The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-12-08

strenuously combated. Our indust,,Uass
development depends largely S.llal
technical education, including n upon s
term all Industrial education ms
that which fits man to be good .om
chanic, good carpenter or h,. me'
smith, to that which fits a man ts
the greatest engineering feat ~ NJ 10
skilled mechanic, the skilled workm. ~
can best become such by technical ~
dustrial education. The far.reaoh,.na'
usefulness of Institutes Of technolonas.
and schools of mines or of e noinoss'
ing is now universally acknowiedae,
and no less far-reaching is the ef feo
Of a good building or mechanio.,
trades school, textile or watchmea
ing or engraving school. All snas
training must develop not only manua,
dexterity, but industrial intelligenoa
III. international rivalry this country
does not have to fear the competition
of pauper labor as much as it has ~
fear the educated labor of speciallv
trained competitors; and we shoulS
have the education Of the hand evo
and brain which will fit US to moot
such competition.
Help Wageworkers.
In every possible way we sbor,s
help the wageworker who to;lo NJ,
his hands and who must-we how WI
a constantly increasing measurepo,a ~
toll with his brain. Under the consti
tuition the national legislature can ~
but little of direct Importance for hiD
welfare save where he is engaged 10
work which permits it to act under tha
Interstate commerce clause of the con,
stitution; and this is one reason whr
so earnestly hope that both the los
islative and judicial branches of tho
government will construe this CLAUSE
of the constitution in the broadest noe,
sible manner. We can, however n
such a matter as industrial training in
such a matter as child labor and far.
tory laws, set an example to the stafas
by enacting the most advanced legia.
latiOn that can wisely be enacted for
the District Of Columbia.
The only other persons whose wei.
fare is as vital to the welfare of the
whole country as is the welfare of the
| vageworkers are the tillers of the soil
the farmers. The farmer
represents peculiarly high tyne of
American citizenship, and he must
have the same chance to rise and de.
velop as other American citizens have,
| Moreover, it is exactly as true of the
farmer as it is of the business man
and the wageworker, that the ultimate
success Of the nation of which he.
forms a part must be founded not
alone on material prosperity, but upon
high moral, mental and physical de-
velopment. The education of the farm
er-self- education by preference, but
also education from the outside, as
with all other mems peculiarly nee
essary here in the United States,
where the frontier conditions even in
the newest states have now nearly
vanished, where there must be a sub
stitute of more intensive system or
cultivation for the old wasteful farm
management, and where there must be-
q better business organization among
the farmers themselves.
Farmers' Institutes.
Great progress has already been
made among farmers by the creation
of farmers Institutes, of dairy asso-
Citations, of breeders associations, hor
ticultural associations and the like. A
striking example Of how the govern
ment and the farmers can cooperate
is shown in connection with the men,
u q 70 fhA ORC Mt
the southern states by the advance Of
the boil weevil. The department Is do
ing all it can to organize the farmers
! in the threatened districts, just as it
has been doing all it can to organize
them in aid of it's work to eradicate
the cattle fever tick in the south. The
department can and will cooperate
with all such associations, and it must
have their help if its own work is to
be done in the most efficient style.
Irrigation.
Much is now being done for the
states Of the Rocky mountains and
great plains through the development
Of the national policy of irrigation and
forest preservation; not government
policy for the betterment OF our Inter.
nal conditions have been more frultiui
OF good than this. The forest OF inc
White mountains and Southern Appa'
lachian regions should also be pre-
served; and they cannot be unless inc
people Of the states in which they ne'
through their representatives In inc
congress, secure vigorous action Dy
the national government.
Marriage and Divorce.
am we'll aware of how difficult II
is to pass constitutional amendment :.
Nevertheless In my judgment Tue
whole question OF marriage and al'
vorce should be relegated to the au.
thority Of the national congress. a.
present the wide differences in INC
laws of the different states on tn..
subject result in scandals and abuses ,,,
and surely there Is nothing SO Vl.an'
essential to the welfare OF the nauo "
nothing. around which the naIlon
should 30 bend itself to throw ever.
safeguard, as the home life OF the ave- 90
age citizen. The change wouio y.
good from every standpoint. ID pa q,
ticular it would be good because :"
would confer on the congress the po%
er at once to deal radically ana eM
GENTLY with polygany:: and this sno "nd
be done whether or not marriage ar
divorce are dealt with. It Is nel.n .on
safe nor proper to leave the ques. ~
Of polygamy to be dealt with Dy Ut ~
several states. Power to, deal WIN - -