The Ordway new era., 1906-12-07


bsr cf trsinsd ssheisys, and sssssssts; s
state must seek rather 10 prodncs . hum
dred good citizens than merely o1x
scholar: ; and y must must bs turned now and
OF the great book OF nature Itself This
10 especially true of the farmer as has
been pointed out again and again by all
teal judgment on the. problems of our
country life. All students now realize
executive powers OF young people and to
confer more real signiiicnnce upon tho
phrase 'dignity Of labor" and 70 pre-
each developing in the highest degrees
his individual capacity for work. they
opinion. and show in many ways social
and cooperative spirit. Organization has
become me, necessary ,. II The business , E world;
In the world OF labor. II Is no less neces-
sary for farmers. Such "A movement as
and Is capable of well-nigh Infinite fur
ther extension for good so long as II is
kept TO Its own Legitimate business. The
OF farmers for mutual advantage are
partly economic and partly sociological
tary effort viii prove more etiicacious
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 direc-
tlOnf. ana year DS year u UlNs now II
can improve It's methods and develop
fresh usefulness Its constant effort is
to give the goyernmentai assistance in
the most effective way: that is. thru as
sociatIons OF farmers rather than to or
thru Individual farmers. II is also slrlv-
ing to coordinate it's work with the arrI-
cultural departments Of the several
states, and so far as Its own work is
educational, to coordinate 1t with the
work OF other educational authorities
Agricultural education is necessarily
based upon general education. but our
wisely specializing themselves. making
their course relate to tire actual teaching
OF the agricultural and kindred sciences
to young country people or young city
people who wish to live In the country
Great progress has already been made
Smong farmers nn,,,, by Ihe CREATION OF
tions. of breeders associations. hortI-
cultural associations. and the like. a
ment and the farmers can cooperate lis
shown in connection with the menace
offered to the cotton. growers of the
boil weevii. Tho department. is doing,
all IL can to organize the farmers in
the threatened districts. Just as II has
been doing all IL can to organize them
in aid of It's work to eradicate the cat
tie fever tick in the south. The depart
such associations. and Il must have
their help II Its own work is to be
done In the most efficient style
asks for an appropriation for building a
memorial theater Mt Arlington.
Marriage and Divorce.
As means of bringing about national
regulation OF marriage and divorce he
suggests constitutional amendment. and
says II In not snfc to leave these ques-
tions TO be dealt with by the various
states Continuing on this subject he
says;
men and women cease to regard n
fully performed. and all Its RESPONSE
hiliiics lived up to. MS the life best
worth Living; then cyl days ,, for the
regions In our land. and classes OF our
population. where the birth rate has
sSn,d sunk 5.,ow nSS the death ra,s surely 1T
s,Sndpoint Of the nation. from me
sin for which the penalty Is national
death. race death: sin for which
there liz no ntonement: n sin which Is
tion ns the men and women guilty
thereof are In other respects. In cnnr-
aet-r. and bodily and mental powers.
IL would be well to the fathers
and mothers OF many healthy children.
we well ,is bTousht = up In bones made happy
can shirk the primary duties OF life.
whether for love of ease and pleasure.
or her sclf-rcspcct.
The president asks for the enactment
Into law OF a shipping bill that Will place
with those OF other countries. and urges
especially that something be done that
miea,ion with South Xmeriean ports.
Currency Reform.
Amendments to the present currency
laws are asked for. and after showing
that present laws are inadequate because
Of the wide iiuctuntion of interest
s.tH m FavaA
''The mere statement of these facts
shows that our present system Is seri-
change. Unfortunately. however. many
of the proposed changes must be ruled
from consideration because they are
hension. and tend to disturb existing
rights and interests. We must also
rule out any plan which would ma. .
States two per cent. bonds now pledged
to secure circulation. the issue of
@S euiisn,y % eTedisab,e % TO the otns tqensary PEI
do not press any special plan. Various
plnns have recently been proposed by
shp Plans %heS are e pesssy
and which certainly should receive
your consideration Is that repeatedly
cnt Secretary OF the treasury. the cs-
scntial features of which have been
approved by many prominent bankers
plan national banks should be per
mittcd to Issue n specified proportion
of their capital In notes OF 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-
sented by times of stringency.
Need Of Automatic System.
ct do not say that this Is the right
system. l only advance IL to emphn-
size my belief that there is need for
the adoption of some system which
shall be automatic and open to all
sibility of discrimination and favorit-
ism. Such plan would tend to pre-
vent the spasms of high money and
speculation which now obtain in the
New York market: for ut present
there Is too much currency Mt certain
seasons OF the year. and Its accumu-
lation ut New York tempts bankers
to lend Il at low rates for speculative
the crops are bing moved there Is