The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-12-03

through the department OF agriculture
should Go ali it can by Joining With
the state governments and with indie
pendent associations of farmers to en-
courage the growth in the open farm
ing country Of such institutional and
social movements as will meet the de
mand of the best type of farmers, both
for the Improvement of their farms
and for the betterment Of the life it.
self. The department Of agriculture
has in many places, perhaps especially
In certain districts Of the south, ac-
complished an extraordinary amount
by cooperating 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 hitherto managed. The
farmer must not lose his independence,
his initiative, his rugged self reliance,
yet he must learn to work in the heart
lest cooperation with his fellows, eN-
actly as the business mar eias learned
to work. and he must | y are to use
to constantly better a,. ,untage the
knowledge that can be obtained from
agricultural colleges. while he must
insist upon practical curriculum in
the schools in which his children are
taught. The department of agriculture
and the department OF commerce and
labor both deal with the fundamental
needs of our people in the production
Of raw material and it's manufacture
and distribution and therefore with
the welfare of those who produce it in
the raw state and Of those who manu-
facture and distribute it. The depart
ment of commerce and labor has but
recently been founded, but has already
justified it's existence, While the de-
partment of agriculture yields to no
other in the government in the prac-
teal benefits which it products in pro-
portion to the public money expended.
1t must continue in the future to deal
with growing crops as it has dealt in
the past, but it must still further cX-
tend it's field of usefulness hereafter
by dealing with live men through a
far reaching study and treatment Of
the problems of farm life alike from
the industrial and economic and So
cial standpoint Farmers must coop
crate with one another and with the
government, and the government can
best give it's aid through associations
farmer the large body of agricultural
knowledge which has been accumulat-
ed by the national and state govern
ments and by the agricultural colleges
and schools.
The grain producing industry Of the
country, one Of the most important in
the United States, deserves special
consideration at the hands of the con-
gress. Our grain IS sold almost exclu-
stvely by grades. To secure satisfac-
tory results in our home markets and
to facilitate our trade abroad these
grades should approximate the highest
degree of uniformity and certainty.
The present diverse methods of inspec-
ton and grading throughout the coun-
try under different laws and boards re-
suit in confusion and lack of uniform
ity, destroying that confidence which
is necessary for healthful trade Com
plants against the present methods
have continued for years, and they are
growing in volume and Intensity not
only in this country, but abroad. I
therefore suggest to the congress the
ACCESSIBILITY Of national system Of in
spection and grading Of grain entering
into interstate and foreign commerce
as remedy for the present evils.