Of course. I do not really think that we are overeducated in the broad sense or even up to the standard yet. For years we have been going on the principle of teaching a few things to train the mind. in the primary schools. in the higher grades. and to a large extent In the colleges and the universities. and for the ordinary day labor we have relied upon immigration. Ever since I was a boy there has been a great work in looking after the railroads. digging the ditches. constructing sewers. and a large share of the manual labor. what we call the cheaper labor. has been performed by people who have recently come over from the other side To a very large extent It Is true that the children of those men do not follow the same occupations.. But we can not rely upon immigration. for ordinary labor forever. What I say has reference particularly to labor In the North. We can not rely upon immigrant labor forever. and in order to get the American citizen. born and reared in this country. to do this class of labor. you have got to fix it so that he can do more work and get more pay. And It Is along lines like these that we have got to look in the future. to perform the necessary work in our Nation. This is a step in that direction. designed to encourage. young men. especially. to do the labor of occupational work or lndus trial work. and aid them. while they. are learning with. their arms. to work. to know how to do the work better and more economically aud more profitably for the country and for them. selves. through. teaching them in the mind how to better handle their hands. .
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