Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-10-02

the me IN all positions. from Tho TOT
10 the bpttomg who build and run
them. Yet. while Of curse | am anx-
lous to see these men, and therefor
the corporations they represent 81
serve achieve tho fullest measure Of
legitimate prosperity, nevertheless az
this country grows l feel that we can
not have too many railroads. and that
IN addition to the iron highroads Of
our railway system we should also
utilize the great river highways which
have been given Us by allure From
a variety Of causes these highways
have la many parts of the country
beer almost abandoned This Is not
healthy, Our people, and especially
the representative of the people IN
the national congress-. should give
subject. We should be prepared 90
put the nation collectively back 81
the movement 10 improve them fer
the nations use. our knowledge At
this time IL not such as to permit me
to go into details. or 90 say definitely
Just what the nation should do, but
most assurcdly out great navigablf
rivers are national assets just as much
our great HeacOaat harhols. EN-
A'NNN f" r. 20 - NH" ~ 8fN NNN
country that our great harbofs should
he htted 20 receive in safely the larg-
vessels Of the merchant fleets Of
the world. So bY deepening and other
our rivers should be fitted 60
bear their part Ia the movement Of
merchandise, aud this % especially
rue OF the Mississippi and It's tribu-
aries, which drain the immense and
prosperous region which makes in
fgft Ts4f rho IataAFf -Af YHtN nation fI4 .
lasin Of the Great Lakes being al-
'cady united with the basin Of the
Mississippi and both regions being
IDENTICAL IN their products and inter-
sts. Waterways are peculiarly fitted
or the transportation Of The bulky
commodities which come from the soil
r under the soil; and no other part I
+ our country Is as fruitful as Is this
d such c~ommodities.
Must Make Farm Iifc Attractive.
You In iowa have many manufac-
c%enters. but YOU remain. and
Ope viii always remain a great aE-
.Icultural state. ! hone that the means
r transporting your commodlties 10
VIII be steadily Improved but
ais viii be Of no use unless Won keep n
reducing the commodities. and in the 2
ing run this viii largely depend upon =
our being able 20 keep on the farm
high type Of citizenship. The effort
Iust be TO make farm NE not only
'munerative but attractive. so that Z
10 beat young men and girls VIII feel I
TO stay on the farm aud not :
, 10 the city. Nothing Is more inn
lrtant to this country Than the per- .
of u system of medium 8
led farms worked hy their owners.
- do not want to see our farmers
nix TO the condition of the peasant +
the ola World. barely able to live ,
their small holdings. nor do we ,
int to see their places '-ken by i
men owning enormous estates /
lich they work purely by tenants .
Il hired servants. n
Guard Against I~andlordism. ID
present the ordinary farmor "
Ids his own In the land as against e
y possible representative uf the h
class OF farmer-that Is. OF Y
men who would own vast estates Il
because the ordinary farmer unites y
capital his labor and his brains u
III the making Of a permanent FAM ~
home. aud thus can afford to hold y
lHnd at q value at which II can "a
/ be held by the capitalist. who o.
uld have to u il by leasing # or ~
~cultivating tt at arms length by 81
ed labor In other words. tho 4
American farmer Of today gets y
remuneration In part In the shape y
an independent home for his FAM "
and gives him an advantage over a|
absentee landlord. Now, from the Il
ndpoint OF the nation as q whole % N
pre-omincntly desirable 10 keen as al
of our chief Amcrscan types, the u
mcr. the farm home maker 81 the ~
dium sized farm. This type of ~
m home IS ole Of the strongest pu- ~
cal and social bulwarks Y
FARM breeds Leaders az Nca. ~
,nch "a farm worked by the owner M
proved by experience The best an
Ia which 10 breed vigorous lead le
alike for country ana city. 10 is an
of prime economic and civic al
lurtance 10 encourage this type 81 ,t
le-owning farmer. la
Educate Farmers for the Fern. "a
therefore,. We should strive IN every do
10 aid la the education or the il
ncr for the farm aud should ni
ur our school system with this end
View, ana So vitality important D. ,.
& that, in my opinion. the federal hi
'rnment should corporate with ~
state governments 90 secure the 7 N
led change and improvement n 'i
schools. II is significant THAI both =
% Minnesota q Georgia there w
e come proposals in this direction on
he appearance of bills introduced %
the national congress Tile con- IT.
sional land srant of tNts s,c,n, II,
mucb iu esmbrsbtnr no eg,i- M
urai colleges in the several =iafrs "p
therefore ga preparing to turn W
system OF educational training for w
Young into channels Hf uurp WI
ldcr aud more practicahlc-und ful
30 ] am saying about agricultural 'nl
ming really applies Go all Industrial plS
ming But tho colleges can not pr'
N the MASSES. and 10 is essential Hh'
his
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