The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-03-17


eliminated from the future of Amer
lea.
In the development of our nation
al resources, that of agriculture
pre-eminent Here is the problem
q limited area of land for cultiyatio
e and a constantly increasing popula
e ton crying for the products of tn
soil. How are we to solve it?
By bringing more tillers to tn
soil. This can be done by an, educa
ton among the people that will shov
: farm life to be both dignifed AM
! desirable; by better financing Of tn
agriculturist, equitable rates of in
terest, better conditions on tn,
farms, good roads, etc.; agricultural
, education for the farmer that HI
may farm better; smaller holdings
of land; more intensified farming
where one blade of grass grows now
two must grow; where one bushel OF
grain is produced, two must be pro-
duced; less waste in substance and
value.
Think what it would mean to us
all if every acre in Redwood county
was in state of high cultivation,
what business interests would &C.
crue; how many more homes would
dot these prairies; what a change
would take place in the social and
industrial life Of the rural commun-
tiles. Then think of such an agri-
cultural condition from the northern
limit in Canada to the southern linn
it in Argentina, and you have a pic
ture Of America.
[ think it was James Hill who
said, "Let the real law of supply
and demand control the prices. Pay
the farmer as others are paid and
he will solve the problem and deliv-
err the goods"
The problem of education is to
make all sources of education lend
to the development of noble charac-
ter.
The main sources of education
are the home, the public school, the
community. the church. believe,
the future of America will see the
sacredness of the home not only pre-
served, but reinforced. The public
schools will experience revival and
reform that will put them on high
er level and make them serve better
the needs of the people. No longer
will our sons be obliged to 90 to
Germany for the higher university
training they will find it in Ameri-
ca. The community of the future,
from the smallest hamlet to largest
city, will be what the quickened nor
conscience of the voter makes it.
The future American man will no
longer neglect the moral issues at
the ballot box. He has been very
careful to relieve woman of the re-
sponsibility Of the balIot-box, but
not so thoughtful in throwing upon
her the brunt of the moral training.
1.-The hand that rocks the cradle
rules the world" will in reality be
truism in the future. for you, my
brothers. will help to rock that
cradle by providing a clean and
beautiful place in which to rock it.
In other words. the future American
child will be surrounded by whole
some and artistic municipal atmo-
sphere.
The church, by solving the prob
lem of the congested city districts,
by giving to the Masses a practical
teaching of the ethics of that first
and greatest of all socialists. Christ
Jesus, will win America for Christ.
In commerce and international
relations America has inaugurated
a new policy. We have ceased liv-
ing to ourselves-we are thinking
and acting cosmopolitanly. Already
we are commercially and financially
interested in the whole earth. We
have scattered outposts OF trade in
the Pacific from Hawaii to the Phil
ippines. Our trade with China and
Japan almost equals our trade with
Great Britain and Europe. We have
been plunged into the vortex of the
far Eastern question and have played
under the guidance of Roosevelt and
Elihu Root, an honorable and dis
tinctiUo MORT Tho boupdo IVY l;,,o