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GREAT HARVEST
WAITS REAPERS
Booker Washington, Speaking
on Ohio Soil, Sends Mes
sage of Warning,
SOUTH A GOLDEN LAND
THERE 2.0C0 SHOE STORES. 2,000
MILLINERY STORES AND 2,000
BANKS ARE NEEDED.
Wllberfcrce, O—The commence
ment cxerciNea of WllberfoPce Uni
versity. better this year than ever be
fore in the hletory of the school, came
to a close with an address by Booker
T. Washington that fairly took the
audience off Its fe«L The occasion
took the form of a memorial to the
late Bishop i>aa!ei A. Payne, perhaps
In his lifetime Dr. Washington's clos
est friend In the early days of Tusk*
••gee. More than 3.000 people were
out to bear the leader talk of the
character of the race's greatest
churchman Of this number almost
one third was made up of white
friends from all sections of the state.
Dr. Washington took as the basis
of hln remarks • passage from the
Hcrlplurev The heavens were
opened and I ansr visions of (kwj." He
was never more eloquent never more
effective, , at.il I. tinsel f spoke with a
vision,- delivering doubtless the most
tiniMgfaot Address be has road* since
the famous Atlanta ■ perch. He was
cheered time after time.
He said In part;
1 am glid to be In the State of Ohio
again and at the University of WII
?>< rfer .. | am glad to hsve a part In
the celebration of the lOOtf anniver
sary of the late Bishop Daniel A
Payne, f rontier of Wllherforc* Uni
versity and one of tba leading spirits
In the establishment of the African
Methodist Episcopal Church
BISHOP PAVNE GREAT MAN.
Bishop Payne was a great mao. a
man of character, a man of vision.
It Is impossible for any Individual or
*ny rare to have any targe degree of
•stf »f • 11bout ■’Visions, without faith
n the present and faith in the future.
There la Httl* room In this world for
the peaelmtsf; for the man who baa
no faith In the present or future. I re
'-*e»i that Bishop Payne was a man of
leloa- We, aa a race, must follow
lie trample, and to be a race and to
poaarea visions. we must believe In the
present sod future. Without faith In
Ms race and In his country illehop
Payne never could have laid the foun
datlons of Wllberforee university so
securely ss he did,
I have tPtl* «lf>ubt but that wsy hack
In tbe dark days of ala very, when the
founds!tuna of ibis institution were
laid. Bishop Payne pictured to himself
even then Ihe spacious grounds, the
well planned n«d well equipped build
Ings. the Industrial and academic de
partments of this Institution, ss (bey
eslst today In such flourishing condi
tion. We have little doubt but that he
pictured to himself that the day would
come when on commencement occa-j
slons thergf would be tethered here
thousands, as there are today, of the
beat types of white and black people
representing the slate of Ohio and
nearly every section of our country.
* BISHOP PAYNE'S VISION.
I have little doubt but that Ulshop
Daniel A Jayne saw In a vision the
time when there would be few In any
part of Amerltiv to rise and op pom
the education of the negro, whether
It be Industrial education, academic
education or professional education.
I sometime* fear that we, as a race,
do not rightly appreciate the advan
tagea and opportunities which we en
joy In this country. Since the great j
bulk of our people, 9,000.000 at least,'
MAKING EXTENSIVE
PREPARATIONS
FOR THE MEETING OF THE NA
TIONAL TEACHERS' ASSOCIA
TION AT ST. LOUIS.
St. Ixtuls, Mo.—The meeting of the
Notional Association of Teachers In
Colored Schools. July 26-30, la tho top
ic of discussion In every quarter of
the city at the present time. The
executive committee with Prof. R H.
Colo at lie head, and Prof. C. H. Tur
ner. becrclary, Is making empto
preparations, both for tho session of
the association and the entertainment
of the delegate. Mr. J. R. T. Lee of
Tuakegee, the corresponding secre
tary, has been In the city a part of
the week. In conference with the exe
cutive committee and the various
local committees concerning matters
owtring upou the coining session
From a review of the $>rograin It Is
evident that from the very start and
alt every session, some of the most
vital topics are to be handled by tba
reside ra the sournern states, you
must excuse me if I dwell a good deal
on what 1 shall say upon the oppor
tunities afforded our people In the
southern states; opportunities for de
velopment in material, educational,
professional and religious directions.
NATION WITHIN A NATION.
In numbers, we constitute, as 1t
were, a nation within ourselves. We
are 10,000,000 strong. Canada has only !
7.000. 000 of people: Australia 4.000,- !
000, Belgium 7,000,000 and Holland
5.000. 000. The combined population of
Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and
Denmark Is about equal to the popula
tion of the black race In America. We
must learn to use the strength of num
bers and Improve our condition.
