Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-10-01

q contemplate position. You here arc
ln' sons ana daughters OF the pioneer.
preach Co you no lifc Of easc.
PrrNch to you the life OF effort the life
lhat finds its highest satisfaction iu
cong wei some work that is well worth
doing
So much for what concerns every
man and every woman in this country.
NOW. "a word or two as 20 matters
which are of peculiar interest 20 this
region Of our country
NATIONAL WATERWAYS.
Since ! have been president have
travelled boz every state of this Union.
nut my travelling has been almost en-
tltelY on railroads. save now and then
| hN wagon or ou horseback Now /
| nave lhe chance tD try travelling by
! river to O. down the greatest Of our
| rivers, the Father Df Waters a good
/ many years ago when ] lived In the
] northwest travelled occasionally on
| tho Upper Missouri and its tributaries:
/ nut thcn we went in "a natb0at and
! ana our own rowing and padding and
! polling. Now ] am 10 try steamboat.
I ] am great believer iu our railway
| ~ stem. and the fact that ] am very
/ firm in my belief as TO the necessity OF
the government exercising a proper
| supervision and control over the rail-
roads does not in the least interfere
with the other fact that I greatly
admire the large majority OF the men IN
an positions. from the top to the bot
tom. who build and run them Yet
while OF course ] am anxious Co sec
thcs, men, and therefore the corpora
tions they represent or serve, achieve
the fullest measure OF legitimate pros
pCrlty. nevertheless as this country
grows / feel that we can not have too
many highroads. ana that in addition
to the iron hlghroads Of our railway
D. aHDfrfH al Hn
river highways which have been given
us nv nature. From "a variety Of |
causes these highways have in many |
parts OF the country been almost |
abandoned This is not healthy Our |
people and especially the representa- /
grcss, should give their most careful /
attention 10 this subject We should /
be prepared 10 put the nation cOllec-
lively back Of the movement TO improve /
them FOR the nations use. Our know
ledge at this time Is not such
as 10 permit me to go into
details or 20 say definitely just what
the nation should dri but most as
suredly our great uavigable rivers
are national assets just as much as
our great seacoast harbors. Exactly as
II is for the interest of all the country
that our great harbors should be- fitted
70 receive In safety the largest vessels
Of the merchant fleets OF the world. so
by deepening and otherwise our rivers
should be fitted 10 bear their part m
the movement of our merchandise !
and this Is especially true Of the Mis-
sissippi and its tributaries which drain
he immense and prosperous region
which makes I'm very fact the heart OF |
1ur nation. the basin OF the Great
lakes being already united with the |
basin OF the Mississippi and both re-
;iors being Identical in their products
md interests. Waterways are peculiar
y fitted for the transportation Of the |
bulky commodities which come from
he soil or under the soil; ana no other
,art Of our country Is as fruitful as
s this iu such commodities
STATE OF IOWA.
You in Iowa have many manufactur-
ng ccnters. but you remain, and 1 ,
ope you will always remain. q great
gricultural state. ] hope that the
means Of transporting your commodi- I
les 60 market will be- steadily improv- i
a. but this win be of no use unless !
on keep producing the commodities, | \
nd in the long run this viii largely i
epoud upon your being able TO keep /,
n the farm high type OF citizen ,
hip. The euor, must Doe 10 make farm q
fe not only remunerative but attrac- q
We so that the best young men and | h
iris will feel inclined 90 stay on the -
lrm and not 90 90 10 the city. Noth- ! ],
.E Is more important 10 this country ! II
IAN the perpctuatiOn 81 our system or =,
farms worked by their n
" ucrs. We do not want tu see our n
Imcrs sink 10 the condition Of the u
sasants of the old world. barely able p
live ON their small holdings, nor do ~
e want 10 see their places taken by ",
oalthy men owning enormous estates M
HIGH they work purely by tenants and y"
red servants
THE AMERICAN FARMER
Al present the ordinary farmer holds f.
own In the land as agansit any W
ssihle representative OF the land r.
"a class OF farmer-that is. of men m
lo would own vast cstates-because ua
q ordinary farmer uuites his capital. | 10
labor and his brains with the Wl
king of "a permanent family home | m'
d thus can AFFORD 10 hold his land az ! ac
value at which 30 can not be- held sal
the capitalist, who would have % Ne
d it by leasing 10 or by cultIyatiug Che
40 arms length with hired labor In ha
Ter words. tho typical American ms
mCr Of today gets his remuneration dlf
part In the shape OF am independent his
me for his family ana this gives tln
o am advantage over am absentee adj
dlord. Now, from the standpoint NJ th,
nation as "a whole IL is prominent the
desirable o. keep as one of our I'm
~ AINNN peg NAh ~ lif" NIN' NNN NI.'NH N|N' h'i''
M home maker of the medium rec
ID farm. This type OF farm home the
lne Of our strongest political ana VIII
ial bulwarks such "a farm worked Gee
the owner har proved hy expert wa.
"a the best place in which to breed I uso
lrOus leader alk Tor country ana | VIII
n o. matter of primo economic ft
civic importance fo encourage this and
e. of homecoming farmer 3d.
FEDERAL AID TO SCHOOLS ,o,.
lorcfore we should strive in every viii
Go aid ln tho education of thr actt
lC for the farm and should shape actt
school system with This end in mat
Vs. ana s0 vitality important d. this and
. in my opinion thr federal govern into
a should cooperate with the state h.c,
'ruments t0 secure the needed mat
lpo ana Improvement ln our bein
0ls d D. significant that both from men
lesota ANA Georgia there have Iittl'
. proposals Iu This direction On the and
'aunCa of bile introduced into the prom
lual tOnRrUss Thr congregational / toul
grant acf of 1852 accomplished / ers'
d Boo establishing the agricultural ] mari
gees ln me several states ANA "a au
fore iu preparing to turn the sys- ANA
of educational training f0r the ON q
a into channels ai once broader their
more pmctcahle-and what ! ana ernm
lg about agricultural training real- fence
pplies 90 an industrial training. | they
sHs nnIfnn.a can nnf mach fHn Inn. .