Booker T. Washington believes that in order to secure funds for the Tuskegee Institute he must adhere to two rules:

1. "First, always to do my whole duty regarding making our work known to individuals and organizations." 

This first rule is self-explanatory. He believes that his cause is just and noble, and he believes that the Tuskegee Institute provides a solid and valid education for African Americans. He believes that individuals and organizations who respect what the Tuskegee Institute is accomplishing will be benefactors of the institution. 

2. "When bills are on the eve of falling due, with not a dollar in hand with which to meet them, it is pretty difficult to learn not to worry, although I think I am learning more and more each year that all worry simply consumes, and to no purpose, just so much physical and mental strength that might otherwise be given to effective work."

Washington contends he tries not to worry about obtaining funds to maintain the institution because he believes men "who never grow excited or lose self-control, but are always calm, self-possessed, patient, and polite" are most successful at achieving their goals. By worrying about funding and growing upset about money, Washington contends that you lose sight of the Tuskegee Institute's goals and the greater good the institute can achieve. 

Washington refuses to beg for financial assistance from anyone. He relies on the Tuskegee Institute's reputation to help raise the money needed to maintain itself. Both of his rules support Washington's assertion that "the most useful and influential people in it are those who take the deepest interest in institutions that exist for the purpose of making the world better" and those people will be benefactors without Washington begging for their assistance.