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from this small percentage, a majority
OF the government offices are filled.
The Educated Frame the Laws.
The educated administrator is the
one that is called upon TO help frame
the laws or judge the laws already
made. Our past lawmakers were the
most brilliantly educated men OF their
dav Alexander Hamilton Thomas
jefferson and James Madison, were the
influences that framed our constitu-
ton. In the critical period OF Amerl-
can History these gifted men came TO
the front. and win THEW college
trained minds. saved our country from
ruin. Today on the other side of the
Pacific, a commission OF five Amerl-
can citizens has undertaken the most
delicate task Of the establishment OF
civil government 1t Is a significant
fact that four OF these five al the
commission are college professors
Educated Men DlspIaee Unframed Men,
The presence Of educated men in
government service means also the
displacement Of an increasing number
Of poorly trained men. 1t is the old
story of the trained against the un-
makes many appropria tons for the de-
TelOpment OF education. and for scien-
tific investi cations. At the presen
time the federal gOvernm ent is deTOt-
ing more than ten millions annually TO
the scientific departments OF the gov
eminent And such colleges rs Harvard
and Yale have both received state aid.
although they are not supposed TO be
supported In this way In fact. the
states have followed out the motto.
The first business OF a country is the
education Of its citizens" But the
states have been fully repaid
EdueatiOn's Ala To Agriculture.
The field Of agriculture is upbuided
ana perfected by careful application OF
the laws Of botany and principles Of
heredity. New varieties Of grains have
been adapted 10 the special climates OF
different states, so that these states
have several million dollars added an
nually TO their treasures by their cul-
tivatiOn. With the laws OF zoology,
universities have carried out feeding
experiments on cattle. that save one
fourth Of the cost OF the old system
The discovery Of the ability Of the
Australian beetle to destroy the ravag-
ing white scale Of the California
oranges has almost entirely saved the
fruit crops Of that state. If the boil
Weevu in the southern states could be
destroyed any expense on the part OF
the states TO effect this riddance would
undoubtedly be repaid tenfold- In an
other case. the department Of az
riculture worked with the professors Of
the university Of Missouri and agri-
cultural college Of Texas, and dis
covered and prevented the spread Of
the deadly Texas fevfr Of the south
ern cattle by the method Of inOcu-
lation.
Cattle Helped By study.
As so per cent OF the cattle were dy-
ing annually from this fever. and only
80 percent die from the innoculation. a
clear IS percent Of cattle are saved ev-
cry year. When the southern states
have I, 500 900 milk cows valued at
nearly S25 per head. about forty mil
lions of dollars were lost every year
The gains are hard TO calculate. but
enough is known to show plainly that
the financial returns from this one
result OF higher education TO the states
and the nations is many times the cost
OF the department Of agriculture and
all the southern universities combined.
Not only in agriculture but in mining
and manufacturing. higher education Is
the cause Of greater returns A few