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happier, and more attractive? Such a
result is more earnestly to be desired
How can life on the farm be kept on
the highest level, and where II Is not
already on that level, be SO improved
dignihed, and frightened as to awaken
and keep alive the pride and loyalty of
the farmers boys and girls. of the far
mer's wife. and OF the farmer himself?
How can compelling desire to live on
the farm be aroused in the children that
are born on the farm? All these ques-
tons are of vital importance not only to
the farmer, but TO the whole nation: and
the department Of agriculture must do its
share in answering them.
WHY TILE CITY ATTRACTS.
The drift toward the city is lareelv
determined by the superior social oppor-
tunities TO he enjoyed there, by the
greater vividness and movement of city
! life. Considered from the point OF view
of national efficiency, the problem of tina
farm is as much problem of attractive
ness as II is problem of pros perity. =
has ceased to be merely a problem Of
growing wheat and corn and cattle Th3
problem of production has not ceased tc
be fundamental, but 1t Is no longer finals
just as learning to read and write and
cipher are fundamental. but are no longer
the final ends of education We hope
ultimately TO double the average yield OF
wheat and corn per acre; it will be a great
achievement: but II is even more impor-
tant to double the desrability, comfort,
and standing of the farmers lift
We must consider, then, not merely how
to produce but also how production ef-
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some of which have a fairly intima t.
personal knowledge. IT is no less true OF
other great tracts OF country east of the
Mississippi. In these regions the churcl,
and the school flourish as never before:
there Is more successful and more vari-
ed farming industry: the social advan-
tages and opportunities are greater than
ever before; life Is fuller, happier, more
useful: and though the work is more eff
fective than ever. and In a way quite as
hard. it Is carried on so as to give more
scope for well-used leisure. My plea Is
that we shall all try to make more nearly
universal the conditions that now obtain
In the most-favored localities.
MUST USE BUSINESS METHODS.
Nothing In the way of scientific work
can ever take the place of business man
asement on a farm. We ought all Of MS
to teach ourselves as much as possible;
but we can also all of us learn from
others and the farmer can best lea IN how
to manage his farm even better than he
now does by practice, under intelligent
supervision, on his own soil in such way
as to increase his income. This is the
kind Of teaching which has been carried
on in Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas by
DR. Knapp, of the national department OF
agriculture, But much has been accom-
plished by the growth of what Is broadly
designated as agricultural science. This
has been developed with remarka BILE
rapidity during the last quarter Of a CEN
fury. and the benent to agriculture has
been great. As was inevitable. there was
much error and much repetition of work
in the early application of money to the
needs Of agricultural colleges and expert
ment stations alike by the nation and the
several States. Much has been accom-
plished: but much moro can be accom-
plished in the future. The prime need
ing in scientific conclusions of proved
soundness. Both the farmer and the
Legislature must beware of invaria bly,
demanding immediate returns from in
vestments in research efforts. It is prob
ably one of our faults as a nation that We
are too impatient to walt a sufficient
length Of time to accomplish the best re-
suits and In agriculture effective re-
search often. although not always. In
wolves slow and long-continuede ffortif the
results are to he truthworthy. While APP
piled science in agriculture as elsewhere
must be judged largely from the stand
point of its actual return In dollars, yet
tee farmers, no more than anyone else,
can afford to ignore the large resul 8
knowledge. The farmer must prepare for
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-06-06
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of heartier praise than the mon and wo.
men who teach In them.
LACK INDUSTRIAL TRAINING.

