Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-12-18

through the department OF agriculture
should do all II can by joining with
the state governments and with indie
pendent associations of farmers to en-
courage the growth I'm the open farm
ing country Of such institutional and
social movements as will meet the de-
mand of Che best type Of farmers, both
for the improvement Of their farms
and for the betterment Of the life Il.
self. The department of agriculture
has i'm 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 10 increase their In
come by managing their farms better
than they were hitherto managed. The
farmer must not lose his independence,
his initiative, his rugged self reliance,
YET lie must learn to work In the heart
lest cooperation with his fellows, eN-
actly us the business man has learned
to work. and he must prepare TO use
to constantly better advantage the
knowledge that can he obtained from
agricultural colleges, while he must
insist upon a practical curriculum In
the schools In which his children ure
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 its manufacture
and distribution and therefore with
the welfare OF those who produce 1t In
the raw state and of those who manu-
facture and distribute II. The depart
ment OF commerce and labor has but
recently been founded. but has already
justified its existence, while the de-
partment of agriculture yields TO no
other in the government In the prac-
teal benefits which II products In pro-
portion to the public money expended.
! 1t must continue In the future to deal
with growing crops as II has dealt In
| the past. but II must still further cX-
! tend its field OF usefulness hereafter
by dealing with live men through Il
| far reaching study and treatment Of
| the problems OF farm life alike frOn
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 MD through associations
of farmers. so us to deliver to the
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 Mt the hands of the con
grcss. our grain is sold almost eXClu-
sively 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 l"cthods of inspec
tion 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 ar,
growing In volume and intensity no
only In this country. but abroad.
therefore suggest TO the congress tn,
ACCESSIBILITY of n national system of In
: spection and grading Of grain entering
into interstate and foreign commerce,
as a remedy for the present evils.