The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-12-15
OF, SOUTH MEAN AS MUCH TO
- BLACK ASi9D WHITE MAN.,
=, - ), SAYS EasUeHffsAN.
EducatetkAllseaes
Not Wanted, ghA, hsssApd 3ssing for
Trained Men VITO ArH Not Afraid
To Work With Their Hands in
'~ Competition With Whites for Eco
nomie Supremacy.
(HOrace ID. SIatter.)s

Normal, Ala, Dec. 1O-President
waiter 5. Buchanan, Of the Agricul-
tural and Mechanical College for Ne
groes, located here, has just return
ed from an extended trip in the
West, during which time he visited
several of the State schools provid-
ed for the training of Negroes. The
most notable institutions which he
visited were Prairie View Normal
and Industrial Institute, Praire View
Texas, Agricultural and NorYaal Uni
yerslty. Langston, Oklahsa9a, and
Branch Normal College, Pine Bluff,
Arkansas
Primarily to study the conditions
surrounding the insthtutfons,' their
progress, and the extent Of the work
they are doing. President Buchanan
mas heard such information tas will
enable him to go before the forth
coming Alabama Legislature next
year and show by comparative state
ments what other States are doing
Tor the education Of Negro children.
1T Is his aim, thereby, to induce the
Legislature to give a more suitable
appropriation for Normal, or at least
to make some special appropriation
to cover eminent necessities.
Prof. Buchanan declared in sew
teral addresses That he made to rep
resentative audiences while west htat
the Negroes in the South and South
'tWest must prepare themselves for
the great -commercial,- professional
and industrial opportunities that the
section affords for black and white.
and that they must be prepared to
make the greatest use of the natural
resources Of the Southland or their
p!aGes would be taken by other peo-
Pies. In his address, he gave some
Il good advice with reference to race
hrelations in the South, and declared
among other things:
The need of the Negro race ia
lfor educated men and women who
are willing to work with their hands.
Iasere is no. more: e:opportunity:in the
south than anywhere else for an
uneducated man, and that an eriucatL
ed individual macs a sad mistake if
ne feels that by reason Of his educa-
tlon he Is above, working with the
hands.
I'VE are called upon to engage in
economic competition with the white
race for opportunities to live and
grow in the struggle for existence.
indeed, we are living in a great and
prosperous country -- our natural
home, but at the same time the nat
ural home Of another race which is
more thrifty, deserving, industrious
and efficient than we, and if we
would succeed in the end, we must
measure up to the standard Of our
more fortunate brother.
The natural wealth Of the South
means just as much to us as 1t does
TO the white people. We have Just
marketed big cotton crop. This
crop alone is worth twice as much as
the product of all the gold mines in
the world for the same time-and
the, Negro had the largest share In
producing it. If the race is not bet
ter of financially for 1T, there Is
something wrong with us. Here in
the South, we have the rare and
splendid opportunity of getting in
the line of progress and OF becom-
ing sure and integral part of the
great and wealthy section in which
we are to forever live as menial SER
wants or as owners and citizens Of
the most desirable Glass; L"