Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-12-06

relationship between the theory OF edu-
| cation and the facts OF life. In all
| education we should widen our aims. It
| Is a good thing to produce certain NUM-
| Der OF trained scholars and students;
| but the education superlntended by the
state must seek rather to produce n hum
| dred good citizens than merely one
scholar, and IL must be turned now and
I then from the class book to the study
| of the great book OF nature itself This
| IL especially true OF the farmer as has
been pointed out again and again by all
observers most competent to pass prac-
teal judgment on the, problems OF our
country life. All students now realize
that education must seek to train the
executive powers OF young people and to
| confer more real significance upon the
| phrase dignity OF labor" and to pre-
| pare the pupils so that I'm addition to
each developing in the highest degree
| his Individual capacity for work they
mSy, 1oNe.nSsr ssw in MANY wsys social
| and cooperative spirit. Organization has
become necessary In the business world;
and II has accomplished much for good
| in the world OF labor, II is no less neces-,
| sary for farmers Such n movement as
the. grange movement Is good IN Itself
Their extension for good so long as II Ia
kept to it's own legitimate business. The
| benefits to be derived by the association
| OF farmers for mutual advantage are
partly economic and partly sociological
'Moreo' err, while In the long run vol un-
tary effort will prove more etitcacious
| than government assistance, while the
| farmers must primarily do most for
themselves. yet the government can also
| do much. The department of agriculture
has broken new ground In many diroc-
tons, and year by year II finds how II
| can improve its methods and develop
fresh usefulness It's constant effort is
| to give the governmental assistance In
the most effective way; that Is, thru as
socations OF farmers rather than to or
thru individual farmers. II is also striv
ing to coordinate its work with the agri-
states and p SO Tar as It's own work IS
educational. to coordinate 1t with the
work of other educational authorities.
| Agricultural education Is necessarily
based upon general education, but our
agricultural educational institutions are
wisely specializing themselves, making
OF the agricultural and kindred sciences
to young country people or young city
people who wish to live in the country.
Great progress has already been made
among farmers by the cgeation of
farmers institutes. OF dairy assocla-
tons of breeders associations, horti-
cultural associations, and the like.
striking example of how the govern
ment and the farmers can cooperate Is
| offered to the cotton growers of the
southern states by the advance OF the
boil weevil. The department is doing
all 1t can 10 organize the farmers in
the threatened districts, just as IL has
been doing All II can to organize them
tie fever tick in the south. The depart
ment can and will cooperate with all
such associations, and IT must have
| their help III It's own work Is TO be
done in the most efficient style"
He urges the extension of the irriga-,
ton and forest preservation system, and
asks for an appropriation for building a
memorial theater at Arlington.
Marriage and Divorce.
As means OF bringing about national
regulation of marriage and divorce he
suggests constitutional amendment. and
says IL is not safe to leave these ques-
lions to be dealt with by the various
states. Continuing on this subject he
says:
men and women cease to regard a
worthy family life, with all It's duties
fully performed, and all its ,rrsesponsl..
worth living; then evil days for the
commonwealth are at hand. There are
regions in our land, and classes OF our
population. where the birth rate has
sunk below the death rate. Surely II
should need no demonstration to show
standpoint Of. the nation. from me
standpoint OF the human race, the one
sin for which the penalty Is national
there is no atonement; q sin which is
: the more dreadful exactly In proper
on as the IN men "her ana women gShs
] acter, and bodily and mental powers
: those whom for the sake OF the state
4 II would be well to see the fathers
and mothers OF many healthy children
J well brought up in homes made happy
! by their presence. No man, no woman
! can tshirk the primary duties OF life
whether for love of ease and pleasure
or for any other cause. and retain his
! or her self-respect.
The president asks for the enactment
into law of a shipping bill that will place
American interests on the seas on a pal
, especially that something be done tina
, will establish direct steamship commu
nication with South American ports.
Currency Reform.
, Amendments to the present currency
laws are asked for, and after showinl
: Of the wide fiuctuation of Interest
charges, he says;
| shows that our present system is seri
i ously defective There is need of 9
: change. Unfortunately however many
Of the proposed changes must be ruled
! from consideration because they ars
complicated. are not easy OF compre
hension: and tend to disturb existinl
rule out any plan which would ma
$ terialIy impair the value of the United
e to secure circulation, the issue o
I which was made under conditions pc
: culiarly creditable to the treasury.
e do not press any special plan. Varlou
: plans have recently been proposed b.
: expert committees OF bankers. Amoni
n the plans which are possibly feasible
: your consideration Is that repeated,
e brought to your attention by the pres
| ent secretary or the treasury, the .eS
sential features OF which have bee1
approved by many prominent banker
and business men. According to thi
@ plan national banks should be per
n mitted to issue, a specified proportio
= of their capital in notes of n give
= kind the issue to be taxed at so hig
= a rate as to drive the notes back whe
l. not wanted In Legitimate trade Thi
IS plan would not permit the issue o
l. currency to give banks additions
e profits but to meet the emergency pre-
l. scented by times of stringency.
It Need of Automatic System.
J. at do not say that this is the RICH
81 system. l only advance IT to empha
l. size my belief that there is need fu
IS the adoption OF some system whic
J. shall be automatic and open to a
T. sound banks, so as to avoid all pos
l. sibility of discrimination and favorit
ism. Such plan would tend to pre-
l. vent the spasms of high money an
le speculation which now obtain in I'll
ID New York market; for at preser
le there Is too much currency at certai
n seasons of the year, and It's accumI
3. latlon at New York tempts banker
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