Arizona republican., 1911-09-17
President Discusses Prob lens of Country Life With Large Body of Agricul- turists at Big State Fair.
HIS SPEECH SHOWS
 CAREFUL THOUGHT
Deals With Question of Sus- tenance and Gives Hint That Intensive Farming Will Solve Many Diff culties.

ERIE, Sept. 16.-Taft ended me first of forty-six days speechmaking with an address at the auditorium here tonight. Before arriving. he spent nine hours in Syracuse, where he made three addresses. The pres ident here outlined the plan whereby he hopes to wipe out objections of the senate to treaties with England and France. The president tonight suggested a compromise whereby members of the joint high cOmmis- sion may be confirmed by the senate He saw no reason why the senate should not confirm, if congress or the senate thought it dangerous to trust appointments to the president. The president indicated he is willing to wipe out the joint high commission entirely, and leave the questions to be arbitrated to a joint board of ar bitration.
 Either we are in favor of arbitra- tion or We are not" said the presi- dent. If We favor war as the only means of settling national differences. then let us recognize it as a princi- pie, and decline an arbitration, but if We really favor arbitration as a means of ending war. then why be opposed to submit to a tribunal of impartial men the decision upon the question rather than leave the result f" bloody battle. in which a fair cause may be de eated or an unjust cause may be victorious"
 At Syracuse the president said he vas not going to talk reciprocity un- til the question is settled in Canada.
 We have done our part, and now IL is just as well if we keep quiet"
 In explanation of the I3, ,OOO mile trip. he said: T expect to talk on this trip about some issues of the day and my policies if I may dignify them by the possessive case.
 At the Syracuse state fair grounds. the crowd was estimated at a hundred thousand, the greatest ever gathered there
 SYRACUSE, N. Y, Sept. l6.-Dis- cussion of the activities of the de- partment of agriculture and the op- portunities for progress open to farm CTS formed the subject of an address by President Taft at the state fair here today. The president said:
 We are spending fifteen millions n year maintaining the department of agriculture; and We might as well face the truth and realize that this expense, instead of decreasing is bound to increase. The amount of information farmers have received and acted upon. from the bureau of plant industry. the bureau of soil. and the bureau of animal industry. can hardly be overstated. The depend- ence of the welfare of the country is on the continued spreading of this information and ought to be empha- sized whenever the opportunity of- fers We have today in this country 1.SOO.OOO.O0O acres of land of which S13,OOO,OO0 are included in the acreage of farms. The last ten years the acre age has not increased more than thirtyfive million acres. In the same time the population has increased twenty per cent Now. if popula- tion increases as rapidly as it has heretofore, we shall in fifty years have upwards of two hundred million people to support on this S73.000, ,OO0 acres of land, much of which prob ably is not capable of producing great deal It is perfectly palpable that within the life of those born now we will be pressing to the limit our self-supporting soil unless some other method than mere extension of area be found for increasing our crop production. In the next hundred years, if we are to be a seIf-sustain- ing country. we must adopt new methods of farming and pursue them with intelligence and enterprise. How can the movement from farm to city be stopped? How can proper labor be secured on farms? Is there no remedy. or must we change our na- ture. become a purely manufacturing nation and look for future supplies to some other source in distant ccun- tries. which themselves are looking forward to the limit of their pro- ductiOn? I am an optimist and be- lieve all these situations will adjust themselves. One thing that will help is increased cost of farm products, which will work on the cupidity of those who have gone into the city, because 1t offers a better income and a better living. Today, with inn proved roads, telephones. rural free delivery. suburban railways and. we hope soon. the parcels post. the life of the farmer, approximates much more nearly that of his brother in the city than it ever has in the past.