The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-12-04

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ard rewarI s1 zs tc ircrr&s3 nl4 sf-
feefirensss in t1e Hc1ro-n.e Eprsc so
tEA dignity the r4uu1era --cr- an- tEf
power Ef rE position l- +nF social
wor1d EmtcrfInatelv ae present srH
erEet - s1ruF ~ fte work in the rpn-
1irectlcn- II nqys and girls ars'
srasrad merely 5n NeeTary a1rUr1r sl-
rDentK 10 the total eKeiGHlrr ~ Srdus-
trial menla4 and technical tsa4ni2g.
c1e-rlal work and 20 MAKE 11en re-
auctsnt 20 ED into lt on lnutse1 70 ao
vel. u theF AZ go into it s q
tendency which should ~ srrer1olk4F
comtats1 our Industrial development
depends largely upon fecnnlca4 e- 1ea-
zion. 5neAG1 mg ln tnlA term AAA in14a-
trial e41catlur from flat which rts
man % be good mechanic 8e14
carpenter. or blacksmith 90 t1at which
1tH 4 uan ~ do the greatest fnElr-
a4erlrg sa1t The skilled mechanic.
a. IA.rU
a4el - technical industrial e1uca ton.
The fdr-reachlnx uEe9Ilress % tuett-
sutea cf Technology aud Erh@lis q
mines or ~ erglNfrrsugs ir ArW Unit
werezlsy acknowledged and no less
fer-reae1in9 ia rtr effect ~ good
building OF mechanical fFanea sAeaA
ing GehoDA All SUCH training must ee-
Ve.Op not c1iy manual oeEterifl p1t
Industrial diligence. u tnterr1tiQH-
al rivalry tnis country GOES nqt
to fear the competition nf pauper labor
81 much 1s 81 has fp fear the EDUCATED
3aoor ~ specially trained competitors
and we should have the education q
sine hand eye and brain Wrien Wild lE
us 10 meet SUCH competition
In every posfitle @Ay WF snp4sl
help the WaReWnfEf VINO Tolls Hltl
his hands ane Wh9 ml4t t"e ApPt
q constantly Increasing meA@uFef ALSO
toll with his brain. Under tAe rpu8tl-
tuition the national legislature can %
but little 70 direct importance TOT al4
work which permits st 40 act under
the Interstate commerce clause cf the
constitution. and this is one reason
why ] 50 earnestly hope that both the
legfelatsxe and sudiciaa branches az the
government viii cDnHtFue this clause oH
file constitution 30 the broadest possible
matter as industrial training in such 2
matter aw child labor and factory Avs.
set an example To the states ~ endcung
the most advanced legislation that can
Ele. I'D ~
lugnbia.
Agricultural Interests.
The only other persons whose welfare
II al vital 10 tAe welfare q the whole
country as is the welfare of the wage
workers are the tillera OF the soil, the
farmers. IL Is a mere tFuism To say tnat
20 growth Of cities, no growth of wealth.
no Industrial development can atone H9r
any falling oh ~ the character ana
standing of the farming population. Dur
ing the last few decades this fact has
been recognized with ever-lnc creaeinE
ciearness. There is no longer any fail
ure 10 realize that farming, az least IN
certain branches must become tecnni-
cal ard scientific profession. This means
that there must be open % me farmers
the chance fOF TECHNICAL ana sclentinc
training not theoretical merely. but of
fhe most severely practical type. The
farmer represents peFliariy n'gn type
of American citizenship. and ne must
have the same chance io rise ana lsgei0p
az other American citizens have More
over Il rs exactly as true Df the farmer
as 81 Sc Of tire business man and the
wageworker that the ultimate success %
the nation on which be forms a part
must be founded not alone on material
prosperity plt UPON nlkH iAytet, Ntt-.ts''
and physical Development Anis erNea-
ton of the farmer -seif-educarion py
preference but also education from the
outside, as with all other mems Pc
States. where the frontier conditions
even in The newest states have now
nearly vanished where there must oe
substitution of a more intensive system
~ cultivation for the old Wastefui farm
management and where there must 20
a better business organization among the
farmers themselves
Good OF Grange Organizations.
Several factors must cooperate IN the
Improvement q the farmers condiuon;
He must have the chance 70 be educated
Ia the widest possible sense-in the sense
which keeps eyer in view the intimate
relationship between the theory q edu.
cation and the facts Of life IN All
education We should widen our Hims. II
is a good thing to produce a certain num-
ber of trained scholars ard stQQehtsf
but the education snperintended by the
state must seek rather - produce hum
dred good citizens than merely one
scholar. and il must be turned now and
then from the class book 70 the study
of the great book of nature Itself This
Is especially true ~ the farmer. as has
been pointed out again ana again by All
observers most competent 10 idtr Htaa-
teal Judgment on the problems ~ our
counsfv lse All students now realize
fnat education must seek 20 train the
executive powers of young people and 70
confer more real significance upon the
phrase -sdignit- OF labor" and % pre-
mare the pupils so that IN addition to
each developing ia the highest degree
ais Individual capacity for work, they
may together help create right public
opinion and show IN many ways social
ana cooperative spirit Organization has
ha~ome necessary In the business world
and ID has accomplished much for good
In the world OF labor. Il is no less heces-
earv for farmers Such a movement as
the grange movement ts good iu itself
ana IS cauabte OF a weli-nigh infinite fur
ther extension for good so long as Z Is
kepf to- its own legitimate business The
benefits 10 be derived By the association
81 farmers for mutual advantage are
partly economic and partly sociological
Moreover while ln the long run Yolun-
tary effort win prove more eihcacious
than government assistance. while the
farmers must primarily do most for
fhemeeives yet the government can also
a. much The department Of agriculture
has broken new ground in many dlrec-
tions. and year by year ~ nnqs now u
ran Improve It's methods and develop
fresh usefulness. It's constant effort is
to give the governmental assistance IN
the most effective way that Is, thru as
sociations Of farmers rather than 70 or
thru Individual farmers. To is also striv-
ing 10 coordinate its work with the agri.