Show pj NEGROES EG ROES IN INDUSTRY Booker Boker T Washington who has been referred to many times by The Herald as the greatest negro of his generation has for years been advis advising advising ing members of his race to keep out of politics and to de ote their time and whatever energy they possess to learning useful trades to acquiring knowledge of farming and other indus industries industries industries tries Washington has pointed out that only in this way can the th negro be become become become come a thoroughly desirable citizen only In this way can he lie become a per permanent permanent permanent manent factor In producing and In Increasing Increasing creasing the nations wealth Alabama held an industrial fair re recently recently and the negro department there formed a concrete striking example of the truth of arguments By the newspapers of Alabama and other southern states this department has been referred to t as as a the most In Interesting inter ter at the fair Through it the negroes have been able to show that they are capable of learning gainful trades that they can make progress along lines of useful endeavor Represented Represented seated In the exhibit which was ww en enclosed enclosed closed closet In a building erected entirely by negroes were eight Institutes and col colleges colleges leges legos Tuskegee which Was as among the number showed examples of work done by black boys and girls In the mechanical department of the institute institute institute tute and also In agriculture horticulture horticulture horticulture ture and floriculture Negro farmers sent in displays of sugar cane c ne wheat oats peanuts cotton and other prod products products products of the soil solI Negro Industrial cor corporations corporationS were represented by house household household household hold articles machinery livestock and manufactures of various kinds Ev cry ery department d for which space was provided was crowded with exhibits and the southern people as well weIl as the tho negroes themselves yere vere immensely proud prou of the showing made madeAn madeAn madeAn An Indication of ot the white mans point of view is found in the fact that the white visitor to the negro building had nothing but kind words for ex cx exhibitors exhibitors and exhibits One of the vis visitors visitors visitors was the governor of the state and he made an address to the colored di dl directors directors rectors congratulating them upon the progress made and giving assurances I of ot hearty h arty support for tor all future move ments calculated to uplift the race How vastly better is It for the negro of the south or anywhere else ele for that matter to devote his time to legitimate work to work for which he is quail fled Cled than to offensive mingling In poli politics politics tics and dreaming dream In of social equality The former Is tolerated because certain certain tain tam politicians POll ns cater at election times to tile the negro voters oters The latter can never bo be brought about while the re republic republic republic public stands The Herald hopes the Alabama exhibit will be an encourage encouragement encouragement encouragement ment to negroes everywhere to learn to tob tobe tobe b be of value to tp tp themselves and their country Ind it can hardly fall fan to tobo tobo tobe bo be an encouragement V |