Milford chronicle., 1922-10-20
SOUND SENSE FROM A NEGRO

SOUND SENSE FROM NEGRO
When Booker T. Washington died there widespread
wonder as to who might found to take his place
leader among his He remarkable man, how
viewed and his record is one of the negro best pos
sessions.
The appointment of Major Robert R. Motion take his
place as principal of Tuskegee Institute brought forth
many expressions of approval and few of sincere doubt
To follow unusual was, in itself, not easy
matter however able the successor Added to this was
the fact that the negro still in its swaddng clothes
people possessed of freedom naturally had not pro-
duced large number of outstanding figures.
From the minute he brought to close his address
acceptance however it that able had
been selected for large task in since then
the promise of high ability has been fulfilled
On many occasion Major Motion has evidenced measure
of sound judgment wholly keeping with that his
GUS predecessor and at time has he been found lack
ing quality which is all too in places
of large responsibility common sense
Whenever he has publicly expressed himself regarding
the and conduct of his people, he has shown
measure of this most valuable commodity which might
well serve as guide of his loudervoiced breth-
rem And recently in address in the west he ut
terance to homey which should be given the widest
possible circulation among both the white and coored
pie
occasion the annual banquet of the coored fell
lowshp club at the plant of the Commonwealth Steel Com
pany Louis and here in part is what he said:
1 want to give you good advice. There many
things which we can learn from the white to our
profit member of the white race is never ashamed to
admit he is a white 1 know race that seems
that God cursed them when he made them black
anybody fool you into believing that God ours
ed the black Don't feel that you have to apologize
to every you meet because you have got black
face The white man beat at being white man,
but I can beat him at being negro, proud of my
race There is no in history that has made much
progress in the last sixty years have made Don't
be ashamed of your race.
Everybody respects an American because Americans
believe in America To respect your means
that you will get respect from other If do not
respect ourselves we be that other people
won't respect u.s. Sef-respect beges selfrespec Let's
show the white race that believe in ourselves.
There is another thing that learn from the
white race, and that is efficiency You take colored
man and make him mad and he won't work anybody.
He is the most independent man earth. If a white
man is hard up and has family depending on him. he
will take any sort Of job and stick it, but if col
ored man doesn't like his job he just quits
colored man learn many things from white
man in business. have very long arm and my shirts
have to have extra-length sleeves wanted to buy
dozen shirts, and went to store run by colored
man. When told him what length sleeves wanted
he told me nobody shirts with sleeves long
that and didn't have any. then went to store run
by a white man, and when he looked at me he saw 1
needed extraengh sleeves and so he told me he didn't
have these shirts in stock, but would be glad to
der them for me right away. got the shirts in good
time and they less than the colored stOrekeep-
er's shirts The next time I the colored man he
said I see you gone back your people and
are trading with the white people" told him: mo-
wanted you to get the Shirts but you didn't seem
to want to do it, and had to get them where could"
There is another thing that learn from the
white men, and that that they know how to their
money and make their money work for them The white
man puts away of his money in the bank and when
he stops working, his money keeps working for him.
When we stop working, money stops. We must
learn to set some of it aside that we can get ahead
and gain the respect of all people
All this is simple elementary enough to be of value to
hosts of white folks well to And in just
such measure negroes make practical of such ad
vice will they gain and hold the respect of all