Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-12-13

| is good thlnS TO produce a certain num-
Der of trained scholars and students;
| but the education superintendent by the
state must seek rather to produce a hun
ecSolas and It must be ' turned irgy g9w end ong
then from the class book to the study
of the great book of nature itself. This
| is especially true of the farmer, as has
| been pointed out again and again by all
observers most competent TO pass prac-
tical judgment on the, problems of our
| that education must seek to train the
executive powers of young people and to
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 a right public
| opinion, and show in many ways social
become necessary in the business world;
and it has accomplished much for good
in the world of labor. 1t is no less neces-
sary for farmers. Such a movement as
| the grange movement is good in itself
and is capable of a well nigh infinite fur
ther extension for good SO long as 1t is
| kept to its own legitimate 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-
tary effort will prove more efficacious
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
|
| can improve its methods and develop
| fresh usefulness Its constant effort is
| to give the governmental assistance in
the most effective way: that is, thru as
sociations of farmers rather than to or
| thru individual farmers. 1t Is also striv-
| ing to coordinate it's work with the agri-
| cultural departments of the several
| states, and so far as its own work is
educational. to coordinate 1t 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 the 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
among farmers by the creation of
| farmers institutes, of dairy associa-
| tions. of breeders associations horti-
cultural associations and the like.
striking example of how the govern
| ment and the farmers can cooperate is
| shown in connection with the menace
offered to the cotton growers of the
| boil weevil. The department is doing
| all 1T can to organize the farmers in
| the threatened districts. just as it has
| 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 it must have
| their help If it's own work is to be
done in the most efficient style"
=. He urges the extension. of the irriga-
| asks for an appropriation for building a
memorial theater at Arlington.
Marriage and Divorce.
| AS means of bringing about national
| regulation of marriage and divorce he
suggests a constitutional amendment. and
| says it is not safe to leave these ques-
| tions to be dealt with by the various
states. Continuing on this subject he
When home ties are loosened; when
| men and women cease to regard
worthy family life. with all its duties
| fully performed, and all its RESPONSE
| bilities lived UP to, as the life best
| worth living; then evil days for the
| commonwealth are at hand. There are
| population, where the birth rate has
| sunk below the death rate. Surely it
should need no demonstration to show
that wilful sterility is, from the
standpoint of the nation, from me
standpoint of the human race the one
sin for which the penalty is national
there is no atonement; a sin which is
the more dreadful exactly in proper
thereof are in other respects, in char
acter and bodily and mental powers,
those whom for the sake of the state
it 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 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 q shipping bill that will place
American interests on the seas on 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
laws are asked for, and after showing
that present laws are inadequate because
of the wide tuctuation of interest
charges, he says:
1.-The mere statement of these facts
shows that our present system is seri-
ously defective There is need of a
change. Unfortunately. however. many
from consideration because they are
complicated. are not easy of compre-
hension. and tend to disturb existing
rights 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
which was made under conditions pc
culiarly creditahle to the treasury
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-
approved by many prominent bankers
and business men. According to this
plan national banks should be per
mitted to issue specified proportion
of their capital in notes of a 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 stringency.
Need of Automatic System.
"I do not say that this is the right
system. l only advance it 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 a 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 it's accumu-
lation at New York tempts bankers
to lend 1T at low rates for speculative
purposes; whereas at other times when
the crODS hing moved 10