The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1909-03-06

two races to live together: that the sit
uation is beyond the hope Of human ef-
fort. Well, there are 100000 Ne
groes living in this country now, and
what are you going to do about it?"
asked Mr.. Taft He ridiculed the idea
Of Transporting the Negro.
"Race feeling is a fact" he con-
tinued- Denial Of IT is Illogical You
can't dispose Of it by saying it doesn't
exist. What we must do is to make
It to the advantage Of both races to
see that the bad results Of race feeling
do not continue
The Negro is absolutely essential to
the development Of the south, and the
more educated the Negro is the more
valuable his labor Is. Hampton insti-
tute is doing a work Of immense i'm
portance. If you furnish enough edu-
cation to enable Negroes TO use their
minds and their hands you give them
the opportunity to help themselves.
No one can read the statistics without
marveling at the progress the Negro
race has made in the last fifty years
under great burdens and despite OBJ
stacles. The race that produced a
Booker Washington in century can
do miracles in time"
Mr.. Taft told Of his visit to the south
and said that one Of the things that
impressed him most was the spirit OF
initiation shown by Negroes. he spoke
most highly of the work Of General
Armstrong. who founded Hampton in
stitute. and said also the trouble was
that Negroes are not the only ones In
the south who need education
Emigration, he said. would do no
good I'm the south. He favored "com-
petition in labor as well as in every
thing else" He had found that the in
PRODUCTION OF Spanish, Italian and
Greek laborers In Panama resulted in
better work by the natives. The Ne
groes. too. were Americans; they knew
no flag but the American flag and were
willing TO die for It. There was a
great future before the race II the col
ored people were given chance to
Improve their abilities and their char
acter. In conclusion he said:
There is nothing that offers such an
opportunity for the wealthy men Of
this country who have money and do
not know what TO do with it as the
cause Of Negro Industrial education In
the south, and agree that It does not
sneak wen for the intelligence OF those
who have money to distribute that
Hampton Is now seeking $1,000, 900 as
an endowment and that Tuskegee
needs as much more. when both insd-
tutfons have demonstrated their use
fitness and have shown that they Of
fered the only remedy for the solution
OF one Of the greatest questions that
have ever presented itself TO the Amer
lean people
On the stage besides Mr.. Taft were
Robert G. Ogden, Bishop Greer. Booker
7. washington. DR.. n. 3. Frissell and
william Jay Schienelin, the latter as
president Of the Armstrong associa-
ton. After the chorus Of students
from Hampton institute had sung a
number Of songs Mr.. sehieneIln called
attention to the need Of funds for the
institute. saying:
swe only ask for s2OoOOOo. much
less than the cost Of a warship."
Mr.. SchfefelIn then introduced Bish-
op Greer as chairman The bishop
said:
~The solution Of the Negro problem,
I believe. Is to be found IN one word.
Opportunity. Give the Negro oppor-
funity to become al God meant him 70
Be ana be win solve his own prOblem-"