The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-06-14
dence and natrfo1fsm. A wide.awake.

dence and patriotism. A Wide-aWa<e.
progressive school in every township.
/ in comfortable building. and provid-
ed with the niece SSary libraries, ap-
| paratus, and equipment. would do
more than any other one thing TO in
spiTe confidence and respect in the
hearts OF our young American man
hood and wOmauhOod. and it then
could be said OF Auerioa as was
once said of Rome. All roads lead
to the schOolhOuse" This Republic
must depend for its future great
ness upon an intelligent and home
loving people. The religious and So
cial life of our people is largely in
nuenced by the conditions where they
reside.
Good roads are the most potential
and successful immi grating agents
in this country. The most desirable
farmers and the best wives and help
meets are the young men and the
young women raised On the farms.
Under existing conditions, they are
continually drifting TO the towns and
cities. They are progressive and So
ctal in their nature, and will not re-
main on the farm unless they can
have those benefits and pleasures
that association and companiOnShip
afford. The loneliness of the country
HOHlS, away from LSISnDOIS anu
friends, where the schools and the
churches are poorly maintained
where the farmer and his wife and
chilren are denied the advantages of
educational and religious training,
are the principal causes for the rP-
movai of large numbers of our LEO
pie from the country to the towns
and cities. The farmer is seeking
better advantages for his family,
and unless the country can be made
to supply, in some measure, these
benefits, there will continue to be a
congestion of populatin in the cities.
We send a commission to Europe
TO investigate the question of immi
grafton, and many States maintain
immi grafton bureaus in order to Sc
cure desirable farm and Industrial la
Dor. The question is often asked by
the intelligent and thrifty IMMIGRANT,
Have you good Grads? The most
desirable immigrant comes from a
country where he is accustomed to
Sood roads, and if he is located where
the roads are ALMOST impossible for
a great part of the year, he Will re-
main no longer than to make and
harvest the first crop.
1t has been urged as a probable
means of relief the Improvement of
the waterways OF the country, which
would, in a large measure, assist the
railroads in moving articles ready for
transportation, in addition to many
other benefits, but it would not avc3a
the congestion. 1t world only ssist
in relieving it. An improved road
system, Permeating the country dis :
tricts, would remove the principal
cause, would enable the farmer and .
small producer to place MS products
on the market at such times when
the price is commensurate with their .
value, or when most convenient to
him, and his time could not be better /
The American farmer is !
more prosperous to-day than at any /
time in ais history. and in a better
position to dictate the price at which |
ne will sell the products of his Ia
Dor by Withholding il from the mar
zets. If the internal commerce of {;
he country could be delivered to the
'ailroad stations at any time during
he year, and as the market TeQuiT-
ID. the railroads could properly [
handle the entire freight of the coun-.,
ry. If farm products must be deliv-
red within limited time, owing to
he condition of the roads. the mar
Iet is consested. the railroads are II
,vertaxed. prices fall, the producers Il
profit is greatly reduced. and the i