The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-05-07

10 which tney psnt
must await MS WE.
a. zoe Geo people
middle pf ff4e century
must nnd room sad
u3ent within the utrsE
are fhey 10 hvss IS
as that time an U
wt!l have been
that sbe fa8astrit4
must TALL into q rusU0a
f5gne az Is apparent E
conquest of the
bv d burst bubbin
BoaCe has demons
plies az t0e pgssat
mllilous esq Japa
their initiative
ability TO upcrat,
and "a create 81 rhHH
ter nuce as3ne th~
plx ~ coal and taa
kuppty ~ cheap lalH.r
tienee. uke Fate TT.
srol the market ar
must control aS asA
has established aan.r
gu manufacturing t
which max. praelaUf
afs affair A8Hh .a.
NEE; the mscuaa3t ~
even terms. auf wslss
aespisEa ChiuAsnan
NAUTICAL fact that WIfA..
under present cpuuIf
crop viii not De- sIa
consumption aud
lnE i bIsAei for sXIuF.
coming millions Eo iUtu
Iiut where can vs. tGvH
shop products jn a w"s
ton aud Rho Wiil fesH
coils All Industry ~t#
are aot forthcoming IhHs
wall against which
i~iSuaStd tn. shops
wofk5nguvu are thvre
employment. hut era4Es. u.
lront III the entcrprsss
fers - advance uoN'k fa.
rolls OF improbable h#
top heavy Industry must
Let rs be- warmed jH time
side there i@ menace IS a..
activity lie not reorEtns1,H ..
sis Of the oid-fa~hiuu eatr..
me SAFETY valve FOR Older ....
been found ia emigration N#
relief has contributed o. as.
The United States caunut ta....
example II IS against tIla M
our people: AMI bv~t1t+. tH. .
the Northern homisphrr, ls a..
home the problem must he mt
anu it's terms have been Dlc.r..
\ National Duty.
The conclusion rracHrt! nu.
ana emphasizes 4 national aat.
miuent ana 50 imprEaf.e.
should take precedence or af# ..
Is the foe that has o~VcrthruHa
cation As proud. as ~pro~perna.
more strongly fortified than ...
Nothing can stop tho ouNar.
of Natures laws or close the .rs.
Of her necessities when tho# a.
crush their victim. l,ithr. H.
understand situation ami
such provision as her b|cntpnH#.
lords % meet II, or We shall fn.s
dittonS 81 OVcr-CruWdiug ami .r.
standards ana food ana cu4u##.
inadequate 10 the national ut.at.
50 be IN danger Of DESTROY. n.
stately temple once reared #..
highest hopes tldt ever aulw#F.
manity. Which IS il t. be-
If we are To walk safely ia fhr
wisdom there IS much ia bc dom.
time to begin. There must l. .
return to conservative and ,...
methods, a readjustmeut cot Na
ideas such as To place aeriuufrur.
is claims to the best inttllle"I.
the highest skill that the count.
iordS, in the very forefront
must be a national revolt again
WtcEship of manufacture auI
rs the only forms of proEr, .
tlVlty, and the false notion laf .
built upon these at the sacriff,.
fundamental form OF wealth ur
ton can endure. \ clear rcaua
the part Of the whole peuple.
the highest down to the loves.
the tillage of the soil is the u.
and most desirable occupa;ior
man, to which every other Is 81.
iary and to which All else must
end yield, Is the first requisite
there VIII be q check administef
the city movement that loW,re
percentage OF agricultural labUI.
whole body Of persons cugage.
gainful occupations in thc {
states 443 in 1880 to 3T.T ia 1890
to 357 in 1900. with public i4
flrmly fixed upon tho future.
country. in mere Self-pTeetYt
must give serious attention ta
practical occupation Of restoring
culture to lis due position i'm ih
tlon. The government should
q small model farm on 30.
in every rural congres@loua
trict, later perhaps in every g.
n fhA . Ssr.iatYl - t>.f ..t.t- . rH
partment of agriculture show ~.
what can be done on 4 small fr.
land by proper cultivation. mo.
fe~itIlizing and due rotation Of
The sight of the fields and thuIn
4 ast W1th those of its ]neiRhbuIs
knowledge OF yields secured anal
us possible. would be worth more
~ the pamphlets poured out frut
government printing office ,n
ne government ought not 10 hs
Dc1pfe the comparatively smH'
pense = labor involved In ISL.
PRACTICAL encouragement Of Ssh
ne most important industry e.
present and the stay ana prom.
our future. Disseminate know
81 farming as il should ana mus
instead OF maintaining the p
Of q few free seeds u.
everywhere. from the executive g.
from the editorial office. fro.
platform, ana above All. from
College class room. and from
little school house in the land.
new crusade. Let the Zcal for
.overy, for experiment, for sa.t
advancement that have made ta.
century n of multiplied #H
locus themselves upon the prof
II the oldest Of sciences and aT.-
'ofner stone Of Of all civJIlzat3Ht.
Improvement Of tillage ana u
% grow two grains where oN.s
grew before. only thus may ID u
population secure its perm.
(Coltinel on page Seven
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