Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1906-12-07

7eiat1onship between the theory OF eau.
education we should widen our aims. It
is good thing to produce certain NUM-
Der Of trained scholars and students:
but the education superintended by the
state must seek rather to produce a hun
dred good citizens than merely one
scholar, and it must be turned now and
of the great book Of nature itself. This
is especially true of the farmer, as has
been pointed out again and again by all
teal Judgment on the problems Of our
country life. All students now realize
that education must seek to train the
Confer more real Significance upon the
phrase dignity of labor and to pre-
PARE the pupils 50 that 1p i in adait S to
his individual capacity for work, they
may together help create right public;
opinion, and show in many ways social
Become bee necessary in the business world:
and it has accomplished much for good
in the world of labor: It is no less neces-
the grange movement is good in itself
and is capable of a well-nigh infinite fur
tther extension for good SO long as it It's is
of farmers for mutual advantage are
partly economic and partly sociological
t.r1 ert VII Thi IN the long
farmers farm must primarily do most for
do mucH rHe Of agrculture
lions, and year by year it finds how it
its
to give the governmental assistance In
the most effective way; that is, thru as
sociatons Of farmers rather than han t to or
cultural departments Of the several
states, and 50 far o: az It's own york is
work Of other educational authorities.
Agricultural education is necessarily
based upon general education, but our
wisely specializing themselves, making
Of the agricultural and kindred sciences
people who wish to live in the country.
Great progress has already been made
emong farmers by the d, Grsation Of
lions, of breeders associations, horti-
cultural associations, and the like. A
striking example Of how the govern
shown in connection with the menace
offered to the cotton growers of the
southern states by the advance OF the
boil weeya The department. l;pa tine is doing
the threatened districts, just as it has
been doing all it 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 it must have
their help if its 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 q means Of bringing about national
regulation of marriage and divorce he
0c+~ at %,,k} >1 or,1
says it is not safe to leave these ques-
tons 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 a
worthy family life, with all its duties
biiities lived up to, as the life best
eommonweaifth are at hand There are
rsgGn$ tn in our land ar and Glasses Of our
sunk below, the death rate. Surely it
that t,, wjiful steF f is is, from the
standpoint Of the human race, the one
sin for which the penalty is national
death, race death; a sin for which
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.
it would be well to see the fathers
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
The president asks for the enactment
into law Of shipping bill that will place
American interests on the seas on a par
especially that something be done that
will e: establish dree et steamship comn1u-
Currency Reform.
Amendments to the present currency
laws are asked for and after showing
that e Wds
'The mere statement Of these facts
change. Unfortunately, however, many
from consideration because they are
Sensios. and tend 70 disturb e e1istins
rights and interests. We must also
rule out any plan which would ma:
states per cent pond. OF ne 51e pedFe
which was made under conditions De-
culiarly creditable to. the. treasury I
expert committees Of bankers. Among
the plans which are possibly feasible
and which certainly should receive
your consideration is that repeatedly
brought to your attention by the pres
ent secretary Of the treasury, the es-
sential features of which have been
approved by many prominent bankers
and business men. According to this
plan national banks should be per
mitted to issue specified proportion
of their capital in notes OF given
kind, the issue to DO taxed at so high
q rate as to drive the notes back when
not wanted in legitimate trade This
plan would not permit the issue Of
currency to give banks additional
profits but to meet the emergency pre-
scented by times of stringency
Need Of Automatic System.
II do not say that this is the right
system I only advance It to emnRa-
size my belief that there is need for
the adoption of some system which
shall be automatic and open to ali
sound banks, 50 as to avoid ali pos aH
ism. Such q plan would tend to pre-
vent the spasms Of high money and
speculation which now obtain in fhe
New York market: for at present
there il too much currency at certain
seasons Of the year, and its accumu-
iation at New York tempts bankers
to lend it at low rates for speculative
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