The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-12-08

e ed we should widen our aims. II
Der OF trained scholars and students;
state must seek rather to produce a hum
dred good citizens than merely one
scholar. and II must be turned now and
then from th Soo Sla s n DoUk 'G tse This
is especially true OF the farmer, as has
been pointed out again and again by all
mSst So tss proSems
country life. All students now realize
that education must seek TO tram the
moro res OF upon the
phrase dignity of labor, and 70 pre-
pare the pupils so that IN ADDITION 70
each Ss SfysSpns CAPACITY S Se for work they
opinion, and show in many ways social
become necessary in the business world:
and IL has accomplished much for good
in the world OF labor. 1t is no less neces-
ssry for farmers: sTch y moye IL it,eis
and IL capable of q well-nigh Infinite fur-
ther extension for good so long as II Is
Dement'S to be derived by the association
| of farmers for mutual advantage are
partly economic and partly sociological
tary oe effort viii I prove more efieacious
| than government assistance. while the
| farmers must primarily do most for
| do much The department of agriculture
| has broken new ground IN many direc.
| tons, and year by year II nnds now II
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. 1t Is also striy-
| ing to coordinate it's work with the agri-
cultural departments Of the , several a.
4 Educational, to coordinate II with the
work Of other educational authorities
| Agricultural education Is necessarily
| HORTICULTURAL educational institutions are
| wisely specializing themselves, making
their course relate 70 me Gcrad teaie en
| to young country people or young city
/ people who wish to live In the country.
py ahe eeen mace
farmers Institutes. of dairy associa-
lions. of breeders associations, horti-
s striEine Example Of how the govern.
| ment and the farmers can cooperate is
shown in connection with the menace
southern states by the advance OF the the
| boil weevil. The department is doing
| all II can to organize the farmers in
| the threatened districts. Just as II 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
such associations. and IT must have
done in the most eficient style" -
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 he
suggests constitutional amendment. and
| says II Is not safe to leave these uues-
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 a
| worthy family life. with all Its duties
fIlly performed , and all Its re, rI,espoSn ss,
commonwealth are at hand. There are
regions in our land, and classes OF our
sunk below the death rate. Surely II
| should need no demonstration to show
that t, wiifpl sterility f. from rom, the the
standpoint of the human race, the one
sin for which the penalty is national
death. race death; sin for which
| there Is no atonement: 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
| IL would be well to see the fathers
and mothers OF many healthy children.
/
| 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 shipping bill that will place
| American interests on the seas on par
| with those Of other countries. and urges
| especially that something be done that
will establish direct steamship commu-
Currency Reform.
| Amendments to the present currency
laws are asked for. and after showing
| that present laws are inadequate because
| OF the wide huctuation OF interest
| "The 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-
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 pledged
| to secure circulation. the Issue OF
| which was made under conditions pe-
culiarly creditable to the treasury. I
| do not press any special plan. Various
| plans have recently been proposed by
| expert committees of bankers AmonE
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 given
| kind. the issue to be taxed at so bigh
| a rate as to drive the notes back whom
| 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. ] only advance 1t 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 ALI ms
| sibility of discrimination and fayorlt-
| 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-
! lation at New York tempts BANKERS
| to lend II at low rates for speculative
| purposes: whereas at other times when
| the crops are bling moved there is
| urgent need for a large but temporary
| increase In the currency supply II
must never be forgotten that this
| question concerns business men gem
| orally quite as much as bankers; es-
pecially Is this true of stockmen.