New-York tribune., 1920-01-22
Cure for Neero
Problem Found
Inland Ownine
Result Achieved in Nor,r
Carolina Described /.
Governor Beckett at H.
Tuskegee Confereno.
Prizes Given to School
Campaign Is Said TO Ha,.
Added S9O,OOO,O 900 ~
Food Crop of Alabam.

Special Correspondents.
IuSkEGEE, Ala, Jan. sl.-(;ovsrs..
Thomas W. Beckett of North Co,s,'s
was one OF the principal speakers =
day at the opening of the farmers, ss
tion of the Tuskegee Confersrs.
founded twenty-nine years aso ~
Booker T. Washington. His add,.'.
followed a review of the LOO studsr,.
Of the institute. His subject was o.,
Owning and Good Citizenship
In introducing Governor Beckett n,
Robert R. Motion, principal of the i,
stitute, referred to the fearless at,....
of the Governor on mob violence az.
groes know and love Governor RID
ett," he said, because of the exsm,l.
which he has set in protecting n.
groes."
Governor Beckett, in opening his ~.
dress, quoted the dictum Of James !
Hill, Land without population is !.
wilderness; population without land !,
mob" He added:
"A landlcss people can easily h
lured into converting covcrnms,,
into Russia or Mexico. The c,t',ss
IN his doorway Is the guardian and the
glory of the Republic. High statss'
manship compels us to get as man,
people as possible located on their own
land"
State Farm Campaign Described
Governor Beckett outlined the effon
which North Carolina has put form
to mix brains with the soil. In twelve
years North Carolina has climbed from
the twentysecond to the fourth stats
in the value of its agricultural nrod.
ucts. Governor Bickett's talk vas re-.
cci"ed with great enthusiasm hv m
audience Of more than 1900.
Dh. Motion, in opening the con.
ference. called upon the speakers ia
tell of their failures as well as their sue.
cesses, and to speak frankly and trutn.
fully of their work. He repeated DR.
Washington's gospel of success through
dlversl!led farming and racial prosper.
ity through land ownership. DR.. No.
ton did not advise the farmers to Civ.
up raising cotton, but he did urge ther
to raise enough food for themselye
and their stock. DIR. Motion said:
DO not permit yourselves to becoms
discouraged. Notwithstanding all 0.
the difficulties that you face you mus
not permit yourselves to lose faith
either in yourselves or in white people
We as race never had more Oh
stronger friends who are determine
that the negro shall have absolute Jus.
t1ce under the law in every part of thu
country than is true to-day. The
forces that govern The South, from the
Governors down, were never more anx-
ious to get the facts concerning the
negro race than they are to-day. tn,
world IS longing for peace. peace BE-
tween nations, between races and BE-
tween classes. We want peace in
America, in Alabama and in the South
Prizes Awarded to Schools
Numerous prizes. offered by leading
citizens and by business organizations,
we're awarded to schools that had el
hibited their work in the Macon County
industrial parade.
Successful negro farmers from North
Carolina. Tennessee, Georgia. Louis
t-Hc- al hd.lSdS, .NOubfi 0dfo!liid dho
other Southern states told OF victories
over handicaps OF poverty and lgne-
rance. negro farmers succ7ssfuhy
have met the problem of labor shortage
BY employing more machines for their
farm operations. by cutting down on
their acreage and improving Their
methods Of cultivation, by diversifying
their crops and by canning fruits anc
vegetables, and thereby saving money
which previously they had TO secure BY
raising cotton.
Mrs. G. P. Mathis, of Gadsden. Ala
outlined the story of the campaign
which has been going on since 1916 to
have Alabama feed itself. Within six
months of the opening Of the campaign
Alabama addedd 10000. 900 80 the food
crop OF the state. To- day Alabama
feeds herself and sends out Sl0O,oW,-
GOO worth of food.
The declarations of the Twenty ninth
Tuskegee Conference were presented
by Robert f. Clay of Bristol, Virginia,
chairman of a representative committee
They stated that the South has been
the freer section from organized ds-
order and veiled attacks against the
government and society. Negroes have
SHOWN lneIr dominant tONc Oh cou"'':
The details of the education NEEDS
Of negroes were given at some lengsh.
The declaration stated that nothing
is doing more to drive The negro out
of the south than lynching. which y
cure Tor nothing. T.ynchins merely,
creates further disregard for law sno
order
More than 5000 white and colored
people from Alabama and states rang
ing from Texas to Maryland are az
tending the Tuskcgce Conference
Among the white visitors arc presl-
dents Of the leading coiorcd schools
professors from white colleges, repro,
seatatives from state departments o.
education aud managers of important
industrial organizations. Among INC
co!ored visitors are leading educators
business men, doctors, lawyers, editors
and social rorlers