Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-06-01
'EMl-cENTENNAL At LANSING, MICH,
Golden Anniversary Of First sohOsl for
Farmers in America.
PRESIDENT ALSO PRESENTS DIPLOMAS
Honorary Desrses Are Conferred Upon q
Number Of Distinguished Men.
ADDRESS BY SECRETARY WILSON
Head of Department of Agriculture
Discusses work of the Govern
ment in Making Farming
n Success.

Success.
LANSING. Mich. May S-After stren-
uous six hours in the state capital, during
which he made three addresses and held
reception at the state capitol, President
Roosevelt left at 400 o'clock this after
! noon for Washington on the Lake Shore
! railroad. No untoward incident happened
| during the presidents visit and nothing
| occurred which in any way excited the
| suspicious of the scores of police officers
/ In the city today.
| At the Agricultural college this after
| noon President Roosevelt spoke to about
/ 25OOO people from a stand erected on A
| little knoll at the head OF the campus.
! Seated on benches Immediately before the
| stand were students Of the college, hum
dreds of alumni who have been attending
the semi-centennial celebration of the
| founding of the college, and standing on
the turf behind were thousands of people
from this and other Michigan cities.
The president concluded his second ad-
dress in the state capitol about II :15 o'clock.
and was driven with his party to the coll
| lege where President ]. T. Snyder OF the
institution. entertained them at luncheon.
Before walking out to the platform to
| begin his address the president planted a
! young maple tree on the knoll in Presi-
| dent Snyder's yard. The great crowd be-
fore the speaking stand was held in check
| by regiment of the National Guard,
! 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 president.
They included United States Senators ].
| n T,,wn
retary OF Agriculture James Wilson, Presi-
dent ]. b. Angel of the University of Mich
! igan.
The graduating class of the college
Jumped to their feet as the president en-
tered the stand and gave three rousng
! "Rshs," to which the president responded
with low and laughing shout of Touch
down. which brought more applause from
the student body,
introduction II Brief
The great assemblage rose and sang
America, after which President j. T.
Snyder of the college introduced the chief
executive with merely the words. Ladies
and gentlemen the president of the United
| States"
The president was given the closest at
tention throughout his address and
| frequently interrupted by applause. He
| interjected Informal remarks and advice at
several places, bringing a great round of
! laughter and cheers when he turned toward
dozen young women in the graduating
| class and said: II believe that you young
/ ladies will make first class farmers wives.
and heartily congratulate the farmers Of
the future on the unexampled prospects
before them"
! The president also interjected a plea for
| the paying OF proper respect for manual
! labor.
! 81 shall be very disappointed In you boys
! here" he said to the graduating class, ''if
! YOU cannot work with your hands and are
| afraid to have your working clothes look
| as though you did work"
At the conclusion OF the presidents adj
dress the graduating class hted across the
! platform and the president presented them
their diplomas. Honorary degrees were
conferred upon a number of distinguished
visitors. including Clifford Pinchot, Secre-
tary Wilson and President Angel.
At few minutes before o'clock Presi-
dent Roosevelt entered an automobile and
was driven to the station. A delegation
! from the convention OF the associated Har-
ward clubs was waiting I'm his car to extend
! the greetings of the convention, which
I opened today at Detroit.
Address OF the President.
/ President Roosevelt. in beginning his ad-
I dress. paid high compliment to agricul-
tural schools and mentioned Mnnesotas
agricultural high school in particular. He
spoke of the lack of industrial training
| hitherto existing and commended the edu-
cation that fits man for the farm.
Speaking of industrial schools, he said:
We hear great deal OF the need Of
protecting our workingmen from competi-
| tion with pauper labor. / have very little
fear Of the competition OF pauper labor
! formidable industrial competitors OF this
! country. What the American workingman
has TO fear is the competition Of the highly
greatest industrial eficiency. BY the
4 tariff and by our immigration laws We
! competition OF pauper labor here at home;
! but when contend for the markets OF
the world we can get no protection, and we
competitors are the nations In which there
is the most highly developed business abil-
/ ity. the most highly developed industrial
skill and these are the qualities which we
must ourselves develop.
salary and Wages.
After discussing the dignity OF labor. the
| president continued:
The calling of the skilled tiller OF the
soil, the calling OF the skilled mechanic,
I should alike be recognized as professions
just as emphatically as the callings Of
lawyer, OF doctor, OF banker, merchant, or
. clerk The printer, the electrical worker
the house painter. the foundry man, should
De trained just as cdfeIully as the bteuOG-
rapher the drug clerk. They should be
trained alike In head and in hand They
should get over the idea that TO earn Sl2
a week and call It salary" is better than
/ TO earn SIS a week and call Il wages"
The young man who has the courage and
the ability to refuse TO enter the crowded
+ field OF so-called professions and to take
10 constructive industry Is almost sure OF
an ample reward in earnings, in health.
In opportunity to marry early. and 10
establish home with reasonable freedom
from Worry. We need the training. the
gence which can be best given IN a good
agricultural. or building, or textile. or
school
II should be one Of our prime objects 10
put the mechanic. the wageworker WHO
works with his hands. and who ought 10
work IN a constantly larger degree with
his head, on a higher pla1c Of efficiency
and reward, 50 as TO increase his cn .ctive-
ness in the econcruic world and therefore