The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-06
"TAMA jim"
TO FARMERS.
Secretary Of Agriculture Wilson
Guest of Honor
At the Fair in the Presidents
Home County.
LITTLE POLITICS
Mixed With a Large Amount Of
Good Advice.
Business Causes Immediate Re-
turn to Washington.

Canton, O., Sept 6.-Secrefary of Agrf-
culture Wilson was the guest of honor
at the Stark county fair today. He ar
rived from Washington this forenoon
and delivered an address before an inn
mense crowd of people at the fair
grounds. After the address ne lunched
with the fair managers and prominent
citizens on the grounds and at 1876
o'clock returned east President Nc
Kinley also expected to oe at the fair
on this occasion, but press Of public
from the platform a telegram of re-
gret from President Mckinley at Wash
fngton.
In introducing his remarks Secretary
Wilson dwelt to some extent the
necessity of the successful farmer of to-
day learning of the soil in all its re-
lationS, its antecedentS, its composition.
its adaptabilities and possibilities, as
shown by experiments which have been
conducted by scientific men, The pio-
neer did not need this. He had rich
soil that nature had been preparing for
him through the centuries. He rejoiced
in his dover and inquired no further. 1t
is very different now We violate
natures laws at our own cost. Whatever
investigation had determined regarding
Soils crops, focks and herds should be
taught to the future tfller of the soil.
Many of the scientific discoveries of our
day had thrown light on productions
They should be taught in school and col
lege. If the farmer does not keep pace
with growing information regarding his
work, he struggles against wind and wa
ter, heat and cold, instead OF using them
as servants. The secretary went on to
show there was a demand for scien-
tffically trained farmers. What splen-
did life work the study of the question
of the movement of moisture opened up
to the young farmeri If one college
would make the movement of moisture
in the soil a speciality and turn a full
faculty toward its demonstration from
every standpoint the secretary said 1t
would bless the country more than any
| he said:
1--WE buy the product of skill from 9TH
er countries and we buy raw material.
/ the product of cheap labor. We sell the
products of skill to other countries and
| we sell raw material the product OF
cheap labor within our own land. A
| careful study of this condition of affairs
would lead US to get correct estimate
| of our standing compared with other
countries While we sold $792,S1l, l35
/ worth of domestic products from the
! United States in 1899. we bought 1885,.
| 514,881 worth of agricultural products
| during the same year. 1t is interesting
money for. and it invites our thoughtful
attention to the production OF such
| things within our own borders in the
| future to as great an extent as posi-
BILE We paid $94. 100000 for sugar; $685.
1 900, 900 for coffee; $41, 600, 600 for hides
and skins; $32. 900 for silk; $25,000,0 900
| for fibers; SIS 100000 for fruits and nuts;
| SO 600 900 for tobacco: SIC, ,0O0, 900 for tea,
| and So OOO, 600 for WOOL which, however.
| is only half as much wool as we bought
| in 1893. Several of these things we can
! produce in the United States Some Of
+ them we can not on account of the
| climatic prohibition.
The secretary said the great activity
| existing in all departments of industry
had had a most beneficial effect on the
| prices of farm animals The total in
| crease in the value of the farm animals
| of the United States from January 1,
| 1897, to January l. 1900, was $572. 108, ,522.
| The decrease in the number of horses
! during the last three years had been pro-
| nounced although he said it was becom-
| ing less and less every year.
Now that prices are remunerative,'
| he continued, the decrease is FADING
| out, and it is only question of time
| when an increase viii begin again We
| sold 64.709 horses last year to foreign
countries and received $7,612,O56 for
! them There is an active demand in
| foreign countries for horses of all kinds
| especially the more valuable ones
| with regard to meat producing ami
| mails the prices are high and will continue
| souri, river who Craze their stock on the
range country, have been destroying the
grasses so systematically that they are
! not able in many of the states now to
| maintain more than fifty per cent or the
| meat producing animals found there Few
| wears ago. The meats of the country In
the future must be produced upon the
II In need not tell an Ohio audience much
about sheep. The policies Of political par-
| along n this line and nobody understands
| that better than the Ohio farmer. When
| we have open ports. that industry lam
guishes. We buy many millions OF doll
| lars worth of woods from foreign coun-
| tries. The sheep industry Is prosperine IN
the United States just now. The move
| ment in the direction of growing mutton
sheep with desirable wool Is in the rlkn
| direction without question. The people
| profits for the farmer viii be better in the
| production of larger per cent OF NUT
ton sheep than we have been IN the napit
of producing"
Secretary Wilson referred to the new
| markets being opened up to the farmers
| of the United States, including the terri
tory in the mining states west OF tne
! prairie country. the Orient and the West
Indies quoting freely figures to Illustrate
the increase IN exports in recent years.
He said: ~. Ii.
| ssThe United States buys 500 900. 900
| worth of tropical products annually 1t
| will be our policy in the future to educate
| the brown men of our possessions 70 pr
receipt of this amount Of money VIII EN-
| able them to set better tables clotne
themselves better, live in better houses
| and do more for education.
| The secretary declared in closing tnnt
vTfculture flolirished best when these fac
/ Il ries flourish best and added:
.tDiversification of industry has gone Qil
| unite satisfactorily. The home market ~
| the best in the world, the per cent or I2c-
tory people grows every year Prices Lo1
fewer of the artisans beyond the sea ai
arms length, but factories multiply ano
will continue to do In many dlrectlcus
! more GO DDS could be made than the ncms
our bord ers for new customers 70 keeE
our artis busy. 1t Is the larmeHla ~
privilege to so shape policies tnat tnf
sphere in which we viii sell VIII Wioen ~