The Cairo bulletin., 1907-06-01
SAYS TlLLERs or THE SOIL AND
MECHANICS SHOULD BE RE-
GARDED AS PRoFEsslOS.
BETTER CONDITIONS
Are Urged by President for the Farm
as Means Of Preventing Influx to
the Cities-A Word for the
Farmers Wife.

Roosevelt spent six hours in the cap
tal today and every minute was
strnuous one. He was met at the sta
tion by Governor Warner, both Mich
gan senators. several companies o
soldiers and many thousands of peo
pie. He was escorted to the capitol
from the balcony of which he briefil
addressed 10000 people. He theI
went TO Representative hall where h,
spoke for about en- minutes, Gevotins
his time largely to the ra alroad ques
tion, urging continuance of the
present policy.
After luncheon at the residence oi
President Snyder Of the Agricultural
college, Roosevelt was escorted to the
college campus where be delivered
his formal address before at least
$4,000 people. A distinguished com.
pany of public men and educators
was seated on the platform with the
president. They included Senators
Burrows and William Alden Smith,
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson,
President Angel of the University of
Michigan; Secretary Loeb, Congress
man Loud, Sam Smith, Washington
Gardner, G. ]. Diekeman, Charles A.
Townsend and Clifford Pinchett, of the
United States forestry department
The graduating class of the college
jumped to their feet as the president
entered the stand and gave three
rousing 'rahs" to which the president
responded with a low and laughing
shout of touch down" which brought
more applause from the student body.
The great assemblage rose and sang
America" after which President J.
l.. Snyder introduced the chief execu
tive.
The president was given the closest
attention throughout his address and
was frequently interrupted by ap-
plause. At the conclusion of the
presidents addrss tn graduating class
fild across the platform and the presi-
dent pres ented them with their
diplomas. Honorary degrees were
conferred upon number of dis
tinguished visitors. including Clifford
Pinchott, Secretary Wilson and presi-
dent Angel.
A few minutes before O'Clock
President Roosevelt entered an auto
mobile and was whirled to the station.
A delegation from the convention of
Associated Harvard clubs was wait
ing in his car to extend greetings OF
the convention, which opened today
at Detroit. There were few
minutes of hand shaking then with
the president bowling from the rear
moII pal9sdx5 81 soBd " "A SIN
platform the train started for Fort
Wayne.
The forenoon's exercises included
addresses by Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson and President James of the
University of Illinois and others.
Roosevelt in part said:
We have been found as nation OF
speaking of the dignity of labor,
meaning thereby manual labor. Per
sonally don't think that we begin to
understand what a high place manual
labor should tax: and it never can
take this high place unless 1t offers
scope for the best type of man. We
have tended to regard education as
matter of the head only, and the re-
suit is that a great many OF our peo
plc. themselves the sons Of men who
worked with their hands, seem to
think that they rise in the world If
they get into a position where they
do no hard manual work whatever.
where their hands will grow soft, and
their working clothes will be kept
clean. Such a conception Is bith false
and mischievious.
Must Use Hands and Head.
There are, of course, kinds of labor
where the work must be purely men,
tai and there are other kinds of labor
where. under existing conditions.
very little demand indeed is made
rpon the mind. though ! am glad to
say that | think the proportion OF
men engaged in this kind Of work is
But In any healthy COM
munity with the great solid qualities
which alone make a really great ma
tion, the bulk of the people should do
work which makes demands upon
both the body and the mind. Progress
can not permanently consist in the
abandonment of physical labor, but
in the deveIopment of physical labor
so that IL shall represent more and
more the work of the trained mind in
the trained body. To provide such
training. TO encourage in every way
the production of the men whom it
alone can produce, is TO show that as
a nation we have a true conception
of the dignity and importance of
labor.
The calling of the skilled tiller OF
the soil. the calling Of the skilled me-
chanic should alike be recognized as