The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-01-27

know Of no other working class OF
people anywhere in the world that
haze such opportunities as we have
| We have better land than any other
class of people in the same relative
stage Of civilization. We live in q
better climate, we live in better
houses, We, wear better clothes, we
eat better food, and while you may
mot agree with me In this last sen
tence, i know Of no place, on earth,
! where the black race lis surrounded
by better class of white people
than Is true in the south.
In proportion to the numbers in
each race, the. white man here in
the south treats the man with more
consideration, more Kindness, is
more patient with him, more gener-
GUS toward him than. is true any
where in the. world where the same
number OF black and white people
live side by side" ...
: Moses w. Jones, D. l.. PoweIs,
from Alabama; Jordan Seals from
mississippi; Thomas Scizemore, Will
liam Mckinney, James Smothers,
Matte Gardner, Phillip Herondon,
from Alabama; G.. W. Smith, Boyle,
MISS, took part in the. program of
the farmers conference and gave
some valuable facts from their expe-
rience In farming
| The significant fact was brought
out by one Of the speakers that near
~ every case reported where an in
dlvldual had made a beginning from
practically nothing, he was helped
by some white man, either in the loan
OF money, security, or some financial
favor, while all admitted that-thay
had received their inspiration from
the Tuskegee Institute. "Buy Land"
was the slogan, while one man laid
down the incontroverttble fact that
II farmer can rent land he could
buy it: :..---.. -..,...-. .-
With the exception of DR.. Wash
1ngton's address, the address by Mr..
IN: Parker; the white planter Of
New Orleans was the only set ad-
dress on the program. He gave from
his experience as 81 planter using Ne
gro labor for thirty years, some val
aI al An form at a d Ito stIpng
{ ~: wi IT, tha sahQEt OF the, Ne
gro fafIner7v; This hSztEfa Il a Kindly
manner, and concluded by giving
them some wholesome advice.
Mr. Parker said in part: ..
. There are clear cut statements
OF conditions, which If general
throughout the south, would make 1T
the happiest and most prosperous
section Of the world, and no man
can do more to accomplish these re-
suits than Booker T. Washington,
the leader of the Negro race. If, by
force as speaker, and his power as
a leader, he bends all his energies,
hn thn
mis- race has ever known"
The speaker declared he was BORN
and raised in the south and for the
past thirty years he had had dealings
With Negroes as laborers, tenants
and share choppers and had travelled
extensively III every cotton produc-
Ing state. This, he stated, made him
familiar with conditions, and he pre-
pared his large. audience Of Negro
FARMERS, their wives and children for
the. advice he meant to give them
| by declaring that while he was going
! TO speak frankly, it was not meant
: unkindly. ..'
with reference to the shortcom
! 1ngs of the Negro, Mr.. Parker was
frank. In this regard he declared
that the vast majority of the Negroes
were improVident, with no thought
of tomorrow, often throwing their
| money away for mere trifles and
for things for which they have no
possible use. you lose a fortune
annually with the waste and neglect
~ Of your wagons tools and-a gricultu-
raj necessities" he said. Many of
your wagons stand exposed to the
weather when not In use. The axe
lies knocked around the wood-pi1e,
and your. hoe and pillow and harrow,
often lie in the field for weeks at a
time. Your livestock generally
shifts for itself as best it may, Is neg
| lected and goes without food or
water.
"The Negro farmer represents the
worst form of credit system, often
starting in before the end of the
year to borrow Christmas Money"
and Is willing to pay an exorbitant
rate. He asks supplies on credit,
and bitter experiences and heavy
Losses have strongly impressed the
intelligent planter with the necessity
OF limiting advances on credit to
rat'~re o-1v."
=! After this recital of the short
coni.ngs OF the Negro farmer as q
result OF bis observations and expe,
rience, Mr.. Parker proceeded to
gtVe them some wholesome advice
saying: ---...
Preach to every farmer the i'm
portance OF getting out of debt and
staying out Of debt. Get on a cash
basis and stay there. Reduce your
cotton acreage to what you can
, thoroughly cultivate and see that II
is cultivated properly. Don't wear
land out, but rotate your crops and
improve Raise--amp4e corn tc
furnish bread for the family and food
. for the horses, mules, hoaJ and chick.
ems. They will destroy. thousands OF
!, insects; chickens and eggs are good
, eating, and can always be sold fol
, cash with VIII ich to buy luxuries.
,, L have never seen rnpetina n
, white farmers where Negro was
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