Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-03-13
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After careful investigation OF the
facts. 1 am convinced that every day
in the year there are as many as
100000 people OF my race who are
sick enough to be incapacitated for
work. writes Booker T. Washington.
Other persons have estimated the
number of negroes who are sick all
the timeyto be as high as 100000. II
these figures are correct, 1t means
that on the average every member OF
my race spends annually Is days IN
bed. in the hospital, suffering pain
or recuperating from sickness that
might be spent in some form OF
wholesome enjoyment or In useful
and efficient labor. g..
1t Is safe to say, on the same basis,
that every day in the year there are
10000 negro workers idle, as result
Of sickness, who would otherwise
be at work in some form OF useful
employment. This is great loss not
only to the negro, but it Is a great
loss to the country. 1t has been estl-
mated that in the south alone there
is a net loss to the negro in earn
ings and to the community as a
whole in productive labor of 100000
600 year. r
This immense loss Is not due to
the physical weakness OF the negro
race. l have frequently heard 1t said
that the negro, as he lived in Africa,
was more vigorous and more robust
than any other race on earth He
had to be SO to stand the climate.
Even today one will seldom find
among any race Of people finer specf'
mems of physical manhood than the
sturdy, ynspoiled people Of the negro
race in the country districts OF the
south. These people are an asset to
the country and to the south, and it
seems to me that it is the duty OF
every patriotic citizen to do what he
can to conserve the life and health
of this portion OF the population in
the condition in which 1t now is.
Boston people who are deeply in
terested in the work that DR.. Booker
r. Washington Is doing at Tuskegee
turned out in numbers to hear him
at Trinity church, where he told the
story of Tuskegee's progress during
the last year. DR.. Washington has
just come from the south on his an.
nual visit to Boston. Owing to the
generosity of thousands of Tuskegee's
friends DR.. Washington has been able
to give more Of his time to the admin
istrative work OF the institution year
after year. One of the great prob
lens now is that of training special
lists in varied lines of southern. work,
particularly those of education and ag-
riculture. Just before DR.. Washing.
ton left Tuskegee 26 county superin-
tendents of education from various
counties In Alabama spent part of
two days at Tuskegee with the idea
Of getting information and plans for
their work among the colored chill
dren. The influence which Tuskegee
is exerting as strictly educational
force is rightly gratifying to the trus-
tees. Furthermore, Tuskegee cannot
begin to supply the demand for farm
leaders. The boil weevil has con-
vinced the southern planters that they
must take up diversified farming In
order to make their lands pay. Bank
ers and merchants are also vitality in
terested in the training of these agri-
culturists and many prizes are being
offered. DR.. Washington told his Bos-
ton audience about the greatest year
the institution ever had and the pos
sibilities of splendid advances in the
near future.
Many a man punctures his tire on
the road to wealth.
The United Layman's evangelistic
campaign was one Of the largest reli-
gious efforts that has been attempted
by the colored people of Indianapolis.
Rev. s. L. Howard Of Nashville. Tenn,
conducted the meetings. Special
meetings for boys were held several
afternoons during the week, The
| series Of meetings closed with united
church service under the direction OF
the Interdenominationa Minister'S as.
sociation, Sunday evening, March !:
The state OF Hyderabad, located
about midway between Madras and
Bombay, in the south central part of
India, with population Of about 49,.
100000 (about equal to that of New
York and Massachusetts combined)
and with an area of S2,69S square miles
| Dust about the same area as kansas)
is, generally speaking, the most i'm.
portant native state in India in popu.
lation, wealth and potential resources.
Cooperative stores, owned and man.
aged by natives, are fostered wherever
possible In Alaska by the United
States bureau of education, which has
charge OF education for the natives OF
Alaska.
Theodore Harris, colored, whose fa-
neral was held at Camden, N. j., re-
Gently, was one hundred and eleven
years old when he died, according to
war department records. He was born
on the eastern shore of Maryland.
February 10, 1903. Harris was vet
eran OF the Civil war and received a
pension. "..@@@
In Greece the minister Of education
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