The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1910-10-22
TUsKEeEE AND THE NEGRO
JOHN {. MILLHoLLANo STILL
AFTER BOOKER T. WASHING
TON.
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passed, this Bin would have eliminated
dliteracy completely from every South
ern State, and given the Negro, as well
as the white child, not only primary
education, but an enlightened environ
ment, within which iynching, mob Law,
and color prejudice would gradually
have become impossible.
Those who were responsible for the
Bills defezt-and DR.. Washington has
some knowledge on this point-boast-
ed that ample school facilities would Be
provided by the various States, supple
mented with private philanthropy. The
prediction has pot been fulfilled In
one State, at least, the annual provision
for popular education does not amount
to dollar a year, per capita, and all
the private enterprises, the Peabody
Fund, Slater Fund, Mr.. Carnegie's and
Mr. ROclzefeIlers large donations,
Hampton. Fish, Nashville, Howard and
Tuskegee, al rolled toSetheT, are but
a drop m the bucket, and fail to do
more than ripple the surface of this
sea of ignorance
Not IN their inzdequacy, however, hes
the grsvest objection to these attempts
to substitute spasmodic philanthropic
enterprise for a stern, imperious Cow
eminent dufy. The argument rests up
on deeper foundations. If popular edu-
cation Is, according to Burke, the bull
Wark of any nation, what sort of state
craft Is it that would have this tower
of strength dependent upon the humani-
tartan impulse of rich men and women,
or the mendicancy of DR.. Washington
and others like him? Education is not
to be sought or bestowed as charity;
It Is nothing if not an inherent right
of every American child, sanctioned BY
the Overwhelming majority of Ameri-
can tax payers, whose viii has been
thwarted by misguided people IN mag
nifying the importance of their indiyid-
usi efforts 20 the defriment of the
masses, and whose experiments, after
a fair trial extending over quarter
of = century. As a solution of the Race
problem, have been dismal failures
Such individual institutions as Tuskegee
have grown and prospered, but the so
cal and political condition of the Ne
gro IN the South has become steadily
worse, until to women like Mrs. Terrell
and. men like DR.. Du Bois it is to-day
simply intolersble. The Armenian, un-
der the old Turkish regime, was only
at times more desperate, for when the
mob's passion Is aroused Negroes Efe
Is regarded with less concern than that
Of = dog. i
Please understand that / do not de-
pIore TusIzegess prosperity. rejoice
that thanks TO Mr.. Carnegie and 9th
ers. DT. Washington has been able to
,ollsct such large sums Of money. He
would Be s1ccessfni N any calling. AL,
.hTewdef. more adroit man would be
iiHiruEt to End in Dixie. He has the
genius Of persuasion and diplomacy. |,
What / object to l. his eBdesrof to
make people hers believe an untruth, As
K has done e an alarming extent in
america. namsly. that his scheme Of
industrial education Is panscea. When
e shouid knos perfeclly vel that il is /
iothing Of TIE lind. Industrial eduea- I
ion vas had b tie Negro IN Slavery. 1
rhey were tie nechsnies and artisans
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