Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-17
Rnt, it. ! ,ynot suffice alone to

echo. But it v not suffice alone to
cheer, the menaust act. They must
see to it that = women are provided
with time saw and labor savers to
practically thame extent that they
themselves ade these appliances.
The farmer ho has every known
piece of machkry, but whose wife is
compelled to e.the old, out-of-style,
incomplete al inconvenient house
hold appliance of a generation ago,
is far from beg rich; he is SO poor as
to deserve ttbe the object Of pity
and charity.
The first Iman speaker, already
quoted, filed bill of particulars in
her speech. le said:
We have bearhucb of the three RS in ed
ucatiou-readinitin.' and 'rithmetic-and
7 desire to say tt as we'll as three RS there
are three H's in[r country life which are OF
national importce: homes, health and hap
piness.
In each of the II S the woman is the fac
tor that countsit is she that teaches her
children the ides Of home or country life
that she possesst She cooks for the family
and the value her service depends upon
what she has bedtaughtto do. 1 assert as
my belief that pt,an shuld marry woman
who does not XIV how to cook. 1t works
the other way b, for 4 believe that no
won an should mtry man who does not ap-
preciate her enouh to do lis best to give her
as good convenietes in th house as he de-
sires in the fell and viii help her to make
country home lie pleasat for her and the
children.
For instance.t have in my home mop
wringer whichls an idealappliance of the
kind. It costtl5o. 1 tolda farmer of ou r
neig borhood bout this. suggesting that he
G ct one for hisEife.
"How much 4es it cost7" ) asked.
"A dollar an(ffty cents. replied.
He nearly ftnted. "A ddar and a half
for = mop wlnger!" he gsped Thought
seemed to fail I'm. for he coM say no more
he was so astoAded by sucta proposition.
Yet saw him Ihe day bef ,retaking a side
delivery hay r3.e out to his firm which cost
$50. The mop tinger costinS1 SO was pro-
badly IS much IL a necessity + his wife with
her work at bme. trying toeep the home
clean and beautiful. as was thlside delivery
az rake which he bought an cost Of $50
without a shortened breath.
All men are ,pt this narrow.f course. and
in this lies muth OF the presen1egree Of sal
vstion OF county life as 1t exis at present.
1 mention the Acid ent as do rrely to bring
out my point, hmely. tn at mehave a duty
to perfore In Milling country b within the
home pleasanths well as do thwomen; that
il they do theiApart cbeerfull.nd willingly
much will be az, ~ l,hsl 4 the better
mept Of countH life from the oint of view
OF the woman b the home.
While it iS ad ittedly Dther case
of the shoe fitting onlswhere 1t
pinches. it must be conced that the
pinches are not nearly so lmerous or
so painful as in days gone,y. Hun
dreds and hundreds Of farmomes in
the grain belt are being dernized
to the extent of having intior water
systems, bathrooms and g-lighting
systems installed. The creo separa-
tor opened the way for umerous
labor saving devices In E home.
The gasoline engine has prod boon
to many an overworked m wife.
1t was discovered some yeaAgo that
the same motive power andie same
apparatus which operates money
making part of the farm wihlso op-
crate the money saving dertments