Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-06-27
Children Should Re Trained
Toward The Land as a
Source Of Revenue
THE RE MAINING
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Far The Greatest Asset Of This
Nation. Irrigation Work Of
Geological survey

WASHINGTON, D. z, June 81
The movement TO secure an agricultu
raj education through the public
schools of Che country is steadily in
creasing and from time 10 time mani
tests itself through unusual Channels.
At@the recent convention OF tae Tray.
Ielers' Protective Association al Spring.
field. Illinois, addresses we're made
on this subject and the Association
voted to present the matter before
the National Educational Association
al its coming annual convention at
ST Louis.
The Travellers Association passed
a comprehensive resolution setting
forth that the stability 81 oar .socias
and business conditions and the pre-.
yention of recurring periods Of trade
depression require that the balance
OF o~uc-poptilation should be maintained
on the land as independent home own.
ers and producers from the soil and
that ways should be found and carried
Out for placing upon the land all mn
employed labor and transforming
every ''out-of work" into the owner of
q home on the land from which he
can at all times get a comfortable liy-
ing with his own labor, 1t was set
forth that the entire American edu. |
system should be so remodledI
as to induce every child to be 4 lover
nature and of the country and toI
train him toward the land as a source
81 livelihood rather than away from it:
children should be taught 10 farm
as they are now taught in France and
Denmark in the public schools and that
farm training schools should lie es.
.ablished by county, municipal, state
md national governments.
The resolution further called at
.enfion to the great remaining public
domain in the west as by far the most
laluable asset of this nation which
vii furnish an outlet for our surplus
abor during this and coming genera
ions, urging that it be reserved for
homebuilders who will farm it In
mall tracts.
The Association appointed a per.
1anent committee on Education, II.
lgation, Forestry and Land, with d
lemher from each state and terrlI |
Dry 70 carry out the idea Of this re.
-rieation Work Of Geological Survey.
The work Of The geological survey |
! carrying out the provisions OF the
ational irrigation act has brought it
the fore as one Of the great execn-
We departments of the government.
nth a government irrigation fund
hlcn VIII be by the enc OF the present.
seal year in the neighborhood Of
5000, 100000 this work must be re-.
as one Of the very large in.
.rnal improvements Of the country.
irrigation operations are \
,nfined largely TO the is arid and
'mi,arid western states, the eastern
1T Of the country must be more or
IS interested for several reasons.
are constantly moving westward
oking for new homes where they :
n earn a livelihood, or become land !.
Gners, while business men are in. 4
in seeing a development Of |
e west which will afford them Wild |
home markets for their manufac. |
red products. The changing of the
deserts into tens of thou. |
nds of new and productive small
rms will not only relieve some OF the |
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