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TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1907. THE TWICE-A-WEEK TELEGRAPH B This is a White Man's Country negro right?. He gave recognition to Ko.k-'- Wishing’.".> :n a social way. it knowing he -.vas (lying in i I! ions of Southern v.hitf ;nen ns: the same feeling c>f two- • three-fourths of the North- Tillinan’s Slogan, Rut J umps on Roosevelt lor Treat ment of Negroes He did the f.ire cnteen rr and a gal thirds ..1 ern pool thi He n'-rr- the cha ep ard voiced, first in WASHINGTON', ate listened to a del a question today In v.ni< 12.—The Sen- r -r kep: rstand char- male e. and to ad- >n has on of r"- car.not be ed by the reading by Mr. Patterson of extracts from a recent lecture by Mr. Tillman, in which the educational and understanding clause of the Constitu tion of his State were explained, to operate to bar negroes from voting. Mr. Ti im;.n slid there was nothing in what had been set forth justifying force and. murder. So far as he was concerned, he did not care whether the people of Colorado liked the process or not. As this ’aw was said to have been borrowed front Mississippi, Sena tor Money explained that it was not the educational lause. hut the failure "f negro to pay poll tax in Missis- br.rred hint from the ter siderable of -tkiile the finished More -.ha from Great third of tk< amount aclied :n : 1 labor, since they state as cut diarr t half of thos in and : m Beigiu Rr: imported nr one- come to Mi wh: Patt inued, insisting ? the Patt P'lnenl, < -rilrast N' .rih on Pre side R: ownsvi discuss!" nothing • r.lte q U e admlnlMt gi owing thl principal p. son, or Co! brought qu. stion. t Koo e matter was Mr. Tiilmn as involved In tlon, and th.i 4ion was r ij ant ubje t r-fi on- in the n ar fut ; ef oi peop: America in the uncut state. Recently artificial emeralds and sapphires have appeared in this coun try. It is said that they are the same in properties and coir.positi.-n ns the raturn! stoma and some jewellers fear that the artificial stones, wh- n they become mor- plentiful and cheaper to make, will injure the trade in n rural emeralds and sapphirss. indr i. in titn-k they will probably cost not more than half as much as the natural jew el.- and they can hardly be said to be i cigars has resulted in increasing the value of products of the weed brought into this country from $1$.703.942 !n list)? to S26.S9il.70tf in 1956. The de mand for opium f >r smoking has m arly doubled, t!.. 1 figures rising from $735.- 134 to si.296.S39. while the dema:-!*! for Perfumeries, too. have $657,302 to $1,054,426. Switzerland, France. Great Britain got most of sent abroad for cat and embroideries, tin land being the larg WHAT WILL BE TAUGHT IN AGRICULTURAL SCHOOLS l 000 Germany and over poiriP ion T’ncle Sam be- , ital cut ndi situation In (he S..utl. h<- maintainor!, had en pro to assert hi:- eq had wrought venge.n b.-.t ballon for r.illowinc ni' nt He condemn' 'I ai tlon In b"th respect! Mr P.itr.rs-o.n rb-f.jn for unde rith a v. battle the rn It mti ind col rl 1 sm i s might t lie tr< n his uthor He .on i ie regard! Mr. Tiiiii tin, tlon of North w, •f such ta debate oi lman rem; pquv with Senator position as to the r under the articles rge the Soldiers. Mr. d that none of the ed would return to Siznders Hie Ow" People, ie of them,” he continued, “that :s sergeant, Mingo Sanders, comes South Carolina. I would like to Mingo nnd shake his hand, but not going- back to South Carolina iw that he is coming.” Interjected Senator For- "W’liy not?’ alter. for Villr der Indictment.’’ he dent of the United 9 rut.ir is well as the array of counsel fo prosecution i- n>'l far as their names the record there is eonerulty and of tl instance, as attorney ecutlon we have :he rtain lid. i t lie hied a I men re un- Presl- Thi “T Itates is t executio: r the defense and yet complete. So have appeared on an "lemeni of In- e ridiculous. For -s aiding the pros- •listintrtiished Sen ator from Texas (Mr. Culberson), a Tie morrat: the distinguished Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Lo dee), a Republican: the dlsticgiii«hed Senator from Virginia (Mr. Daniel), a Demo- era f Hard on the Defense. “And fur the defense, if it shall be so considered, wiien I get through. T will be put in tile Record as aiding tin- distinguished Senator from Ohio (Mr. Forekerl. Of course, being nothing mere than a cornfield lawyer, my con tribution to the legal discuss 1 ,n"of the question will ho very limited: proba bly comparatively worthless. “My colleague and brother attorney (Mr. Fnraker) himself realizes that so far as legal assistance wilt go. he will get little or no aid from me. and thus far I do not think ho needs any. “Rut tlie ridiculousness of the situa tion Is again apparent when one con siders that the Senator from the North, ■who by reason of his radical nnd ag gressive utterances nnd pro’-ably ac tions In the |i.ist once acquired the name of "Fire Alarm,” finds himself aligned with that Senator from the Poukh (Mr. Tillman himself), who is -usually supposed to have a broiled negro for breakfast (laughter): who is known to justify- lynching tor rape, and whose attitude, if not til:" of hatred to the negro ; s a feeling akin to it. in tin- belief t : white men are ma le of better eta; and tlmt white men alone ate entitled to participate in Govern ment. And so this alliance is an odd one.” Declaring that President Roosevelt was more responsible “than any oth 'i- man.” Mr. Tillman read from order No. 29. issued by the War Department Feb ruary 9. 