The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-16
President Fools
 Farmers With Talk On Agriculture
New Workers Expected to Hear Burning Political Questions, Which Are Re served for the Middle West.
(spcial from United Press, :,

Syracuse, N. Y., Sept. 16.-A learn ed and didactic essay on agriculture past, present and future, by the President of the United States, dis appointed the thousands of centra. New Workers who turned out here at the State Fair, today, hoping to hear some burning political discus sions by the Chief Executive.
 The hope that the President would talk about the veto of the Democratic tariff bills. the Wiley case, the Alas kan situation or some other of the numerous political problems of his administration was drowned in an hours talk@of extensive farming, soil analysis, and kindred subjects.
 Not one of the big subjects was gent farming was the theme of the Presidents speech and, while it in terested the holiday crowd of farm Eers, it did not arouse enthusiasm.
 The President said, in part:
 ''We are spending $15,000,000 8 year in the maintenance of De partment of Agriculture. We might as we'll face the truth and realize that this expense, instead of decreasing, is bound to increase. While l do not mean to say that the present Depart ment of Agriculture in 'the work which it is doing, might not be made to do the same work for less money greater care in it's expenditures, I am confident that an increase in the ap- propriations each year, for the de- pertinent may be and ought to be run in the interest of the people, would be a benefit, to aid in making and include that of scientific invfsti- gation. The department has abme functions that are governmental and executive.
 .sNo one familiar with its work can be ignorant of the enormous benefit which it has conferred on the agri- culture of this country and so upon ernment by the work of the agricul- tural department.
 To-day. with improved roads, with suburban railways, with the tele- phone, with rural free delivery and I hope soon with parcels post, the much more nearly that of his city brother than it ever has in the past In addition to all these elements that are working to the restoration to the farms of increased efficiency in their management is the education which is being given in the country and on and near the farm, in scientific agri- culture.
 With reference to the improve meat of agricultural education and to the active and effective cooperation by the state authorities and by the Federal authorities in this matter nothing is left to be desired.''
 Bright skies and a holiday crowd greeted President Taft at the opening engagement of his six wee-ls swing around the circle. A speedy program confronted the President when he started from his train for a formal breakfast at the Onondaga.
 A visit to the state fair and two luncheons were on the schedule that he twas to fill before leaving for Erie, Pa, this afternoon.
 The speed with which the Presi- dent travelled the first leg of his trip, from Boston here, prevented a fare we'll interview with Baron Rosen, the Russian Ambassador, who had been hurriedly recalled to Russia Baron Rosen endeavored to intercept the Presidents train at Albany last night, but the train was hurried through and he missed it.
 The guests at the ball, given by the Syracuse Chamber of Commerce, made the gathering look like the council room of a, New York State Republican Convention.