This means that we should cultivate
In an Increasing degree In every part
of the country, pride of race. If there
Is any one human being whom I de
test, It Is the man or woman who Is
ashamed of the race to which he or
she belongs; who Is all the time trying
to get away from the race; who would
rather be a third rate white man than
a first rate black man The negro In
America must learn to have as much |
pride in his race as the Frenchman or I
German or the irishman has In his |
racial Identity.
There Is a passage In the Scripture ;
which reads something like this: "The
heavens wer opened and I saw visions j
of God." I bellgve that the heavens j
are just as truly open today as they j
were thousands of years ago; that we i
ran see visions of God Just as truly
as the prophets of old saw thousands ,
of years ago, and we piust begin to j
see these visions before it is too late i
Let us open our eyes and see the |
visions that are in the south in the!
direction of orportunlty for material
advancement.
Two hundred million acre*, cr over ,
fifty i * r ci ’it of the total land 1% the
south (s ii film tiro veil Tl.'r. nreJft>out
1.000. 000 am h In Alabama. 12.000,000 '
In Georgia, u.iioo.ooo In Louisiana. I
6.000. 000 la South Carolina and 100.
OOO.O0O in Tessa that are unimproved, j
That means that there are 200,000,000
acres of laud waiting to be rultivat- |
ed, that means that tills land at the ,
present time la comparatively cheap |
and can be purchased by black man
or white man, hut It will not rema n
cheap long
In the past ten or fifteen years land
values In the south have Increased t
very rapidly. In some Instances the
Increase has been from 100 to 600 per
cent. (.and* which fifteen yeara ago
werw selling at from It 50 to $15 per
acre are now selling at from !?0
to lleo per acre The wealth of the
south has been Increased by the rise
In land values stone over 9500.000,000
WOES OF LANDLESS RACE.
While men from all parta of the
world are seeing ibis opportunity and
getting land t want the negro to do
the same thing, and I am glad to see
that many of our best colored men
throughout the south are seizing this [
opportunity and are buying lar^e
tracts of land. A landless race means !
a poverty stricken race; a landless (
race means a dependent race with un ,
certain employment, one that lives
by picking up odd jobs here and
there; a landless race means a non tax
paying race, an unsettled rare, a
thriftless race Everywhere let us
encourage our people to enter Into
the possession of soli of this country, ;
north and south.
Throughout the south there are
numerous organisations that work
every day In the form of commercial '
clubs, farmers* clubs, clubs to pro
mote manufacturing and rluba to pro
mote merchandising, that have for
tbelr object the control aud the de- i
velopment of the Immense material
possessions of the south. The negro
everywhere must wake up and fellow
the example of these organizations.
OLD KINO COTTON.
Let me be a little more specific— j
the prtre of cotton Is Increasing In
value every yesr. There Is only a !
small territory, so far found, where
cotton can be profitably produced, j
That territory la In our southern .
states The black man can get thin 1
very best educators of the race.
The closing meeting Is to be held In
the Coliseum. Thin Is tbe place
where the moat noted men of the
country have spoken, among them
Hon. W. J. llryan. President Taft, ex
Presldent Roosevelt and Explorer
Robert E. Peary Ten thousand peo
pie are expected to attend this clos
ing session The speakers are: Slate
Superintendent of Education IIon. M
P, Evans and Dr. Hooker T. Wanning
ton. Governor Hadley has also been |
Invited.
Mr. Lee, tbe corresponding secre
tary, was greatly pleased with the
outlook of the meeting He was un
stinted In bis praise of the equip
ment of our public schools. Although
the schools will not be In session,
Mr Lee says that it Is worth a trip
to St. Louis to see tbe magnificent j
and splendidly equipped summer high (
school, costing nearly (600.000 -hav
ing every possible accommodation for
the education of colored young men
and women of St. Louis.
The eyes of the wrbole county, edu- j
callonally, are turned toward St
Loula.
Una. He can share In the Immense 1
profits of the future. In cotton grow
ing Cotton Is being consumed In
larger quantities every year through
out the world; that means an Increase
In price, that also means '"tat It will
be harder In the future to get cot
ton producing land than It is now
We must remember that the forces
of nature draw no color line. Sun
shine and rain are as helpful to the
black hand that tills and owns the
soil, as the white hand that tills and
owns the soli. The history of the
civilization of the world teaches that
the people who own the soil are the
the people that are going to grow In
Independence, grow in education,
grow In moral an,’, religious Ltrength
There are millions of acres of land
in the Bouth that can be purchased
for cotton raising, for trucking, for
dairying and for fruit growing
There are millions of acres from
which coal and Iron can be gotten,
from which lumber can be manufac
tured All these are possloMItles
within the reach of the humblest
black man in America.
200,000 FARMERS NEEDED.
