The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1908-10-29
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feed will be put down low enough for
the child to get it."
We must also understand the eco
nomic value of cheap production rather
than clinging to the idea that we must
hold what we have produced at high
cost until we get large profit on that
cost. If we can learn to grow bale OF
cotton on every acre of ground we Guilt
vate, with about the same work we now
spend on it. for less than the half bale
we get, we will then have solved the
most important problem which we
must learn. Many of the foreign nations
can produce cotton about as good as
ours, but the cost of production so far
has been their greatest barrier. 1t ap-
pears that about twelve cents pound is
the limit in cheapness for their produc-
ton. 1t is therefore obvious to us that
if we make cotton at eight cents pound,
it is going to encourage foreign coun-
tries to compete with us more and more.
England already charges us with having
the greatest monopoly on earth in our
cotton fields, and she is doing every
thing she can to encourage the produc-
ton of cotton in all her provinces where
climatic conditions will permit of the
experiment. So it is easy to see that if
we still further reduce the cost of pro-
duction in our own fields, we will put
our would-be competitors out of bust
ness.
Chief among the principles would
have taught at these schools is the dig
nifty and honor of labor. would have
the students to understand thoroughly
the debt society owes to those who toll.
1t can not be denied that many child
ish mind leads them in early life to
form not only distaste for labor, but to
dislike those who labor. For such an
Individual it is hard to remove this inn
preston in mature age. This fact is
more prominent in the southern states
than in the north. 1t may come about
because of climatic influence or be
cause of the distant echo of the days of
slavery. 1t matters not, however, why
or when it came to us. 1t is here and
must be overcome. Children should
understand that one of the noblest
sights of Gods creation is strong man,
capped off with towering head full of
brains, with barred arm and breast, out
in the open daylight of the world, doing
labor and earning his living by the
sweat of the brow.
In my recent tour of inspection of
some of the schools and colleges OF the
country, an incident which created more
impression on my mind than almost
any other l saw, was in a college where
the science and training III dairy prac-
tice was taught. There the students
and college professors, as they worked,
all looked alike. All were clothed in
blue overalls, their sleeves rolled up,
everyone as busy as the proverbial hive
of bees. The machinery was humming
the tune which it invariably sings when
all is we'll, and the teachers and the
students were alike keeping quick-step
time to the music. Babcock separators
were turning in pure cream on schedule
time, and discharging the watery milk
with nothing in it but the limelike
color. Butter and cheese were being
deposited in the well-stored vaults, and
all things appeared as if these move
ments were only matters of ordinary in
cident instead of the direct result of
science and training.
These and kindred movements,
think, is seeing life at its best. 1t is
the way to get from this world the most
profit. 1t gets from it the most COM
fort, the most health, the most happi
ness, and, when finally the time comes
for us to die, we can close our eyes with
more peace of mind, more contentment
of soul than we would if we followed
many other pursuits within the scope of
our vision.