NINTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART IV 151 
to waken up that sleepy old empire than anything else that could happen. 
It costs money, but good things do cost money. Somebody has said that 
it costs more to live today than ever before. But it is worth more, isn't 
it? Costs money, yet my good friends we are willing to pay for good 
things. Over here is Russia with only three cents per capita for educa- 
tion; but Russia, greatest in area, greatest in numbers, stands before 
the world today humiliated by the little island of Japan. We would not 
trade with Russia. Someone has said, "If you educate a boy you will 
have an educated man. Educate a girl and you educate a whole family." 
I believe we heard last night about these classes in judging. That is 
splendid; that makes strong men and helps push this state along. I un- 
derstand that you have a great corn country out here; I know you have, 
and corn is a wonderful crop and means so much to you. The corn crop 
in this country in 1906 was a little more than three billion bushels, while 
the rest of the world produced less than one billion. If that great corn 
crop could be loaded in wagons, forty bushels to the load, drawn by a 
team of horses, and started out it would reach six and one-half times 
around the world. That is the magnitude of the corn crop in this country 
every year. If this procession would proceed in a straight line, the first 
wagon would be one hundred and fifty thousand miles away before the 
last one started. According to the increase in population in this country, 
by 1950 we will have more than two hundred millions of people in this 
country. We do not produce more than one-half enough to feed that many 
now. It is our business to find out how we can raise more corn on one 
acre of ground next year than we do this, more wheat on one acre of 
ground. We must know how to feed these people. When people are 
hungry is when they form mobs and defy the law. J. J. Hill made a 
wonderful address at the Minnesota State Fair Grounds. He pointed out 
some of the things, and it was a remarkable speech, the facts and data 
he had gathered and put into that speech. It is startling almost how we 
are wasting our natural resources and our forests. Our fine state fairs 
can show us how to improve the breeds, people coming together showing 
the products of the soil. If this will help us to preserve the fertility of 
the soil and keep the fields from becoming barren, the state fairs will 
have a great purpose. 
On the banks of the River Rhine stands a castle, the scene of many 
gatherings. On the walls of this castle hang three pictures, each of which 
tells a story. The first is that of a soldier, in his hand a musket, and just 
below is the inscription, "I fight for all." We need the soldier to save 
this country when it has to be saved. The next picture is that of a priest 
arrayed in ministerial garb, in his hand the Bible, and just below is 
written, "I pray for all." We need somebody to help us keep the way. 
The third picture is that of a man in the field at work, in his hands a 
hoe, and on his brow the sweat of honest toil, and just below is the in- 
scription, "I feed them all." My good friends, that is a cheering message, 
but the man has to keep on toiling, sweating, and working because after 
all that is the corner stone of this matter. The man who drops a grain 
of corn into the ground and persuades it to germinate and materialize has 
both feet resting on the corner stone of his nation. 
