The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 9, 1903, Page 1

@ all. VOLUME XCIII—NO. 40. SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1903. PRICE FIVE CENTS. PLOMAT STIRS [RE OF KAISER Sensations Behind Von Holleben’s Sick Leave. e Embassador Is Said to Have Been Ordered Home. Berlin Considers His Career Here a Record of Dis- appointments. regarding his he would be on Speck al: ~L swer a single ROCK ISLAND HEADING FOR THE PACIFIC COAST Absorb Numerous Minor Roads and Find Outlet at San bsorb the smail ing built in the which will form Diego and Ea ern end. main n is to ! Mr. Washington was received with ap- BOOKER T. WASHINGTON ADDRESSES GREAT AUDIENCE IN THE MECHANICS’ PAVILION | \ HE colored people must now rectify a mistake which they made Tafter their emancipation. They tried to start in at the top; they bought a carriage to ride in instead of a wagon to work with. I am trying to teach my people that they must begin at the bottom—at the soil and work up. They must learn that they must follow the growth of all nations. They must learn that liberty is a conquest, not a be- | quest”—BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. e | "+ E Russian repays oppression his cause, knowing that race hatred is Famous Colored Edu-! cator Is Warmiy Received. 1 intellactual culture =23 & In ges Mayor Schmitz Pre- sides Over Big Gathering. generous b and so lasting for several m nmence h spoke in part as follow vou most sincerely nd enthusiastic welcome to, your " I rpret it as meaning not so much a personal t but as an in- ation of your interest in the c of race, whick me slight gree I p permitted to represent. I am not by perience or slav Virginia vears West Virgini. where 1 ¢through ng my edu olved to spend m: mprove the industrial 1s condition of my own that, but to try to e them of such high value as citizens to the white people among whom they I mines of Institute wher address to a representative . oucs Sealhs s ed that the e man would respect 5 S e Swift | the negro for his intrinsic worth. her prominent clt 1 the RAPID GROWTH OF TUSKEGEE. | by of the School > there | «J started in 1581 to build up an institu- te _Rabbl | tion of learning near the town of Tuske- Nichols, bama. The beginning wak %n a Clam- 1e teacher and thirty stu- o the institution has o . which co-operated in the il we now have 1400 egiate > Tepre- | voung men and women who come to us ser he foll upon es and seven forelgn coun- v - ; tries. In all our departments, industrial, | 11ary. | normal and reli ., we ve 112 in- . Daugh- | uctors id the famil P tatgiy uctors, i amilies of our | instructors we have as a constant popu- | 1ation upon our schoolgrounds approxi- mately 1600 people. From the shanty we have grown in property to the point where | we have 2600 acres of land. On this land | there are 59 buildings, counting large and | emall, anad each one of them, except four, | has been almost wholly erected by the la, | bor of the students. The students have {done all the work from making of the bricks to the putting m of the electric fixtures. This property is valued at $450,- 0. The annual expense of carrying on this work is $120,000. In addition to other forms of education we keep in constant {'operflliun 29 different industrial depart- iml-nm, and each one is an industry in Men’s Christian As- After considerable delay Mayor Schmitz, who was president of the evening, intro- duced Mr. Washington with the following words It 1s my pleasure to act as chairman at this | great assemblage in honor of Booker T. Wash- ington. I take this opportunity as representa- tive of the entire people of this city to extend | to him a cordial welco: My few words ot welcome would be of little worth were it not for this vast comcourse, Which speaks itselt. S His Honor then explained that Presi, Wheeler of the University of California, who was to bave made some introductory | remarks detained in the south and he forthwith introduced Booker T. Wash. | | for which each student can find employment as soon as he leaves our Institution. The main industry emphasized is tqaching of agriculture, and we emphasize this be- cause 80 per cent of our people live by | some form of agriculture. I find that my race is at its best, as a rule, where own- ington. S SALVATION IN EDUCATION. — | Negro Must Begin at the Bottom and | Work Up. cases it is at its worst when in contact { with the competition and temptations of city life. In addition to training for agri- to taliates against wrong with the tomahawk, revolution. The negro, the gentlest, the most long-suffering race in the world, answers his oppression by midnight prayers for deliver- ance, by faithfulness, by trust in God, and by faith in the righteousness of The ‘ the Indian Cuban with with dynamite. re- fronting him."—BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. | | no solution for the problem con- l ] T WASHING TON .[._ Bl . - | FAMOUS COLORED EDUCATOR WHO ADDRESSED A GREAT AUDI- | IN THIS CITY LAST NISHT AND PRESIDENT OF CALI- ) FORNIA UNIVERSITY, WHO WAS UNAVOIDABLY ABSEN ) |Distinguished Visitor Talks Elcquently of the Upbuilding of His Race. ‘ 3+ jare doing excellent work in every part | of the South, “I find that when we can get an indi- vidual to the point where he becomes the owner of a home and a taxpayer, he be- | vomes . a conservative, industrious and en, who has the confidence of * culture we emphasize training in all the mechanical pursuits, and in addition to that our women are trained in every line of household . duties, laundering, - sewing, nursing, gardening and fruit growing. It is my opinion that my race will get upen its feet just in pro. portion as it is taught to put brains, sk and dignity into all the common occupa- tions that are about our doors in the sucn as cooking, “It is not the negro who has been tt oughly educated in head, hand and heart who commits the crimes; it 4s the shift- South. My race must be taught to do a sl g Salieg bl g | common thing in.an uncommon manner, | 53 5 g T e o dv, a mmg': e it : ¥ ”‘{‘ Im- | My race does not ask nor does it need prove upon what has been done. Where |, yyvq charity scattered among them. It [ ey usalLip or = taught to do |y vory seldom that in any part of the a thing better than any one else, that