Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-12-13

| in the widest possible scnse--in the sense
| which keeps ever In view the intimate
cation and the facts OF life. In all
| education we should widen our aims. II
| Is a good thing to produce certain NUM-
\ Der OF trained scholars and students:
| but the education superintendent by. the
state must seek rather to produce hum
| bred good citizens than merely one
| then from the class book to the study
| OF the great book OF nature itself. This
is 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 ia69r, and da,, TO- pre- %
each developing in the highest. degree
| his individual capacity for work. they
help create rgnt pSsl
! and cooperative spirit. Organization has
become necessary In the business world;
| and IL has accomplished much for good
| in the world of labor. 1t Is no less neces-
| sary for farmers Such a movement as
| the grange movement Is good In itself
and Is capable OF a well-nigh infinite fur
Their extension for good SO long as Il Is
| 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.
Moreover, while in the long run volun-
| tary effort will prove more efnoacious
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 direc-
| lions, and year by year II finds how IL
can improve Its methods and develop
| fresh usefulness. Its constant effort Is
| to give the governmental assistance In
the most effective way; that IL, thru as
sociations of farmers rather than to or
thru individual farmers II Is also striy-
cultural departments OF the several
| states, and 80 far as It's own work Is
ednSatS 10 ,,e 70 eSoratlone MIN tne
| Agricultural education Is necessarily
based upon general education. but our
| wisely specializing themselves, making
| their course relate to the actual teac hing
| OF the agricultural and kindred sciences
people Who wish to live In the country.
| Great progress has already been made
| among farmers by the creation OF
lions of breeders associations, horti-
| cultural associations, and the like. A
| striking example OF how the govern
| ment and the farmers can cooperate is
| shown in connection with the menace
| offered to the cotton growers OF the
| southern states by the advance OF the
| boil weevil. The department is doing
all Il can to organize the farmers in
| the threatened districts. just as II has
| been doing all II can to organize them
| in aid OF It's work to eradicate the cat
tie fever tick in the south. The depart
ment can and will cooperate with all
such associations, and IL must have
oae in net the most ecen TG stye TO
He urges the extension of the irriga-
| ton and forest preservation system, ard
| asks for an appropriation for building a
| memorial theater at Arlington.
Marriage and Divorce.
As a means of bringing about national
| regulation OF marriage. and divorce he
| suggests a constitutional amendment and
says II Is not safe to leave these ques-
| lions to be dealt with by the various
! states. Continuing on this subject he
When home ties are loosened: when
| men and women cease to regard
worthy family life. with all it's duties
| fully performed, and all its RESPONSE
bilities lived UP to, as the life best
| worth living; then evil days for the
| 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
that wllful steriiity Is, from the
| standpoint of the nation. from me
standpoint OF the human race, the one
death. race death; a sin for which
| there Is no atonement; a sin which Is
| the more dreadful exactly in proper
| ton as the men and women guilty
thereof are in other respects, in char
acter, and bodily and mental powers,
| those whom for the sake OF the state
and mothers OF many healthy children.
| well brought up in homes made happy
| by their presence. No man. no woman.
can shirk 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 bin that will place
| American interests on the seas on a par
| with those of other countries, and urges
especially that something be done that
nication with South American ports.
Currency Reform.
| Amendments to the present currency
| laws are asked for. and after showing
| that present laws are inadequate because
| Of the wide fuctuation OF interest
'The mere statement OF these facts
shows that our present system Is seri-
| change. Unfortunately however. many
| of the proposed changes must be ruled
| from consideration because they are
| complicated, are not easy OF compre-
hension, and tend to disturb existing
rights and interests. We must also
| rule out any plan which would ma
| States two per cent. bonds now pledged
| to secure circulation. the issue OF
which was made under conditions pc
| culiarly creditable to the. treasury
plans have recently been proposed by
| expert committees of bankers Among
the plans which are possibly feasible
| your consideration Is that repeatedly
| brought to your attention by the pres
| ent secretary Of the treasury. the es-
| approved by. many prominent bankers
! and business men. According to this
| plan national banks should be per-
| OF their capital In notes of given
| kind. the issue to be taxed at so high
| a rate as to drive the notes back when
not wanted in legitimate trade. This
| currency TO give banks additional
| profits, but to meet the emergency pre-
scented by times of stringency.
Need Of Automatic System.
ct do not say that this Is the right
| system / only advance IL to empha-
| size my belief that there is need for
| shall be automatic and open to ali
| sound banks so as to avoid all pos
sibillty of discrimination and favorit-
Such plsn To bab tend dn to pre
i speculation which now obtain in the
| New York market; for at present
there Is too much currency. at certain
| Iation at New York tempts bankers
| to lend IL at low rates for speculative
| purposes: whereas at other times when
| urgent need for large bur temporary
| increase in the currency supply. II
| must never be forgotten that this
| orally quite as much as bankers: es-
| pecially is this true of Btockmen,
farmers and business men In the west:
for at ss Serse seasons
| rates between the east and the west is
| from six to ten per cent, whereas In
| Canada the corresponding dlnerence u
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