The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-10

The commtE4op hHH tftea 70 nrzt s4s " iem ana to see 1t a . whole: to dis- tineuish clearly bstveen what the gov ernmsnt can do and what the. fxfnsfs ! to 'ss SrtnS m @ not oniy the sfsrmsrs % but ths nation as q whole 70 realize that xhs growing of crops. though an sssential part Is only sa part of coun iikei si ton; but it1 no less essential that the farmer shall set an adequate return for what he srows: and sit is no .Isss ssss ne .aa ss xfs f ana s ssdsss shalI lead the. Tight kind Of fife. For this reason. it is of the first ims portancs that the United states Ds- which as prime sgsnt the idess the commission stands for: must reach tne people. should become without delay in Tact q Department of Country Life. t. ft. aise. with all the larger Aspects of life
 From aIi that mas besn done. and issss nsss. lire sspa First. snective oo-operation among fss is qs s % .s nssh sss Hs
 Second. new Kind of sschools in the country. which shall teach the child- Bsa Dsahsss s mass s1s s they % ss pare Tor country life, and not as at present. mainly For lffef1n town. [
 Third. better means of con!fnunice- tfon. including good roads and . par- cells post which the country people are sverywhere. and rightly, unanifnous in demanding. q I <. y : nS ssss tor sy sa.g ss Ss SSsa ss: s eases hold several million. country pev- pie In the slavery of c0ntinuous El- sse anwe.a ..S 1~e.~s.. ..xsn~ s F <
 The coinmission points out; and concur in the conclusion, that th Q most important help that the gpvernment. mheser san nssional os s,ate \, can Eiss # these tasks of organization educAt1on. and communication with the 2 beat and quickest results. This can be done. by ton. One community can thus Dc in formed of what other commuuities have done. and one country of what Ss SsAfs G eososfsss ososs ass ds sa hsg sag 10 & comprehensive plan of organ1z za- tion educafiofl and suaf1n1urfcat3on, and make the farming country better reasons as well as for purely agrlcui- tural reasons. sy
 The government through the Depart- ment of Agriculture does not cultivate any mans farm for him. But 1t does put at his servIee .ussful siEnowiedsa that he would not other wise get In the sams way the. nat Ional and state eiss iaands sss sew pa and iS nisSt ns sno SsI edge of school work. The tssk of maintaining and develoninS the schools would remain, as Sno1. With the people
 The only recommendation I submit is that an appropriation of $25s000 be provided. to enable the commission t Q and to collect and to dsgsst m sseh more that is within It's. reach, and thus coxn~ pIete its work. Ihts wonid enable the commission to gather In the. harvest of tho discussion 1t has stirred upS The commissioners have served without compensation. and do not recommend say og sgr s ssr sss ssa sTyi required to finish the task that they
 10 Imprsve AErseaissre.
 ture seems to me the most urgent of the tasks which lie before us. But 1t can not, In my Judgment be effected sSyr,a. sy ,msasuse. whish touch only the nas- 1ect; the whole business and life of the fernier must also be taken Into ac- count. Such cousiderattonsyle led me to Life. Our object should be to help develop in the country community the great ideals of community life as well as ot personal character.
 
 to this end must be the country church and invite your attention to what the commission says of the country church
 nsh q MorR Rs a ssss sa Of a tSe a osas n.n Christian Association in country con- nunities. Let me lay special eGppha- the Very end Lof It's renort on nersonai Ideals and local ieadefship. Every thing resolves Itself in the end into the question of personality. NAithef for country life unless there is yoiun. :. tary response fin the personal ideals of the men and women who live h the
 In the developmsnt of character. 4he home should be more important than the school. or than society at large. When once the basic material needs quite independent of income; but. they can not be realized without suffloieh4 income to provide adequate foundation; and where the community at. large ls sible 70 develop high average per- sQnal and community ideal. In short, the fundamental facts of human na- live In the country just as they apply towns. a 73!sE.
 Given a sufaeient foundation of ma teriai we'll being, the iniiuence Of the farmers and farmerg wives on their children becomes the factor of first ita- p0rEance in determining thH attitude of the next generation toward farm lffe The farmer should realize that the pSr- son who most need2 consideration on the farm ig his wife. do not in the least mean that she should purchase ease at the expense of duty. Neither man nor woman Is really happy or really useful save on condition of do- lnR his or her duty. If the woman shirks her duty as Housewife, as home keeper, as the mother whose prifne function 1t ia to bear and rear sum- cient number of healthy children then she Is not entitled to our regard But if she does her duty she fs more seu. titled to our regard even than the man who does his duty; and the man aIrould show special consideration for her needs.
 warn my countrymen that the great recent progress made in city life IS not Q full measure of our civilization: for eur civilizatfon rests at bottom on the wholesomeness. the attractiveness and the completeness as well as the prds. perity, of life in the country The men and women on the farms stand for what Is fundamentally best and most needed in our American life.
 Upon the development of country life rests ultimately our ability, by meth ods of farming requiring the highest intelligence to continue to, feed 'a and clothe the hungry nations; to supply the city with fresh blood. clean bodfes and clear brains that can endure the