Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-12-04
TlREE.
,,Igil tie slepartn,eat of 6 grlcultare

Through the department OF ia gricuIt uFe
should do all it can By joining with
the state governments and with iildes
pendent associations Of farmers to en-
courage the growth in the open farm
ing country Of such Institutional and
social movements as viii meet the de-
8mand of the best type Of farmers, both
for the Improvement of their farms
and for the betternent of the life it.
sell. The department. of agriculture !,
has I'M many places, perhaps especially III
in certain districts of the south, ae-
conpiished 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 were hitherto managed. The
1 farmer must not lose his Independence, Il
| his initiative, his rugged self reliance,
vet he must learn to work in the heart
1 lest cooperation with his fellows, ex &
actly as the business man has learned
to work, and he must prepare to use
/ to constantly better advantage the +
/ knowledge that can be obtained from
/ agricultural colleges, while be must
4 insist upon a practical curriculum in
/ the schools in which his children are
4 taughs The department of agriculture
4 and the departnlen t of commerce and
labor both deal with the fundamental
i needs of our people in the production
4 Of raw material and its manufacture
4 and distribution and therefore with
4 the welfare of those who produce it In +
4 the raw state and of those who manu-
4 facture and distribute it. The depart
Il 1nent of commerce and labor has but,
"A recently been founded, but has already
4 justified its existence, while the de-
\ partment of agriculture yields to no
& other in the government in the nracr5
teal benefits which it products in pro-
a-portion to the public money expended
81 1t must continue In the future to deal
:. with growing crops as it has dealt in
s the past. but 1t must still further ex-,
4 tend its field Of usefulness hereafter
z by dealing with live men through a.
4 far reaching study and treatment OF
the problems of farm life alike from
Il the industrial and economic and So
II cial standpoint. Farmers must coop
Il crate with one another and with the
7 government, and the goyernm ent5 can
4 Ibest give its aid through associations
, of farmers, so as to deliver to the
farmer the large body of agricultural
z knowledge which has been accumulat-
= ed by the national and state govern
5 ments and by the agricultural colleges
4 and schools. "A
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-
: sively by grades. To secure satisfae,
= tory results in our home markets and
u to facilitate our trade abroad these
y grades should approximate the highest
y degree of uniformity and certainty
u The present diverse methods of inspee
z ton and grading throughout the coun
u u try under different laws and boards re
y suit in confusion and lack of uniform
~ ity, destroying that confidence which
~ lis necessary for healthful trade. Com
:. plants against the present method:
~ have continued for years, and they ar
u growing in volume and Intensity no
=, only in this country, but abroad. a
- therefore suggest to the congress TIL
= ACCESSIBILITY of national system of in
J. spection and grading of grain enterin:
y into interstate and foreign commerce
= as a remedy for the present evils.