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temptible in this day of progress
without commerce. The railroads
and the steamships take our products
to the markets of the world and bring
back wealth to us. Then let there be no
war between commerce and agricul-
ture Let this be the birthday be-
tween sisters. SecOld, next to com
merce is manufacture-the gins, the
mills, the machinery which turns
money into valuable products and
brings your money back Let there
be friendship between the three great
sisters-agriculture, commerce, man.
ufacture
agriculture should be Il friend to
everything right, and an enemy to
nothing. 1t stands for protection,
not aggression; defense, not Offense;
peace, not war.
This country is greater than any
nation that ever existed. 1t sur
passes Greece, Rome, France and
England. We have done more for
the world, civilization and humanity
than any thercountry. The freedom
VI ''lIIICItC hClo pei tStGhb-
liShed by America in 1915.
I've must not have contention and
civil war between ourselves. God
forbid discord between city and coun-
try. Make North Carolina Il great
State, Il noble State; make and keep
pure these homes. | pray they all
may be pure and sweet and bright. |
pray that you will work. Gov. Ay-
cock, Dr.. Winston, if you harmonic
this movement you can solve the
labor problem. There is one thing
worth everything else. Do this:
Improve your homes, cultivate your
farms. raise better herds, make the
farms honorable; if you do this right
you will make labor honorable, by
making it profitable, inspiring it with
the sense OF duty, love Of country and
love of God, that this may be a pic
ture OF universal benefactiOn. Let us
make North Carolina good and great
/ cannot do it myself, buy | pray
that the Almighty Godi i'll His infinite
goodness will bless it
WELCOMED BY GOV. AYCOCK
At the conclusion of Gen. Ransom's
address DR.. Winston introduced Gov.
Aycock, who welcomed those in at
tendance upon the convention in be-
half of the college, the city and the
State. He saids1hat in issuing the
call for the convention he stipulated
that he was not to be put down for
any special effort in the way of
speech-making for the reason that he
had resolved to decline all Limitations
of the kind for two months rest
from such labors. So he was before
the convention, and gladly too, to
briefly welcome the delegates, on be-
half OF the college, the city and the
State. He gladly greeted them, the
splendid body of men representing a
class of industry (agriculture) in
which 80 per cent. OF the people of
North Carolina are engaged and in
which the other Is per cent. of the
people are vitality interested and de-
pendent. This, he declared, then, is
no small occasion when such men as
you assemble to study how best to
develop the agricultural interest of
the State.
He said that on the occasion of the
A. & NJ. College commencement DR..
W. H. Page delivered notable and
able address in which he compared
North Carolina farmers to those of
Iowa, declaring Iowa farmers by rea-
son of more intensive farming and
better directed efforts produced seven
times as much as North Carolina
farmers.
He could not agree with Mr. Page
1t it is the fact that the Iowa farm
ers produce seven times as much as
the North Carolina farmers then the
real reason was that North Carolina
soil is not naturally SO rich as Iowa
soil and the trouble was not in the
ability Or energy OF the farmers Of
North Carolina, but in the excess of
the natural fertility of the Iowa soil
North Carolina farmers, then, have
much to overcome in this respect and
the highest degree OF training and
study are essential to overcome the
odds. He confidently expected that
in % years he would see North Caro-
lima grow crops as rich in yield as
are Iowa's, and the gain in yield
would be due to the superior ability
and energy of the North Carolina
farmer rather than natural advan-
tageS.
We are i'll sharp competition, de-
clared the Governor, with the world
and any spot of earth which pro
| duces more than we do is a direct
menace to us. We cannot prevent
them from producing SO much but
| we can and must increase our pro
| ducts.
Agriculture, declared the Governor
must keep pace with commerce and
to do that in North Carolina it must
develop faster than it has in the
past. He said that in % years hence
this State will certainly have a great
system of roads which will be a stu
pendous factor in the development o
agricultural interests. In view of al
these things there was q peculiar
pleasure he experienced in welcoming
such a gathering as that to which he
was then speaking. lttakes, he said
the same sterling. qualities to make
Il good farmer that it does to make
a good soldier and there are no bet
ter soldiers than those OF North Car
olina, so he had the highest hope fo1
the excellence of North Carolina
agricultural interests.
In conclusion Gov. Aycock paid {
glowing tribute to Gen. Ransom al
follows:
I've are glad to welcome you her
too. on account of your distinguished
president. He is today our creates
citizen-a scholar without the osten
tation of learning; a diplomat wht
has learned that politeness is bette
than rudeness and that love win
more victories than hate; states
man who was able to wait withou
murmuring for the calm iudgmen
of tho poODIa tO Dlapa the miScOnepn