in- | country in any city one sees a black hand | reaching out for charity. The race does | not ask for this. But it does ask of you | through your interest and gencrosity to | | the South.. They mnot only teach the | B same | | money, which they now scatter to the Mok O (8 o emsriain ey L e e e o bt | | tosch: tiibixipuciis the dlgnity ot Inbor-and [R5 C7y blng: eua fewairy, asd . pog te { how ta pertcinr AP all (tHe duities stat | e wna hUITIR OF soisol relate to home life and making a living. h | The work of our graduates is not only to | POU5e5: | teach our people how to get upon their| RACE HATRED LESSENING. | feet, but to do that which is equally im-| “In regard to the relation of the races, { portant, to show the Southern white pao- | I do not believe that thelr relation with | ple that a skilled, intelligent and indus- | each other is growing more strained. On | | trious black man 1s of more value than |the other hand, I belleve that there has | | an_unskilled, ignorant and shiftless one. |never been_a time in the history of the | | ! dividual’s problem is“solved. | MUST RIVAL WHITE LABOR. | “A large number of our graduates go | “Our graduates are not only in demand | races when 80 many Southern white pec- |in large numbers by our own race, but|ple were so unselfishly interested in help- | we cannot begin to supply the demands!ing the negro to get. upon his feet. In | | that are constantly pouring in upon us|making this statement I do not overlook | :chnrge of farms, dairies, orchards, etc., Iln other places. We have sent out from our Institution over 2000 graduates, who have to contend. There i§° one thing of | which I feel absolutely sure, that is that | race hatred and ignorance are no solution | He was greeted with hearty cheering 2 | lege granted | frequently | forcefully and eloquently | egee problem | but it is the | Student Cheers for|. the Black Man’s Champion. TANFORD UNIVERSITY, Jan. §.~Booker T. Washington re- ceived a royal welcome from the merabefrs of the univ ty commupity when he this morning at the fir: versity meeting of the semeste: dents, faculty and citizens of Palo Alto and neigho had crowded the Il to its d ors long before the lustrious educator made appearan the college yell of Harvard, w him an honorary master” degree in 1897. Professor Washington was introduced by Vice President Branner in the absence of President Jordan. His interrupted by remarks were and his infinite supply of a in negro dialect kept his audience in mirth- ful humor. Mrs. Stanford Professor Washington and several members of the faculty entertained at present were Dr. ¥ Stillman Anderson and nford, Rev Heber Newton, Mr. Lathrop, Booker T. ington Thrasher, Professor Washingto: tary. @ ittt for any pr ool lem on earth. persoms living outside comprehend the tremendous through which the themselves to the new conditions which freedom brought. While this r ast- ment is ing place both ra mu: learn to be patient and forbearing. I b lieve that the greatest protection whic the negro can have in any community usefulness. Just in proportion as the race makes itself of such value in the community that the people will feel that thy cannot dispense with the race, just such proportion will our problem be solved. We have got to learn to plant ourselves into the business and indu: tries of the community in which we 1 Immediately after the war, by reason of cur ignorance and lack of experience, in too many cases we began life at the top irstead of at the bottom. We are now lcarning that he have got to begin on « real and actual foundation and gra work up to the highest th Freedom in the largest se ally life. cannot be bequest, but it is a conquest. “While there are ma difficulties with which we have to contend, at the same of time in the South the field of busine is open to the negro and he has about go0d opportunity to succeed business as a whife man. “The immediate needs of the Tuskegee an his in Irdustrial Institute are mor with which to pay our current expenses and the increase of our endowment fund from $400,000 to at least $1,000,000. In order to keep the institution upon its feet T am now compelled to raise between $50.000 anad $90,000 annually besides what red from stated sources. This is not a Tus It is not the negro prob- It is not only the South’s problem problem of the entire na- tion, for the entfre nation was responsi- ble for American slave After Mr. Washington had finished his address, H. J. McCoy, secretary of the Young Men's Christian Association, an- nounced that a collection would be taken up for the institution at Tuskegee. iz sec lem. their hats. After the address Captain L. W. Cor- nish and Captain Young Invited Mr. The | ushers passed through the house and coin | ing and cultivating the soll; in too many | by white people for our graduates to take | the wrongs and injustice with which we | and checks were generously rained into CASTRO BOWS 10 THE WiLL OF NATIONS Full Acquiescence in All Demands Announced. Minister Bowen Now Prepared to Leave Venezuela. Difficulties May Be Settled Out of Hand in Amer- ica’s Capital. Special Dispatch to The Call. CARACAS, V conversation t Pa had ace vations S.~In a long for the good ctitical mome them. that tk powers will great I can get alon luded with a s fat ng powe f ev through force powers. Minister Bowen he is p ninati Bowen tive next "astr. to « trat edgme 1 be reached in all probab: oconer than if the question was r to The Hague. President Castro’s answer is not He does not agree to oviso r tained in the last note of the powers that he pay over a certain sum to them before opening arbitration; hand, does he abate sal that the blockade be lif! arbitration, confe ints which ate, ar iplomatic treatmer e opens. has thus far to yleld to p on e roper Fear Seizure of Custom-House. LA GUAIRA, Jan The United State at Marietta last e n ed States. on boar the British cruiser Ariadne, Is expec here to-morrow from Jrinidad. It is feared that the arrival Ad miral will be followed by the La Gualra ¢ n @ il ‘Washington to v view toward m colored sold ington expre: tize invitation ed to meet the 11 o'clock in the mornix Will Address Colored People. ' OAKLAND, Jan. 3 > Washington has | Sunday evening at al Church he w - ! Oak- m. The the bemefit of under the and w tute.