Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-10-04

regions sbeing identical in their pro-
ducts and interests. Waterways are
peculiarly fitted for the transporta-
ton of bulky commodities which come
from the soil or under the soil, and no
other part of our country is as fruit
full as is this in such commodities.
From the standpoint of the nation
as a whole 1t is prominently desir-
able to keep as one of our chief Amer
lean types the farmer, the farm home
maker, of the medium-sized farm.
This type Of farm home Is one of our
strongest political and Social bull
warks.
Such farm worked by the owner
has proved by experience the best
place in which to breed vigorous lead.
ers alike for country and city. 1t is
a matter of prime economic and civic
Importance to encourage this type of
homecoming farmer.
Schools Should Aid Farmers.
Therefore, we should strive in
every way to aid in the education of
the farmer for the farm, and should
shape our school system with this end
in view; and so vitality important is
this that, in my opinion, the federal
government should cooperate with the
state governments to secure the need
ed change and improvement in our
schools. But the colleges cannot
reach the masses, and it is essential
that the masses should be reached.
Such agricultural high schools as
those in Minnesota and Nebraska for
farm boys and girls, such technical
high schools as are to be found, for in
stance, in both ST. Louis and Washing
ton, have by their success shown that
it is entirely feasible to carry in prac-
tical fashion the fundamentals of in
dustrial training into the realms of
our secondary schools.
Changes Needed In Land Laws.
1.-THE states of the high plains and
of the mountains have a peculiar claim
upon me, because for a number of
years l lived and worked in them, and
I have that intimate knowledge of
their people that comes under such
conditions. In those states there is
need OF modification of the land
! laws that have worked so we'll in the
well-watered fertile regions to the
eastward, such as those in which you
here dwell.
| "The one object in all our land
laws should be always to favor the
/, actual settler, the actual home maker
who comes to dwell on the land and
/. there to bring up his children to in.
! herit it after him.
| Home Maker Should Be Preferred.
1.-The government should part with
its title to the land only to the actual
/, home maker-not to the profit maker
i who does not care to make a home
! The land should be sold outright only
in quantities sufficient for decent
homes-not in huge areas to be held
! for speculative purposes or used as
ranches, where those who do the &C
=! tual work are merely tenants or hired
| hands
NO temporary prosperity Of any
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gree atone for failure on our part te
shape the laws so that they may work
| for the permanent good of the home
maker.
1t Is Keokuk's Greatest Day.
Keokuk, Ia, Oct. 2.-The president
! arrived here at 9:1O a. M Tuesda,
and was met at the station by the
governors of Iowa. Florida, Louisiana
Minnesota, Nebraska, both Dakotas
1 Oregon, Wyoming and Illinois. Three
| companies of militia were there.
The early morning was fair, but il
began to sprinkle shortly after the
| presidential party started in carriages
to Rand park, where the speeches
| were delivered.
Auto Frighters Man to Death.
Cleveland, O., Sept. Enlightened
! by the vigorous footing of an auto
mobile horn behind him, John Con
way ran out of the road and thei
-Ied OF heart failure.
CA8ToRIA.
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