The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-12-07

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each Ssye,sp"s IN ne n,sr wsss deS Hss
may together help create right publlr
~pin,on' and show In many ways social
and cooperative spirit ORGANIZATION has
and IL has accomplished much for good
In the world OF labor Il is no less neccs.
| sAry for farmers. such movement ~
and Is capable OF a well-nlgh infinite FUR
Their extension for good so long as y 70
kept to Its own legitimate business. Inc
Of farmers for mutual advantage are
partly economic and partly sociological.
Moreover. while in the long run voiun-
than government assistance. while the
farmers must primarily do most for
themselves, yet the government can also
do much. The department OF agrioHdi,t rar
tons, and year by year 1t finds how. II
can improve its methods and develop
fresh usefulness It's constant enort u
the most effective way; that Is. thru as
| sociations of farmers rather than to or
thru Individual farmers 1t is also striy-
ing to coordinate its work with the agri:.
cultural departments of the several
states, and SO far as Its own work Is
educational. to coordinate 1t with the
Agricultural education is necessarily
based upon general education. but our
Agricultural educational institutions are
wisely specializing themselves, MAXIM. 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 creation of
farmers institutes. of dairy associa-
tions. of breeders associations, horti-
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
ali II can to organize the farmers in
the threatened districts. just as 1t has
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 1t must have
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 a means OF bringing about national
| regulation OF marriage and divorce ne
suggests a constitutional amendment, and
says 1t Is not safe to leave these ques-
tons to be dealt with by the various
states. Continuing on this subject ne
When home ties are loosened; when
men and women cease to regard
worthy family life. with all its duties
worth living; then evil days for the
commonwealth are at hand. There are
regions in our land, and classes ns, of- our
sunk below the death rate. surely II
should need no demonstration to show
that wilful sterility is, from the Inc
s standppoint Of T the human race. the one
sin for which the penalty is national
death, race death; sin for which
there is no atonement; a sin when 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
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 or lie,
whether for love of ease and pleasure,
or for any other cause, and retain MS
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 par
with those of other countries, and urges
especially that something be done tnat
will establish direct steamship commu-
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
"TRe mere statement OF these facts
shows that our present system is seri-
ously defective. There Is need of a
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
rule out any plan which would ma
terially Impair the value of the United
States two per cent. bonds now pledged
to secure circulation. the Issue of
which was made under conditions pc
cuiiarly 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
| emit secretary OF the treasury, the es-
sential features of which have been
approved by many prominent bankers
and business men. According to this
pian 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 at 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-
sented by times of stringency.
Need Of Automatic System.
.I do not say that this is the right
system I 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 al
sound banks, so as to avoid all pos
sibiIity Of discrimination and favorit-
ism. Such a plan would tend to pre-
vent the spasms of high money and
Speculation which now obtain in the
New York market; for at presenl
there is too much currency: at certair
seasons of the year; and Its accumu'