Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-03

through tho department of agriQuitiire
 should do all 1t can by joining with
 the state governments and with inde- 1 pendent associations of farmers to en-
 courage the growth in the open farm
 ing country of such institutional and
 social movements as will meet the de-
 mand of the best type of farmers, both
 for the improvement of their farms
 and for the betterment of the life it. self. The department of agriculture
 has in 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 to 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 he must learn to work in the heart fest cooperation with his fellows, ex- actly as the business man has learned to work and he must prepare to use to constantly better advantage the knowledge that can be obtained from agricultural colleges. while he must insist upon practical curriculum in the schools in which his children are 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 it's manufacture and distribution and therefore with the welfare of those who produce it in the raw state and of those who mantl- fracture and distribute 1t. 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- tical benefits which it products in pro- portion to the public money expended. It must continue in the future to deal with growing crops as it has dealt in the past, but it must still further ex- tend its field of usefulness hereafter by dealing with live men through far reaching study and treatment of the problems of farm life alike from 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 aid through associations of farmers, so as 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 ill the United States deserves special consideration at the hands of the con gress. Our grain is sold almost exclu- sively by grades. Tofsecure satisfac- tory results in OUT home markets and to facilitate our trade abroad these grades should approximate the highest degree of uniformity and certainty. The present diverse methods 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 plaints against the present methods have continued for years, and they are growing in volume and intensity not only in this country, but abroad. therefore suggest to the congress the
 
 spection and grading of grain entering into interstate and foreign commerce as remedy for the present evils.