The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-07

envy. TIE college aud the university, en1
they. IN turn. recruit every prcrcesion bvt
and cisies becsuse We have edusased them
to do 50. Nthriy every European Scunxry
is putting forth strenuous EFFORT 10 stop
this tendency by teaching the elements o.
st-c1tific agriculture In the common
schools IT can be done a. easily - the
teaching OF the clcmtnts Of scief-hic
Arithmetic. or clxnIsyry, or phiics0phy. 4
great host II farmers who were drJiiveu
OF siiuh tssachinE now hnd themselves
barred from an UNDERSTANDING Of much o.
AGRICULTURAL Etevattrsa. As a conscuuence,
they turn away from the agricufeutai col
lego. the bulletin OF the experiment station
and the farm paper that Is rsally worth
anything 10 them. Had these moi been
tauglt in their youth in the common
soh0yls the meaning of the terms usSi N
agricultural CHEMISTRY, eoanfalning OF the
PRINCIPLES of animal hisbandry, something
OF the true principles which uiieriis the
preservation OF fertility. they would he.
today, In much mof,e harmonious relation
With all that Constitutes AGRICULTURAL Ivo4-
ress. May We not hope that this Cangrcss
will create a sentiment that Will frsaty
help along this needed educational ie-
form.
The Indian not inaptly defined wisscm
to be pAs power 10 see behi ii trsc.'
TO see Behind some things, as well as
ahead. 10 have a judgment as 10 wha. shall
como after as a result, favorable or UNI
favorable. is a constant and supreme me-
cesssty In every phase of the farmers life.
No man touches the necessities OF other
men as A,es tho fardncr. for he must feed
all the rest.
Heretoscru our vision has been directed
alnieet wholly TO the price We were to re-
ctive for cur products. The present tidc
OF evolution bears us in another direction
We can not control prices; tIhia market end
OF tte question g beyond the Individual
reach or modification OF the farmer. What
can he do. what must no de 10 increase his
profit, Tor on that hangs IS prosperity.
This mast he do: 3as
IA He must realize THAT he Is no longer
crude producer; he is q manufacturers.
He must invoke science. invcn,,or, better
System. inere thorough organization among
his fellow FARMERS, more exhaustive study
CT tine underlying principals OF his BUSH
ness, improved methods. everything he can
lay hold OF, TO contribute TO n reductDn OF
the cost OF production. s r.sssgs&
He is subject to lthe same economic laws
as is every other manufacturer Thls world
declares 1T will have cheap food aud cloth
Ing. for such is the humane order OF our
civilization. The American farmer Is In
the forefront of a merciless competition,
for from the soil must coni4 primarily all
iN5d and clothing. He m,ist furnish us
god IS the best or he will lose tho market.
Tie llluSl I'M ILLS at q liNItiS SoSit uuu NSSP
up the fertility of the soil, or he md his
farm win both perish by the way. The
demands cit modern civilization are, expen-
s.ve. It costs more ito live, educate his
children and be u man amumg men. than
1t did his father ffty years ago. There is
but one road out OF THE difficulty as | can
sea. He must put more thought into this
question OF the COST of production IMaL
is his END Of the proposition. the farm end.
the only end Within IS control. Hereto
fore the cry has been more land until the
farm has becomae bigger than phe farmer.
This msldes expensive Farming. Tie neces-
sBtles of the hour say, malice the farmer
bigger than the farun. To keep two acres
or two animals. or Two machineS, or Two
nssn to Go the work OF one is wasteful
There rs no longer remunerat-
i've marlyet for the product of such oxpsl-
sive methods.
THE progress of ecounmlc Thought ana
Understanding has enriched ev;Ty other
class in society more than the farmer
number of Our farm products are produced
jusl. as extensively as they we're FORTY
years ago Ancient farming no Longer
pays We can do something If we are
practical men to help along a reform In
tits respect among cur brethren.
Our ;ybillty to retain the markets of the
world depends almost entirely upon our
economic skill Our talk Lbout 6aeap land
has, fear, cheapened our thought and our
estimate of what Is involvei Expansion
in ceres. or In National possessions. viii
not help us The expansion of the brain,
skill and Judgment of the farmer Will help.
Let us never lose sight of, or forget, tdsIt
the great objective point of all farmers
ORGANIZATIONS Us to make better farmers.
From this Plerian spring will flow stream
of blessings to the whole cpnntI'y
The Farmers National Congress Is need
ed as an organized body of Opinion To pro-
mote as best 1T can, National Legislation
in support of the department. OF agricnl-
ture Our present able and sagacious Sec
Rotary Cif agriculture is doing what he can
10 introduce American food products INTO
foreign markets and promote their GOA
sumption That department should have
the audilarty and mtans to employ, under
It's own Direction, commercial agents IN
every food market In the world Denmark
sends its sgants TO England to receive,
gusrd and look AFTER its SHIPMENTS OF nut
ter and bacon. Canada Is doing the same
ThI;re Is no reason on earth better than
traditional abstraction, why the Uunted
States Should not show the same good
business sense. Besides there Is a great
trae awaiting MS at our very doors n
the sister republics of rhe southern part
of this continent
Can we say or do anything here which
Will move our National legislature into
work OF a practical character, in the way
oif NAL subsidies to line of American
Steamships sallyng direct from southern
ports to scgI.h AmAaiican ports? hope
wa can.
THIS Congress can do consisting in the
way of aiding the greater efficiency Of the
State fxperIlnent stations some OF which
are hardly more than lodging houses for
politicians. IT can stand up aud rebulte,
in no measured tones. the prostitution Of
agricultural necessities and progress TO po-
lhicai favor Ism. 1t can and should de-
nrand of the National government tihe tax
aticn TO extinction of all counterfeit food
prG.sUcts.
1t Is this bounden duty of this Congress
TO preserve it's own HE. To this end
would recommend the creation cf auxiliary
ORGANIZATIONS IN the several States. Two
forces Will work constantly to disrupt and
discrganize us: First. the seafshness OF
na.,Sadn elements which dread the effect
Of atne ed;neatlon we can and ehould ac-
noniplisih here. in the way OF helping public
conviction TO a true understanding OF the
rights and interests OF the American farm
err. SecoHi She personal sacrifice Of time.
effort and money necessary TO the asscnD-
hing ct this Ccngfesa. One Is ait work
wtitfcut. and the other wiEhin.
THE invigoauttng sympathy, welcome and
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