19C.fi, and signed by the Presi dent as follows: “The uniform of the enlisted man : s a badge of honor. It entitles him to peculiar consideration, it shows that in the great majority of cases he has learn,-.1 those habits of self-command, of self-restraint, of obedience and of fearlessness in tin; face of danger, which put him above most of his fel lows who have not poss,--s,-d similar | privileges. To strive to di> riminate against him in any way is lit- rally an Infamy—for it is in reality on? of the : serious offenses which can he mmlt- I ted against the stability and greatness of our nation.” “That is the milk in the cocoanut.” : ejaculated Mr. Tillman, who said it was this “sort of stuff” 'hat put int • the : heads of the negro soldier that he was entitled to demand social equably. Different With White Soldiers. At tills point Mr. Tillman was inter rupted for the firs: time. Senator i Nelson asked: “Would you deny tiiosc privileges to white soldiers?” “I will go ns far .is any man in giving white men. either soldiers or citizens, their rights." answered Mr. Tillman. “Why should not the colored soldier, tf he conducts himself as a white sol dier. have the same consideration?” persisted Mr. Nelson. "For the simple reason that God Al mighty made him colored. He did not make him white." retorted Mr. Tillman, who added that caste feeling was uni versal: that it pulsated in tli-■ bosom of tl.o Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Nelson). Mr. Tillman characterized the Pres ident’s action in the Br.nvr.-ville af fair "as nothing more or b? ; than lynching." He challenged any one to produce in the army regulations or ar ticles .if war any foundation for the charge of conspiracy of silence, mutiny and treason made against the sold:- :■>. although he declared there was no doubt that the soldiers were respon sible for the “outrage at Brownsville." Mr. TMltnan held !t was contrary to the fundamental principle? of libettv of English nnd American law that the innocent should suffer because of the sins of tile guilty." also he declared that a man shall be considered inno cent un-til he is proved guiltv. “In thi* case" he said. "167 men have been punished while not more than twenty have be?n charged with participation in the crime.” “It is u'eless to deny that the race question lies at the bottom of ill this. It Is equally useless to say that these t.-ooos were discharged because they were negroes. If the negroes had been treated the same way as white regu lars were treated at Athens. Ohio, th? civil au-thoritie- would have arrested those believed to he gpi'tv and the matter would have been decided in the courts. That instant the War Depart ment defended the regulars, although they had comm!-: ted murder and it was declared the troops were the wards of tfce nation, a very proper and right position to take. Race Question at Bottom.. “The whole issue involved Is one of race, and the President is primarily more responsible than any other man "Because the suspicion might pre vail as in who really did the killing, and it would make it unhealthy for him there. I wish it was not so, but I can”t 'n ip i(. If he had been discharged honorably he could have come down there and been the biggest nfan at ne gro campmectings and received respect ful treatment from the whites. 'What would probably happen to himpersist' rt Mr. Forak' r. “Oh,” ejaculated Mr. Tillman, with the evidence of impatience, "I .am- JO-, j ing t .i discuss the race question direct ly”, and as the evidence of amusement at hi.-- retort subsided, he added. “Don’t you. fret. 1 am going to get -ight down to th? milk in the cocoanut. but I don’t want ti. tire alarm’ to go off until the boll rings." (Laughter.) Senator Tillman convulsed the gal leries and amused many Senators a minute later by illustrating the dis- crlmfnatlon between the races in Wash ington. "Negroes are not allowed to drink at al! the bars in Washington, as you all know,” he said. . The last three words were given especial emphasis | and the Senator waved his hand to in- j elude the whole senate. Had It in Writing. ! Mr. Tillman said there were some . times when he wished to be dispas- j sionate and deliberate and he had pre- ; pared in writing his discussion of the , race question and would read it. The war had settled the question of slav ery and also the question of whether we \vi re to be a confederation or a - nation. We were, he said, a nation with a big "N”, but the southern half of the country had no conception of the word "nation" except as it is connect- 1 ed with tlie word “nigger”—"and more’s I tlie pity." To a question from Senator Bever- I idge that a remedy be suggested, Mr. I Tillman declined to enter into that , phase of the discussion. He said he had arisen from a sick bed to speak, and to follow the suggestion of the question would involve another two | hours’ speech. It had simply been his ; object to point out that the people of ' the South were on the cr- st of a vol- ; cano. and confronted with a situation i of which the North had no conception. As to tite Brownsville matter, he stood I | on the proposition that tite innocent I ought not to be punished because ; then; were some guilty. “And I think tite President has made some very grave blunders in dealing with this subject.” Patterson Says It is Legal. Senator Patterson followed Mr. Till man. announcing his belief that the President had the legal right to take the action he had. hut he believed the wisdom or propriety of that action might be open to question. He had no d ubt the President was moved from the highest motives and asserted that the censure by the Senator from South Carolina that the President was moved In- race pr judiee was unjust. He be ll" vori the Booker Washington luncheon , disproved such a conclusion. Mr. Pat- j terson gave as ins reason for speaking that he did not. by his silence, wish to tie held to endorse the sentiments of .he race question just expressed. The Senate in the next session, he said, would have but two Democratic Sen ators from the North, and it was his belief that a short time in the future would si-,- the present dividing line completely drawn between the North and the South. It was just such spe.