Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-02-18

t'ons OF few years ago no longer pre-.
vail The very existence Of man ia
rapidly becoming more and more com
pick. He is not content now to live
with what his home country and eli.
mate produces: he must satisfy his ap-
petite with fruits and meats from far
away countries: he wants the silks OF
Italy, the furs of Alaska, the tea OF
Japan. the diamonds of South Africa,
the coffee OF Brazil. AT his commando
hundred ships must pillow the mighty
deep, thousand trains steam day and
night: he reads Of the worlds doings
OF yesterday as he eats his breakfast;
he talks with his friend across the
state as ii in the same room and com
! municateS with his neighbOr across
the Atlantic by wireless telegraphy;
he is not satisfied that the desert
should remain such, but waters 1t
from the bowels of the earth or from
| the far distant mountain, and it, be-
comes veritable Garden of Eden: be
digs from beneath his feet precious
gems to adofn his person and his
home: he bridges the streams, tunnels
the mountains cuts tine continents
apart; he calls the very lightning from
the Sky to carry his merchandise and
do his bidding. Mountains, seas and
deserts are no longer barriers before
him. Drouths and floods do not dis
may naturalization mitigates the
former, sea-walls and drainage pro-
tect him from the latter. II the
orange he finds is small and sour and
seedy, he experiments, cultivates and
developes till he produces the orange
OF our tables large, sweet and seed
less. II his horse travels too slowly
he breeds intelligently and in the
course of time rides behind two
minute Cresceus. II his beef is tough
he breeds and feeds as science directs
and 10! he feasts on something in
tinitely better. II the boll-weevil de-
stroys his cotton he does not stop
raising cotton--he fights the boil
| weevil.
Thus it is evident that man is work
ing more and more with his head
By using to better advantage his God.
\ given intelligence in directing the use
of his hands, he is subduing the IN
trained forces OF nature and compel
ling them to do his will. He is util-
izing forces hitherto unknown. He
no longer regards electricity with
fear only, he sees it now asa useful,
| an invaluable servant The sea is
not a barrier but 4 highway of com.
munication. In the useless clam.
Shell on the river bank he now sees D.
/, valuable pearl button. In the sand
! bank, a cement Sidewalk Instead Of
acres Of dreary desert and prarie-dog
towns he has produced waving wheat
fields and prosperous cities.
Mans mode of living has changed
radically. 1T is changing today. the
man of tomorrow will in turn move
! on in the progress OF civilization. His
present accomplishments great as
| they seemI are but the lowly founda-
| tion OF the great structure of achieve
| ment which man is destined TO erect
| Today the man who has only mus
cular force to depend upon, finds him
self outstripped by the man who has
that, and keen, trained intellect,
Tomorrow the uneducated. unframed
man will be much more seriously han.
dicapped in the race Of life than he is
| today. The father who had but lit.
| tile schooling is now demanding. in
the light of his own experience, that
his son be educated. The farmer Of
the years to come is going to use his
| brains more than heretofore. In or
| der to retain his farm. and make it
pay, he will have to raise fifty bushels
Of corn Oh the same ground and with
the same expenditure of time and la
Dor. that now produces thirty-hve
bushels and with fifty bushels of corn
he will have to raise and fatten hog
that will bring more money than the
same amout of grain now does. In
addition to the physical strength
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necessary to do days work, which
till recently was deemed sufficient to
i farm successfully he must have the
power of Independent thought. He
must be able to meet new problems
and solve them for himself. He must
be able to keep abreast of the advance
of scientific agriculture with all
which that implies, or he will find
that his farm is not as productive as
his neighbours. He must understand
the principles which underlie drain
age, good roads, adaptability OF soils
and plants, seed selection, animal
husbandry and the fluctation OF mar
ket values.
Recognizing, now, that the man Of
tomorrow is not going to be satisfied
with merely the things which his
father enjoyed, that his wants will be
more and varied and that the attain