New-York tribune., 1903-07-30
NAY SAVE S2OO,OOO,OOO.
nR. WILSON TO FARMERS.
Horticultural Imports He Believes
Can Be Produced at Home.

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&c 80 - - bsnea; OF the farmers OF the coun-
i o0--= o- . ttet agricultural products valued at
-. a. - S5.- g5aoo9 which have heretofore been
purchased abroad may eNe-'uStIy I1i oe si0"h at
Fo-na He SPOKE IN part as iolLo"s;
,esB selling from American farms IN
We have b9s 9s-el.nd SS50.Uh.09 worth OF products
ISCe-- e--.-.N@ Countries ms IS NIat mas kept the
od-anle ars u enabling US 70 pay OF loregn debts.
5se interest e1o !LI4Sl. .g ~ ~ b e"lt'-ai -
brlng 80 S5yg and viii continue 20 have while the
present PyHg about hall as much products
oS oelg2 aces as hFe az onT oreh n5ara f2 52n,
our uIssts 0 csn be grown n the United states. ana
t5WsTeB t5B Of Agriculture is addressing itself Six
rs ago we produced from the beet 500 tons OF
s~e- Last year We produced 2z9oo9 tons. the
a124Yestoa avs enacted by the last Congress viii
Sssaes- Saa aAS' . -
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENTS WORK
Six years ago we produced in the United States
q Der cent o. The rice we consumed we are now
are sun i'm porting but we have begun export
Iaope l4 that We have not YET produced, but are
porting what IS not SO oeslIs soie 70 our own Peope,
euch as rec rice, broken rice, etc. The ChlnaInen
n the United States import certain varieties OF
10 supply them with home grown American rice Of
Vale we export ssooOoOoo worth OF the cheapest
tobacco known we have been Importing SIo'Vo0VO
rerse The Department Of Agriculture has been
addressing itself toward the production within the
yiIi an5 an iliustration Of these high priced to-
baccos in the Connecticut valley; where we are
bsrna South Carolina and some other States, where
Sese G are Eustrations OF the production Of things
home that have been imported @ O. ne heretofore
that will be produced eventually in the United
States.
DEVELOPING NEW POSSESSIONS.
Be % Pas a % Psy @ Sed fE3 s0Ess9 SIZES hsas sao5 shss
coffee rubber. spices tropical fruits. etc. the De
5d-ecI.on Of Congress. to have them produced by
our brown men IN our newly acquired island pos
56Iev 9 Ie S hen oeets 70 buy from us things that
these Is anders to produce anything that can be
grown here for the abundant reason that when the
tine would come when they would enter into ,cr com
Re beaten IN the enterprise.
4 c0rIs Of scientific experts is at work in Porto
--s75s ard the war T1epartrnent has ca led upon
us 70 help develop agriculture in the Phil
i7Iine Islands The industries Of all these new
possessions are almost altogether agricultural and
hose people viii reach contentnent and enter the
paths of progress most certainly through the oe-
veopIneut Of their AGRICULTURAL industries II Is
vel enough 70 help all Of them toward q common
an races who work in the feds win their coats off
.aud that applies to half the people now under our
~ [o-- 0o- e e ~ e 1ors VeII,e 70 them han
anything else they acquire. and I think the
vnc vii come when educators VIII realize that
sr5as aeDeft 70 5he scholars. introduced in the the
common s-uuOiS- uIQ TINS Is being done success
Al Tusfegee, for the benefit Of the negro race and
e 05aer is a If9m2sons g l issnS 55G in Boston Har
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
II looking over the aeld OF education in the past
AID considering what the object OF education mas
.ser IL lhe MINDS Of educators. ore need not be
surprised that Sc little IS being done along techIo-
46 s 81 e ife Pel 2o tijns | The 25 so m and % TowS
g.sn 5f eaacs1-on in he tinted States as is
have taken ne lead Of other haEe al
l1ges IL each State, magnificent systems OF hlgA
s229 , saafSSn f1obo4 9nq & aontry but Il aid not
occur TO the men who endowed those institutions
lig5us denominations or Individual philanthropists
II The farmer I remained for great New-Eng-
lander Senator Morrow 10 take the lead in laying
the fo-ncatlon for toe e1ucaton o. ne american
where is there 10 be found such vel planned sys-
rens OF agricu tural education as are here in our
-Sat eSnDa ratlTely 1.-THE progress has been made
Congress could not enact teachers. From 1852 10
STATE aad Territory toward educating along these
Ino1ey tcr ezper nlentaton, research has been had
lntc local Go1oiiiJ-s Eth more O less efficiency.
ser e royal road for these institutions TO travel
oo ~, ~ o5 sE5 i, lte ana W w'lh TegaPo
The man VINO works IN the fields should know
moisture. Curi within the six years scarcely
19Etn-rg had been done In sHy Of our institutions
sphere and its effect upon crops ano animals.
Since thar time the Department Of Agriculture has
supplied fourteen Institutions OF learning with in
e----t1-s along this line.
SCIENTIFIC FORESTRY.
The American people have not given serious
thought 70 their forests until they have been sub
slaIlla-lS destroyed There is large proportion
o1 OUT acreage that be best devoted 10 the
growing q WOODS. hut very little attention has
been given 70 forestry along educational lines
H-thtn recent years school OF forestry has been
tft..--Si.es Pr 1e'e University that now fur
ISEnE scholars along that li1e for the Department
.r----- e--laie1 men q tHat kind 7 found
u DecesEz-T u 1856 begin rre education Of rDer,
y me ltp ftIlent along forestry lines and NOT
-. t-.e- -at alons the lines If all The sciences
i-.--.-.S alc many OF those related 10 il.
--teTe is no university f0r the 5r,s-a
cultural college along Agricultural limos aTS for
ff7t reason II has been necessary n have 4ba-a
.e-Ilel ~ W 6salngtor In order ttat We might 40
--e MoFh n tHe directions of which [ have bean
fpe6ilrg mat seemed 10 irrers+fy-el,, ,ersesr
o'zc uer studying forest condltiors in -Ls T--tc5
@-aIss. t1ac+i Ing how 10 harvest woods without
r-S--ovirE them. planting IN TIE fo~ee- ress--se
~ H cocs are becoming dearer and dearer and
--l corl-I1e 1e 90, 50. II takes q long time 10
grow tree, and Il Is high tine TO SET Iber7 oI,+
IMPROVED SEEDS AND PLANTS
Not many OF the grasses grai7s e-t ,
nat make Up food crops for men s-- ts1IIlgs
are indigenous 10 the United States NJ. In
necessary NOT only 70 look over fba rr.,5 ~ u
WHAT we c21 get IN addition 10 those vra -, III
ions. bur md i necessary 10 create 80 colI--
existing conditions va aLle-