-cites as had been made, he main tained. that would hasten this condi tion. Mr. Tillman, he said, was not alone in advocacy of repealing the four'eenth and fifteenth amendments. "Governor Vardanian, of Mississippi, and Gov. Smith, of Georgia, had made the same declarations, and there was rapidly being organized a sentiment •ward uniting the people of the North ; and South is: the repeal of these con stitutional provisions, and which would l result in a practical return to peonage j for the negro. Asserting that Mr. [ Patterson had never been in the "Black belt” of Alabama or Mississippi. Air. Tiilman suggested that it might be well far him to go down there "and in yyrrrathy with the views ex- =.-tl; that the her. r element were ledly against such methods, and ■i not believe the people of the ii were catting a correct idea of the rc 11 situation from the lectures de livered in Northern cities bv prominent Southerners. Mr. Tillman took this reference to apply to himself, and ass’erted that he had spokc-n to a hur.drfd thousand Northerners in his lecture and had re- i • iveri applause and approbation. The character of his audiences, he said, in dicated that he was addressing the bet tor element. He concluded his inter ruption by Issuing a challenge to Sen ator Patters. !i ; i debate til" ra >• ques- i tlon with him in Colorado at any time I or place. Mr. Patterson declined the invitation to debate and said he only wished to point out that both the peo- : pie of the South and the Democrats of the North had to bear the odium and : burden, such utterances entailed. This j drew a lint retort from Mr. Tiilman. "So far.” In said, "as my own party is ■ concerned in the North, it is a shining example of ward politicians, dirty low creatures, who use every tactic and all means to buy votes, that I don’t care if we never have any of that type to back us up. We have got no use for | them.” After the applause in the galleries had died out and the Vice President had warned the audience against ap plause. Mr. Patterson remarked: “I will not reply in any way to the last utterance of the Senator from South Carolina.” Mr. Patterson then took up the sub ject of criminal assaults and lynchings and read statistics showing that there had been seventy-three lynchings dur ing tlie year 1906. Thirty-four of these lynchings, he said, were for crim inal assaults and this number did not bear out the impression made preva lent by the constant denunciation of this crime, especially when it was re alized that there were more than ten million negroes in this country. He believed a strict reliance on law would in large part eradicate this crime. Mr. Money called Mr. Patterson’s at tention to the record of one case of criminal assault in Colorado during the year mentioned, for which a negro was burned at the stake by a mob. Mr. Patterson did not justify this, but explained that it occurred in a sparsely settled section of the State. He endorsed the words of the Presi dent In his annual message condemn ing mob violence. Mr. Money again interrupted to quote from memory a statement in one of Mr. Roosevelt’s books in which the President justified the lynching of horse thieves in the early days in Idaho. This reference to Idaho brought Senator Heyburn spurious. [ Some years ago artificial or r con structed rubies became a commercial fae-or and. it is sr.id. affected :U .!•- mand for natural diamonds have be ‘ pean chemists, but none of a size su-ffi- I.cleat to cause a demand for them. , When the importat ; n of artificial ■ atones began, the customs officials I placedv them under a 2D per cent duty as "non-enuir,erated manufactures." The. importers paid this duty under ! protest ttpd have appealed to the board j of United States general appraisers, | .assorting that the duty should be 10 i per cent, the rate for precious stones, | cut or polished. It is not so much to feave the amount ; of duty involved as the effect of a fa- | vorite decision that the importers are after. Considerable prestige would be given the artificial articles through the government classifying them as pre cious stones. In ten years the importations of cot ton laces, embroideries and edgings in creased from 310.S73.954 to $24,022,469. Thirst for champagne and ability to purchase it caused the value of the im ported v.-ine to increase from $3,628,319 to $6,127,062. Still a larger increase was made by silk Paces. lihhons, etc.—from $3,13i - 479 rr, Sfi 99(1.642. The taste for imported tobacco and France, however, sell nearly all his 94.500.COO of silks, laces and embroideries. From Germany. France ard Switzer land comes the bulk of tbc ribbons im- iew Artificial | port".-’, amounting to about $2.000.noo. ade by Euro- Feathers, natural and artificial, amounted to So.079.S06 in 1896 and to S6.9SS.612 in 1906. Nearly $4,000,000 of this was frofn ostrich feathers brought over from Great Britain, which in turn had obtained them from South Africa. Of the artificial feathers, flowers, leaves, fruits and similar decorations for millinery creations, amounting to about $3,000,000. Prince furnished two- thirds and Germany most of the re mainder. France, too. supplied about 90 per cent of the $6,000,000 worth of cham pagne imported in 1906, most of the re mainder coming from Great Britain and Belgium. Tobacco suitable for cigar wrappers was imported to the amount of $6,000,- 000. This came from the Netherlands, which country, however, is not a pro ducer but a dealer, obtaining its sup plies from its East Indian Island of Sumatra. Cuba sends into tlie United States about $13 590.000 of the $16,000,000 worth of other tobacco imported nnd Turkey supplies about $1,000,000 worth. Nearly the entire $4,000,000 worth of imported cigars comes from Cuba. Ga„ Jan. 11.