Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-12-06

nut the education superintendent Icy the
state must seek rather IL produce a hNas
dred good citizens than merely ono
scholar. and Il must be turned nov amt
then from the class book 70 the study
Of the great book OF nature itself THIS
Is especially true OF the farmer rs has
been pointed out again and again by all
observers most competent TO pasa prsc-
teal Judgment on the. problems OF our
country life All students now realise
that education must seek 70 train the
executive powers of young people and TO
confer more real Significance upon the
phrase dignity OF labor" and 70 pre-
pare the pupils 50 that In addition 20
each developing In the highest degree
his individual capacity for work, they
may toSether help create a right public
and cooperative spirit, Organization has
become necessary In the business world;
and II has accomplished much for good
in the world OF labor i Is no less neces-
ssry for farmers, Such a movement rs
the grange movement Is good IN itself
and 10 capable OF a well-nigh inenite fur
Their extension for good so long as II is
benefits 20 be derived by the association
Of farmers for mutual advantage are
partly economic ana partly sociologiosl.
Moreover. while In the long run volun-
tsry erort will prove more enlcacious
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 srouud In many dlrec-
lions, and year by year II nnds how IL
can Improve It's methods and develop
to give the governmental assistance In
the most effsotive way; that is, thru az
sociauons OF farmers rather than TO or
thru Individual farmers. IL In also striv-
ing 20 coordinate Its work with the aErl-
cultural departments OF the several
states, and SO far as It's own work In
educational TO coordinate IL with the
work OF other educational authorities
40 M ~ tsvAl,
based upon general education. but our
agricultural educational institutions are
wisely specializing themselves, making
their course rotate. to the actual teaching
OF tho 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
among farmers by the creation OF
farmers Institutes, % dairy RSsoeta,
lions OF breeders RsSocia tious hnrti-
cultural associations, and the like, A
ment and the farmers On. cooperate is
shown In connection with the menace
lrfered 10 the cotton growers OF the
southern states by the advance Of the
boil weeVtl The department. ia doing
all II can to organize the farmers In
the threatened districts, tust as Il has
been doing all II can 60 organize them
IN aid OF it's work. TO eradicate the cat
tie fever tick In the south, The depart
ment oan and VIII cooperate with all
such associations. and Il must have
heir help II its own work IL to be
done In the most efficient style"
He urges the extension Of the lrrlea-
ton and forest preservation system, and
asks for an appropriation for building a
memorial theeter at Arlington.
Marriage and Divorce.
As a means of bringing about national
regulation of marriage and divorce he
suggests constitutional amendment. and
says II is not safe to- leave these quea-
lions to be dealt with by the various
states Continuing on this subject he
says;
When home ties are looscncd; when
men and women cease TO regard
worthy family life, with all It's duties
fully performed and all tia RESPONSE
htlities lived un TO, as the life best
w9psh ,1y.nk tGsn eyi a"Ss rh for s4s
regions In our land, and classes of our
population, where the birth rate has
sunk below. the death rate surely II
,hs, mes, neg no dsmonStrauon to show
stsndpoint mt" Of the nation IL f from me me
standpoint of the human race, the one
sin for which the penalty Is national
death. race death, Sin for which
there In no atonement; u sin which is
the more dreadful exactly in proper
ton as the men and women guilty
thereof are In other respects In char
actcr and bodily ana mental powers,
those whom for the sake OF the state
IL would be well TO see the fathers
and mothers of many healthy chIldreu,
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 for any other cause, and retain his
or her self-fespeet.
The president asks for the enactment
into law of a shipping bin that viii place
American interests on the seas on n par
with those OF other countries, and urges
especially that something be done that
will establish direct steamship commB.
nieation 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 fuctuaton of interest
'"rhe mere statement OF these facts
shows that our present system is 8eri-
ously defective, There In need of n
change. Unfortunately. however, many
from consideration Because ;hay are
complicated are not easy of eompre.
hension, and tend to disturb existing
rights and interests We must also
teriRlly impair the value OF the United
States two per cent bonds now pledged
to secure circulation, the iasue OF
which was made under conditions nc.
suliarly creditsble TO the treasury.
do not press any special plan. Various
plans have recently bsor r.oposed by
expert committees OF bsnkrr1. Among
the plans which are possibly feasible
and which certainly should receive
yeur consideration Ia that repeatedly
brought TO your attention by the pres
snt secretary of the treasury, the es-
ssntisl features OF which have been
approved by many prominent bankers
and business men. According TO this
p1sn national banks should be per
uttted to issue a specified proportion
Of their capital In notes Of a given
kind, the issue to be taxed at so high
. rate =. tp driys a. note. book when
plan wsuid not psvmit the issue Of
currency to give banks additional
p~ents, but TO meet the emergency pre-
scented by times Of ssrinReney.
Need Of Automatic System.
FL do not say that this is the riybt
system. | only advance IL 10 empha-
size my belief that there is need for
the adoption Of some system which
shall be automatic and open to ali
sound banks, so as TO avoid all pos
sibility OF discrimination and fayorIt.
ism. Such a plan would tend TO pre-
vent the spssms Of high money and
speculation which now obtain In the
New York market: for at present
there IN too much currency st certain
seasons Of the year, and it's sccumu-
10 lend IL at low rates for speculative
the crops are bling moved there is
increase In the currency supply. II
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