Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-02-11
Necessity for CO Operation.

Necessity for Co Operation.
I'll" cooperative plan IL H." best plan
"f organization wlcr"''r mon have tn"
night spirit to carry y on t'nd"r this
plan any business Undertaking Is man
aged IS n committee. every man has
on" vote. and nnly on Fu'r and every
on" gets profits according T." what he
sells or buys or suppli"a II develops In
dividuhl responsibility and hHr "A moral
as well as "A iinancin! value over any
other plan
farmers ns f"llow-citiz'us II is not ~"
problem Of IA" farmers Atom" that | am
discussing with them, but "A problem
which affects every city IS well as every
farm In III" country.
From all that has h"on Ion" and
learned thr"" great general and imfn"di-
ate needs Of country ~" stand nut:
First, effective "o-Up, ration among
farmers. TO put them nn i i"N"l with III"
organiz"d interests with which they do
business.
Second. a new kind %, schools in the
country, which shall teach the children
AZ much outdoors na indoors and per
haps more, no that they will prepare for
country NE. and not as at present. main
ly for life In town.
Third, better means 81 communication.
inClyding good roads and Il parcels post,
which ia" country people ar" everywhere.
and rightly, unanimous IN demanding.
To tE"r" may ven he added better san
station. for easily pr"vcntnbI" diseases
hnld several million country p"rpl" In the
slavery Of continuous III h'al'h.
To Develop Country Community.
To improve oar system ~ agriculture
seems t" m" tn" most urg"n, ~ III" tasks
which II" hofri" u% But II cannot, IN
my judgment, 10 "Hoct"d by measures
which touch only ~" material and tech.
meal sid" ~ IT." %sIhJ""t III" "hOl" btsl-
ness and ~" 81 ~" farmer must also
b" taken into Ho'U4ut. Such 'pnSidrfa-
tons led IN" to appoint ~ commission
on country iif". oar object should be
TO help d"S"lup In III" country 'uinnlti-
nifty tho great ideals Of The community
life as well ~ 81 personal character. bn"
81 the most important adjun"ts TO ms
end must h" ih' country chur"h, ANA
invit" your attention to what ~" "om-
mission "a ys Of Iho country church ana
Of III" need ~ an 'NtonsIOu 81 such work
an that Of IL" Young Mems Christian AS
sp"intiOn In country 'pmGIuniii"s. Let
me lay special emphasis upon what III"
commission says 81 ia" very end Of is
report ON p"r%pndl IDEAS ana local l"ad'T-
ship. Everything resolves its"If in tho
end into the question - personality.
Neither society nor government can do
much Tor country M" unless ti"r" ~ vol
uniaIy I"spuuNr Ia III" person ] ideals
OF IT," men ana women VINO live In the
country. In the development ~ 'hhrh'-
ter. til" hon" should h" more important
than III" sch0ul. ~ than SO"irty at large,
When one" The hisl' material needs have
been met. hiEh ideals may b" Tuit" In
d"pcnd"nt Of iE'uur but Trey cannot be
rcnliz"d without sufirient iE"Om" 10 pro-
vide ad"puD'" fDlurI tiOn and wl"r" the
community a ihrpr II not financially
prosperous II ~ imprssibl" to develop n
! hlgh aNrrhg" personal ana community
ideal. In short, ~" funda mental facts
OF human naiur" apply 10 men and wom-
en- who Nv" In ~" ouuntry Just as they
Apply to men amt women who i've In the
towns. Gwen "a sufficient foundation 81
material well being. the influence ~ the
farmers wives ON their children be
1 comes ~" factor ~ first importance In
determining ~" ntulud" Of III" next gen
GRAFTON toward farm life. The farmer
should r"nllz" that the person who most
needs Consid' ration on the farm IL his
wife do not In the least mean that she
should purchase ease at the "xp"ns" OF
duty. Neither man nor woman liz really
happy or really ur"ful save on condition
of doing Ills or her duty, If III" WON
an shirks her dViy as housewife, as
HON" keeper, as ~" mother whose prlnl"
function II 10 bear and rear n suiicl"nt
number Of healthy children, then she Ii
not entitled 10 our regard But II she
does her duty she Is more entitled to our
regard even than tine man who does
his duty aud the man should show sps-
cial consideration for her needs.
Welfare Of Nation at Stake.
warn my countrymen that the great
recent progress made In ciiy life II not
"A fun measure Of our civilization; for our
civilization rests on the wIiol"spnl"n"ss.
the atira'tiyonrss. and the completeness
as we'll ns the prosperity, o. NE In this
country. tn" iErn and women on the
farms stand for what In Fundamentally
best ano most needed In our American
life.
TUEODDRE ROOSEVELT.