—Prof. Jos. A. ; submitted to Chancellor irntan of a committee, ap- iass on the curriculum for industrial and agricultural leoi-gia, his special rep.-rt ct. Prof: Stewart’s report folic SENATOR A LENGTHY STATEMENT AUSTIN, Tex.. Jail.13.—Proposed | Legislative investigation of thq alleged ! dealings of Senator Joseph Bailey with i certain corporations, today occupied I the time of the Texas Legislature! j without bringing out a vote for or ■ .•(gainst such Investigation. It is even ’ doubtful whether a vote will be reached before Tuesday on the resolutions- for and against such an Investigation. Those opposed to Bailey, say that they are sure to get the investigation desired by them, citing as proof of this supremacy, the changes of de- I fense on the part of Bailey’s friends, I who today, offered as a substitute for Afieir original resolution, n. proposal to have a special committee to decide on merits as to whether an investigation should be held. When adjournment was had tonight, but one side of the : controversy had been presented. Rep resentative Duncan, of Smith County, - the leader of the forces opposed to Bailey, was the only speaker today. I investigate the conduct of a man whom the State of Texas has honored, with one of her senators-hips. 1 would rather be indicted as a citizen In private life than to be investigated as a Senator from Texas: and the’ fact that my ex oneration will follow an Inquiry into my conduct would no more reconcile me to an investigation than the fact that a citizen acquitted upon a trial would reconcile him to being indicted. Senator Begs the Question. “As I now recall it. Texas is the only Southern State that has ever thought it necessary to investigate the conduct of a Democratic Senator and that fact, it seems, is sufficient that an investigation should not be ordered or held. \ “Six years ago when my enemies assailed me about this Waters-Pierce Oil Company transaction. I demanded an investigation; but I first requested my friends to strike out that part of or Bailey will be presented on Monday. Senator Bailey tonight gave out tho following interview regarding the pro- his feet at once with a disclaimer, that posed legislative investigation: The contention of the friends of Senat-' j the preamble to the resolution which 1 recited that it had been charged, and to substitute for it that a member of the House of Representatives had made the charges. With that amendment I the Senator was mistaken in the State. "Perhaps, I am, as the Senator is still alive.” retorted Senator Money, much to the amusement of the Sena tors and galleries. He at once dis claimed anything but a pleasantry in his remark, and said he would say it was Wyoming if he did hot see Sena tor Warren in his seat. Mr. Warren protested that it was not Wyoming. Mr. Patterson said he would name the territory referred to, were it not that he knew two Senators would rise and protest. He explained the early frontier conditions, lack of courts and sparse population to justify the methods pursued as described by the President. Mr. Tillman persisted" that the State ought to be named. When Mr. Patterson read the sta tistics of lynching by States showing that five lynchings had occurred dur ing the year in South Carolina, Sena tor Tillman was on his feet, and ex claimed, "and as long a? negroes con tinue to ravish white women, we will continue to lynch them.” “If I had supposed I would have provoked such an utterance as that from the Senator. I would have omit ted South Carolina,” exclaimed Mr. Patterson. Mr. Money believed Mr. Patterson had allowed his imagination to get the better of him in presenting lawless con ditions in the South nnd called his at tention to the mob rule in Colorado in 1994 and-199.fi. Mr. Paterson replied that he had Mr. Patterson replied that he had ed to demonstrate that he had not and was not assailing the people of the South. On the contrary, he declared his whole purpose was to set forth that tite better element in the South held no ( such radical views as had been ex- i pressed and that those who held radi- j cal views were few in number. To support this he read extracts : from the utterances of educational ' leaders and the clergy of the South expressing the idea that the way to solve the race question was to build up and recognize the manhood of the negro. "There is not the semblance of truth ! in the statement which has been sent from Austin to the effect that my | friends are seeking either to prevent or to delay an investigation. I am more than ready to meet any charge that any responsible man may make against me, and I will answer it with out asking a moment’s delay. I do not believe that -as a Senator from Texas I ought to be required to answer a series of indefinite nebulous and anonymous charges, and all that I ask is that those who accuse me of per sonal or political misconduct shall make their accusations specific and of fer some proof in support of them. “The statement that if I have done no wrong, I ought to demand an in vestigation sounds well enough until it is analyzed: but it proceeds upon a misapprehension of what it means to the resolution was adopted and tlie in vestigation ordered and conducted and concluded. The legislative record shows that the man