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break stones ou the roads. The school teacher gets $35.00 per 

 month l)y law. "The laborer is worthy of his hire." We are all 

 taking "A Broader View." What view will the Department take? 



PROF. SURFACE: As a rule I stay within my own field, that of 

 pathology, but when we hear a paper of this kind read I desire to 

 say a few words. I wish to state that the value of the farmer is 

 recognized to-day as it has never been before. I want a few words 

 to prove that. Last summer when Wall Street circles were agi- 

 tated and finances were weakened they sent out a committee to 

 investigate the crops of the farmer, they did not go to the cop- 

 per mines and the coal mines to investigate the conditions there, 

 but they went among the farmers in order to ascertain the condi- 

 tion of the crops, and it was on that report that the finances of Wall 

 Street were strengthened, because that committee reported that 

 the farmers had prospects of a good farm crop and a good 

 fruit crop and stocks went up five and ten per cent. As was said 

 in \hQ National Stockman, three or four weeks ago, the farmers' in- 

 stitute of ten years ago, that had been successful would not 

 be a successful institute to-day because the farmer has become 

 educated above that of ten years ago; the man who was a teacher 

 at the institute then would not be tolerated to-day. Just as was 

 said by the Governor yesterday, it is the man who can make two 

 stalks grow where one used to grow that is the successful farmer 

 of to-dav. It means that the farmers are the great source of 

 products on which we are depending. I believe that the toil of the 

 farmer and the brain forces that are exercised in conducting his 

 work are the greatest resources we have. If we had a balance cast 

 up between England and America, A^merica would owe England 

 eighteen hundred and some million dollars, if it was based outside 

 of agricultural productions; but when agriculture is left in, it makes 

 England owe America fourteen thousand and some million dollars. 

 I am in hearty sympathy with the suggestions as to appropriations 

 that should be asked for, as indicated in this paper. I believe the 

 prospects of the country lies, not in the man that owns stocks and 

 bonds and stocks in the copper mines and coal mines, but it lies in 

 the man that tills the soil. 



MR. HERR: A thought occurred to me during the reading of the 

 paper by my friend White concerning the work we did yesterday. 

 I am convinced that it would be wise to leave the time of fixing that 

 institute with the Deputy Secretary, ^Ve fixed it for the month of 

 October and sort of limited it to that month and with a view of leav- 

 ing to him. I would like to reconsider that action of yesterday, 

 therefore. I move to reconsider in order to fix the time for the meet- 

 ing. 