men who teach In them.
LACK INDUSTRIAL TRAINING.
Nevertheless, for at least generation
we have been waking to the knowledge
that there must be additional education
beyond that provided in the public school
as 1t is managed to-day. Our school sys-
TEN has hitherto been well-nigh wholly
lacking on the side of Industrial training,
of the training which fits a man for the
shop and the farm. This Is most seri-
Gus lack. for no one can look at the peo-
pies of mankind as they stand at present
without realizing that Industrial training
is one of the most potent factors In ma
tional development. We Of the United
States must develop system under
which each individual citizen shall be
trained so as to be effective individually
as an economic unit, and 1t to be organ
lied with his fellows so that he and they
can work in efficient fashion together.
This question Is vital to our future prog
ress and public attention should be
focused upon 1t. Surely II is eminently
in accord with the principles of our dem
ocratic life that we should furnish the
highest average industrial training for
the ordinary skilled workman. But it is
curious thing that in industrial training
we have tended to devote our energies to
producing high grade mon at the top
rather than In the ranks. Our engineer
ing schools. for instance, compare favor
ably with the best In Europe whereas we
have done almost nothing to equip the
private soldiers OF the industrial army
the mechanic. the metal-worker, the car
penter. Indeed, too often our schools
train away from the shop and the forge
and this fact, together with the abandon
ment of the old apprentice system, has
resulted in such an absence of facilities
for providing trained journeymcn that in
many Of our trades almost all the recruits
among the workmen are foreigners. Sure
ly this means that there must be some
systematic method provided for training
young men in the trades and that this
must be co-ordnated with the public
school system. No Industrial school can
turn out a finished jour7eyman; but 1t
can furnish the material out OF which
finished journeyman can be made, just as
an engineering school furnishes the train
ing which enables its graduates speedily
to become engineers.
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and manufacturing industries Of tn.
cities,
SCIENCE IN AGRICULTRCRE.

The chief offset to the various tenden-
has hitherto come in the rise of the ply
steal science and their application to agri-
cultural practices or to the rendering OF
country conditions more easy and pleas
ant. But these countervailing forces are
as yet In their infancy. AS compared with
few decades ago, the social or conf
mlnity life OF country people in the East
compares less wel1 than it formerly did
with that OF the dwellers in cities. Many
country communities have lost their So
cial conference, their sense of community
interest, In such communities the coun-
try church, for instance, has gone back
ward both as a social and a religious
factor. Now, we cannot too strongly in
sist upon the fact that 1t Is quite unfortu-
nate to have any social as any economlc
falling off. 1t would be calamity to
have our farms occupied by a lower type
of people than tho hard working self
respecting, Independent, and essentially
manly and womanly men and women
who have hitherto constituted the most
typically American, and on the while
the most valuable. element in our entire
nation. Ambitious native born young
men ana WOMEN VINO now tend away NON
the farm must be brought back to 1t. and
therefore they must have social as well
as economic opportunities Everything
should be done to encourage tho growth
In the open farming country of such in
stitutonal and social movements as will
meet the demand of the best type OF
farmers. There should be libraries as
sembly halls. social organizations OF all
kinds. The school building and the
teacher in the school building should.
throughout the country districts, be OF
the very highest type, able to- TT the
boys and girls not merely to live in, but
thoroughly to enjoy and to make the
most of the country. The country church
must be revived. All kinds of agencies.
from rural free delivery to the bicycle
and the telephone, should be utilized to
the utmost; good roads should be
favored; everything should be done 10
make 1t easier for the farmer to lead
the most active and effective intellectual,
political and economic life.
BENEFITS OF SOCIAL LIFE.
There are regions OF large extent
where all this or most of this, has already
been realized and while this Is perhaps
especially true of great tracts of farm
ing country west of the Mississippi, with
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NO FEAR OF PAUPER LABOR.