who offered the resolution, when called upon for his statement under oath, admitted to the commitee that he could not swear to any fact or circumstances that would tend to prove his charge. With that experience in my mind I will be ex cused for not insisting in this instance, upon some definite -charge for which some reputable man is willing to vouch. “The commonest negro in Texas cannot be tried for a petty theft except upon a specific charge preferred against him and supported by the oath or affirmation of some witnesses. Cer tainly the Democrats of Texas do not regard the reputation of their Senator as entitled to less protection than tho law affords to an ignorant and vicious negro.” . . J. & COi ar- LUXURIES ARE tu? Colonization Not a Solution. Fo:h Mr l\;tterson and Mr. Tillman agreed that the colonization of the ne gro war n : th" solution, but Mr. Tiil- tr.'.n comoiV'iOd when Mr. Patterson insisted t't.i: the re.’.son Senator Till man would not agree to have the ne groes deported was one of selfishness because of tho value of the negro as a laborer rather than as Mr. Tillman pad just explained one of extreme cru elty t" ’he negro. 'J am sorry the Senator cannot give me credit for a disinterested and hop es- statement" retorted Mr. Tillman. He added that the race question in th-’ near future would be appalling "and unle=s s cnething is done to undo the mischief of the pan the struggle among the races is inevitable, and when the two races get at each other's throats those who now stand off and theorize about it will not be present at the throat cutting.” When Mr. Patterson explained that his purpose was to correctly state the position of the Northern Democrat as opposed to the radicalism expressed. Mr. Tillman ejaculated. "Even if there should never be another Democrat elected from the North, the people of the South will --till stand for white supremacy.” This sentiment brought applause from the galleries. Mr. Pat terson maintained tha-t the disfran chisement of the negro simply meant a return to peonage. “■But." again interrupted man. "the Senator Mr. Till- ants us of the South to lift ourselves over the fence with our boot straps. We could not do that but we got over the best way we could.” In this connection he explain- From the Chicago Chronicle. More than twice as much money is now being spent out of the United now being sent out of the United States for the purchase of luxuries than was the case ten years ago. Including cigars, cigarettes and to bacco, the importations of luxurv.s during the fiscal year 1906 amounted to $125,000,000: ten years ago tho grand total was $51,000,000. -Quite an increase, even for generous, luxury- hiving Uncle Sam! Most remarkable was the upward jump of the importations of diamonds and other precius stones in 1896. aggre gating $7,944.32. and in 1906. $35,000,- 000. Cotton laces, embroideries and edgings rose steadily from $10,878,964 to $42,120,715. while the imports of silk laces and ribbons nearly doubled. Other than tobacco the bulk of the luxuries comes from Europe, which joyously recognizes the value of Amer ica's patronage. Figures showing the remarkable growth of luxury importations have re cently been issued by the bureau of statistics of the United States Depart ment of Agriculture, so that they bear the official stamp of Uncle Sam him- | self. Of the precious stones and jewelry brought into th» country during the last fiscal year, diamond- alone called for an expenditure of $35,000,000 in round numbers. In 1896 the diamond importations amounted to a little less j than $7,000,000. j Great Britain and the Netherlands j furnished most of these brilliants. : about $11,000,000 worth each. Bel- • ' giuni sent $6,500,000 and France $5,- j ] 500 000. < ' These countries, however, may be ! considered as merely dealers, as none of them produces diamonds. A large The following interesting letter from Mrs. J. B. Cobb, dated Honolulu, De cember 2S. will be read with interest. Mrs. Cobb is en route to China on Mission work, taking passage on the Pacific Mail Steamer Mongolia. The letter was written to a member of her family in this city: The approach to the city is per fectly beautiful. In fact, I think more beautiful than anything I have ever seen. We sighted land this morning as soon as we left -our staterooms, and soon every one on shipboard was in preparation for landing, for the boat waits here twenty-four hours, which gives ail a fine opportunity for seeing the city. Tlie mountains are very high, some of them bald and bare, while others are covered with trees or grass, or some foliage. Two craters of extinct volcanoes add to the scene As we ap proached nearer the city, the houses I pink and other: could be plainly seen through a glass. | Even the foliage stretching for miles along a lovely beech. One boat gave a signal as she approached the harbor, and raised to the top of masts, the "Jack.” a blue gage, delivered and making final rangemonts for leaving the ship. In the mean time, Nettie. Mr. Moseley and I prepared ourselves for an after noon'^ jaunt in the city. It is warm here, so that nearly al! the women are dressed in white, and many of the men are also in the same garb. Many of the native <women wore loose flowing dresses, similar to motherhubbard wrappers. The tropical growth is most luxur iant, similar to Mexico, and yet, I be lieve more beautiful. \Ve took the street car near the boat, and the rides are the most beautiful I have ever seen. The houses are quaint and at tractive and nestled in lawns, covered with green sward, and abounding in palms, bananas and bordered, many of them with hibiscus in full bloom. Again we could see tlie gorgeous pomisette, big trees, of