The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-06-07
PRESIDENT IS GIVEN
OVATION At lansing
MAKES THREE ADDRESSES FRI.
DAY AFTERNOON IN THE
MICHIGAN CAPITAL.
Occasion Is SemicentenniaI of Found.
ing of State Agricultural College
Speaks of Importance of coun-
try's Rural Interests.

Lansing, Mich, June president
Roosevelt, whose address Friday af-
ternoon on the campus of the Michi-
gan Agricultural college was the eli
max of the semicentennial celebration
OF the founding of that famous insti-
tuition, arrived in Lansing at ten
O'Clock in the morning over the Lake
Shore railroad in his special car. He
made a number of short addresses
during the morning from his car plat
form at small towns.
Special excursi on trains had been
bringing in thousands of people since
daylight and when the presidents
train arrived the number of strangers
in the city was estimated at $4,000.
Has Escort Of Guardsmen.
Twelve companies of the Michigan
national guard had been brought into
the city to escort and guard the presi-
dent, together with a troop of cavalry
from South Haven, Mich, and two
divisions of the Michigan naval re-
serve.
The president was given an ova-
ton as he concluded his balcony
speech and went into representative
hall to address the members of the
legislature. He spoke there about ten
minutes. He said that the railroad
problem in this country must be dealt
with unfinchingly, but with sanity
and with reason. There must be, he
or Nv oil he
that already have been laid down.
He also mentioned some of his own
expeI fences as a member of the New
York legislature.
Guest of College President.
After the second address the presi-
dent and his party entered automo-
biles and were driven to the residence
of President j. L. Snyder, of the agri-
cultural college, where luncheon was
served.
At two p. m. the president made his
formal address from a platform erect
ed at the head of the campus.
Children the Best Crop.
That there is no relaxation in Pres
garding the Importance of the coun-
try's rural interests was evidenced by
his speech.
''The crop of children is the best
crop of the nation" said the presi-
dent. He also paid tribute to the
work of the farmers wife, who, he
declared, should neither be an idler
nor drudge.
The cityward trend of the rural
youth was deplored by the president,
and he urged more efficient course
of agricultural education as a means
of offsetting this exodus and uphold
ing the integrity of the rural COM
munity.
Hereafter according to the presi-
dent, one of the most important tasks
before the department of agriculture
will be to improve the social life of
the farmer and of his family.
THE people of our farming regions
must be able to combine among them
selves" he said also, las means of
protecting their industry from highly
organized interests which now sur
round them"
"Points" of the Speech.
The telling points of the speech fol-
low:
Workers should get over the idea
that to earn $12 a week and call it
salary is better than to earn $25 a
week and call it wages"
Many country communities have
lost their social conference. In such
communities, for instance, the country
church has gone back as a social and
a religious factor"
Ambitious native-born men and
women who now tend away from the
farm must be brought back to it."
Il emphatically believe that for the
great majority of women the only
really indispensable industry in which
they can engage is the industry of the
home"
81 have not the slightest sympathy
with those hysterical and foolish crea-
lures who wish women to attain easy
lives by Sinking their duties"