We hear great deal of the need of pro.
tecting our workngmen from competition
with pauper labor. I have very little feat
of the competition of pauper labor The
nations with paupcr labor are not the
formidable industrial competitors of this
country. What tho American working
man has TO fear Is the competition of the
highly skilled worllingman of the coun-
tries of greatest industrial efficiency. Fly
the tariff and by our immigration laws
we can always protect ourselves against
the competition OF pauper labor here at
home; but when We contend for the mar
kets of the world we can get no proter-
ton, and we shall then find that our most
formidable competitors are the nations IN
which there IS the most highly developed
business ability, the most highly develop
cd industrial SKILL and these are the quail
ties which we must ourselves Develop
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riculum IN the schools in which his child
rem are taught. He must not lose his n
oependence his intia tive, his rugged self
sufiiciency; and yet he must learn 10 work
In the heartiest cooperation with his fell
lows.
RAW MATERIAL AND MANUFAC-
TURING.
The corner stones of our unexampled
prosperity are. on the one hand, thepro-
duction of raw material, and its manufac-
ture and distribution on the other These
two great groups of subjects are repre-
scented in the national government princl-
pally by the department OF agriculture
and of commerce and labor. The produc-
ton of raw material from the surface of
the earth is the sphere in which the de-
partment of agriculture has hitherto
achieved such notable results. OF all the
executive departments there is no other.
not even the postoffice. which comes into
more direct and beneiicent contact VITA
the daily life of the people than the d.
partment of agriculture, and none whose
yield of practical benefits is greater in
proportion TO the public money expended.
NEW FIELD FOR AGRICULTURE.
But great as It's services nave been In
the past the department OF agriculture
has still larger field of usefulness
ahead. 1t has been dealing with grow
ing crops 1t must hereafter deal also
with living men. Hitherto agricultural
research. instruction. and agitation have
been directed almost exclusively toward
the production OF wealth from the soil II
is time to adopt in addition a new point OF
view. Hereafter another great task be-
ture and the similar agencies of the var-
Gus states must be to foster agriculture
for Its social results, or. in other words,
to assist in bringing about the best kind
of hfe on the farm for the sake of pro-
ducing the best kind of men. The gov
eminent must recognize the far-reaching
Importance of the study and treatment of
the problems of farm life alike from the
social and the economic standpoints: and
the federal and state departments OF agri-
culture should cooperate at every point.
The farm grows the raw material for
the food and clothing of all our citizens:
It supports directly almost half OF them:
and nearly half the children of the UnAReA
States are born and brought up on farma
How can the life of the farm family be
made less solitary, fuller of opportunity
frser from druSsry, more comfortable,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-06-06

using the knowledge that can be obtained
through agricultural colleges by insisting
upon constantly more practical cir
riculum IN the schools in which his child
rem are taught. He must not lose his n
dependence, his initia tive, his rugged self
suriiclency; and yet he must learn 70 work
In the heartiest cooperation with his fell
lows.
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BENEFITS OF SOCIAL LIFE.

There are regions OF large extent
where all this, or most Of this has already
been realized, and while this is perhaps
especially true of great tracts of farm
ing country west of the Mississippi, with
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-08-28

Whether the companies will make a strenuous fight and win or will have to give in to the operators is still n qucs. tion. They are two mighty corpora tions with many dollars behind them, while the operators also have consider able of n strike fund and arc backed by most of tho unions of the country. How. ever, all the operators are not out md if the telegraph companies can keep them from going out, it may be possible to break the strike of those now away from the keys, for the wires have never yet been compcltcly tied up, though al. most SO and at best hampercd so that business cannot bc taken on guaran. tee of anything like good service.
 The strikers have the railroad telc. graphcrs with them and claim that there arc plenty of vacant positions on the railroads for all who are out. If the worst comes to the worst the telegraph corporations, if they arc powerful enough, may use influence sufficient with tho railroad officials to cause the discharge of a few railrond telcgraphers for refusing to accept commercial mes sagcs and then there would b. n general ticup with no jobs open for operators with union card. In this manner tho companies might starvc the men into submission. This in only possibility and would mean greater inconveni. cncc to the public than the one they are now facing and the question is would they stand for it, especially when it was case of two mighty corpora tions fighting body of underpaid bread earncrs. Of course the com. panies talk as mucn about the "princi. pal involved" as the strikers, and 1t is great big, deep question. Under lying it all is the fact that the opcr' ators ought to have more pay, and the question are they going about it in the right manner; aro they doing the proper thing to win the sympathcs of the pub. lie by striking before attempting to ar- bitratc the difIculticsf
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-08-28

