Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-09-05
FARMERS TOLD
GOVERNMENT
NEGLECTS
THEM
Bryan Appeals to TiIIerS Of Soil
to Take More Lively Interest
in Politics, State and Nation
al.
AGRICULTURE FORGOTTEN
IN APPROPRIATION BILLS

for Support by Preaching
Discomfort to Prosperous
Farmers of His Own State,
IBy Morning Journal Special Leased WireI
Lincoln. Sept William j. Bryan
today made two non-polit'ral spcc >hes
to his home folks The first was al the
atate fair grounds She'a he partci-
pated in the dedication of the row
auditorium. and the seco..d was AT The
! Tabatha home near Fai tiaw, where a
new building was dedicated as a hos
pital for the aged In his fair grounds
speech, which was to multitude rf
persons, Mr.. Bryln confined himself
mostly to an appeal 20 the farmers to
take livelier interest in legislation
! and administration II government.
both state and national He was II
troduced in short, happy address fy
Governor sheldon, who has just been
renominated by the republicans FOR
! governor and who was a captain in
Mr.. Bryan's regiment In the Spanish
American war. Mr.. Bryan referred
Isomewhat humorously to his own ex-
! periences as a soldier and said chat
among the presidential candidates this
| year he was the only man with a war
record. He said that underlying par-
tisan feeling in this country was pat
riotism deeper and stronger than all
else, as Illustrated BY the ready re-
hgannae to 2,e. eaA.s IN. volunteers In
the Spanish American war. His per-
sonal experience typified this, Less
than two years after his defeat by NJ.
Mckinley lie said he had volunteered
| his services at Washington for the war.
/ This offer however, was not accepted,
and he turned to his own state, which
/ gave him a commission and he raised
a regiment of Nebraskans. Most of
the Officers in his regiment. like Gov
ernor Sheldon. he said, were republi-
cans, although the majority of the
men enlisted were democrats. He face
| tiously referred to the fact that his
regiment occupied a position in Flor
| iday midway between the camps of the
Rough Riders and the Second Mlssiss-
ippi. This was a dangerous position,
he declared. because the relations be-
tween the Rough Riders and the Sec
ond Mississippi were such that he
could not tell at what moment his
camp would be a battle ground be-
tween them.
Addressing himself in a serious vein
to the farmers, he said among other
things:
MY friends, we are more stingy In
making the appropriations for the far
mer than for any other large class of
our people. Why, il was a century af-
ter our government was organized or
about that, before we succeeded in
| getting a department of agriculture
established. We are in the greatest
agriculture country in the world and
| agriculture is the greatest industry in
our county, and yet almost a hundred
years elapsed before the farmer got
seat in the presidents council cham
| ber. How backward we have been in
recognizing the farmers place in our
government and among our institu-
| tions. In the time that has elapsed
since the creation of this department
of agriculture great deal has been
done and yet that department is In its
infancy What viii you think when |
tell you that for every dollar we spend
on that department. we spend more
than $25 on the army and navy?
More than $25 is spent In getting
ready for wars we ought never to have
to one dollar that we spend on agri-
culture. The agriculture school is de-
veloping; its advancement Is one of
the great marked characteristics of
this generation. think l am safe In
saying that in no other department OF
learning has there been so much pro-
gress as in that department which re-
lates to agriculture ] am glad TO en-
courage the agricultural college. Why,
for years it has been deemed a part
of the duty of the state to train law
yers through law schools established
by the government And we have
ltrained doctors through schools con-
nected with our state institutions, but
my friends. we are just beginning to
learn that the training Of the farmer
Is just as important as the training
most benefited directly by the expen-
diture of the money that Is raised,
Read the amount spent on ships and
then figure. r. you can. what portion
of that gets TO the farmer. Take up
the other large appropriations and
with the exception OF pensions, / dc
not know Of any large appropriation
in which the farmer has anything like
his share In proportion to his numbers
These have been some OF the methods
Of discrimination. | believe that with
more farmers in the councils Of the
nation. more farmers prepared to ex-
ert an influence upon public thought
through the pen and pencil and by the