I know of no one Influence, no one
element that would add more to the
Independence and the progress of the
9,000,000 of negroes In the south,
than for us to have, within the next
20 years, 100,000 to 200,000 more In
telligent, successful, independent
farmers scattered throughout this
country; and these farmers should
not be composed of the Ignorant ele
ment of our race, but should be com
posed of the educated of our race
Our vision need not be limited to
owning and cultivating the soil.
There are great opportunities In the
direction of manufacturing. Within
I he past twenty five years, the cot
ton and manufacturing center of the
country has moved from New Eng
land Into North Carolina and South
Carolina. It 1# not necessary for the
negro to confine himself to the mere
matter of cotton raising. He can ad
vocate cotton manufacture In some
form.
The negro, both lc thla and other
countries. Is a great consumer of cot
ton goods On a iinci?! .rale, at leaat,
he can become a manufacturer of
cotton goods. Here Is another field
for the energetic, capable, pushing,
educated colored man. Heretofore,
In too large a degree, our educated
men have '*-■* that they must either
leach or ^reacL, and not enter the
field of commerce.
ON BECOMING MANUFACTURERS,
The south It full of the best lumber
suited for tbe manufacture of all
kinds of furniture. The lumber In Its
use Is as free to the colored man as
to the white man We are great con
sumers of household furniture. Why
should not our educated men begin
tbe manufacture of furniture? If we
could manufacture one tenth of the
household fumliure that we, as a
race, consume, we would give em
ployment to thousands of our men
and women and add Immensely to our
wealib, improvement and useful
ness.
To Indicate to >ou to what extent
tbe white man Is taking to tbe Tact
that within ten years Arkansas has
Increased her horse advantage of the
r^itural resources of tbe south, I have
but to refer to the fact that within
ten years Arkansas has Increased her
horsepower for manufacturing 214
per cent; South Carolina has in
creased her horse power for manufac
turing puri>osea 220 per cent.; Texas
250 per cent.; Louisiana 619 per cent.
There Is vast water power In the
south that can be used for manufac
turing purposes. Everywhere In tbe
south people ars using water power
for generating electricity. Examples
of this can he found near Augusta,
Ga.; near Columbus, Ga., on the Tal
lapoosa river, and near Montgomery,
Ala.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR MERCHANTS
If we do not want to go Into either
agriculture or manufacturing there Is
a vast field open for the educated
colored man In the direction of mer
chandising. With such a field open
LEWIS CONFIRMED
WITHOUT DIVISION
OPPOSITION DID NOT DEVELOP
STRENGTH.
Washington, I> C.—When all was
In readiness for action, the confirma
tion of William Henry Lewis, as as
slstant attorney general of the United
States, went through as slick as if It
had been greased. The opposition
melted Into thin atr.
The vote was taken without de
bate and Mr. Lewis was confirmed
without division. It was a big vic
tory for the brilliant young man who
has worked his way upward through
fidelity to right principles and unflag
ging industry. After all Is said and
done, a large measure of the credit
for Mr. Lewis’ confirmation belongs
to Mr. Lewis himself. Throughout
the long battle he bore himself with
dignity. He kept his Ups shut tight,
studied Indian depredation claims,
went In and won a difficult case for
the government without noise or
as we have Id the dtrertton of com
merce In the south there is no rea
son why any intelligent, energetic
and educated colored man need go
about looking for a job He can
create a Job for himself, and when
one creates his own Job. be gels into
a position of power and Independence,
and Is not dependent upon the whims
of political parties or color prejudice
There are places In the south for
5.000 additional dry goods stores, and
there are colored people enough to
support these dry goods stores In
the eouth the negro merchant Is not
dependent upon o trade of h!s own
race alone, but throughout the south,
while there Is prejudice In other
lines In business, the negro has lit
tle prejudice to contend with along
this line. Not only the colored man
trades at the colored man’s dry goods
store, but the best white people are
not afraid to patronize a first class
dry goods store, and the same thing
Is true of other business enterprises
owned and controlled by the colored
people.
LET US BUILD CITIES.
There are openings In the south for
at least 8,000 additional grocery
stores, for 3.500 additional drug stores.
There are openings l*1 tLe.south for
2.000 shoe stores, 2.000 millinery
stores, and there are communities in
the south where 2,000 additional
negro banks can be opened and s _>•
ported. Further than this, there arc
places In the south where, nt least
/0 seir governing, sen-supporting ana
self directing towns or cities may be
established where the colored people
can have their own mayor, their own
board of aldermen, their own self
government from every point of view.
In the last analysis, local self-govern
ment is the most precious kind of
self government.
