The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-18
Herreshoff Expresses Sympathy.
MR. WILSON SPEAKS
SECRETARY OF AGRIcULGURE's
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The Occasion is the Laying of the
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Starkville. Miss, April 17.-Today has marked an epoch in the industrial history of Mississippi. The occasion was the laying of the corner stone of the new s4o.OOU science hall at the Aslcultural and Mechanical College.
 The feature of the forenoon was the masterful and patriotic speech of Hon. James Wilson. Secretary of Agriculture. who was applauded to the echo from point to point, and who received an eya- ton and a shower of thanks when he had concluded. Secretary Wilson was introduced most brilliantly by Congress man Candler, whose tribute to the flag evoked the most cordial applause.
 The feature of the afternoon was the able and practical address of MT. A. D. Tompktns of North Carolina who was presented by Governor Longino.
 General Stephen D. Lee, in a feeling and eloquent speech detailed the struggles and triumphs of the college over which he presided for nineteen years. He was proud of the great industrial awakening in Mississippi.
 President Hardy, the practical. patriotic and able president of the college. elo- quentiy welcomed the faculty and students of the Industrial Institute and College and the committee representing the State University. President Kincan- non responded most appropriately for the industrial institute and college, as did Professor Lipscomb for the University.
 In his address this morning Secretary Wilson said
 Secretary Wilson spoke about the oR aAY ing in part:
 "The farmers of the country need an education more comprehensive than that which we have borrowed from the old world, originally designed for the pro- fessional man, the man of leisure and the hereditary lawgiver. The activities of the age in lines of research have reached the tillers of the soil and inspired them with ambition to know more of the prin- ctples with which they have to deal
 Such education is required as our high CT institutions or learning have neglected and 1t cannot be longer neglected with out seriously hindering the progress of our country Sixty-fve percent of our ex- ports are from the farm and grown by people who have not bad special training beyond the traditions of the farm. A new country with abundance of land stored with plant food has given us an adVant- age over competitors who are required to maintain soil fertility by resorting to commercial fertilizers and intensive cul- tivation. made practicable through access to cheap labor Our available free public lands are mostly taken up. while popu- iation steadily increases and will continue to increase as long as opportunities for getting new land are more favorable for hon neseekers here than anywhere else.
 '"The education of the scientist on agri- culture should begin in the common school It should be continued through the secondary school and the college and rounded out with specialization In the university This would give us teachers and investigators. The tillers of the soil fin an cases should get something in their line in the primary schools. Many of them would incline to get more in the secondary schools and an increasing num- ber would go through college. f we had schools and colleges that would give them what they require. We have few such colleges. equipped with facilities and illustrative materials and because of this few young people study along this line. '