Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-06

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a GOOD thing % produces : certain mum.
her ri famed scholars and ptudentei
hut the education Buperlntendeo by the
state must seek rather TO produce nun.
dred GOOD cItizens than merely onss
@chniaF. and II must be turned now ana
then from the class book e tne stM1y
81 the great book Of nature itself Ihis
| "a especially true OF the farmer AZ d,
been pointed out again ana AGAIN " gya ~
teal deal judgment On the problems q our
S XXI education t Most seek to train The
| executive powers OF young people and %
Sru TsA u E ab6F ana pP % ps
pare the pupils 90 that N addition e
/ egch developing IN the highest degree
| his Individual capacity for Work, thSy
may together help create right PUBIC
| opInion, and show In many ways social
and cooperative spirit. Organization has
| become necessary In the business world;
| and II has accomplished much Tor GOOD
| IN the world OF labor, II IL no less neces-
fhe grange movement 10 good In itself
and Il capable Of well-nigh infinite fur
| Their extension for good 20 long az y u
| kept to its own legitimate business. Inc
benefits to b. derived by me association on
partly economic and partly sociological.
Moreover, while in the long run volun-
tary effort will prove more efncacious
than government assistance, while. the
farmers must primarily do most for
themselves, yet the government can also
az much The department OF agriculture
has broken new ground n many direc.
lions, and year by year It finds how i
can improve its methods ana 4eveio,p
to give the governmental assistance In
the most effective way: that 10, thru as
eooiations Of farmers rather than to or
thru Individual farmers. 1t ID also striv-
cultural departments of the several
states; and 30 far as its own work is
educational, to coordinate II with the
work or other educational authorities.
Agricultural education Is necessarily
agricultural educational Institutions are
wisely specializing themselves, making
their course relate to the actual teaching
Of the agricultural and kindred sciences
people Y b !. ysa5 e Es il Us spR.Et
among farmers by the creation of
lions, Of breeders associations, horti-
cultural associations. and the like. A
striking example Of how the govern
ment and the farmers can cooperate is
shown in connection with the menace
southern states by the advance of the
boil weevil. The department IL doing
all It can to organize the farmers In
the threatened districts, just as 1t has
been doing all II can to organize them
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 efiicient style"
Il he M tha lIsFfno.
ton and forest preservation system, and
asks for an appropriation for building q
memorial thsater at Arlington.
Marriage and Divorce.
As . means Of bringing about national
suggests constitutional amendment, and
says 1t 10 not safe to leave these CUES
lions to be dealt with by the various
states. Continuing on this subject ne
When home ties are loOsened; when
men and women cease to regard .
worthy family life, with all its duties
fully performed, and all it, RESPONSE
bilifies lived up TO. ae the life best
sommonweaith are at hand. There are
regions In our land. and classes Of our
population, where the birth rate has
sunk below the death rate. Surely II
should need no augmentation 70 show
standpoint q the nation, from me
standpoint Of the human race, the one
sin for which the penalty 10 national
death, race death; q sin for which
there IL no atonement; q sin which IL
the more dreadful exactly IN, proper
ton as the men and womsn guilty
thereof are in other respects, in char
acter, and bodily and mental powers.
those whom for the sake Of the state
1t would be well to see the fathers
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-respect.
The president asks for the enactment
into law of a shipping bill that will place
American interests on the seas on a par
with those Of other countries, and urges
especially that something be done that
will establish direct steamship commu-
nication with South American ports.
Currency Reform.
Amendments to the present currency
that present laws are inadequate because
of the wide huctuation Of interest
chargeB he says;
1.-THE mere statement of these facts
shows show nst our present sr. system e n.s + osr
change. Unfortunately, however, many
OF the proposed changes must be ruled
from consideration because they are
complicated. are not easy Of compre-
FIGHTS and interests. We must also
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
cuiiarly 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 |
your consideration lie 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 O specified proportion |
OF their capital in notes OF q given |
kind, the issue to be taxed at 30 high |
q rate AZ to drive the notes back when |
not wanted IN legitimate trade. This |
plan would not permit the issue OF /
currency to give banks additional |
profts, but to meet the emergency pre- |
sented BY times Of stringency
Need Of Automatic System.
IT do not say that this Is the right |
system. only advance IL to empha- |
slze my belief that there IL need for |
the adoption Of some system which /
shall be automatic and open TO ali /
sound banks, so as to avoid all pos- |
slbillty Of discrimination and favorlt- |
ism. Such q 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 az New York tempts bankers /
70 lend u at low rates for speculative
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