The Nevada County picayune., 1906-12-07
..,a.,onsb,n hetween the theory Of edu;

nducatiOn
 her of trained scholars and students;
 hut the education superintended py the
 state must seek rather to produce nun
 dred good citizens than merely one one
 scholar. and it must be turned now ana
 then from the class book to the s1uas T,et
 ,a ,, esneeially true of the farmer, as has
 been pointed out again and again by all
 observers most competent t9 pass pia onr
 country fife All students now realize
 that education must seek to train tne
 executive powers of young people ana .o
 r6rasa dignity of labor, and to pre-
 hare the pupils so that In addition 10
 each developing in the highest degree
 hIs individual capacity for work they
 may together help create rlght puonGi
 oninion. and show in many ways soclal
 and cooperative spirit m o[san,sasiV h,sinsas World
 and 1t has accomplished much for good
 in the world of labor. It IS no less neces-
 sary for farmers. Sucn Inos oseineHt it,aiS az the grange movement IS gooo III itseII and is capable of a well-nigh innnlte tur-
 ther extension for good so long as II IS
 kept to it's own legitimate business, Il ne ne he1etits to be derived by the association of farmers for mutual advantage are Dartlv economic and partly sociological
 Moreover, while in the long run voiun-
 tarv effort will prove more et1Gaclous than government assistance, While the farmers must primarily do most Tor themselves. yet the government can aiso do much The department or agflcuiture has broken new ground in many dlrec- tions. and year by year It mos now It can improve it's methods ana aeVeiop fresh usefulness. Its constant eHort IS ta piye the governmental assistance Tn inc most effective way; that is thru as soeiations of farmers rather than 10 or tIrn individual farmers. 1t is also Strly- ing 10 coordinate it's work with the agrl- cultural departments of the several
 states, and so far as It's own Work IS 1 educational, to coordinate It With the work of other educational authorities | Agricultural education Is necessarily | based upon general educatlon, put our | wisely specializing themselves. making | their course relate to the actual teaching | of the agricultural and kindred sciences | to young country people or young city | neonle who wish to live in the country. "t;reat progress has already been made | among farmers by the creation of | farmers' institutes of dairy assOcia- 1 tions of breeders associations. hOrti- i cultural associations, ana the ike, | striking example of how the govern ment and the farmers can cooperate is | shown in connection with the menace | offered to the cotton growers of the | southern states by the advance Of the l boil weevil The department is doing all it can to organize the farmers in l the threatened districts, just as 1t has ! been doing all II can to organize them ! in aid of it's work to eradicate the eat | lie fever tick in the south. The depart | mcnt can and will cooperate with all ! such associations. and it must have
 
 | done in the most efficient style"
 He urges the extension of the irriga- | ton and forest preservation system, and | asks for an appropriation for building q memorial theater at Arlington,
 Marriage and Divorce.
 As means of bringing about national | regulation of marriage and divorce he suggests q constitutional amendment. and says 1t is not safe to leave these ques-
 tions 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
 worthy family life. with all it's duties fully performed, and all its responst- hilities 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 or our population. where the birth rate has sunk below the death rate. Surely-it should need no demonstration to show that wifful steriiity is from the standpoint of the nation. from me standpoint of the human race. the one sin for which the penalty Is national death, race death; sin for which there is no atoncment; a sin which is l the more dreadful exactly in propor- tton aS the men and women guilty l thereof are in other respects. in char aeter. and bodily and mental powers. those whom for the sake of the state ] it would be well to see the fathers and mothers of many healthy children.
 
 i 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 l or her self-rcspect.
 The president asks for the enactment l into law of a 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 steam mshp conmu-
 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 Adctuation of interest charges, be says:
 sThe mere statement of these facts shows that our present system is seri- | ously defective. There is need of a 1 change. Unfortunately. however. many | of the proposed changes must be ruled from consideration because they are l complicated. are not easy of compre- l 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 l States two per cent. bonds now pledged
 to secure circulation, the issue of | which was made under conditions De l culiarly crcdttable to the treasury I
 do not press any special plan. Various l plans have recently been proposed by
 the plans which are possibly feasible 1 and which certainly should receive 1 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 ny many prominent bankers and business men. According to this 1 plan national banks should be per l mitted to issue specified proportion
 of their capital in notes of given l kind the issue to be taxed at so high l 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 l profits, but to meet the emergency pre-
 scented by times of stringency
 Need of Automatic System.
 T do not say that this is the right | system. 1 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 l sibility of discrimination and favorlt- ! ism such plan would tend to pre- | vent the spasms of high money and | speculation which now obtain in the l New York market; for at present