Evening journal., 1911-07-27
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that we are not making any progress,
for there is no other race or national
ity that has made as fast progress as
the negro has, but there are too many
OF us depending upon another race
for support. when we ought to be sup
porting ourselves. The time is fast
approaching, that we are not again to
receive much support from another
race and we will have to look out for
ourselves.
What I want to call your attention
to is the Acknowledgement Of the negro
from his daily labor Fifteen or twen-
ty years ago negro didn't have any
trouble getting TO work at any kind Of
work that he could do and his white
brothers we're willing to work along
side Of him in our Southern States
more than in our Northern States. But
as the negro advanced in education
and demanded the same pay for his
work as the white man did for his,
they commenced to find fault with his
labor and began to disfranchise him
and work immigrants in his place.
And you will find that we are being
disfranchised every day and an immi-
grant put in our place. It is not be-
cause they think that the immigrant
will do more work in day than we
will, but it is because they want to
take interest In their own color and
help them to get along, and they are
doing everything in their power to bet
ter one another's condition. We can
not blame them for doing it but by
that our condition is growing worse,
| instead of better What we have got
to do as a race of people, is to come
closer together and try TO help one
another to make a living and not think
ourselves above another. II does not
make any difference what color
we are The same blood flows through
our veins and we are counted in the
negro race and we should be proud
of our race and try TO do all in our
power to help one another up in this
world.
Caring for the Youth.
I'VE are sending our boys and girls
to high schools and industrial schools
and they are learning the best kind
Of education and all kinds of trades
/ but one thing must be considered when
they leave these schools with their
diplomas. There has got to be some
place for them to practice what they
have learned or their education won't
I he of much fn than
remember most of our industrial
plants are owned and controlled by
another race of people and not us and
they have power in their own hands
to give employment to who they please
and IL looks reasonable as | have fore
said that they look after their own
race and color first and give them the
first chance of employment. That being
the case IL leaves a great many of us
TO walk up and down the street with
our diplomas and we can't get an OPP
portunity to practice what we know.
MY advice is that we come closer
together and learn to trust one an
other more than we have been and put
our heads and our money together like
other races and nationalities do for
it will take both to do any good Heads
without money don't amount to much
nowadays and money without heads
does not count any more. And by
so doing / think that in the course OF
a few years that we will be able tc
have some places of our own for tc
work some of our educated boys and
! girls in and they will have a chance
to practice what they have learned
and if we ever expect to overcome
our present conditions and want to
receive the benefit of the education
that we are giving our boys and girls
we have got to have places of ouI
own for them TO work in or we will
never get the benefit of their educa-
ton.
I'm a great many Of our large cities