I do not believe that a similar amount of
money often could be made go so far in uplifting a whole race.
If you wish further information, I shall be glad to furnish
it.
Yours truly,
Booker T. Washington, Principal.
The next mail brought back the following reply: "I will be very
glad to pay the bills for the library building as they are incurred,
to the extent of twenty thousand dollars, and I am glad of this
opportunity to show the interest I have in your noble work."
I have found that strict business methods go a long way in
securing the interest of rich people. It has been my constant aim at
Tuskegee to carry out, in our financial and other operations, such
business methods as would be approved of by any New York banking
house.
I have spoken of several large gifts to the school; but by far the
greater proportion of the money that has built up the institution has
come in the form of small donations from persons of moderate means.
It is upon these small gifts, which carry with them the interest of
hundreds of donors, that any philanthropic work must depend largely
for its support. In my efforts to get money I have often been
surprised at the patience and deep interest of the ministers, who are
besieged on every hand and at all hours of the day for help.
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