The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-06
Address Is Made At the
 Minnesota State Fair
COMMON SENSE DEALINGS
Taft Tells Laboring People That the Government Had No Intention of Prosecuting Leaders Under
 the Antitrust Law

Minneapolis, Minn, September b. After speaking at the conservation con- gress in St. Paul this morning and at the Minnesota State Fair grounds. outside this city, this afternoon, President Taft left for Beverly tonight by way of Chi cago.
 In his conservation address the Presi- dent won a quick response from his thou sands of hearers by an appeal to practic al common sense in dealing with con servation problems.
 In the opinion of many who heard him, he also made answer to the recent | agitation for a new nationalism' or a federal centralization of power by de- claring that the only safe course to pur- sue was to hold fast to the limitations of the constitution and to regard as sa- cred the power of the states.
 MT. Taft, amid applause, made frequent references to the service of Theodore Roosevelt in the cause of conservation, but he declared that the time for rhap- sodies and glittering generalities had | that it should invite speakers to come down to details to specific evils and spe- cifc remedies
 These sentiments by the President seemed to receive the approval of nearly all his hearers. They came near the end of long. detailed and exhaustive discussion of conservation and he ended his speech with the audience on it's feet. MT. Taft did not attempt to solve the Df .,tA- between the states and federal govern ment, but after stating the arguments advanced on both sides of the subject he said he would submit the whole mat ter to the Congress at Washington for determination.
 | Notable Utternnce
 At the fair grounds the President de- livered a Labor Day address, the most notable utterance of which was a state ment that he knew of no intention on the | part of the government to prosecute la bor leaders under the antitrust law. At the same time the President said he did not believe labor organizations should be exempted from such prosecution by specific statutes. He declared that such provision of law would smack of class legislation.
 He did not believe labor unions desired or needed class legislation and said he
 
 legislation.
 The President received a demonstrative but not an uproarious welcome in St. Paul. The streets were lined from the depot to the reviewing stand when MT. Taft witnessed the passing of the Labor Day parade. At the conservation con gress the President was welcomed with prolonged cheering. After luncheon he rode by automobile to the state fair grounds at Hamline and received a tu- multuous greeting from a throng which filled the grandstand and overflowed into the race track and infeld. The Presi- dents voice was husky from the delivery of his long speech at the conservation congress, but he did his best to make the vast crowd hear what he had to say as to labor problems.
 On the way into Minneapolis from the fair grounds the President was greeted noisly along the way. He was dined at hotel here this evening informally and then driven to his train
 President Taft's Address
 President Taft spoke as follows:
 "The magnitude of this state fair and the immense throng of people in attend arce are convincing evidence of the greatness of Minnesota as an agricul- | tural state
 This Is Labor Day-a day given over | to emphasizing the importance of man. ual labor in our civilization and to prop erly exalt its dignity. The two classes in the community that are most import ant are its farmers and its workingmen; and this occasion and this date sug- | gest the thoughts of both.
 | There is sitting now in the city of St. | Paul a convention for the promotion of | the conservation of our national re- sources. To no one does that subject l come home with more vital significance | "a ia l by conservation, and if anybody is to make conservation profitable to others, | 1t is the farmer He is the one, by the manipulation of the soil it's proper treat ment, its drainage or irrigation, its fer | tilization, to make 1t yield the largest crops under conditions that will preserve 1t best for future years of usefulness. | Proper farming, according to modern deas involves a knowledge and under standing of the chemical qualities of the soil and scientific methods of it's treat ment, so that instead of being a mere manual vocation 1t was years ago, it has now become a scientific and practi- cal profession.
 Secrets of Nature ''This has been recognized by the gem eral movement in the establishment of a department of agriculture. wherein its bureaus of research, the secrets of na- ture have been revealed in the possible development of modern farms; and prop CT publicity has been given so that those who till the soil may take advantage of the new discoveries. Experiment sta tions have been established the country over. Free lectures have been given at the expense of the government for the | benefit of farming communities; con- | tributions have been made to great col leges and everything that wise states manship could suggest has been afforded | by the general government within its Jurisdiction for the protection of greater and better crops.
 | "All this legislation has been in the | interest of the farmers and might be characterized as class legislation. but so great is the general public interest in the promotion of. agriculture that it cannot be termed unduly privileged or objec- | tional
 | So, on the other hand, take the work | ingman The government has created a bureau of labor in which statistics are gathered and investigations are made into the conditions prevailing in respect Nto | all classes of labor, incluuing child labor, | with a view of making clear the remedies needed, whether by state national leg | islation The head of the bureau of labor l and the chairman of the interstate com merce commission, under what is known | as the Erdman act, intervene officially I--k-