arium ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁raise ▁money . ▁Washington ▁was ▁the ▁author ▁of ▁the ▁speech ▁" The ▁Atlanta ▁Comp rom ise ", ▁which ▁solid ified ▁his ▁position ▁of ▁being ▁an ▁accommod ation ist ▁while ▁providing ▁a ▁mechanism ▁for ▁southern ▁Wh ites ▁( and ▁their ▁sympath izers ), ▁to ▁fund ▁his ▁school ▁( the ▁T usk eg ee ▁Institute ). ▁ ▁W . ▁K . ▁Kel log g ▁had ▁worked ▁for ▁his ▁brother ▁in ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁capac ities ▁at ▁the ▁B . C . ▁San it arium . ▁ ▁T ired ▁of ▁living ▁in ▁his ▁brother ' s ▁shadow , ▁he ▁struck ▁out ▁on ▁his ▁own , ▁going ▁to ▁the ▁bo om - town s ▁surrounding ▁the ▁oil fields ▁in ▁Oklahoma ▁as ▁a ▁bro om ▁sales man . ▁ ▁Having ▁failed , ▁he ▁returned ▁to ▁work ▁as ▁an ▁assistant ▁to ▁his ▁brother ▁( John ▁Har vey ). ▁ ▁While ▁working ▁at ▁the ▁san it ari ums ' ▁labor atory , ▁W . K . ▁sp illed ▁li que f ied ▁corn me al ▁on ▁a ▁he ating ▁device ▁that ▁cook ed ▁the ▁product ▁and ▁rendered ▁it ▁to ▁fla kes . ▁ ▁He ▁t asted ▁the ▁fla kes ▁and ▁added ▁milk ▁to ▁them . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁get ▁his ▁brother ▁to ▁allow ▁him ▁to ▁give ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁product ▁to ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁patients ▁at ▁the ▁san it arium , ▁and ▁the ▁patients ' ▁demand ▁for ▁the ▁product ▁exceed ed ▁his ▁expect ations ▁to ▁the ▁point ▁that ▁W . K ▁made ▁the ▁decision