The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-11-11

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money centers OF the large cities
when controversies between employ.
ers and employees in great mining
sections threaten the comfort and
the peace Of the country; when lock
outs stop the wheels of mammoth in
dustries, and strikes paralyze trans
portation companies. consideration
OF the millions of honest, fearless,
unexcited farmers of the country,
standing amidst their possessions,
and sweeping the horizon with un-
clouded vision, furnishes the only
certain and enduring hope for the
perpetuity of American institutions.
DR.. Paul Barringer, president of
Virginia POLYTECHNIC Institute, re-
piled TO the address of welcome by
Governor Kitchin in a beautiful and
most sensible speech.
Ambassador Bryce's Address
from a truly great man. He touch
ed upon the negro farm labor ques-
ton in an interesting way and dwelt
upon other subjects of intense in
terest and Importance to our people,
speaking more than one hour to the
Congress.
president Cameron, who is a mem
Der Of the Royal Agricultural So
ciety Of Great Britain, introduced
Ambassador Brye, saying it was one
of the joys of his life to be able to
present him to North Carolina and
the South. He referred to him as a
wise scholar, profound statesman,
distinguished diplomat and noble
man without title. a distinguished
son OF dear Old Scotland.
Ambassador Bryce received a
great welcome from the delegates.
The following outline includes the
more important portions Of his
speech:
Mr.. Bryce expressed the pleasure
1t gave him to meet SO large and
representative gathering of men
from many parts Of the country and
especially from the South. The
pleasure was all the greater because
he could congratulate them on the
amazing progress which the South
has been making. He first visited
the South 20 years ago. 1t was then
just beginning to recover from the
effects of the war and the troub1ous
times that had followed the war.
Since then the recovery had become
20 mil
was more prosperous and more hope
full than at any previous epoch in it's
history. 1t was beginning to wake
up to the enormous possibilities of
development that lay before it. Soil,
forests, minerals, all contained
sources of material wealth which
had perhaps been not yet fully real
lied, 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 observation of
other countries and other parts of
the United States had enabled him
to form some opinion.
For the full development of agri-
culture and especially for its devel-
Opment in the Southern States two
things were especially needed. One
was an adequate supply of effective
labor. The other was the adequate
application of science to the cult
walton of the soil. AS respects labor,
every one who knew the South
knew what the difficulties were.
Now he had enjoyed opportunities
of studying in other countries prob
lens somewhat similar to those that
presented themselves here and had
been struck by the extent to which
labor was matter of quality as well
as of quantity. It was not merely
that some kinds of men are stronger
for work than others, but that some
are accustomed to put more intelli-
gence and interest into their work
than others did. Now Industrial
training did much to provoke such
Intelligence and interest. Even if
the number of laborers who receiv-
ed it was only fraction of the
whole, it came to affect the whole,
because every well trained man in
fiuenced his fellows. His intelli-
gence and his assiduity in work en-
abled him to secure constant en-
pioyment and better wages, he lifted
up others and others were led to i'm
itate. 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 soil which had compelled men
to work. The colored race had lack
ed this training and was still behind.
But they were advancing and he be-
lieved that such institutions as
Hampton and Tuskegee were doing
immense good by sending out men
who knew something of agriculture
as an industry in which skill was
useful and who had acquired the
habit of steady and assiduous work.
Every one who came from those
Institutions was a pioneer among the
more backward members of his race
helping to lead them onward. What
he had seen made him hopeful that
with encouragement and extended
facilities for Industrial training the
colored people would become more