Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-12-04

: tai. n there are other kinds of la
Dor. where, under existing condition
I very little demand indeed Is mad
upon the mind, though / am glad Il
say that the proportion of men en-
gagged in this kind of work is dinin
ishing. But in any community will
the solid. healthy qualities which
make up a really great nation thu
bulk Of the people should do worl
which calls for the exercise of b0tf
body and mind. Progress a no
permanently exist in the abandon.
ment of physical labor. but in the de
velopment of physical labor, so tina
II shall represent more and more the
work of the trained mind in the train
ed body. Our school system is
grayely defective i'm so far as 1T puts
a premium upon a mere literary
training n tends therefore TO train
the boy away from the farm and the
workshop. Nothing is more needed
than the best type Of industrial
school, the school for mechanical in
dustries In the city. the school for
practically teaching agriculture in the
country. The calling of the skilled
tiller of the soil, the calling of the
skilled mechanic, should alike be rec
ognized as professions. just as en-
phaticaIly as the callings Of lawyer,
doctor. merchant. or the clerk. The
schools should recognize this fact and
II should equally be recognized i'm
popular opinion. The u man
who has the farsightedness and cou-
rage to recognize it and to get over
the idea that II makes a difference
whether what he earns Is called sal
airy or wages. and who refuses to en-
ter the crowded field of sO-called pro-
LESSONS. and takes to constructive
Industry instead, is reasonably sure
of an ample reward i'm earnings, in
health, in opportunity to marry early,
and to establish a nome with a fair
amount of freedom from worry. 1t
should be n of our prime objects
to put both the farmer and the me-
chanic on a higher plane OF eifici-
ency and reward, SC as to increase
their effectiveness i'm the economic
world, and therefore the dignity. the.
remuneration, and the power of their
positions in the social world.
No growth of cities, no growth OF
wealth, can make up for any loss in
either the number or the character
of the farming population. We of the
United States should realize this above
almost all other peoples. We began
our existence as a nation of farmers.
and in every great crisis of the past
a peculiar dependence has had to be
placed upon the farming population;
and his dependence has hitherto been
justified. ia 1t ear not be justified I'm
the future II agriculture is permitted
to sink in the scale as compared with
other employments. We can not af-
ford to lose that pre-eminently ty-
pical American, the farmer who owns
his own medium-sized farm. TO have
his place taken by either a class of
small peasant proprietors, or by a
class of great landlords with tenant
farmed estates would be a veritable
calamity. The growth of our cities is
a good thing but only i'm so far as II
does not mean a growth at the ex-
pense of the country farmer. We
must welcome the rise Of physical
in their application to agri-
cultural practices, and we must do
all that We can to render country con-
ditions more easy and pleasant.
bring about both there results, but
are, as yet, in their infancy.
The national government through the
department Of agriculture should
do all IL can 10y joining the state gov
ernments and with the Independent
associations of farmers TO encourage
the growth In open farming country I
Of such institutional and social move
as viii meet the demand of
best type Of farmers. both for the
Improvement of their farms and for
he betterment of the life itself. The
department OF agriculture should
many places, perhaps especially in
q Ahi IL NAA7 VI AtAF CbuAiAH dAAhtlT
an extraordinary amount by
cooperating With and teaching the
through their associations.
their own soil. how to Increase
heir income by managing their farms
better than they la hotherto been
managed. The farmer must not lose
MS independence. his initiative. his
'uEged self-reliance. yet he must
earn to work in the heartiest CO.
operation with his fellows, exactly as
he business man has learned to work;
he must prepare to use TO con-
'tantly better advantage he know
edge that can be obtained from agri-
colleges, while he must insist
ipon a practical curriculum in the
In which his children are
aught. The department OF agricul-
ure and the department of commerce
nd labor both deal with the fun
lamental needs of our people In the
production of raw material and It's
and distribution, and, .
therefore,, with the welfare of those
Who produce IL in the raw state. and
hose who manufacture and distri-
ute H. The department Of com
nerce and labor has but recently ,
zen founded but has already justified ,
Is existence: while the department of ,
.grtculture yields to no other In the ,
overnment in the practical benefits ,
Which II produces in proportion to the ,
.ublic money expended IL must =
In the future to deal with a,
rowing crops as il has dealt in the ,
asst. but IL must still further extend =
Is field of usefulness hereafter by d..
ealing with live men. through a =
lr~-reaching study n treatment OF
he problems Of farm life alike from
he Industrial and economic and So :
ial standpoint. Farmers must CO.
pcrate with one another n with ,
he government. and the government =
tn best give its aid through assoc d
iattons Of farmers. SO as to deliver .
the farmer the large body of agri- .
lltural knowledge which has been '
ccumulated by the national and state !,
pNernments n by the agricultural :
llleges and schools. :
The grain producing industry of .
BE- country. L. one of the most i'm l,
oitant in the United States. deserves y
lccial consideration at the hands Of =
lngress. Our grain Is sold almost =
Sclusively by grades. To secure sat !,
factory results In our home mar .
ets n to facilitate our trade abroad. y
Icse grades should approximate the !,
.ghest degrees OF uniformity and Ger y
lnty. The present diverse methods t.
inspection n grading throughout y
.c country under different laws and y
,grds. result ia confusion and lack y
uniformity. destroying the conf =
which D. necessary for health -
4 trade. Complaints against the "
'gapUt methods have continued for if