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Now, sir, I find no fault with these gentlemen for obtaining 
these positions of honor, trust and emolument; but, sir, what I 
do complain of is that the great producing class of the country 
should allow themselves to be duped and deceived into the sup¬ 
port oftentimes of men who have not a single interest in common 
with the industrial classes, and who strive for place and power 
the more effectually to feed and fatten upon the industry of their 
fellows. In closing, let me urge upon you the importance, as 
farmers, of associated and united action for the advancement of 
industrial education and your general welfare. You can never 
reach that high and dignified position which you ought to attain 
until you do. In this day of steam and electricity which quickens 
and stimulates every enterprise w r e must watch with care the 
great and material interest of agricuture, and see that it fall not 
behind in the march of progress. 
THE VALUE OF MIND POWER. 
BY DR. J. H. TWOMELY, PRESIDENT OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY. 
Mr. President , and fellow-citizens of Wisconsin: 
I congratulate you upon this auspicious occasion. The day, 
■with its balmy air and genial sunlight, awakens emotions of pleas¬ 
ure, and the exhibitions which greet us on every side are fitted to give 
us a lively satisfaction in the productive industry and artistic skill 
of th6 people of our state. Here are the valuable products of the 
pastures, the fields, the gardens; here too, are exhibitions of 
mechanical skill that would do credit to the oldest states of the 
country ; rare specimens of domestic diligence and good taste, 
and a display of the fine arts of which every one may well be 
proud. 
This exhibition, like hundreds of a similar character annually 
occurring in this couniry, shows in the most gratifying manner 
the improved domestic and social condition of agriculturists, 
mechanics, and kindred classes. I do not style these the indus¬ 
trial classes, for there are other classes who toil with an assiduity, 
with an intenseness of application, never surpassed by those who 