them making a.lawn a blaze of glory; often a little cotta.ge was almost entirely concealed in a ba nana grove, in other instances a broad lawns swept in sloping beauty down to the very waters of the sea. Oh, it is all so gorgeous, so tropical, so at tractive. The rides led through the most beautiful residence portion of th? city. We passed the Government buildings, situated iri the midst of a beautiful lawn, and the great old wide porticed house occupied by the ex-queen. It is white and with its great columns and set far back from the street amid luxuriant foliage, it looks quite like a colonial house. The shrubs, many of j them, have the most gorgeous foliage, [ some brilliant scarlet, others delicate still a radiant yellow. j Chancellor David C. -Barrow: Dear Sir—I have the honor to sub- • mit through you to the board of trus- | tees my special report on th? general i plans and curriculum for the district ‘industrial and agricultural schools of | Georgia, authorized under act of 190b. : Early in September, Governor Joseph M. Terrell requested me. in my official capacity as Professor of Secondary Education in the University of Geor gia. to come to his office for consulta tion with him and Mr. D. J. Crosby, of the Department of Agriculture, at Washington, regarding the organiza tion of the proposed schools, under the terms of the act in order that tiio dis trict trustees and the people might have some clear idea of what the schools would teach and would mean to them if located in their midst. We were in conference about a week, during which time tlie provisions of the act were carefully studied and the general features of the curriculum out lined. Later considerable progress lia.-- been made on the details of the course. 1* prepared a general chart for use at the meetings of the several boards in order to explain graphically the work ings of the school and its scope. I have attended meetings of the boards of trustees in all the districts except the ninth, being absent from the State at the time of that meeting, and have explained the general fea tures of the schools. During the past three months we have conferred freely with the members of the boards, prom inent citizens and educators within the State and out of it, regarding the or ganization of the schools. We were . governed by the terms of the act as | passed and not by the original hi]* ■ which had been amended in the House ' and in the Senate. Section 6 was our guide in fixing the limitations of the curriculum, viz.: Sec. 6. Be it further enacted. That the course of studies in said schools shall be confined to the elementary branches of an English education, and practical treatises or lectures on agri- . culture in all its branches, and the 1 mechanic arts, and sucli other studies : as will enable students completing the I course to enter the freshman class of the State College of Agriculture on cer tificate of tho principal. An investigation at the university showed that the following were the. requirements for entrance to the freshman class of the State College: 1. English grammar, composition, classics, 3 units or years' work. 2. Mathematics: Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, 3 units nr years’ work. 3. History nnd Civics, 2 units or years’ work. 4. Any foreign language, 2 units or years’ work. 5. Three units to be selected from the following: Physics, Physical Geography. Botany, Chemistry, Draw ing. Physiology, Agriculture, or addi tional language, 3 units or years work. Total, 13 units or years' work. Ten units necessary to enter fresh man class, the student being allowed "condition” on three units. Under the act. therefore, the schools were to he of high school grade, not common schools, for the above studies are above that grade: not colleges, for those "completing the course” could enter Freshman class of college. This last phrase also suggested that short special courses were to be offered, and we have provided for this. IVo were, therefore, to arrange for technical agri cultural and industrial schools of secondary grade, which would provide technical, occupational training for the S3 per cent of tlie young farmers who would attend no higher school, and, at the same time, give a good education for citizenship: open at the top, so that the other 15 per cent, who through ambition and fitness, should desire to pursue their studies in college. The law forbids the restriction of tiie far mer's boy and girl to the three R’s. anr manual labor: it forbids the shuttini of the door of opportunity to these as the means of keeping them on the farm: but required a high school course equal to that offered In techni cal schools for other occupations and preparation for higher college training The requirements of the State college are practically those ’ adopted by the Association of land grant colleges of the United States. The amendment of the Senate, put ting the schools in the high school grade, and correlating with the higher institutions, is in keeping wth the practice and best thought of the world in regard to the agricultural and other technical and trade schools. AVe want no "hlind alleys” nor inferior trainin for the white youth of our State. Below is the tentative curriculum, in outline as presented.to the board of trustees and to citizens bidding for the schools: First Year. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. Examine label on your pa per. It tells how you stand on the books. Due from date on the label. Send in dues and also renew for the year 1907. have been partially prepared and are suh- nitted herewith, should you desire at tilts time to examine the s.une. The totHls for the four grades show the following: Class-room other Class-room and than agriculture. practice work ag riculture in all its forms Feriods or hours a w-- t. Hours a week 1st year....19 12 2-5 ' 20 \ ear.. . 