sibility, however, that it will soo, come to the front among public oue.. tions this side of the water, also. Rv the recent action of it's Legislature. Massac chusctts has taken the init;.,;v, Governor Guild has been directed ,o appoint n commission to invcstipat. the feasibility of such a plan. If Mas. sachusctts should decide to establish n system of old age pensions, 1t is certain that the other states of the Un;o, would soon be compelled to face the problem.
 That Americans are extravagant nni imprudcnt has passed into m ad,ye. As people, we are money makers, but not thrifty. The habit of saviug is far too uncommon. The recen. tremendous rise in the cost of Twin, has made it impossible for the poor lo save much, if they would. Last win. ter, Massachusetts took long step to. ward the amclioration of these conai. tions, by authorizing savings banks to do life insurance business. No agents arc employed. There is none of tho tremendous expense or graft of the cor. poratc form of insurance. The head of n family, or each member of it, may go to bank and take out policy for $500. It is the cheapest insurance yet devised, and n great incentive to say. ing.
 Does not this plan afford n suggest. ion ns to how the old aae pension problem is best solvcdf It may well Do asked whether the country Is ready to face universal pension system. Be. sides its magnitude, it presents further difficult complications. But, in some such way ns the savings bank insurance in Massachusetts, the people can be en- couragcd to meet it themselves. Safc forms of investment for all classes should be provided. Government bonds are too dear, and return small interest. With proper safeguards provided for the great industrial stocks, issued in small denominations, a form of invest mcnt would bc had which would con. tribute immensely to the prosperity of the whole people. This is, in q meas. urc. what Roosevelt is trying to do with the railronds-m make them safe and sound as investments. Better q sturdy independence, as the prospect of one's declining days than a pension from Carnegie, m employer, or the gov. crnmcnt
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-08-28
THE ASH FORK INCIDENT.

That a couple of cowboys, full of ths fluid that cheers should have de- cided to celebrate the occasion in the, to their mind, good, old.fashioned way of punctuating their remarks, and per. forating the atmosphere, with leaden pellets, in m effort to work off some of their exuberancc of spirits, is unfor- tunatc, but more unfortunate, still, is tho decidedly poor aim of the afors- said cowboys, which caused some of tho bullets 10 rattle and crack the plate glass fronts of the Pitts store and Pos. tai Telegraph office at Ash Fork, in- stead of going haimlessly into the air, as Is usually the custom on sucn oc. casiOns.
 "Simply damnablc," however, is the dime. novel story of the affair that tho fertile imagination of sorainc, tine cleo. trical engineer of the Postal, caused to be sent to the superintendent of the company at Los Angeles, and in turn to the papers having membership in the Associated Press.
 Absolutely unforgivablc, though, to some of the newspapers, which, in nendish glee at the thought of a hated rival getting n wallop in the jaw, made mountains out of tine friendly and con ndential warning sent Superintendent Lamb by tho Journal Miner, Is the fact that. they had to, by using the story, admit that the warning must have been sent in good faith, as has been proven by subsequent events.
 At no time in it's history has the Journal. Miner countenanced acts of violence, or infraction of the laws, and the very fact that the acts of the law less parties who "shot up" Ash Fork caused thousands of people in the United States to form the opinion that Arizona Is still tho "wild and woolly west" where differences are settled with the gun, is sufficient motive for placing the guilty parties behind the bars for several years to come. That those thought to be guilty or the affair have no connection with the strike, however, is n guarantee that the occurrence did not reflect the attitude of the people of Ash Fork in the least.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-08-28
HE LAID BLAME ON A WOMAN

