The Tupelo journal., 1906-12-07

In the widest possible senSe-in the ceH.o
which keeps ever in view the m
cation and the facts OF life. In III
education we should widen our aims. AZ
Is a good thing to produce q certain num-
Der OF trained scholars and students;
but the education superintendent BY the
state must seek rather to produce q nun
scholar, and 1t must be turned now and
then from the class book to the STUDY
OF the great book Of nature Itself. ms
been pointed out again and again by all
observers most competent to pass prac-
teal judgment on the problems OF our
that education must seek to train the
executive powers OF young people ana 70
confer more real significance upon the
pars the pupils so that in addition to
zach developing in the highest degree
his individual capacity for work, they
% opiS,o aose and show how IN Ia'n many ways social
and cooperative spirit. Organization has
become necessary In the business worldi
In the world OF labor. It Is no less neces-
sary for farmers. Such a movement as
the grange movement Is good In itself
Their extension for good so long as it is
kept to its own legitimate business. the
| benefits to be derived by the association
| partly economic and partly sociological.
Moreover, while in the long run voiun-
tary effort will prove more efhcaci0us
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 diree-
| TONS. and year BY year It finds how Il
can improve Its methods and develop
| fresh usefulness. Its constant effort Is
the e s most p sas Safsn way; that y, thru as
sociations Of farmers rather than to or
thru individual farmers. It i also striy,-
states, ana SO far as its ~ work is
educational, to ceordinats it With the
Agricultural education. is necessarily
| based upon general education, but our
agricultural. educational institutions gre
their course relate to the actual teaching
| Of the agricultural and kindred sciences
to young country people or young city
"Great progress has already been made
among farmers by the creation of
farmers Institutes. Of dairy aslocia-
cultural associations. and the like. A
striking example of how the govern
ment n the farmers can cooperate is
shown in connection with the menace
southern states by. the advance Of the
| boil weevil. The department is doing
she i Threatened can no oe aistricss, t5 lust IS Il has aa
in aid of its work to eradicate the cat
tie fever tick in the south h depart,
such associations, and 1t must have
their help If its own work is to be
done in the most efficient style"
ton and forest preservation system. and
asks for an appropriation for building a
memorial theater at Arlington.
Marriage and Divorce.
As a means Of bringing about national
regulation Of marriage and divorce ne
suggests a constitutional amendmsnt, and
tions to be dealt with by the various
states. Continuing on this subject he
,sonaa. whom
men and women. cease to- regard a
worthy family life, with all its duties
fully performed, and all its response.
W paoasisS l Ffna u then ~ evil Vi days for the
commonwealth are at hand. There are
regions in u land. and CLASSES OF our
s %p11slaSs sfoa T shs Death sas r sissh Surely saTs h1 L
should need mo Representation to show
that wflful steriiity Is, from the
standpoint Ct the nation ra,s ff fps d ms
sin for which the penalty is national
death, race death: a sin for which
there is nc atonefnent; a SIN which IS
| the moro dreadful exactly in propor-
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 ct the state
and mothers OF many healthy children.
well brought up in homes made happy
by their presence. No man. no woman,
a shirk the primary duties of life,
whether for love Of ease and pleasure.
or for any other cause. and retain his
or her self-respeot.
into law Of a shipping bill that will place
| American interests on the seas on a par
with those Of other countries, and urges
especially that something be done thai
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 fluctuation of interest
"The mere statement Of these facts
shows thai our present system is seri-
ously defective; There is need OF a
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 pc
| culiarly c~reditable to the treasury. I
| do not press any special pan. 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 our attention by the pres
| emit secretary of the treasury. the es-
sential features of which have been
AND M business men. According to this
mnitted to issue a specified proportion
| 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 mi the issps Of
profits, but to meet the emergency pre-
sented by times of s~tringency.
Need of Automatic System.
II 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
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-
speculation which now obtai in the
| New York market; for at present
| there is too much currency at certain
seasons Of N the yearl a tsmp Its aooumrs
to lend 1t at low rates for speculative
purposes: whereas at other times when
urgent need for a large but temporary
increase in the currency supply. It
must e be forgotten that this
question concerns business men gen.
orally quite as much as bankers; es-
pecfally 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 h east and h west Is
from six to ten per cent whereas in
Canada the corresponding difference is
but two per cent Any plan must, OF