The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-04

pind. Progress cannot permanently
 labor, but in the development of phys
 more and more the work of the train
 ed mind in the trained body. Our
 school system is gravely defective in so
 literary training snS mie tends uPpe therefors or
 to train the boy away from the farm
 and the workshop Nothing is more
 schoo ths scsoel sss yge os
 industries in the city, the school for
 practically IS prsaching agrieulturs in | skilled mechanic. should alike be rec | ognized as professions, just as emphat-
 iesl,y as the caii,ns of lawyer dSctSr
 ree.gnize h ta:. and it should te
 equally recognized in poppiar opinion
 man who has the far
 1t and get over the idea that it makes | difference whether he whether what he earns is called salary or wages and the so called professions. and takes to constructive industry instead. Is
 reasonably sure of an ample reward in
 marry early and to establish a home with fair amount of, freedom from worry. It should be one of our prime,
 mechanic on higher plane of ehici- ency and reward, so as to increase their effectiveness in the economic | remuneration and the power of thesr position in the social world.
 No growth of cities. no growth of
 the nu%Sss mass P Yr ths iSs ass 1
 the farming population. We of the
 United tSates should realize this above
 all other people We began our exis-
 cullar dependence has had to be plac-
 ed upon the farming population; and tthed. But 1t cannot be justified in the future if agriculture is permitted to sink in the scale as compared VI .th
 to lose that pre- -eminently typical Am
 erican. the farmer who owns nis me-
 dium sized farm. To have his place
 peasant -aroprietors, or by asclass of great landlords with tenant farmed
 estates, would be a veritable calam-
 good thing. but only so far as 1t does
 not mean growth at the expense
 of the country farmer. We must well
 tee1r apel.cation to ssriculturai % prac-
 tices, and we must do all we can to
 render country conditions more easy
 and pleasant. There are forces whicn
 now tend to bring about b3th these
 results, but they are. as yet, in their
 infancy. The National Government,
 through the Department of Agriculture
 
 the State governments. and with inde-
 pendent associations of farmers, to en- courage the growth in the open farm, ing. country of such ixstitutional and demand of the. best type of farmers.
 both for the improvement of their
 farms and for the betterment of the life itself. The Department of Agrt- especially in certain districts of the South. accomplished an extraordinary ing the farmers, through their assocla- tions on their own soil. how to in- crease their income by managing their managed The farmer must not lose his Independence. his initia,ive.. lis rugged self-reliance, yet he must learn | with his fellows, exactly as the tus.. mess man has learned to work; and 1 he must prepare to use to constantly | better ,s, asxantage the kn93wi,edge r3v,,,, tnat n ieges, while he must insist upon a | practical curriculum in the schools in | which his children are taught, The | Department of Agriculture and the De- partment of Commerce and Labor both | deal with the fundamental needs of our people in the production of raw ma | button and. therefore. with the welfare of those who produce it in it's raw state. and of those who manufacture Commerce. and Labor has but recent iy been founded, but has already jus titled its existence: while the Depart in the Government in the practical benefits which it produces in to the public money ex- lure pet to deal with growing " crops as 1t has dealt in the past, but 1t must still further extend Its field of useful ness hereafter by dealing dealing .,Sa, %Sth live live treatment of the problems of farm life alike from the industrial and 'econom- ic and social standpoint. Farmers must inc Government, and the Government can best give it's aid through associa- tions of farmers, so as to deliver to tural knowledge which has been aocu- by the National and State gov ernments and by the agricultural col leges and schools
 The grain producing industry of the one of the most important in the United States deserves special con sidera tion at the hands of ColCress. Our grain is sold almost exclusively by grade. To secure satisfactory re- suits in our home markets anG 10 facil- shnntd approximate the highest degree of uniformity and certainty. The pres ent diverse methods of inspection and grading throughout the country rrder confusion and lack. of uniformity. do-. stroyinP that confidence which is nec- essary for healthful trade
 Complaints against the present methods have continued for years and they are growing in volume and. in- density. not only in this country but abroad. I therefore suggest to the Congress a National system of inspec- lion and grading of grain entering in- 10 interstate and foreign commerce as , remedy for the present evils.
 Inland Waterways.
 The conservation of our national rer sources and their proper use constE ute the fundamental problem which lnderlies almost every other problem ain Tor our civilization the adequate material basis without which that civ-e lizatiop cannot exist. We must show foresight we must look ahead As nation we not only enjoy an abundant naasiIre of present prosperity, but If his prosperity is used alright 1t is an of future success such as no ,ther nation will have. The reward of l "resight for this nation is great and ,asily foretold. But there must be the ook ahead. there must be realization # the fact that to waste, to destroy, ,ur natural resources. to skin and ex" laust the land instead of SD NsinR 1t l IS to increase its usefulness, will re- nut in undermining m the deys of our hildren the very prosperity which we ,ught by right to hand down to then, Lmplflied and developed. For the last l { CIV years, through several agencies, .he Government has hcen Gndea voring to | ret our people to look ahead and to ubstitute Il planned and orderly de. If a haphaZard striving for iminedi- Lte profit. Our great river systems ] hould be developed as National water highways; the Mississippi. with its | l