The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-12-08

relationship between the theory of edu-
cation and the facts Of life In all
education we should widen our aims. II
is good thing to produce certain num-
ber of trained scholars and students.
but the education superintendent by the
state must seek rather to produce "a hun-
drel good citizens than merely one
scholar. and IL must Ee turned now and
then from the class book To- the study
Of the great book OF nature Itself This
is especially true of the farmer. has
been pointed out again and ngaln by all
observers most competent 70 pass prts-
teal judgment on the problems of our
country life All students now realize
that education must seek To train the
executive powers Of young people and I"
confer more real significance upon tn"
phrase dignity of labor and to pre-
pare the pupils so that in addition to
each developing in the highest degree
his individual capacity for work. they
may together help create right public
opinion and show in many ways social
and cooperative spirit. organtzation has
become necessary in the business world,
and 1t has accomplished much for good
in the world of labor II is no less neces-
sary for farmers Such movement as
the grange movement IS good in itself
and is capable of well nigh infinite fur
thcr extension for good SO long as II is
kept To its own legitimate business The
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 viii prove more etiicaclous
than government assistance while the
farmers must primarily do most for
themselves yet the government can also
do much. Tho department of agriculture
has broken new ground In many direc-
tons, and year by year 1t finds how 1t
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 thstn 10 or
| thru individual farmers 1t is also sNrlv-
! ing to coordinate its work with the ugri-
! cultural departments of the several
states. and so far as its own work Is
educational. to coordinate il with the
work of other educational authorities,
| Agricultural education lS necessarily
based upon general education, but our
! wisely specializing themselves making
| their course relate to the actual tepching
of the agricultural aud kindred sciences
| to young country people or young city
| people who wish to live in the country.
Great progress has already been made
tions OF breeders associations horti-
cultural assocIa tions, and the like. y
mcnt 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
| boil weevil. The department is doing
| 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 its work to eradicate the cat
| ment can ana VIII cooperate with all
| such associations, and it must have
nn tnn.r IN m'b tpe n is ecian 9wn work Is to be
He urges the extension of the rriga
| tion 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
| suggests constitutional amendment. and
! says 1t is not safe to leave these Ques-
| tions to he dealt with by the various
states Continuing on this subject he
| 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
| bilities lived up to- as the life best
| worth living; then evil days for the
| commonwealth are at hand. There are
population, where the birth rate has
sunk below, the death rate. Surely 1t
should need no demonstration to show
| 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 atonement; a sin which is
the more dreadful exactly in propor-
| tion as the men and women guilty
| thereof are in other respects. in char
| acter. and bodily and mental powers.
| 1t would be well to see the fathers
and mothers OF many healthy children,
well brought up In homes made happy
| can shirk the primary duties of life,
whether for love of ease and pleasure,
or her sef-respect
| The president asks for. the enactment
| into law of shipping bill that win place
| American interests on the seas on par
| with those of other countries, and urges
especially that something be done that
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 fuctuation of interest
| charges, he says.
THE mere statement of these facts
sIy defectiye 5at HVf Thsre is e Is SER
change, Unfortunately, however. many
| Of the proposed changes must be ruled
| 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 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
the, plans which are, are possibly feasible
your consideration is that repeatedly
| brought to your attention by the pres
ent secretary of the treasury the, es-
| approved by many prominent bankers
and business men. According, to this
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-
sented by times of stringency
Need Of Automatic System.
| 1T do not say that this is the right
| system. / only advance II to empha-
size my belief that there is need for
| the adoption of some system which
| shall he automatic and open to all
| sound banks so as to avoid all pos
| 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 at present
| there is too much currency at certain
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