The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-08-27
|I.ttsf Farm Conditions.

+ Farm Conditions.
j., Five Experts to Serve On
80 a;+tse of Investigation.
# bringing about better
view . al economic conditions
lita'' arms. President Roose-
itip tod i've experts on coun-
eqa7+',t,4 an investigation into
o a 't,r and to report to him
n1 .,,,s,,..lations for improve
''' -norL and recommends
.gy additional recommen,
-" rGe President himself
rake. will be incorpor-
.54 which the President
congress probably early
.etter to Prof. Bailey,
.r.ppt the Craftsmanship
sian' the President out
-u the direction of i'm
tfe farms. The letter
.7rpNAL GREATNESS.
r,f. Galley;
Das ever achieved perma-
..... unless this greatness
The wellbeing of the great
u, men who live on the
.wou their welfare, ma
.Il that the welfare of
5ation ultimately rests.
led states, disregarding
..i.. and taking the nation
...eye it to be true that
-neral are better off to-
... yer were before. We
.- making great progress
...tat of our agricultural
,,.t Is equally true that
monte institutions of
..,ry are not keeping pace
.-. ..rment of the nation as
is. as a rule, better off
..ar1rs. Int his increase in
,s- lot kept pace with that
re- ls a whole. While the
tl,e farmers in some OF
t.Wug regions leave little
-. we are far from having
... a level in all parts of
the south, for example,
...a4rtment of agriculture,
miners cooperative dem
uf Or. Knapp, is di-
gg more than 10000
..r methods of farming,
.....eajess, much unneces-
4r needless loss of etli-
luu. \ physician, who
. #. lulent of farm life in
. m1to me recently about
u,raentage of prevent
.. lIeu, due to the I'M
..L If certain southern
rorn the health point of
.. refer to see my own
lars old, at work in a
..u ave her live as ten
.s 4Lr southern tenant
..u This apparently ex-
-..t based upon actual
classes of people"
NATIONAL ONE.
.4 5tupr nation can bear
vii. our own in the
.....uu given by the gov
taleraIand state, to agrl-
But practically the
etwt has hitherto been
ucreasing the produc-
r attention has been
u~t exclusively on get
.r.ut In the beginning
ouabIy the right thing
F.. .Gnyr must first of all
nps im order to support
tamily. But when this
i the effort for better
nd cease to stand alone,
If aacompanied by the eff
r. BUSINESS and better liv-
.Hut
hast as important that the
u. get The largest possible
~ utT comfort and social
r.m the crops he grows as
af| ret the largest possible
pops from the land he farms.
Us not the whole of country
-g..t rural interests are hui
-r- and good crops are of
Ike farmer unless they
tea good kind of life on
u of country life is in
.ls. q uationaI problem. In
red at the semi-centen-
.t1g OF agricultural col
N.ri States a year ago
- me person whose
It the welfare of the
. JIG n, that of the wage
manual labor; and
.-r Vt the sOll-the far
-5 ane lesson taught by
' jbe permanent great
.r must ultimately de-
tHe character of its
uaaou than upon any
y growth of cities, no
NDtD, can make up for a
.uf number or the char
trwng population.
..">DALD OF LIVING.
W grpws the raw material
sod clothing of all our
HPpurts directly almost
M and nearly half the chill
Allied States are born and
9u farms, How can the
BIN family be made less
AHr Of opportunity, freer
'-.t more comfortable, hap
oolt attractive? Such a re-
s, earnestly to be desired.
VIZ on the farm be kept on
level. and where it is not
'aa level be SO improved,
4. Lhteued as to awaken