The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-10-19
THE STATE FAIR
in FULL SWING
Under Skies Of Glowing Azure and in the Presence
of Joyous Throng DR.. Winston Formally
Opens the Mammoth Pageant.

education, 2. Inefficient negro labor,
3. oppressive protective tariffs. Our
| educational system is doing its best to
toll away the brightest boys from the
farm and our protective tariff is doing
| its best to starve out those that re-
| main" Agriculture should be fost-
cred both by education and by legis-
! lation; for it is the basis not only of
all material prosperity but of civiliza-
| tion itself. The farmer feeds and
clothes the world, and supplies each
generation with a fresh stock of man
| hood. No people can become great
| or remain 50, whose chief industry
| is not agriculture. Life on the farm
creates health, strength, character, and
! intellect sufficient to equip lad for
| any or all trades, occupations and
professions. For this reason sturdy
farm boys are found as leaders i'll
every walk of life while boys and
/ girls raised in cities have not as rule
| the moral and physical power and
| self-reliance and independence to go
| to the farm and perform it's strong,
! healthy, vigorous work. This point
| was illustrated by the story of the
giant Antaeus, who became stronger
every time he touched the earth, and
! lost strength by loss of contact with
mother earth. 1t has been so with
man throughout all the ages, and will
be so doubtless forever. The fur
ther his daily life and work draws him
away from mother nature, the weak
er, more artificial, more helpless he
grows until finally even his stock dies
out, and fresh life must be imported
again from the country" President
Winston drew a striking picture of
the country boy living close to the
bosom of nature made strong by air.
sunshine, exercise, and self-reliance.
and the city dude corrupted and weak
ened by late hours, cigarettes, diss-
patton and oca-cola. THE negro
race is rushing pell-mell from country
to city, where 1t is dying off even
more rapidly than the whites. Agri-
culture affords the great opportunity
and the proper training for that race,
but it also demands character. self
reliance. energy, and self-control be-
yond the present willingness or capac-
ity of the race. Unless a change is
made, and that right speedily the
race will lose its opportunity forever,
and Will pass away under the relent-
less working Of the law OF the sur
ViVal of the fittest." The natural life
of slavery kept the negro strong. He
is now in danger of destruction by
running away from nature and de-
generating through the vices of ciyili
z2tion.
President Winston described the
teaching of agriculture i'm the schools
and it's possible effect in another gem
Grafton upon the crops Of the state
THE yield of wheat per acre was
doubled in century in England. In
the next century the average yield of
wheat, corn, and oats in North Caro-
lima can be doubled three times. Bet
ter tillage, rotation of crops, seed Sc
lection, irrigation, increase of stock,
thorough drainage, and proper fertili-
ZatiOn will do the work. The persist
ent growing, in rotation with other of
crops, of clover and peas, with even
moderate attention TO grasses and
stock raising, VIII double the fertility
of the soil in a single generation"
"All these things can be taught in
schools; and, more than that, an in
spiration and a hope can be given by
education to lads looking to and pre-
ferring farm life. If any man doubts
this, let him see the hundred and fifty
agricultural students in the State A9ri-
cultural College and try to tell them
away from agricultural careers. Let
agriculture be taught in every public
school; let rural Industrial high
schools be established and maintained
in every senatorial district; and let
the State agricultural college be equip
ped for a thousand students, finishing
the education of those who come up
from the lower schools and supply
ing efficient teachers for these
schools
At Chief Marslial's Headquarters.
After DR.. Winstons speech the mar
&hals assembled at the headquarters of
Chief Marshal Joseph F. Tayloe, in
Floral Hail. where Mr. Norman II.
Johnson, of Raleigh, in a very appro-
pirate address, presented Mr.. Tayloe to
the marshals. Mr.. Tayloe responded
and expressed his great pleasure in
being able to meet so many of them,
and said that he was especially pleased
that there should be such a large at
tendance at this Fair.