18 12 20 3rd year.. .20 13 1-16 20 4th year... 19 12 2-3 19 1-3 American irlthmetic f Mexico is not so brilliant. I was wild with delight. The beauty of the natural growth, and the towering mountains is enough to fill one's soul-with love and admiration flag bearing on it the stars represent- I for the great Creator of this abounding ing number of States, a qunrantin (yellow) flag, a Japanese one. and i from the stern the stars and stripes, j in th After going very slowly for a while, a row boat approached us, bearing the pilot, who was to steer us through the channel entering the harbor—a ieng pair -of stairs had been lowered on which he came to the deck. ! wealth of lovelines; here are several fine bank buildings place, and many attractive stores. English is spoken every where, and there is no trouble in find ing your way about, or in locating peo ple or places. Tne city is rapidly be ing Americanized. I am so glad that all this beauty English grammar authors .... Mathematics. u. S. History Penmanship and spelling Geography English grammar. composi tion. FiA'-ctod literature Mathematics. Algebra (4) Farm Arithmetic (1) Horticulture and botany History, ancient Penmanshin and spelling or option. 666 Total (period or 12 hrs)... class agriculture Practice work Then a little after, a small steam j and luxuriance belongs to America. I launch approached, bearing the phys: •ian. for the quarantine flag had to b lowered befort could enter the 1 Amer am more strongly than ever an expan sionist. and am rejoiced that the nag waves over so many lands. We sail from here tomorrow at noon. port. The crew and steerage passen gers were drawn up in lines on the lower deck and had to be inspected by the physician and his assistants, then i ing to take a more southerly course these men came into the dining-room i than usual, hoping to strike smoother (Periods or 29 hrs). Third Year. Ene-lFii continued Matbr-rontics, Algebra Rural law and farm ac counts Elementary and agricultural physics History. English Optional study (foreign lan guage. commercial geogra phy or science.) Perlodg Of 49 Min. captain of this boat is go- j Practice work (hours;. where we were assembled for lunch. water. This take one day more Finally the yellow flag was low°red J to reach Yokohama, but h» thinks it and the boat entered the beautiful ! will be a less expensive trip for the harbor of Honolulu. The day has : boat. We will reach there January 8 been perfectly beautiful, and no more (harming prospect cou'd be presented to the eye. A soft purple haze rested in the mountains which raised their lofty heads above the city, resting quietly at their feet, the opalescent waters flashed and gleamed and glist- of 9. and we will there leave the steamer and travel by rail through the country. There is a fine young Japanese or. board who spent three ytars at Johns Hopkin’s University and two at Yale. He is now returning to Japan after a for th^ position the negroes in ihe j ed the operation of the suffrage quallfl- proportion of those sent from the South have taken on the question of | cations of his State, which was follow- I Netherlands and France represent a ' lulu, so they were busy getting bag- selves for the long sea trip. ened in the sparkling sunlight. The I trip through Europe and the L'nited most luxuriant tropical foliage almost | States. There is an Englishman, wife concealed from view some of the i and daughter on board, who are going houses on the beach.—The native boys [ around the world for pleasure. A nice of ten and twelve, came swimming out young couple from Topeka, _ Kansas to meet us, their little glistening bodies making beautiful curves in the green waters as they dived for the pennies thrown overboard by the passengers. Soon we were anchored, and it was interesting to watch the dozens -of fa ces below us as they looked up to recognize an expected friend. Fifty- two passengers were booked for Hono- are on their way to Asake, having been sent there by a business firm. There are many charming people on board, but we think we have the pleas antest table in the dining-room. It is raining tonight, so we are compelled to stay in. but we are planning for the morning, as the boat does not sail until nccn. After that we will settle our- Total (or 19 1-5 hours).. Fourth Year. Fneiish continued Geometry Civics and farm economics... Elementary and agricultural chemistry Optional study (foreign lan guage. modern history or science) Total (periods or 12 2-3 hrs) Class agriculture Practice work (hours) Total (or 29 hours) Periods of 40 -Min. Tentative details of the above course NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. Examine label on your pa per. It tells how you stand on the books. Due from date on the label. Send in dues and ‘also renew for the.year 1907. Totals ....76 50 1-2 79 1-8 This gives a total of 2.0(W) hours in studies other than specific agriculture, to 3,173 hours of class room and prac tice work in agriculture per pupil in his four year’s course. Contrast- this with two hours a week in agricultu ral practice for four years in Alabama district schools, or a total of 320 hours. In addition to the above hours for practice work one and a half hours each morning have been left to two classes for individual farm work or assigned work by principal as th? de mands of the season, farm and weath er may permit, thus making an addi tional 600 hours for the course. As outlined, one-half of every secular day is given to practice work in field, shop, orchard and laboratories In prac tical