Show The Place Which Agriculture Holds Today in This Country Country- Country By ny PRESIDENT COOLIDGE in Chicago Address hii Ti 0 o ONE can travel across t the vast area arca that lies between the Al- Al Alleghenies Alleghenies ll Al-ll NOONE J and the without being thoroughly impressed impress d with the thc enormous expansion of American agriculture dI It I It is the development which has taken place within this area arel mostly within the last 75 years which has given agriculture a new stand stand- standing standing standing ing in the world By ny bringing the tillage of the soil foil under a new Dew tech tech- technique technique it has given gh-en to the people on the farm a new relationship to com com- commerce commerce merce mcree industry and society Agriculture in merica l America has been raised to the rank ofa of a profession It docs does not not draw any artificial support from irom industry or from the gov gov- government government government It rests squarely on a n foundation of ot its own It is independent The rite place which agriculture holds today in this country superior to that which it ever eer held before in time of peace in this or any other land landis is by reason of oi its very eminence one of the increasing exactions and difficulties difficulties difficulties It docs does not Dot require much talent or any my great foresight to live life on an inferior scale limited and impoverished nor docs does it evoke much eulogy but to maintain free freedom om and independence to rise in the economic scale cale to the ownership and profitable le management of a great property amid all the perils of our competitive life requires a high degree degre of industry anti ability Those who achieve that position in a community will always be entitled to the highest t commendation America is not without a n true no- no nobility nobility no nobility but it is not supported by privilege It rests on worth It is our farm life that is particularly representative e of this standard of American citizenship It is made up of man many different types and races it includes many different modes of thought and living The importance of their continued success and progress cannot be overestimated It affects not only the material prosperity but reaches beyond that into the moral and spiritual life of America |