A v week clerk in Newark, N. J., has been arrested, charged with the theft of $7,OOO from his employer.
 He had m excuse ready. It's so easy to find excuses for wrong 'oiny. Generally they are pretty contcmptible excuses, but this young man E was the most contemptible of all.
 He laid the blame on q woman.
 Everybody thought he was nice boy. He went with good people, at home in Newark. When he slipped over to New York, 1t was different. Seven dollars n week didn't go very far in New York. So he began to raise checks Frequently he spent $50 q week.. Of course, hs couldn't keep this sort of thing up forever His employ. CTS became suspicious, and began to check nim up. Last week they found themselves short t900 for that week alone. Then 1t was all over for the young man whom everybody in New ark thought was 70 nice.
 Did he fsee tho musies Was hs will.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-08-28
THE TELEGRAPH STRIKE.

The telegraph strike is ono of the most serious the country has ever known insofar as 1t effects business, and 1t is most orderly to embrace such a large number of people. But the operators are known as men of superior intelli. gencc and are not expected to stoop to thugism and hoodlumism in their strike. They were expected to net the part they have acted and so they will to the end, or the great majority of them anyhow\
 Telegraphy is a trade, almost n science, that requires nigh order of intelligence and industry, and the ranks of the telegraphers- are consequently filled with men of q high moral sense. The work of n telegrapher not only re. quircs intelligence, but 1t requires pati. ence and is physically very trying. The operators are certainly underpaid in most instances, receiving far less even than many mechanics who are not re. quircd 10 possess near the knowledge of n telegraphcr, and whose work Is easier by far.
 Whether the strike was not illadvis. ed, however, is another question. No strike ever brought back in cash what 1t cost the people who indulged in it, and arbitration, if 1t could have been brought about, might have given the operators better results, 1t would most assuredly have been better for the pub. lie at large. Tho operators had their differences adjusted in San Francisco through arbitration, although the strike was called first, and the other matters might nlso have been settled by arbi. tration. The real cause of the strike was trivial, but the strikers say 1t wns for principal. They say the los Angeles operator who was dismissed for using some rather uncomplimentary language to woman operator in the San Fran. cisco office, was discharged because he was m active union man and that his fellow operators were forced to strike to avenge tine insult. At tho time, how. ever, the operators had their grievances before the Western Union officials, and they seized upon tho opportunity Co de- mand that they bc granted before any of them would resume work at the keys, tho dismissal merely precipitating g walkout which, they say, was incvit. able. Whatever tho view of the matter, the strike is serious ono to tho business 'of the country and should be settled.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-08-28

ing Co take his mcdicinef Did he show even if he had done wrong, that ne had backbonei
 No; he was one of those invertebrates that Marie Crclli has bccn writing about.
 He laid the blame on n woman.
 It's an old, old excuse. I, must have been invented by the Father of All Lies, because his family has been using it ever since.
 IL makes us unhappy to think that there are bad women in the world. It's still more awful to think whose fault it is. All women ought to b. as holy as motherhood. It does us good to be- licvc that only few of them arc not.
 Take the most tremendous moments of human life, the sweetest, the purcst, the most sacred, and there are always two figures, those of n man and wo. man. Take tho hours of pain and trial and far.oT hope-men are not made to endure these alone. Takc even the times of greatest bitterness, when the brain reels and tottcrs, still there Is man and woman, joined, inscperablc, father and daughter, lover and sweet heart, husband and wife.
 She Is the weaker, but her weakness adds triple might to his strength. Her blind devotion awakcns all his nobility. If hc is n man worthy of the name of man, the love of any woman, good or bad, stirs in him the most profound realization of his manhood.
 She bears him in pain, nurturcs him in weary nights, watches over his child. hood in prayer md love, sees his young manhood grow away from her in fear and agony of heart, inspires him as n lover, gives herself to him utterly as wife, lives for nim, works for him, slaves for him, and dies at last with his name upon her lips and his image in her heart.
 What' Lay the blame on woman !!