The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, October 28, 1905, Page 2, Image 2
Roosevelt To The Negro.
The President Admonishes'
the Negroes to Behave
Themselves and Have
Confidence in the White
People of the South?His
Spee?h at Booker Wash
ington's School.
Tuskegoe, Ala t Oct 24.?The
President arrived at 8:30. The
city was beautifully decorated
The pi a' lorm from which the
President spoke to the people ol
the city was tnade Irom $30,000
worth o! cotton in the original
bales. Escorted by a company
of State militia the Piesident was
driven to the Alabama Confer
ence Female College, which re
presen'vd a typical Southern
scene. Cottou had been trans
planted in lonsr rows and two old
Southern negroes with cotton
pickers' sacks on their shoulders,
were engaged in picking the
staple from the plants. The
President was greeted at the col
lege grounds by students and
public school children. The
President's address was short,
and at its conclusion he lett for
1 1
i uoncg,<-c xi ui in<11 ituu i iiuusi rial
School.
AT TUSK EG EE INSTITUTE.
Tuskegee, Ala., Oct. 24 ?
Prsident Roosevelt reached the
grounds of the Tuskegee Normal
and Industrial Institute at 8 30
o'clock this morning, and alter a
brief stop in the town ol Tuskegee,
where lie was received b\
the Muvrtr ntlior iticl it? iriiicli.
ed citizens of Alabam-n, lie spoke I
warmly and felicitously Irom ?
plntlortn in the grounds of the I
Girls' College located here. The!
President's train was then car-1
ried directly into the grounds of
the institute, ov-r its private
track which connects with the
main line.
From 12 o'clock las! night until
morning great crowds ol country
people, white and black,
have been coming Irom all see
tions ot the surrounding territory]
to Tuskegee.
The President was received by
Principal Booker T. Washing'O"
and members of the institute j
board ot trustees and taenltv I
He then entered a finely built 1
carriage, made by students of the,
school, drawn by horses raised1
at the school, and driven by a
student in the school's uitorm
Four other earriases, alsoj
made by the s.udents, in which!
members of the Presidential
party were seated, followed. The
party at once proceeded to an j
elaborately decorated reviewing!
stand, erected in iront of the!
office building, surmounted by j
the President's flag.
The President spoke in part as!
follows:
"To the white population a*
well as to the black, it is of the
utmost importance that the negro
ijc e iiuuu r^tru iu in UK o nimHeji a
citizen of the highest type or
usefulness. Ii is to the interest I
of the white people that this!
policy he conscientiously pursu-j
td, nod to the interest of th?colored
people that they clearly
realize that they have opportunities
for economic development
here in the South not now offer ;
>. / I
ed elsewhere. Within the la<t o
twenty years the industri I n
operations of the South have in c
creased so tremendously that i
there is a scarcity of labor aim s f<
everywhere; so tliatit is the part t
of wisdom lor all who wish the t
prosperity of the South to help s
the negro to become in the high v
est deg ee useiul to himself, and o
therelore to the community in a
which he lives. The South has t
always depended, and now de- e
pends, chiefly upon her native t
population for her work. There- '
hire in view of the scarcity not b
only of common labor, but o! i
skilled labor, it becomes doubly ?
important to train every avail !
able man to be of the utmost use,
by developing his inteili ^
gence, his skill and liis capacity t
for conscienioous effort. Hence t
the work of the Tuskegee Nor 11
ma) and Industrial Institute is a 1
matter of tlie highest practical M
importaoce to both the white d
man and the black man, and well c
worth the support of both races i
alike iu the South and in the v
North. Your fitteen hundred '
students are not only being edu '
eated in head and heart, but also '
trained to industrial efficiency, o
for from the beginning Tusk? a
gee has placed especial emphasis a
upon the training of men and a
women in agriculture, mechanics ti
and household duties. Training "
in these three fundamental direr- a
tions does not embrace all that ?
the negro or any other race needs t<
but it does cover in a very large h
degree the Held in which the I
negro can at present do most for p
himself and he most helpful to s
his white neighbors. Even 1 1
black man who leaves this insti | ?
tute heller aide to do mechanic il|
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Our stock of
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r industrial work adds by so
nuch to the wealth ot the whole
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o success are overcrowded; tor
he present the best chance of
uccess awaits the intelligent
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ilmosf certainly achieve indus
rial independence. I am pleas<!,
but not in the least surprised
o learn that many amount the
nen and women trained at Tub
:egee find immediate employnent
as leaders and workers
irnong their own people, and
hat their services are eagerly
ought by white people for various
kinds of industrial work, the
.lie demand being much greater
han the supply. Viewed Irom
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ither white man or black man
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ields rich div'dends to the enire
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he economic standpoint it is ot
he utmost consequence to all
ur citizens t hat institutions such
s this at Tuskegee should be a
uccess. Hut (here are other
nd even higher reasons that en
me 11 u> our support.. in the
iterest ol humanity, of justice,
ml of self protection, every
rhite man in America, no mater
where lie lives, should trv to
elp the negro to help himself,
f is in the interest, and for the
rotection ot the white man to
ee that the negro is educated
t is not only the duty of the
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