Evening journal., 1923-01-30
.LAUDS STATEN
!. VOCATION TALK
Mayor and Prominent BuSi-
ness Men ATTEND dupont
Luncheon
DEL. APPLE CROP
INCREASES 231 P. G.

\ highly Informative address on
voca r.onal training. with special ap-
plicatlon to Delaware. was deliver
I'D this afternoon by r. T. Franks
Washington. member OF the FEEDER
al Board for Vocational Education,
nt a luncheon held under
auspices of the Real Estate and
building Trades Section OF tbs
-Chamher OF Commerce.
Guy r. Ford. chairman OF the
keotion. presided. Mayor Harvey
WIS among the guests which In
hluded not only mem bers OF the
chamber Of Commerce. but OF the
Rotary, Kiwanis and Exchange
Clubs and other civic organiz-
ations The meeting was held In
shs duBsrry room OF the Hotel du-
Pont.
Il had been hoped that United
States Senator Richard p. Ernst OF
Kentucky. would be able 10 accom-
psny. Mr.. Franks. but he was de-
tained in Washington. Mr.. Franks
proved a "rapid-fire" speaker OF
first order, and held his audience
closely by the clarity OF his express
sion and marshaling OF n prodig-
ious array OF valuable figures. He
prefaced his address with some data
concerning Delaware. saying
Did you know that Delsware's
yield in corn in 1909 was twenty
i've bushels per acre. while N 1919
81 was 2l bushels per acre? Her
yield IN wheat in 1909 was "a
'buerrls per acre. in 1919. il was -
bushels per acre. Your yield in hay
in 1909 was 2.4S0 pounds. while in
do1e- It was ASIA pounds.
Your yield in Irish potatoes in
1909 was ninety bushels per acre,
H. 1919. it was SO bushels per acre.
Your yield in sweet potatoes in 1909
was ia bushels per acre. in 1919 IL
was $50 bushels per acre. While
am not sure about this. think
that il Is the greatest yield OF any
state In the Union.
Your yield in apples in 1909 was
1s3.Os4 bushels. Your yield in
1919 was 6O6.2ss bushels. or an in
crease OF PSI per cent Your fer
tilizer bill during that time increas-
I'd from ss64,577 TO S1222.32s, or
Al per cent.
Il mention these things 20 rs- /
fresh your mind OF the possibilities .
of Delaware along certalns lines"
continued Mr.. Frank. who then |
plunged into his main address. as
folioSs:
There has been for centuries an !
open door with the sign reading ,
-'come in both in colleges and uni I
Tersities. To every professional /
man and woman. the doctor, lawyer. I
.nhe preacher. the teacher and the
engineer. 10 all who wanted a finish
I'd education IN any and all profess
sions but this Government waited
for more than one hundred and forty
years Except IN a very few local
comr'm mites where far-seeing peo-
ple realized the importance Of vo-
catiolal tralning) TO assist in estab
fishing agricultural schools OF less
than college grade TO teach the man
or the woman. the boy or bhe girl
how . labor with their hands.
Tits Is the greatest Government
.on earth. We can buy any other
three and have a surplus left. This
estimate Of national wealth OF course
was made prior 70 the World War.
:No man will undertake i.9w to
estimate the wealth OF any for
,eiEn nation that took part in
rhat great struggle. Our success in
manufacturing and COM
merc@ has been phenomenal. but
there are reasons for this In the
paR, which do not exist today.
In agriculture our virgin soil, the
most fertile in the world with a nat
ural intelligent and inexhaustible
man power. with a home market
that consumes from eighty to ninety
per cent. OF the total production.
those advantage no longer exist. Our
soil - not virgin any longer; nor is
II as fertile as In days gone by. as Is
evidenced by the increase in the fer
tiliz-r bill from t114,OOO.000 in 1909 ,
TO sa2s, 10000 in 1919. and yet the
average yield per acre country over ..
was not as great in 1919 as It was
In 1909. {
our man power on the farm that
we thought was Incxhaustible has /
dimtRfshed from 7o.5 per cent in 2
1sSe to 4s.s per cent in 1920. Our
population Is increasing at the rate p
Of 10000 annually while those u
engaged in agriculture are leaving u
.he farms at the rate OF 10000 a r
year in excess OF the increase in h