The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-12-06

cation and the facts of life. In ali
education we should widen our aims. 1t
IS a good thing to produce a certain num-
Der of trained scholars and Students;
but the education superintendent by the
state must seek rather to produce a hun
dred good citizens than merely one
then from the class book to the study
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
executive powers of young people and to
confer more real Significance upon the
phrase, dignity of labor and to pre-
Zach developing in the highest degree
his Individual capacity for work, they
may together help create a right public
and cooperative spirit. Organization has
become necessary in the business world:
and 1t has accomplished much for good
IN Il the world OF Labor; It Is no less neces-
the range movement is good in itself
n Is capable OF a. well-nigh infinite fur
ther extension for good SO Ions 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
lions. and year By year it f Srss' how 9'sef It
fresh usefulness. Its constant effort is
to give the governmental assistance in
the most, effective way; that is, thru as
thru individual farmers, 1t is also striv-
ing to coordinate it's work with the agri-
cultural departments of the several
EDUCATIONAL. to coordinate it with the
work of other educational authorities,
Agricultural education. is necessarily
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
among by the creation of
lions. of breeders associations, horti-
cultural associations, and the like. A
striking example Of how the govern
ment and the m can cooperate is
shown in connection with the menace
offered to the cotton growers of the
southern states by the advance of the
all 1t 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 cat
tie fever tick in the south. The depart
ment can and will cooperate with all
such associations, and it must nave
their help if its own work is to be
done in the most efficient style"
He urges the extension of the irrisa-
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 he
III pTao a ~, $3.50 --1 .,l
says it is not safe to leave these ques-
tons to be dealt with by the various
says:
When home ties are loosened; when
men and women cease to regard a
worthy family life. with all its duties
fully performed, and all its RESPONSE
worth living: then evil days for the
commonwealth are at hand. There are
regions in our land. and classes of our
should need no demonstration to show
that wilful sterility is. from the
s stamdpoint o Of tn the eum nation t race from ron me me
sin for which the penalty is national
death, race death; a 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 n mental powers,
tllOSe "llOlI lOi the sake OF the state
it would be well to see the fathers
and mothers Of many healthy children.
wei, 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 for n other cause. and retain his
or her self-respect.
The president asks for the enactment
into law of a shipping bill that will place
American interests on the seas on g par
with those of other countries, and urges
especially that something he done that
will establish direct steamship commu-
nication with South American ports.
Currency Reform.
Amendments to the present currency
laws are asked for, and after showing
thai present laws are inadequate because
Of the wide fuctnation Of interest
1.-THE mere statement of these facts
shows that our present system is seri-
ously detective: There is need of a
from consideration because they are
complicated, are not easy of compre-
hension. and tend to disturb existing
rule out any plan which would ma
terially impair the value OF the United
States two per cent; bonds o pledged
which was made under conditions pc
culiarly creditable to the treasury.
do not press any special plan. Various
GliNS nave IeSSIlLly DeeH proposed Oy
expert committees Of bankers. Among
and which certainly should receive
brought to your attention by the pres
ent 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 a given
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 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. only advance it to empha-
size my belief that there is need for
the adoption Of some system which
shall be utoma and open to ali
sound banks, so as to avoid all pos
sibility of discrimination and favorit-
ism. Such a plan would tend to pre-
vent the spasms Of high money and
speculation which now obtain in the
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 a large but temporary
increase in the currency supply. 1t
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