Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-12-06

education we should widen our aims. 1t
is good thing to produce certain num-
Der of trained scholars and students:
but the education superintended by the
state must seek rather to produce hun
bred good citizens than merely one
scholar. and il must be turned now and
of the great book of nature itself. This
Is especially true OF the farmer, as has
been pointed out again and again by all
observers most competent to pass prac-
teal judgment on the problems OF our
country life. All students now realize
that education must seek to train the
confer more real significance upon the
phrase dignity Of labor" and to pre-
pare the pupils SO that in addition to
his individual capacity for work. they
may together help create right public
opinion. and show In many ways social
become necessary in the business world;
and II has accomplished much for good
in the world of labor. Il is no less neces-
sary for farmers. Such movement as
the grange movement is good in itself
and Is capable of well-nigh in Snite fur
ther extension for good SO long as it Is
benefits to be derived by the association
of farmers for mutual advantage are
partly economic and partly sociological.
Moreover, while in the long run volun-
tary effort will prove more eficacious
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 1t finds how II
can improve its methods and develop
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 striv-
ing to coordinate its work with the agri-
cultural departments of the several
states, and SO far as its own work is
educational. ha
work of other educational authorities.
Agricultural education is necessarily
based upon general education but our
agricultural educational institutions are
wisely specializing themselves, making
their course relate to the actual teaching
of the agricultural and kindred sciences
people who wish to live in the country.
Great progress has already been made
ss sr farmers nti. by the creation of
tons. of breeders associations, horti-
cultural associations, and the like A
striking example of how the govern
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
all 1t can to organize the farmers in
the Threatened districts. just as lit has
been doing all 1t can to organize them
IN ald or its work to eradicate the cat
tie fever tick in the south The depart
ment can and will cooperate with all
such associations, and ii must have
heir help If its own work is to be
done in the most efficient style.''
He urges the extension of the irriga-
ton and forest preservation system, and
asks fer an appropriation for building a
memorial theater at Arlington.
Marriage and Divorce.
As means of bringing about national
regulation of marriage and divorce he
suggests a constitutional amendment and
says 1t is not safe to leave these cues
tons 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
fully performed. and all it's response
bilities lived UP to, as the life best
worth living; then evil days for the
commonwealth are at hand. There are
regions in our land, and classes of our
population, where the birth rate has
sunk below the death rate. Surely it
should need no demonstration. to show
that wilful sterility is. from the
standpoint OF the nation from me
standpoint of the human race the one
sin for which the penalty is national
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 ana mental powers,
those whom for the sake of the state
1t 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 of life
whether for love of ease and pleasure.
or her self-Tespect
The president asks for the enactment
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 that
will establish direct steamship commu-
ncation with South American ports.
Currency Reform.
Amendments to the present currency
laws are asked for, and after showing
Of the wide fluctuation of interest
charges, he says:
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-
hension. and tend to disturb existing
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 creditable to the treasury.
do not press any special plan. Various
plans have recently been proposed by
expert committees of bankers. Among
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
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 high
q 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-
scented by times of stringency.
Need of Automatic System.
II do not say that this is the right
system. l only advance il to empha |
size my belief that there is need for |
the adoption Gf 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 woald tend to pre- |
vent the spasms of high money and |
specula tion which now obtain in the
New York market: for at present |
there is too much currency at certain
seasons of the year. and its accurru-
lation at New York tempts bankers
10 lend IL at low rates for speculative
purposes: whereas at other times when
the crops are bling moved there is 1
urgent need for large hut temporary \
increase in the currency supply n i
must never be forgotten that this 4
question concerns business men gem