The Washington times., 1907-12-03
ATTENTION TO CURRENCY QUESTION URGED

sentadves Of the sublic. the high ON
cials, whether on the bench or in exec
utive or legislative positions, need 10 re-
member that often the most dangerous
criminals so far as the life Of the Ma
tion is concerned are not those who com
nit the crimes known 10 and condemned
by the popular conscience for centuries,
but those who commit crimes only rem
dered possible by the complex conditions
or our modern industrial LIE
It makes not a particle OF difference
whether these crimes are committed Dy
a capitalist or by labOrer. BY lead
ing banker or manufacturer or railroad
man, or by a leading representative or a
labor union Swindling in stocks. cor
rupting legislaturcs, making fortunes
by the imitation Sf securities, BY wreck
ing railroads. Oy destroying cOmpeti-
tors through rebates-these forms OF
wrongdoing in tiIe capitalist, are Tar
more Infamous than any or nary form
OF embezZlement or forgery yet II IS
matter OF extreme difficul-y to secure
the punishment Of the man most guilty
OF them. most responsible for them
The business man who cOndones such
conduct stands on level with the labor
man who deliberately supports a corrupt
demagogue and agitatO-, whether head
Of a union or head Of some municipality.
because he IS said 20 have stood BY the
union" The members OF the business
community, the educators, or clergymen,
kind Of wrOngdolng, are no more dan
gerous TO the community, but are moral
~ even worse than the labor men who
are guilty OF the second type OF wrong
doing. because less Is to be pardoned
those who have no such excuse as Is
furnished either b. ignorance or by dire
need.
Farmers and Wage Workers
Wncn the Department OF Agriculture
was founded there was much sneerins
as 10 its usefulness. No department Of
the Government. however. has more
emphatically vindicated its usefulness,
and none save the Postofice Department
comes so continually and intimately in
tC touch with the people The two cit
!zens whose welfare is in the aggregate
most vital 20 the welfare OF the nation.
and therefore TO he welfare OF all other
citizens, are the wage-worker who does
manual laoor ard the uIler OF the soil.
the farmer There are. OF course, kinds
OF labor where the work must be purely
mental, and there are other kinds Of
labor where, under existing conditions,
very little demand indeed IS made upon
the mind. though I am glad 70 say that
the proportion OF Llen engaged in tkIs
kinl Of work Is diminishing. But IN any
community with the solid, healthy quail
itics which make up a really great na-
lion the bulk OF the people should do
Work which calls for The exercise OF
both body and mind. Progress cannot
permanently exist in the abandonment
OF physical labor. but in the develop
melL OF physical labor. SC that II shul
represent more and more the work q
The trained mind in the trained body.
Our school system IS gravely defective
in 50 far as II puts a premium upon
mere literary training and tends there
fore 70 train tbs boy away from the
farm and the workshop Nothing Is
more needed than the best type OF in
dustrial school, the school for mechan-
ical industries IN the CITY, the school
fCr practically teaching agriculture IN
the country. The calling OF the skilled
uusr OF the soil. the calling Cf the
skilled mechanic, should alike De recog-
nizS0 as professions, Just as emphatical-
~ as the callings of lawyer, doctor.
merchant, or clerk. The schools should
recognize this fact and II should equally
be recognized in popular opinion
Tho young man who has the far
sightedness and courage 20 recognize Il
and 10 get over the Idea that IL makes
difference whether what he earns is
called salary or wages, and who re-
fuses 20 enter the crowded feld OF the
sO-called professions, and takes tc CON
structive industry instead. Is reasonably
SURF OF an ample reward IN earnings in
health, IN opportunity 70 marry early.
and 20 establish q home with a fair
amount OF freed 0m from vorTv. II
should be one OF our prime objects 20
put both the farmer and the mechanic
on higher plane OF efficiency and re-
ward, 50 as TO increase their effective
ness in the economic world. and there
fore the dignity, the remuneration. and
the power Of their positions In the social
worl1
Need Farming Glass.
No growth Of cites. no growth OF
wealth, can make up for any loss in
either the number or the chara cter Of
the farming population. We OF The
United States should realize this above
almost al! other peoples. We began
our existence as a nation OF farmers.