The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-05-02
A LOOK At CONDITIONS
(oaaig fsr Behind n me CuIiiyalioa Of
Some Of Sells Products.

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1lowed up by those less frequent and
1uncommon happenings. But after all
lit is the more common things that
4 are the most necessary and need the
most attention. We are often swept
'tfrom our feet and made to lose our
i bearings because of some event
4 which perishes with II e using.
i And again we try to separate the
/ greater from the lesser, falling to
remember that 1t is the small things
combined Chat is good things that
constitute the great things of ali
4 life. That back behind all our bust
ness enterprise is the agricultural
world therefore advancement OF this
means all TO us as individuals or as
nations. And when we have taught
/ our boys and girls this lesson, their
drift will not be cityward. Our land
Will be one OF prosperity and higher
civilization.
/ A lew months ago the new papers
/ teemed with Crop Dive sifacat:on. ,
| Cotton Associations, etc. and to-
/ cay we are piling upon one another
IN he same old ruts, having forgot
ten that we must change our methods
or eventually be swamped by the
/ more progressive.
Let us look for moment at our
condition as others see us.
We have just paid tribute to the
/ greatest of nations executive and In
befitting style did Texas honor him
who holds the place. ! say "befit-
ting" because we lost none of the
true Southern hospitality" that has
maintained our citizenship and made
as good soldiers as the world has ever
| known. Yet we must not fail TO re-
member that in so doing we were the
recipients of much advice from our
honored guest, showing that he look
ed upon us as people who needed
more development. That we failed
to reach the standard OF an Ameri-
can as he sees It, Was he wrong
| | leave YOU TO answer. And again
mind you, he was seeing the most
| highly cultured of our state. Shall
we forget this? Shall we continue
| in the old way of doing things and
/ allow our privileged to be usurped
by more deserving people? Who
as yet hold no part or parcel In the
wealth OF the state.
No country whose wealth can be
| enumerated as that of the state of
Texas is as far behind in the build
/ ing of good roads Not because we
are short OF funds. bat because We
are in need of that enterprising
spirit that causes events to happen
We have had with US the expert en-
gineers and highway builders. all
| the literature on such for the ages
past, and still we continue To travel
| through the mud, send our children
| TO isolated school houses. 10 giean
a read and write" education which
| means to leave them untitled TO
meet the development of this state
which is sure TO come, III not done
| by our thrift. 1T wifi be done by
| others more energetic Then will
| our children fall from the lineul de-
pendants of progress TO thar OF de-
pendency They will lose that which
is theirs by right of birth. being the
children of the men and women who
forged this state into civilization
| from sagagry. Can We stand still
and gee the veil OF progress drawn
ever us without taking part In IT.
A thousand times no Let us get
out Of the mud
Again We were called up0B rs ex-
hihii a spirit Of welcome 20 the hon
ored son OF Iowa. tthe governor of
that euterprising commonwealth
Listen 10 him Our prop prospects
are good. You know We always raise
q good corn efef. am net surprised
thar Iowa seed corn does So we'll
here What does this mean2 Sim
ply this THAT We are FAR behind n
she cultivation and Improvement %
one OF the soils greatest products
Shall we continue 20 took 10 other
states for oar seed cornr lot the
world say: You have 81 the best
Not something similar 20 ours.
Not only are We sanding away for
seed corn. bar for All other classes
~ seed This should nor De. Texas
can raise ANYTHING tNat GOD intended
she would hnye Shall We forget
thisg
Think 81 the vast amount az money
that WAS sent out ~ Cur state fwul
ygars $50 fn bus carif mAturinr cot
tou seed This should n0t have
laan Texas sunshine Win mature
GOTTEN Ns uuickiE as amy sunshine ou
e8rfh. and We base a. cafir cotton
as ans place II Ne win separate the
seed st the proper time Don't for
erf IL But lef us nul foFget that
Moderation IA the silkeu string run.
uinE through he pearl chalm "a all
virtues
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