Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-12-05

widest posslble sense ~ t i sense l
tlsory n,s
ton and the facts zofs life. IN all
ducation we should widen our aims. it
trained ana
but the education superintendent BY the
state must seek rather to produce" hum:
s ecSS goe sna citizens s than merely one
then: from the class book to the study
sof the great book Of nature itself. This
y 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
executive powers Of young people and to
confer more. real significance upon the
phrase dignity Of labor and to pre-
his individual capacity for work, they
may, together help create a right public
and show social
become necessary IN the business world;
81 II: has accomplished much for good
N the w world of labor It is no less neces-
the grange movement is good in itself
and Is capable Of a well-nigh infinite fur
Rent a EN- for ESod 50 Is
Of farmers: for mutual :. advantage are
partly economic and partly sociological
tary effort will prove more eficacious
than government assistance, while the
farmers must primarily do most for
do ue Tke Of agSienltaSe
lions, and year By year It finds how it
esh IT, Constant eoTe ie
TO- give the governmental assistance in
: the most. effective way; that Is, thru AS
s ss,1. Ct farmers rather than TO or
ing to coordinate it's work with the .aeri=
cultural departments Of the several
work of other educational authorities.
Agricultural education is necessarily
asSsa Ron but our
wisely specializing themselves. making
of the agricultural and kindred sciences
people who wish to live in the country
among farmers by the creation OF
tions, Of breeders associations. horti-
cultural associations, and the like. A
striking example Of how the govern
shown in connection with the menace
onered to the cotton growers Of the
southern states by the advance of the
boil weevil; The department is doing
the threatened districts, just as it has
in aid of its 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
1 their l., help If its own work is to be
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 constitutional amendment, and
says 1t is not safe to leave these Ques-
lions to be dealt with by the various
states. Continuing on this subject he
SAYS When homo 10. a,a ,oosano,. ,n,.,
worthy family life, with all its duties
fu}ly performed, and all it's response.
Ri1ities ,l ltyed up TO- as the 1ife best
commonwealth are at hand. There are
regions in our land, and classes of our
population. where the birth rate has
Should need no de 1n fd to SHOW
standpoint Of the nation, from me
sta ar Wh of he rage the
death. race death; sin for which
there is no atonement: q 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
it would be we'll to see the fathers
well brought up in homes made happy
by their presence. No man, no woman,
can shirk the primary duties of life,
5 an tor Ses OF ease and
or her self-respect.
The president asks for the enactment
into a% Of shipping Ptl that will place
with those of other countries, and urges
especially c:Aat something be done that
will establish direct steamship commu-
- Currency Reform.
Amendments to the present currency
that present laws are inadequate because
of the wide fuctuation Of interest
charges, he says:
1.-THE mere statement Of these facts
ously. defective. There is need of a
change. Unfortunately, however, many
Of the proposed changes must be ruled
from Consideration because they are
hension, and tend to disturb existing
rights and interests: We must also
States two per cent. bonds now pledged
to secure circulation. the issue Of
which was made under conditions Pc
do not press any Special ne saeaS various
expert Committees Of bankers oAaI mon ny
shond seea1
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
plan national banks should be per
mtttsd to 1sSqs specified proportion
kind. the issue to be taxed at so high
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. -
IT do not say that this is the right
system. I only advance it to empha.
size my belief that there is need for
the adoption of some system which
sound banks, SO as to avoid all pos
sibility Of discrimination and. favorit-
ism. Such plan would tend to pre-
the spa w5en Of noM high apd
New York market; for at present
there is too much currency at certain
seasons Of the year. and it's accumu-
lation at New York. tempts bankers
to lend it at low rates for speculative
purposes; whereas at other times when
the crops are. bling moved there is
urgent need for large but temporary
increase in the currency supply. It
must never be forgotten that this
question concerns business men gen.
pecially is. this true OF stockmen,
farmers. and business men In the west:
for. at present at certain seasons; Of
the year the difference in interest
rates between the east and the west is
from six to ten per cent, whereas in
Canada the corresponding difference ts
course. guard the interests Of west