colored men in many sec ttons of the country. There is possi- bly, nothing needed worse in all our Young Mems. Christian Associations ing in the threefold way in which | work. It pays far better to support the secretary of the Y. M c. A in a community than to pay the salary and the community Is lifted to a high CT level by, lifting these young men to better ideals of life.
 As, for. the white man: let him re- l member in this as in all other mat ters, that to do justice to the colored man 10 demanded not only by the in-
 terest of the colored man but by the CT or later in this community every class of citizen will feel the effect of the raising or degredation of any oth- safer motto than "some men down." and it is to the interest of every class of any community that the mem: that industry sobriety. good behavior, | the conduct that marks a man as be- l ing a good neighbor and good citi-
 so as thereby to put a premium Aupon am not speaking of social relations; I seosS fsa fa% ef aauSfg S of Oppor | tunity to earn a living. of equality of opportunity to. earn the respect that should be SsSf,a, aeSSEded s0d to the man nS wnS 6sishSor SshdgeS sSd sood % Citizen. TRs2e are plenty of difficult problems in this country. plenty of problems recurring | good Judgment if they are to be dealt | with wisely. and which can not by | imateiy complete solution within l short time What is known as the
 race problem is one of the most dif- 1 ficuit. and 1t exists in the North as l well as in the South. But of one | thing we can rest assured. and that 1 is that the only. way. in which, to bring nearer the time when there shall 1 be even an approximately fair solu-
 tion of the. problem is to treat each l man on his merits as man. He should not be treated badly because he | happens to be of a given color, nor | should he receive immunity for mis- | conduct because he happens to be of l a given color. Let us all strive. ac-