Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-11
LIFE ON The FARM
President fbfhs Attention to tmprov.
ing Social Conditions
0uHfHY Laos BEHIND NATION
Economic Institutions Not Keeping
rsss with Developments
SPECIAL COMMISSION APPOINTED
n IL Asksa to Look Into Affair and
Report by December
SPECIAL MESSAGE TO CONGRESS
'ss.idsHi M WaLe Hrc"mmendS-
usHs nssis ~ suEarstion- Tor
issisisiioH iBnt wuI Trnd
I" Hsmedy WTttrts.
II IL Asksd 10 Look Into Affair and
Report by December
SPECIAL MESSAGE TO CONGRESS

ffrHIf fY him with r.uuwwruduinus for .
improvements Tur report and rr.pmm"n. /
Itf01us with am, additional r.rpmmrnda.
I.uua which Iup prrednu. himself may de-
Gro fr make viii U' Incorporated 800 mos
aHEr which fHr president u.Ir send Jp CON !
E.sss probably early u"yi f'Ir
Tho mau President Hoosuyol. has asked |
fu a. as uu uuyezngtti1n committee ar" /
pfYf g. ~ Bailey uf tuo Sew YORK col. .
I,gs OF Agriculture. Henry wallace Of Wal |
Iu,s.a THrurr Dos Moucs. la., President |
Kenyon T. Uuftrrred Massachusetts, Ag- !
u,uliuru college. Glrord rlu,hot of th" !
United states Forest reserve. and Walter
% Page editor ~ tine Worlds Work |
Nrw York
President Outlines PLANS.
Zoo 1 letter to Prof Bailey. asking him to |
accept the ,Hairmansnu of the commits
a.uu. tU" president outlines his desires loo
the direction oT improvements ON tine farms
Tho letter follows
NJ Dear Prof Bailey. Yp nation has
over achieved permanent greatness unless
Hf the great farmer class. tho men VINO
U.s." Uu th" soil. for u ls upon their vel
fBro. material and moral. that th" wcllar"
uf Tho rest pf the nation ultimately rests.
iu tho lutcd states. disr"gardinE certain
a'ytIuuz and taking the nation as wuolo.
I h"loy" 10 To- h" true that tine farmers I'm
E"n"ral arc b"ucg of today than they
ing great progress tn th" development OF
uur agricultural resources. But 10 is equally
'tra that tho social ana economic instttu-
Hons ~ the open country are not keeping
pace with the developments of the nation
- q whole The farmer. as rule. is better
uif than his fOrebear~. but his increase IN
vsllhcinE hHR not kept pac" with that of
the country as q whole. While Oh" Condt-
lion 0f the farmers iu some of our best
farming regions leaves littl" 40 b" desired.
are far from having reached so high
level In aII parts of tho country. I'm por-
-
tho department NJ Agriculture. through the
farmsis cooperative demonstration work
than Dn"O FARMERS In better methods of
farpihG. there Is neveuhcloss much I'M
stnrency on ,hs farm physician. who
% also careful student of farm life boz tu.
"us rercentagc 81 prevontahl" deaths ot
.uIldrcn due 10 the uusauitary condition NJ
r'rtain southern farms said.
Personally. from Tho health point "
view. Z would rather SO" my own daughter,
wears old. no work Boo % cotton mill than
southern tnrrn' one house farm This ap-
uFrrrfI. extreme statement is based Uu11
H.IH1i 'fr among both classes Of people
Hrttrr crop. Then Better living.
doubt II sur other nation con bar rrm-
fFufIru given hN fH" government. both ird-
ra' ard s.af. fp agricultural matters.
Nut practically tho whole Cf This nffor. has
h'...tu been directed toward increasing
|ur production OF crops. our attention has
urHr ruuc'ufr8.ed almost exclusively uU
tr.s vas unpuastjouabI, the right thing to
H" The farmer must first ~ all grow
arHf Hrurs .u urdrr ru support himself and
.s family BuJ vu"u this has uccu sr-
cured fhs effort for better farming should
r.res tu stand alone. ard should hr accom-
a0I nH-tsr living ON the tarw 10 is 1t least
a. important 'rat the farmer Su.utd =
'0r. Hud social HdNHnftg"s from iH" "t1rs
DO grows 11 fNHI no should EEf On"