The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-01-24
ABLE ADDRESSES MADE
DR.. Winston, D. A Tompkins and
w. s. Primrose, Deliver speeches.
TfCHs CAL EDUCATION The ITEM
The Committee Will Consider the Bill For Ap-
pfopfi .tion to the A. and N. College.
The Finance Committee Was
Present.

Yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock the
Joint Educational and Finance Commit
tees met in the Senate chamber.
Senator Mcintyre, of Robinson, pre-
sided in the absnce OF Judge Conner, VINO
was called away by. an important en-
gagement.
Addresses wereernade by President Geo
T. Winston, OF the A. and NJ. College; Mr.
D. a. Tompkins4@of Charlatte, and Mr.
w. S. Primrose, president of the Board
OF Trustees of fhe A. and Nj. College,
The speeches were not on the order
of a lobbyists speeches, but were on a
high plane, and contained much valuable
information.
Dr. Winston spoke first. He is keenly
alive to the advantages OF technical edu-
cation. of what it means to the State,
and the States needs. His speech was
excellent.
DR.. Winston said that when the first
census was taken in 1890, North Carolina
was the third State in the Union. Ten
years later we were the fourth and up TO
1880 we were ahead of Massachusetts,.
There is lower per capita of wealth in
North Carolina than in any other State
in the Union. So long as agriculture was
the chief industry. We were in the lead,
but when the use of machinery began
we began to fall behind. From 1860 to
1885 there was very little progress. We
were not educated to use machinery. and
dCn't know how today. How did these
States learn it. Not on the farms, but in
the schools. They do not raise an ounce
of cotton, but it does weave it. They
have twenty institutions for chronological
Intervention. better equipped than the
A. and Nj Mississippi and South Caro-
lima took our IDEAS about textile educa-
ton and have for surpassed us The
struggle throughout the South is for
equipment in this line. The furniture
business alone would bring into the State.
il properly pushed, more than the in
come from all our manufactured products.
why should 5it be that the raw material
goes from North Carolina to New Eng
land instead OF from New England here.
There is no reason. And we do not
look for the raw material. All we need
TO do is to train our lads 10 make il
into the finished product.
The boy in ragged gray is no more
heroic figure than the ragged farmer,
who for thirty years after the war stroVe,
with dead had pull of povrty, to keep
the homestead together.
The farm lands of our State are val
uod highest in those counties where the
manufactures are most abundant.
Progress in this age does depend upon
Industrial education.
Dr. Winston then showed samples OF
the woodwork, blacksmithing and ma
chine work done by the students. This
is done, he said by regular students. and
not by specialists He also stated that
every student at the A. and NJ. did work
Of Ibis kind He emphasized the fact that
this institution is not literary college,
but il is an Industrial college, and trains
men who would get so cents a day as
ordinary workmen into workmen who
earn 81 TO s. per day. DR.. Winston spoke
at length on the needs of the school and
received marked attention from the COM
mittee.
Mr.. Tompkins, who spoke next is
prominent leader in the industrial up
building of The South. He is a member
CT the United States Industrial Com
mission, and has been very frequently
called upon for addresses before legisla-
tive and other bodies. He is very opti-
iulstc as to the outlook for the State.
tie said that we have resources every
body knows. Everybody in North Carolina
iterates and reiterates the list of these
until people are tired of hearing of them.
What our people want most of all, is to
find out how TO get enhanced values out
OF these resources While there are 9TH
or resources that are equally valuable ii
is of cotton that | shall speak. The cot
ton crop of North Carolina may be said
70 average about 500 900 bales. An aver
age price for some years past may be
considered 6 cents. When we used to
sell it as raw cotton this value of cents
n pound was all that came to the people
of the State for it. The aggregate of this
eaue is SIS 900 600. We manufacture
four- fifths of it into cloth and yarn, worth
on The average perhaps 20 cents pound
At this figure the crop is worth $50 900 900.
II our people had the knowledge and
skill to make finer goods these values
could be still further increased | repre-
sent these increasing values Of our 5OO,-
900 bales of cotton in different forms as
follows
follows: As raw cotton ST., 900, 000 as
sheetings, at 1Sc Sal, Zoo, 900; as plads
at 24c., 500, 600, 600; as ginghams, at 3Oc,
SI5,OC0.0 900; as dress goods, at 60c., $780,
100000; as muslin, at 1.20, $500, 900 900;
as organdie. $500 600 600; as dotted swiss
$1,000, 900, 000 as swiss embroidery So
100000 600.
How can these values be obtained?
answer by giving the facilities to our
south necessary to learn how to make
these goods. This means two things, viz,
knowledge and skill For the first, it is
absolutely necessary to have a special
school; and for the second school is
very important All the necessary prac-
flee cannot be obtained in a school and
more than pupil Of music can do enough
practice in the school. kzt in both cases
the practice must be begun there with
the teaching. The study and practice
necessary to make cloth may be COM
pared to that necessary to make music.
Both mean study and practice in school