The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-27

est object to which a person may
strive. Above all things, have a
home, and then put a roof over il.
Make that house as fine and as neat
as you can, furnish IL for comfort
and not for show, and make it a fit
place to rear a family in self-reSpect
and comfort, but beware of debts
Many a man has started with the high
purpose of owning his home, but hay
ing more pride than sense he has
bought more expensive lot and built
a larger house than he could afford.
The money was so easy to get from
the loan men and then the instaIlment
man comes along and sells his wife
a lot of SNOWY furniture with imita-
ton leather and lions claws and the
simple old furniture pays part OF the
price. The price does seem a little
high, but che neis'hbor next door has
bought some furniture almost as fine
and it is so easy to pay a dollar
week. Next year the loan man has
the house and the installmen fellow
takes the furniture to sell to some
other sucker. Not only is the house
gone, hut more than likely the family
Is broken up. what was rhe t-Oubla7
A lack of that simple honesty which
leads one 10 live within his means and
a lack of that true self-respect which
makes a man independent of show.
The School.
Next in Importance to the home
comes the school which fits one for
using and building upon these lessons
of industry and temperance and ser
vice taught by the home. The school
which does not work from this stand
point is furnishing education in that
narrow sense which has been curse
to men rather than a blessing, for it
has invariably turned out gentlemen
Of leisure who can read Latin and
live off The labor of some woman, anG
ladies of fashion who dress 10 shame
the rainbow and live TO shame their
sex. Education is 20 fit MS for ser
vice, not to enable us 70 live ny our
wits. Hic. haeC, hoe, must be IRE
coded by gee. whoa. haw, if the school
is to count for anything
4 am glad to see that your school
here laws emphasis upon industrial
training. There is need for men and
women of your race in the learned
professions but the need is greater
in every race for men and women who
are skilled in doing the work of the
world and upon this class of skilled
workers the progress Of the world and
ponds. The ignorant and unskilled
depend upon them for work while
those in the pTOfessiOnse depend upon
them for patrons AMI from this cl4es
of skilled labor comes our most solid
and useful citizens.
Education CT the head increases
wants ard so makes man mat much
poorer. but education of the hand in
creases the supply ami therefore
makes man richer.
Il would not beIittle literary train
ing but l would urge the argument of
common sense which insists that YOU
fl yourselves to win along the line
Of least resistance The professions
are soon fun and the competition is
strong while the arts and crafts and
trades all over the south are calling
for efficient men ard women AID the
wages # a first C-ass mechanic or
tine earnings Of a reliable and com
"Ptent contractor are greater tran the
earnings &C any hut the leaders il
the professions.
Sturdy ependence.
Put there j. z still stronger ar~,u-
ment than that of the net return
The mastery Of a trade g-vo< che
sturdy irdeperderce and a seIf-respect
which the professions do net always
produce and a trade carried 20 perfec-
ton becomes a profession of the
nCDlest type. 1t viii make that man
a leader CT men and VII place him
in position tc furnish enjoyment and d.
leadership 70 scores OF his race who
would otherwise &c only common la !
borers You are here in an undeveI- 3
oped state with wonderful possibilities .
before you. The land is calling cut
for men who know the service of .
farming ard gardening. for men who .
can organize and sUDeriEte-d the
great works Of natural development /.
which are sure to come within this /.
generation and unless you Of the ne
gro race At yourselves for this work
you will soon be crowded back by the |