Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-12-06
Farmers and Wage Workers.

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The national government, through
the department of agriculture, should
do all it can by joining with the state
governments and with Independent as
sociations OF farmers to tho
growth in the open farming country
of such Institutional and social move
ments as viii meet the demand OF the
best type Of farmers. both for the inn
provement of their farms and for the
betterment of the life itself. The de-
partment of agriculture has In many
places, perhaps especially In certain
districts OF the south, accomplished
an extraordinary mount by co-operat-
ing with and teaching the farmers
through their associations, on their
own soil, how to increase their in
come by managing their farms better
than they We're hftherto The
farmer must not lose his independence.
his initiative, his rugged self reliance.
yet he must learn to work in the
heartiest cooperation with his fell
lows. exactly as the business man has
learned to work: and he must prepare
to use to constantly better advantage
the knowledge that a be obtained
from agricultural colleges, while he
must insist upon a practical curriculum
in the schools in which his children
are taught.
The grain producing industry OF the
country, n of the most important
in the United States, deserves special
consideration at the hands Of the con-.
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clusiyely by grades. To secure sat
| isfactory results In our rome mar
kets and to facilitate our trade
abroad, these grades should approxt-
mate the highest degree OF uni
formity and certainty. The present di-
verse methods of inspection and grad
ing throughout the country under diff
ferent laws and boards, result In con-
fusion and lack OF uniformity, des-
troying that confidence which IL nec-
essary for hcalthful trade. Complaints
against the present methods have con-
ttnued for years and they are
In volume and intensity, not only in
this country but abroad. therefore
suggest to h congress the ACCESSIBILITY
of a national system OF inspection an6
grading Of grain entering n inter-
state and foreig.4 commerce. as q REM
edy for the present evils.
Inland Waterways.
The conservation Of our natural re-
sources and their prop use constitute
the fundamental problem which UNDER
lies almost every other problem OF our
national life. We must maintain for
our civilization the adequate material
basis without which that civilization
cannot exist. We must show fore
sight, we must look ahead. AS q ma
ton we not only enjoy a wonderful
measure of present prosperity, but II
this prosperity is used Alright 1t II
an earnest Of future success such az
NO other nation will have. The reward
Of foresight for this nation is great
and easily fo.etold. But there must
be the look ahead, there must be q
realization of the fact that to waste,
to destroy, our natural resources, to
skin n exhaust the land instead OF
using IT so as to increase Its useful
ness, will result in undermining In the
days OF our children the very PROS
perity which we ought by right to hand
down to them ampli1ed and developed.
For the last few years. through several
agencies, the government has been en-
~deavoring to get our people to loo
ahead and to substitute a planned and
orderly development of our resources
In place Of a ~haphazard striving for
immediate profit.