Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1906-12-06

cation and the facts Of lifo. In ali
education We should Widen our aims. IL
r. a good thirt 40 produce a certain num-
Der Of Tainsd scholars and students:
but the sducation suporintepded by the
state must seek rather 10 produce q hun.
bred good ciuzens than merely one
scholar. and Il must be turned now and
then from the class book 70 the study
OF the great book Of nature Itself This
IL especially true Of the farmer, as has
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 20
confer more real significance upon the
phrase dignity Of labor" and to pre-
pare the pupils go that In addition TO
his Individual capacity for work, they
may together help create a right public
opinion and show IN many ways social
and cooperative spirit Organization has
become necessary in the business world
and II has accomplished much for good
In the world Of labor. u 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 its 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 efficacious
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 dlrec-
TONS and year by year IL 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 is thru as
sociations Of farmers rather than to or
thru individual farmers It is also striv-
ing to coordinate it's work with the agri-
cultural departments Of the several
states, and 50 far as its own work is
educational to coordinate II 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
their course relate to the actual teaching
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 creation of
farmers institutes, Of dairy associa-
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 it has
been doing all it can to organize them
in aid of its work to eradicate the cat
H.
ment can and viii cooperate with all
such associations, and il must have
their help If 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
memorial theater at Arlington.
Marriage and Divorce.
AS means of bringing about national
regulation of marriage and divorce he
suggests a constitutional amendment and
says Il H. 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; wher
men and women. cease to regard
f fully perf0rhsed, i and al its re fsspOns i
bi dtts lived, lived up TO- - the iifS besi
commonwealth are at hand. Thete arc
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 wilful sterility is. from tn
standpoint of the nation, from m
sin for which the penalty is nation
death, race death; a sin for viii,
there is no atOnement; sin which l.
the more dreadful exactly in proper
ton as the men and women guilt
thereof are in other respects. in char
acter, and bodily and mental power
those whom for the sake of the St7t
il would be well to see the Father
and mothers of many healthy children
well brought up In homes made hap'
by their presence. No man, no won
can shirk the primary duties of
whether for love of ease and pleasur
or for any other cause. and retain n's
or her Self-rcspeCt.
The president asks for the enactmea
into law of a shipping bill that viii plac
American interests on the seas on a pe.
with those of other countries, and u0E'
especially that something be done e. p
will establish direct steam ship commA.
nication With South American ports
Currency Reform.
Amendments to the present currapct
laws are asked for, and after shown
that present laws are inadequate because
~ the wide luctuatOn of intores'
charges, he says:
shows that our present system is $50 RE
Ously defective. There is need Of
change. Unfortunately. however many
Of the proposed changes must be ruled
from consideration because they are
complicated. are not easy of cOmpre-
tension and tend to disturb existing
rights and interests. We must also
rule out any plan which would ma
terially impair the value Of the United
States two per cent. bonds now pledg
to secure circulation, the issue Of
which was made under conditions pc
culiarly creditable to the treasury. /
do not press any special plan. Various
plans have recently been proposed by
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 a specified proportion
of their capital in notes of a given
kind, the issue to be taxed al so high
a 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.
81 do not say that this is the right
system. / only advance IL to empha-
size my belief that there is need for
the adoption of some system which
shall be automatic and open to all
sound banks. SO as TO avoid all pos
sibility of discrimination and favorit-
ism Such a plan would tend to pre-
vent the spasms Of high money ana
speculation which now obtain in the
New York market; for at present
there is too much currency at certain
seasons of the year and its accumu-
Iation at New York tempts bankers