New-York tribune., 1909-02-24
!. h.n.uss we have got to

cannot work IL out oecaos
I1A raoe ~ feeling race prejudice Is !, ,aGs IS
= - -oa1 Vvho does not recognize II -
ct sxsctix as illogical the man VINO 4ZI,
that ten millions Of peope nov ,t-r IA ,ofilions
cs-1ot live with the other seVeh,y ail t. is
- -. ,e-e ,-he- they are living mere. -
. Tace feeling and you cannot oisposse s1 - ox;ef
saving that il ought not 10 eklsI - 00~N
e-lI lie 80 - s-a Won going TO wipe II Out 10
she exrent OF making il SO ths1 la,- II So. Re
produce injustice ana 4ar mi think YOU are going
20 work 4 out believe in my s Iie1t :. % the
arc going 70 work II OUT oy lne. 20 see that
advantage and profit Of botn races - = allow
81 Is nor 20 the advantage OF eltheT e - .Sono 20
that race feeling 10 continue bet"seS go ,bsnp TO
the extent OF making II dirhcuIt A"I
live together
EDUCATION THE SOLUTION
-r,o reyro ss absolutely essential to the oe
,-,1or-,srr ~ she South. His labor the 80 -
needs and the more you instruct Ihs. Ianre
v,ora ,-alshle he becomes 20 the SouIil, .i...4e
:, t 49, the work OF the Hampton lnsutuee tt
has its intense importance II = i.1,a ~ and |
Of the race question do nor s zoo MANY
DO not think most men oeneNes III 1oa-1 10
.r,,scbes for r,eople that trying 20 -,
walk but II you furnish them 9ust stO9 ,,s their
-s+ion - know how to use their minds alIo 80 80
ben6s and their legs in productive !i, ,t,e,,
sT5 zou give them the instrument oy wiz. - - q
car help themselves. and theh II II cy,--a- 1I-y thA
race that has the spirit 10 help uI.,,j+,- is
+,-t,,rs Is before them and the opportunity -
theirs. -, nc ,,,,,c+ about
Now / do not profess TO hno" & a. .Iroa, ii v-ho
.ba negro question those gehuelienI a
ss1.e snolxen before me, but / nave elN -
T~est deal of attention 20 thu mattef' 80
s+,5died the statistics of the grown OF -. +ts
SS .,,,5ie5 the amountrof property tnat tIle
race has accumulated, the TeducleI -. ~. - nod
centsge Of iliteracy, the amounts ot - paero
,-+s g7vo,,rhf forth under the hand OF lhe ne.
1etorsr and the negro farmer in the South' 5 az
: saw that no unprejudlced person e.. the
@bese statistics without marFellinG ma .s 80
~ - 80 hae made the progress that 1t mas
rnsde in the last fifty years unoer tIie
snd obstacles that ii has mao 70 iIlee ,o,- self
They show sef-initiation; theE @ SaO' "a pool[er
..I1 y,71v q race that produces be9hs. b9.
washington in a century ought TO ieeI C"lliu'i''
thai II ean s az ssn,,fl, recently Now there were
. nnroher of things that were brought noIlte - ~
ne with much more en1pnasls on go - -
visit than they ever had been Deloie-
SPIRIT OF INITIATION.
-... -.,..As q visit 10 the Shiloh Orphan
rsra 70 show the spirit OF initiation and the spI'
= .,rta+v 70 do something for themselves he
,ole ~ meeting Robert ogden and workers IN
the HAMPTON Institute, the Atlanta fnstltuloh'
End continued:
rejoice to find that that work had the sym
rsthv OF the Southern people OF eoucatioIi,, ei
refinement and common sense. II IS very mn NJ
--,If 70 sneak in parliamentary language OF TIE
nsvocacv CT the doctrine that we ought 70 hett
The negroes in ignorance think the s~iaIellleI' ~
--sfr+as tfself and ii does not awaken the sym
-athv of the intelligent South -. :.
one OF the difficulties in the South IS that y
e not the NJ sroes only that need education ana
I mean that literally. The number OF ignorant
among the whites is enough TO call properly, Ior
the attention Of all citizens 70 reduce the hlt-
ers,x- and increase by industrial and other edu-
cation their ability 10 be good citizens IN me
community- -. -
from sources that we would hardly expect l
think the history Of the improvement OF tle
Civil Service OF England is that II came py
,vsv OF India snd the history Of the improve
,neut in practical education in this country IN
jndustriel education. is that il came through
Hsmrton through General Armstrong, in teach
ing the colored students and the Indians. ana
that now all over the North ana the South
are proftirg by the lessons that he taught IN
that institute.
General Armstrong was q great man and
the generation will rise TO call him blessed
He taught the secret that viii solve the race
question in the South. The truth is that the
great good for the ignorant southern wnlte
children.
ROOM IN SOUTH FOR ALL
Think it will help the South to have imnigra-
xfon I believe competition in labor as IN
everything else. and have found on the
Isthrnus Of Panama that our West India negroes
work 3 great deal better and 90 a great zeal
more satisfactory work now that We nave
introduced GaIlapagoeans, Spaniards. Italians
snd Greeks And do not think II would hurt
al all. There is room enough in the South 1or
only scrs sA a and Il they GO there ii will help
the negro , ,. ..
. Nevr york audience and a Boston audience
~ Charitable contribution. I think the west
ought pay for part Of this work that Is zone
for the benefit of the whole country, and hope
that meetings Of this kind may be held IN On
cinrati and Chicago and other places. ana tnst
such pictures We have had tonight may pe
presented 20 those audiences IN oroeF 10 MAKE
them be generous and just
II is true that the ancestors Of the negroes OF
to-day were brought here against their Will
They are Americans. and they are entitled 10
our sid and sympathy This is the only country
and the only home they know Ours IS the only
Nsx they can live under. and Il is flag they
have shcwn themselves willing 10 die for
ONE OF THE GREAT PROBLEMS.
Now the great aid-the men who are able TO
assist more than we cen even though We con-
tribute our moneys the Southern white man.
zne a IL is 20 mis- profit. and as he grows more
intelligent 10 see what the good of the country
tsze tc have the negro increase in intelligence,
se providence and in industry, don't see why
90 may not reasonably take courage and De
Neve that the elements are there in the South
together 20 work out this problem and TO uplift
this race 10 a material and to a spiritual plane
that will insure its happiness.
Now I know, and no man can think OF the
humiliation and the agony Of spirit that the
negroes have 10 suffer in their struggle upward.
when they encounter the race feeling and the
iE5ustices TO which II leads but IT raay help
.hern I hope IL win, to give them stronger
character, and there is future before them
that If they overcome these obstacles is well
worth the effort
problems that have before US in this coun
Try. I believe in the ultimate justice OF all the
American people. believe also in their good
sense. and when q policy involves Justice and
good sense / think the American people be
trusted 10 reach that policy and to carry ii
70 it's ultimate conclusion.
NpR, one ot the things that man who hesnt
arv money IS able 10 do is 20 advise the man
who has what 10 do with it I know that,
changing the situation somewhat g man who
has not 70 appoint Cabinet certainly knows
how 70 appoint il. for I have had a great deal
Of advice on that subject But do think that