The Washington herald., 1907-06-01

Tngdllp. Mich. May 3l-Thc third and
last day Of President Roosevelts visit
20 the Middle West was spent IN South
ern Michigan. He entered the State
early this morning and from then until
dinner time be made a succession OF
speeches and shook hands with a great
number Of people. The private car IN
which he is travelling stood on a side
track, near Fort WAYNE Ind, last night,
and at $50 O'Clock it was attached 10
regular train on the Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern road bound for Ian
sing, where the principal event OF the
day was 10 take place
The President reached Lansing just be-
fore 10 O'Clock. and remained until 4:3)
in the afternoon His visit To the Michi-
gan capital was in fulfllment Of "a prom
ise made many months ago when ne ac-
cepted an invitation 10 attend the semi
centennial OF the Michigan Agricultural
College. Excursions from every part of
the southern peninsula brought great
numbers Of people 20 Lansing and the
crowds that were gathered On the capitol |
plaza seemed nearly as large as the hoIi- !
day outpouring at Indianapolis yester- |
day.
Legislators Hear President.
The President was escorted 10 the gov |
ernor's office where he received for an
hour the members OF the state govern |
ment The two houses Of the Legislature /
assembled In joint session In the hall Of 4
the house Of representatives. and NJ Il /
o'clock the President entered the hall 1
Gov. Warner introduced the President !
and the members Of the house and senate /
Joined with the crowded galleries IN the /
applause that lasted for nearly a minute f.
before the President began 10 speak. The |
remarks of the President were largely a 4
repetition Of what ne said in his speech 1
at indianapolis yesterday on the subject /
Of Federal control Of corporations.
At the Michigan Agricultural College !
Mr. Roosevelt and a large party of in /
vfed guests were entertained az luncheon /
M she house of President Snyder. At /
o'clock. after planting a tree on the col /
leEe grounds. he made a formal address
to the students on the campus near the /
presidents house. Besides the cheering /
students there was "a great crowd 0f peO-
pie from the city, and the whole number
within sight of the President. II not /
within sound OF his voice. was probably /
from 1000 10 1900 on the platform with /
the President were Secretary Of AEri-
culture Wilson and Clifford Pinchot chief
forester Of the government both of whom
received honorary degrees. and a number I
Of statesmen and educators.
Scarcity of Trained Jourucymen.
The President spoke In part as follows:
Indeed. too often our schools train
away from the shop and the forge. and
this fact. together with the abandon
rleut OF tho old apprentice system. has
resulted in such an absence Of facilities
for providing trained journeymen that
in many Of our trades almost all the
recruits among the w0rkmen are for
must be some systematic method pro-
vided for training young mon I'm the
trades. and that this must be co-ordi-
mated with the public school system
No industrial school can turn out a fin
ished iourueyWan, but it can furnish
the material out Of which a finished
j0uTneyman can be made, just as an en-
gineJrng school furnishes the training
which enables its graduates speedily TO
become engineers.
we hear a great deal Of the need Of
protecting our w0rkingmen from compe-
t!ti0n with pauper labor l have very
little fear of the competition Of pauper
labor The nations with pauper labor are
not the formidable Industrial competitors
of this country. What the American
WUTNngman has to fear is the COmpcti-
tion Of the highly skilled wOrkingman of
the countries Of greatest industrial eff
cheney. BY the tariff and by our immi-
grafton laws we can always protect our
selves against the competition OF pauper
labor here at home; but when we contend
for the markets Of the world we can get
no protection. and we shall then find
that our most formidable competitors are
the nations in which there is the most
highly developed business ability. the
most highly developed industrial skill. and
these are the qualities which we must
ourselves develop.
Profession vs.. Trade.
THE printer. the electrical worker. the
house painter. the foundry man. should
be trained just as carefully as the stenog-
rapher or the drug clerk. They should
be trained alike in head and in hand.
They should get over the idea that 10
earn Sl2 a week and call It salary IS
better than to earn S25 q week and call it
wages The young man who has the
courage and the ability to refuse to enter \
the crowded field of the so-called profess
SiOns and TO take 10 constructive industry II