Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-04
Ambassador Bryce Speaks.

MT. Bryce expressed Tile pleasure II
gave him to meet SO large and repre-
sentative gathering of men from many
parts Of the country and especially
from the south. The pleasure was all
the greater because he could congrat-
ulate them on the amazing progress
which the south has been making. He
first visited it twenty-eig years ago
It was then Just beginning to recover
from the effects of the war and of The
troublesome times that had followed
the war. Since then the recovery had
become far more rapid, and now the
south was more prosperous and more
hopeful than at any previous epoch in
it's history. 1t was beginning to waken
up to the enormous possibilities of de-
velopment that lay before it, soil, for
ests, minerals, all contained sources of
y material wealth which had perhaps
been not yet fully realized, even by
Americans themselves. Upon these
however he would not dilate, because
he might assume that the members of
the congress knew them better than
he did. But of two things he would
venture to speak, because his observa-
tion of other countries and other
parts of the United States had en-
abled him to form some opinion. For
the full development of agriculture and
especially for its development in the
southern states two things were espe-
cially needed. One was an adequate
supply of effective labor. The other
was the adequate application of science
to the cultivation of, the soil. AS re-
spects labor, every one who knew the
south knew what the difficulties were.
Now he had enjoyed opportunities of
studying in other countries problems
somewhat similar to those that pre-
sented themselves here and .had been
struck by the extent to which labor
was q matter of quality as we'll as of
quantity. 1t was not merely that some
kinds of men are stronger for work
than others burt that some are accus-
toned to put more intelligence and in
terest into their work than others did.
Now Industrial training did much to
promote such intelligence and interest.
Even II the number of laborers who
received it was only fraction of the
whole, It came to effect the whole, be-
cause every we'll trained man influences
his fellows. His intelligence and his
assiduity in work enabled him to Sc
cure constant employment and better
wages, he lifted up others and others
were led to initiate. Nothing better
could be done for agriculture than to
extend the opportunities for industrial
training as respects the colored people,
he need hardly say that the habit of
settled Industry was not natural to all
races. It was in the white races the
result of many centuries spent under
natural conditions of climate and
which had compelled men to work.
Points to Iowa.
"Already in some of your states, such
as Illinois and Wisconsin, and Iowa,
the value of vast tracts has been
doubled by the application of science
to tillage and to dairying. What has
been done there and in Canada also can
doubtless be done in other parts of the
country. Here in the south you have
magnificent opportunities. Nowhere in
the world are your soil and climate
surpassed. Nature has been bountiful
and the more lavish her gifts, the more
does she call nnnn Won tn make the
best use Of them by applying to them
the, resources Of science. Agriculture
and horticulture have always been
among the most interesting operations
to which a man can devote his life;
and the interest seems to me to be in
creased by the new opportunities, SCI
ence has been giving us OF using skill
and knowledge to increase the pro-
ductive powers of the earth. One of
the best hopes that can be formed by
its friends for the south is that. the
growth Of ito agricultural wealth will
make rrifaT life under these genial
skies, more and more attractive. .sand
that q large and prosperous farming
population will counterhalanca the