Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-12-06

PATRIOTISM IN DTlnBlnk ABOUT nallondl
success of this kind. Our federal form
OF government so fruitful Of adVan-
tage 10 our people in certain ways, IN
other ways Undoubtedly limits our ma
/ tiOnal effectiveness, 1t Is not possible,
for instance for the national govern
ment TO take the lead in technical in
7 dustrial education, to see that the pub
lie school system Of this country de-
Nclups On all its technical industrial
scientific and commercial sides This
must be left primarily To thu several
states Nevertheless. the national gov
eminent has control OF the schools OF
the District of Columbia. and ~ should
see that these schools promote and
encourage the fullest dcvelonmcnt OF
the scholars in both CONNER tdl and IN,
dustriat training. The commercial
training should in one of its branches
deal with foreign trade The industrial
training is even more important u
should be on" of our prime objects as
a nation. so far as feasible, Cou~HntlN
10 work toward putting the mechanic.
the wagoworkcr who works with his
hands. on 4 higher plane OF efficiency
md reward. SO as to increase his cf-
fcCtiVcnCss in the economic world. and
the dignity the remuneration, and the
power Of his position in the social
world. Unfortunately, at present tho
effect Of some of the work in the pub
lie schools Is in the exactly opposite
direction. II boys and girls are
trained merely in literary accomplish
ments. to the total exclusion of midas
trial. manual. and technical training.
the tendency is to unfit them for in
luctant to go into II. or unified To do
well If they do 80 into il. This is a
tendency which should be strenuouslv
Combated. our Industrial development
depends largely upon technical cduca-
ton. including in this term all indus
trial education, from that which iitS a
man To be q good mechanic. good
carpenter or blacksmith. 10 that which
FITS man to do the greatest engin-
ceering feat. The skilled mechanic,
the skilled workman. can best become
such by technical industrial education
The far-reaching usefulness of usti-
tutes Of technology and schools OF
mines or Of engineering. is now uni
Versally acknowledged, and no less
far-rcaching is the effect Of a good
building or mechanical trades school
Il textile. or watchmaking. or cngrav-
ing school All such training must de-
vclop not only manual dcXterity hut
industrial Intelligence. In internation-
nj rivalry this country does not have
to fear the competition OF paupCr labor
as much as IL has to fear the educated
labor Of specially trained competitors:
and we should hay" the education OF
tho hand. eye. and brain which will tit
us to meet such competition.
In every possible way We should
help the wageworker who tolls with
his hands and who must eve hope in
constantly increasing measured also
toll with his brain. Under the constl-
tuition the national legislature can do
but little to direct Importance for his
welfare save where he is engaged In.
work which permits II TO act under
constitution; and this is one reason
why so earnestly hope that both the
legislative ard judicial branches or the
government viii construe this clause OF
the constitution in the brogdest possible
manner. We can, however. in such
matter as Industrial training, in such "A
matter as child labor and factory laws,
set an example 10 the states by enacung
the most advanced legislation that can
wisely be enacted for the District Of Co
lumbia
Agricultural Interests.
The only otner persons whose welfare
is as vital 10 the welfare of the whole
country as is the welfare OF the wage
workers are the tillers OF the soil, the
farmers. II is "A mere trusm to say that
no growth Of cities. no growth Of wealth,
no Industrial development can atone for
any falling on in the o ChSrfSter n ana
ing the last few decades this fact has
been recognized with ever-increasing
clearness There is no longer any fall
certain branches, must become techni-
cal and scientific profession. This means
that there must be open to the farmers
the chance for technical and scientific
training, not theoretical merely. but OF
the most severely practical type, The
fafmer represents a peculiarly high type
OF American citizenship. and he must
have tho same chance to rise and develop
AZ other American citizens have More
over, IL ~ exactly as true OF the farmer
~ u is OF the business man and the
wageworker. that the ultimate success OF
the nation of which he forms "A part
must he founded not alone on material
prosperity but upon hixh moral, mental,
and physical development This "duca-
rion Of the farmer aelr-oducation by
preference, but also education from the
outside, as with all other meu-is pc
cuharv necessary here in the United
states; whore the frontier conditions
nearly vanished, wherr there must be a
substitution Of NOR" intensive system
~ cultivation for the old wastefiH farm
,,a and WTlpTR there must be
a better business organization among the
farmers themselves.
Good or GrnnEe Organizations.
Several factors must cooperate IN the
improvement Of the farmers condition.
He must have the chance IN he educated
which keeps ever in view the intimate
relationship between the theory " edu-
cation and the facts Df life. In all
education we should widen our aims. IL
is a good thing 10 produce n certain num-
her OF trained scholurs and students;
but the education sGperntended by, the
state must seek rather to produce hun
dred good citizens than merely one
scholar and IL must he turned now ana
then from the class book 10 INC sIndy
OF the great book % nature Itself. This
Is especially true of the farmer, az has
been pointed out again and again by all
observers most competent to pass prac-
teal Judgment on the prnhipms Of our
country life All students now realize
that education must seek tn train the
executive powers Ol ybuHR I6upl' anu W
confer more real siKnihCance upon the
phrase dignity OF labor" and 10 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 a right public
opinion, and show IN many ways social
and cooperative spirit. Organization has
become necessary I'm the business world;
and il has accomplished much for good
in the world OF labor. II is no less neces- !
saw for farmers Such a movement as
the grange movement is good IN itself
nd is capable of "A well-nigh infinite fur |
Their extension for good So long as II is ,
kept TO its own legitimate business The /
benefits TO ne 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 efticacious /
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 dlrec- /,
lions, and year nv year il fnds how IL
can improve rs methods and develop
fresh usefulnrSs. Its constant effort Is
10 give the governmental assistance In