The San Francisco call., 1907-06-01

ANSlNSs Mich, May 31.-After a
strenuous six hours in this city, during
which he made three addresses and
held reception at the state capitol,
President Roosevelt left at 4:2o o'clock
this afternoon for Washington on the
Lake Shore road
No untoward incident happened dur
ing the presidents visit and nothin z
occurred which in any way excited the
suspicious OF the scores Of police off,
GERS in the city today.
At the agricultural college this aft
ernoon President Roosevelt spoke to
about $4,000 people from a stand
erected on a little knoll at the head of
the campus. Seated on benches i'm
mediately before the stand were stu
s dents OF the college and hundreds Of
alumni, who have been attending the
semicentennial celebration of the
founding OF the college. Standing on
The turf behind were thousands Of peo-
pie from this and other Michigan cities.
The president concluded his second
address IN the state capitol about II :15
O'clock and was driven with his party
70 the college, where President j. l.
Snyder OF the institution entertained
them at luncheon. Before walking out
70 the platform to begin his address,
the president planted maple tree in
President Snyder's yard. The great
crowd before the speaking stand was
held in check by a national guard regi-
ment which did police duty throughout
the day. both in the city and at the
college grounds.
A distinguished company of public
men and educators was seated on the
platform with the presIoent. They in
cluded United States Senators j. g
Burrows and William Alden Smith
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, Pres
sloent J. q. Angel of the University or
Michigan, and Benjamin Ide Wheeler OF
the University Of California
The members Of the graduating class
IF the college jumped to their feet as
q The president entered the stand and
gave three rousing "Rahs." TO which
The president responded with laugh
ing shout Of Touch down!" which
brought more applause from the stu
sent body.
The great assemblage rose and sang
America" after which President ]. L.
Snyder of the college introduced the
thief executive with merely the words.
Ladies and gentlemen, the president OF
The United States"
The president was given the closest
attention throughout his address and
vas frequently interrupted by applause
He frequently injected informal re-
marks, bringing out great round of
laughter and cheers when he turned
toward a dozen young women in the
graduating class and said:
I believe that you young ladies will
make frst class farmers wives, and I
teartily congratulate the farmers of the
future on the uneXampled prospects be-
lore them
The president also interjected q plea
lor the paying of proper respect 20
manual labor. 7 shall be very dis
appointed in you boys here" he said to
lhe graduating class. If you cannot
Eork with your hands and are afraid
io have your working clothes look as
llough you do work
At the conclusion OF the presidents
.ddress the graduating class filed across
fac platform and the president pre-
tented the diplomas
Honorary degrees were conferred
Epon a number Of disting uished visit
ITS. including Clifford Pinchot, Secre-
AIRY Wilson and President Angel
AT a few minutes before o'clock the
president entered an automobile and
vas driven TO the station. A delega-
ion from the convention Of the Asso-
hated hardware clubs was waiting in
lis car 20 extend the greetings of the
convention, which opened today at De-
iEoit-
BENJAMIN Ide Wheeler in extending
he greetings Of California TO Michigan,
laid. The orange makes obeisance TO
he yellow tasseled corn"
Continuing. he referred to the sin
,erity of the Michigan college in the
teld Of agricultural education and said
ihe college Of agriculture at Berke-
ley understood what il was to labor
spon the frontier and thanked the
Michigan agricultural college for blSz-
ng the way.
PRESIDENTS ADDRESS
In his address the president said in
BART:
There is but one person whose welfare is ss
titsl Of the whole country is that of the
<age worker who does manual labor and that Is
be tiller Of the soil-the farmer II there IS one
ess0n taught by history IL is that the perma-
lent greatness Of any state must ultimately de-
bend more upon the character of its country
q population than upon anything else. No growth
II Cities. growth Of wealth can make I'd for
loss IN either the number OF the character of
hore than In almost any other country we should
eslize this and should prize our country popuia-
When this nation began its independent exist
nee IL was as a nation Of farmers The towns
fere small and were for the most part mere
eacosst trading and fishing ports. The chief
hdustTy OF the country agriculture and the
Fdinary citizen was II some way connected with
T. In every great crisis OF the past peculiar
dependence has had TO be placed upon the farm
az population, and this dependence has hitherto
uturs Il agriculture is permitted to sink in the
rale as compared with other employments. Ne
lmerlcan, the farmer who owns his own farm.
IMPROVING FARM LIFE
Ambitious and native born young men and
fomen who now tend away from the farm must
h brought back TO it. and therefore they must
ave social well economic opportunities
Everything should be done TO encourage the
r0wth IN the open farming country Of such in-
tftuticnal and social movements Will meet
be demand Of the best type OF farmers. There
hould be Libraries. assembly halls, social organ
kations Of all kinds. The school building and
be teacher N the school building should
throughout the country districts, be Of the very
highest type. able TO TT the boys and girls uot
kerely 70 live in but thoroughly to enjoy and 10
take the most OF the country. The country
hurch must be revived. AL kinds of agencies
rom rural free delivery 10 the bicycle and the
. eIephone, should be utilized 70 the utmost:
bod roads should be favored: everything should
e done TO make II easier for the farmer to lead
be most active and elective intellectual, polih-
b. and economic life.
There are regions OF large extent where all
his or most Of this, has already been realized:
nd while this is perhaps especially true Of great
iactE Of farming country west OF the Mississippi,
18th some of which have fairly intimate per-
anal knowledge, II is no less true OF other great
facts Of country east Of the Mississippi
Ny plea is that We shall all Try to make more
early universal the conditions that now obtain
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