instruction under teachers or higher students and In work for main tenance of farm in all its parts: tho other half being allotted to the class room work in assigned studies. When ail the classes are in attendance at the school, two classes will bo in ihe school room in the morning and the other two in the afternoon: two in the practice work morning and afternoon, changing work or study at the dinner hour. The work and instruction outside will be divided by tbc principal into sec tions, from time to time, one section doing the morning and afternoon chores, such as feeding, milking, etc. Another section will be In the Prao- tlcums, which include all phases of ag riculture, shop, laboratory and field work for instructional purposes, vary ing with the location of school, season and advancement of pupil, and sex of pupil: another section will he doing the farm and household work of what ever kind the principal may direct from day to day. Thus while no pupil will have four and a half hours re quired work a day, and the majority three hours a day, the work of tho school continues from early morntng to 7 p. m., wiien a two hours study period closes the day's exercise at 9:30. We have tried to balance the work equitably between literary and techni cal departments as is done in all well organized technical or trade schools at home and abroad. We could not. under the law, require of all nor omit from the course the foreign language: but left its introduc tion and selection to each board. Your board must decide whether a foreign language be required for entrance to the agricultural college. Five hours in each of the last two years ts left foe optional study, to he filled as the trus tees and faculty may determine as best for that particular class. The text book work in agriculture has been assigned but three periods a week, believing this sufficient to meet the needs of the three hours work in the Practicums. where the students ap ply and exemplify tho text. Should the teacher require more hours, the schedule permits it. We have arranged for a four-year cour.'te for the girls in home science, including study of foods, cooking, din ing room service, laundrying, house hold emergencies, gardening, dairying, hand and machine sewing, simple dressmaking, millinery, home ornamen tation nnd household science. These are studied and practiced in the three- hour Praoticum periods. largely under direction of tlie domestic science teach er. We have also arranged for a cer tain amount of wood-work for the girls. It is impossible to go into the many details of the agricultural instruction further than to say that it rticludes a study and cultivation of the orchard, garden and field crops; the soil; the farm animals, their care and products; farm mechanics: the conduct of farm operations: the supervision and culti vation of farms, farm machinery. We have planned as best we could a self- reliant school farm, where theory and practice, art and science, thought and sentiment, mind and hand, work and play, combine to make the skilled cul tured Georgia farmer. It Is planned that about one-fourth of the boys will remain on the farm during vacation, so as to carry on the farming operations and know the farm crop from start to finish. For this work, and certain required work throughout the year, as approved by the principal, compensation may be paid, to be applied only on the stu dent’s dormitory and other expenses. In this way a student reduces his cash expenses to a minimum. We have planned for five heads of departments and such assistants under these as the school attendance will re quire. 1. The principal, who will have gen eral supervision of the entire plant, but specific directions of the Pract‘1- cums, farm work, etc., and will assist in instruction In agriculture. 2. The Engiish-History teacher, who will be in direct charge throughout the day of the academic classes. 3. The science teacher, who will in struct in the related sciences and the agricultural classes, co-operating with the principal in the practice work, so as to assure no divorcement of the text book from the practical application. The teacher of domestic science and other special work for girls. 5. The teacher of mathematics and director of the shop work and instruc tion, whether in wood or iron. Half of the teachers will be in the class rooms and half in the practice work, going from one to the other, as the local program may direct. The Governor has opened no bids until the plans and scope of the schools had been explained. The best evidence that the farmers and business men were pleased with the high grade of the curriculum and the blending of the aedemic and technical Instruction, is the fact that after learning the charcter of the schools, they increased their bids, in some instances, 100 to 300 per cent, contributing of their monev and lands a grand total of over $800,000 towards the establishment of ten of these schools, one school district offering an amount equal to $215 for every voter therein. No such public enthusiasm and generosity has been witnessed on the part of the farmers of any country, in the establishment of schools for education of their youth. Much care and attention has been given to the internal arrangement and convenience of the several buildings designed by the architect. We desire to call your special atten tion to those provisions of the act, providing for correlation and co-opera tion between the schools and the cen tral college in institute work, farm and stock demonstrations, etc., thus insur ing a unity of plan in the agricultural education of the State, so essential to the success of any organism whether school system or oak tree. Respect fully submitted.