If none of these openings suit the
ambition of our educated colored men
and women, there la another field
that is ripe for the harvest, that of
education. There are a million and
a half of negro children of school
age who do not enter any school in
the south, and there are hundreds of
thousands of others who are in school
only three months out of the twelve
months. We need 30,000 additional
schoolhouses built In the south, and
we need, at Iqgst, 20,000 additional
negro school tpachers. Hut if the
vision of the educated co'ored man
cannot be realized in any of the call
ings to which I have referred, there
are still further openings In the south
I refer to the opportunities In pro
fcsslonal directions. There are In
dividual locotlons In the South for it
least 2.500 additional doctors and
3,000 additional pharmacists, 2,000 ad
dltlonal dentists, and 1,000 veterinary
surgeons.
DO NOT LOSE COURAGE.
In the lines of religious activities
and service, I want the young
colored men and women to see the
vision aside from the opportunities
to preach the Gospel. Wherever In
any communities there are 2,500 or
more colored people they are capable
of supporting a Y. M. C. A. building
There are 56 cities In the country, at
least, where Y, M. C. A. buildings
could be established and supported
We must not become discouraged
by racial relaMons True, we have
prejudice to contend with In the
south, as elsewhere. The color lint
Is often unjustly drawn throughout
the country. We have to endure In
Justice; we have to contend with in- j
Justice, but Instead of letting preju
dice discourage us, we should use It
as a spur to urge us on to higher ef- 1
forts, to renewed enterprise.
FOUNDATION OF RACES.
All races that have achieved suc
cess have come up through ownership
of the soil, through cultivating the
soil, through manufacturing, through
merchandise, through making them
selves strong In education, and In
moral and religious directions; and
lastly they have come up through
fighting prejudice. Out of tha fight
they have gained a strength and an
experience that they would not have
gotten except for racial prejudice.
bluster, and with tact and finesse
put a quietus on the claim of the
timorous that he was seeking social
equality. All found him to be a man
of poise, sound Rense and legal ability
of the highest order.
ANTICIPATE NO
SERIOUS OPPOSITION
Washington.—Former Register W.
T. Vernon, ^recently appointed In
spector of Indian schools, anticipates
no serious opposition when he
reaches the field. Most of the agita
tion about the so-called color ques
tion is merely newspaper talk and la
meant to create the situation that
the report so graphically portrays.
Mr. Vernon Is satisfied to have his
headquarters here or In Oklahoma, as
the department of the interior may
elect. He will travel considerably.
"Planned your summer vacation
yet?"
"No; I'm waiting until,I learn what
friends of mine are to have summer
cottages. Then I'll begin to bint tor
Invitations.”—Detroit Free Press.
CURED SORES WHEN
ALL ELSE FAILED
Woman Acts as Benefactress to Chil*
dren
Mrs. W. Linsky, of Salcjp, Mass.,
writes, telling of the wonderful results
from the use of Resinol. In her own
words the letter reads:
"I have used your Resinol Ointment
for five years, as two different doctors
recommended It. I have given it to a
number of children with sores that
they could not find a cure for, and it
was always sure to cure them. I would
not be without It.”
Resinol is the indispensable stand
ard remedy for all skin troubles, from
the common pimple, cut, scald, boll or
sore, to carbuncles, felons, eczema,
erythema, herpes, barber’s Itcli, psori
asis and every abrasion of the skin
from any cause. Resinol Ointment can
be instantly applied and its effect is
Instantaneous. It Is put up In screw
top opal containers, selling at fifty
cents or a dollar, according to size. It
has the approval and recommendation
of thousands of our best physicians,
and hundreds of thousands of families
are never without it. Another Indis
pensable necessity Is Resinol Soap,
one of the finest, most soothing and
refreshing toilet soaps in the world.
It is a preventive of most of the skin
troubles. Including blackheads, pim
ples and chapped hands. It is espe
cially adapted to the tender skin of
Infants and children. Nothing is bet
ter for shampooing and cleaning the
scalp and for the prevention of falling
hair. The ointment and soap are sold
by all druggists.
Resinol Chemical Co.. Baltimore, Md.
Too Dangerous.
In the struggling days at Tuskegee,
Hooker T. Washington found that ho
would have to use an old chicken
house for a schoolroom.
"Uncle,” he said to un old colored
man, "I want you to come dow n at
nine o'clock tomorrow morning and
help me clean out a henhouse.”
“Law now. .Mr. Washington,” tha
old man expostulated, “you-all don't
want to begin cleanin’ out no hen
house roun' yere in de day time."—
Success Magazine.
Lagging Behind.
“Why are you loitering around
here?" demanded the policeman. ‘‘You
seem to have no object in view.”
“I'm out walking with my wife, of
ficer. She's about 20 yards behind in
a bobble skirt.”
Constipation
Vanishes Forever
Prompt Relief—Permanent Cure
CARTER’S LITTLE
LIVER PJLLS never
fail. Purely vegeta
ble — act surely
but gently oil
the liver.
Stop after
dinner dis
tress- cure
indige* "in,
improve the complexion, brighten the eyes.
SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE.
Genuine must bear Signature
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St. Louis, Mo., Cairo and Quincy, III.