One reason why the great business men of to-day—the great industrial leaders—have gone ahead, while the farmer has tended to sag behind the others, is that they are far more willing, and indeed eager, to profit by expert and technical knowledge—the knowledge that can come only as a result of the highest education.
Roosevelt highlights the disparity in willingness to adopt expert knowledge between industrial leaders and farmers.
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