Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-10

plan OF OrSanlZdClO0, EDUCATION ana
communication and make the farm
ing country better to live In, for in
tellectual and social reasons rs well
as for purely agricultural reasons.
The government through. the de-
partment of agriculture does not cul-
tfvate any mans farm for him, but it
does put at his service useful knowl-
edge that he would not otherwise get
In the same way the national and
state governments might put into the
peoples hands the new and right
knowledge Of school work. The task
Of maintaining and developing the
schools would remain, N now, with
the people themselves. .~7
Money Fer Expenses Asked.
The only Recommendation submit
Is that an appropriation Of 325, 900 be
provided to enable the commission to
digest the material it has collected
and to collect and to digest much
more that is within its reach and thus
complete its work. This would enable
the commission to gather In the har-
vest of suggestion which 10 resulting
from the discussion It, has stirred up.
TIE commissioners have served with.
out compensation, and Dc, not recon-
mend any appropriation for their serv-
Ices, but only for the expenses that
viii be required to finish the task that
they have begun. ;fs:E: :8Yss>
To improve our system Of, agricul-
ture seems to me the most urgent of
the tasks which lie before 10. But it
cannot in my Judgment be effected
BY measures which touch only the ma
terial and technical side Of the sub
ject. The whole business and life of
the farmer must also be. taken into
account. Such considerations led me
to appoint the commissioners country
life. Our object should be to help de-
velop in the country community the
great ideals of community life As well
- Of personal character. One Of the
most important adjuncts to this end
must be the country church, and In
vite your attention to what the COM
mission says Of the country church
and Of the need Of an extension Of
such work N that Of the Young Mems
Christian association IN country COM
.munities. Let me lay specialSemphasis
upon what the commission saya ut the
very end Of It'll report on personal
ideals and local leadership. Every
thing resolves itself in the end into
the question of personality. Neither
society nor-governnnents can do much
for country life unlesssthere is volun-
tary response in the personal ideals OF
the men and women. who live N the
country.
!; Ptsa For Farmer Wives.
In the development Of character the
home should be more important than
the school or than society at large.
When once the basic material needs
have been met, high ideals may be
quite independent Of income, but, they
cannot be realized without SUFFICIENT
income to, provide: adequate founda-
ton, and where the community at
large is not financially prosperous it
is impossible to develop high, aver
age personal and community ideal. In
short, the fundamental facts Of hu-
man nature apply to men and women
who live in the country just ~
they apply to men and women
who live I'm the towns. Given Z sum
Gent foundation Of material we'll be-
ing, the influence Of the farmers and
farmers wives on their children BE-
comes the factor Of drst importance
In determining the attitude of tls next
generation toward farm life. The
farmer should realize that the pGfson
who most needs consideration On the
farm is his wife. do not in the least
mean that she should 1erchase ease at
the expense Of duty. Neither mansnor
woman Is really happy Or really Auseful
save on condition Of doing his orSher
duty. II the woman shirks hSrsduty
~ housewife. As home keeper, 10 the
mother whose prime function &c n to
bear and rear a Sufficient number Of
healthy children, then she is not en-
titled to our regard. But. II sic does
her duty che Is more entitled 10 our
regard even than the man who does
his duty, and the man should show
special consideration for her needs.
T. warn my countrymen that the
great recent progress made in city life
IL not a full measure OF our civiliza-
ton, for our civilization rests NJ bot
tom on the wholesomeness, the attrac-
tivaness and the cOmDletenesa - we'll