The Elbert County tribune., 1906-12-06

is n good thing to produce "A certain num-
but the education superintended by the
state must seek rather to produce a hun
dred good citizens than merely one
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 again by all
observers most competent to pass prsc-
country life. All students realize
that education must seek to train the
confer more real Significance upon the
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. Organization has
become necessary Ia the business world.
in the. world of labor II & no less neces-
sary for farmers. Such movement
the grange movement 10 good in itself
and is capabie OF a well-nigh infinite FUR
ther extension for good SO long as IL Is
kept to it's own legitimaef 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-
tory effort VIII prove more ethoacious
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-
TONS and year by year IL finds how II
can improve Its methods and develop
fresh usefulness Its constant effort il
to give the governmental assistance in
the most effective way. that Is. thru as
sociations of farmers rather than TO or
thru individual farmers. II is also striv-
ing To coordinate its work with the ngri-
cultural departments Of the several
states, and so FAR MS It's own work is
educational. to coordinate IL with the
work OF other educational authorities.
Agricultural education is necessarily
based upon general education. but our
agricultural educational Institutions are
wisely specializing themselves. making
their course relate to tbs 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
farmers Institutes, OF dairy associn-
tons. Of breeders associations. horti-
striking example Of how the govern
mont and the farmers can cooperate is
offered to the cotton growers of the
southern states by the advance OF the
boil weevll. The department is doing
all IL can to organize the farmers in
the threatened districts. just as IL has
been doing all 1t can to organize them
in aid of It's work to eradicate the cat
tie fever tick In the south The depart
ment can and will cooperate with all
such associations. and 1t must have
their help II its own work is TO be
done In the most efficient style"
IL, He urges the extension OF, the irrlga,
asks for an appropriation for building
memorial theater at Arlington
Marriage and Divorce.
As n means of bringing about national
regulation OF marriage and divorce he
says IL is not safe to leave these ques-
tons to be dealt with by the various
states. Continuing on this subject ae
when home ties are loosened: when
men and women cease to regard
fully performed. and all its RESPONSE
bilites lived up to. the life best
worth living: then evil days for the
comm monwealth are at hand. There are
regions in our land. and classes OF our
popula tion, where the birth rate has
sunk below the death rate. Surely IL
should need no demonstration to show
that wlful sterility is. from the
standpoint OF the nation. from me
sin for which the penalty rs national
death, race death. sin for which
there Is no atonement: n sin which is
the more dreadful exactly in proper
ton as the men and women guilty
thereof are in other respects. In char
nctcr. and bodily and mental powers,
those whom for the sake OF the state
II would be well to see the fathers
and mothers OF many healthy children.
well brought up in homes made happy
by their presence. No man, no woman.
can shirlS the primary duties of life.
whether for love of ease and pleasure.
or for any other cause. and retain his
or her self-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
VIII establish direct steamship commu-
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 nuctuation OF interest
charges, he says:
shows that our present system is seri-
ouHly defective. There is need of a
change. Unfortunately. however. many
of the proposed changes must be ruled
from consideration because they are
complicated are not easy of compre-
rights and interests. We must also
rule out any plan which would ma
terially impair the value OF the United
to secure circulation. the issue of
which was made under conditions pe-
culiarly creditable to the treasury. I
do not press any special plan. Various
plans have recently been proposed by
expert committees of bankers. Among
the plans which are possibly feasible
and which certainly should receive
your consideration is that repeatedly
brought to your attention by the pres
| ent secretary of the treasury, the es-
sential features of which have been
approved by many prominent bankers
plan national banks should be per
mitted TO issue a 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 strlngency.
Need Of Automatic System.
IT do not say that this is the right
system. l only advance 1T to 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 favorit-
ism. Such n 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
seasons of the year. and its accumu-
lation at New York tempts bankers
to lend 1t at low rates for speculative
purposes: whereas at other times when
the crops are bling moved there is