The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-02-15
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IF PI.|F I
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F FARME:R

TO Az lntefeste+ III Improving fAiM
liie
II gives me great pleasure 10 ccr
operate with the Presidents commits.
lion "a country llfe n i2, effort TO
create new interest Ia farm llte and
20 improve social conditions IN the
country.
Our farmers e13 out sons Of toll
are the foinacfg ana The blckhone
Of American liberty and civilization
hny arc the handspring and the re.
lance Of our nation and whatever
Affects them anl their welfare Affects
our very national existence You
may search The pages OF histe-y
o'or and o'es ans ycu VIII find IN cv
ery instance that the nations OF pow
or aud influence have been those that
accorded agriculture hhe place Of hon
D. and esteem
When the mighty Romans honored
agriculture and li9ed largely upon
iac's lArng, their hardy sons Of toll
met sheir enemies with nerves OF
steel ami ovefcame an nations that
dared oppose them. bat later when
che noble work of farming was turn.
cd over 10 to the management Of
alothfm s.at and The Roman Free.
holiels hocked TO the cities 10 spend
their hours "a ease and luxury there
came o wonderful change over thai
proud ara cunquerlng nation. ani
mighty Rome went lown under the n.
reslstlble onset of the Tealonic IN.
ealegs, who were the children Of na'
ure. uncuuth. unletiered and unGc
lualnlel witI city HE or any o. les
.ilring temptations These German
.anauafers wcre farmers taen, as
.hey are today, ana that Is the secret
ll theh strength
The same Is true OF The early New
Epglandels send the sturiy SONS Of
ste Ame;ican Revolution. who recely
al their seasoning and training on the
lsrm Il Is 90 them thar we owe the
birth and development oI our grand
ana glorious Republic.
The ancient Greeks reyered the soil
ami Il Is to them that We owe the
beautiful story OF Antaeus who was
.atled to be the son Of the earth. Il
vas said OF bin that his Immense
strength Nas due TO hts relation to
ais mother, and that as long as he
Sas IN contact with her no one could
conquer him. One day Hercules, all
1ther of the tabled strong men oi an
iQully, met Anlaeus and c0ntended
| 8lth him for snnremacs The two
fought and slrugg'ei for long time
na Hercules threw Antaeus 20 The
grounl again and again bat strength
sned by his mother each time hs hs
40uchod the earth Antaeus arose, able
q fight mere vigorously than before
/ At last Hercules hnlr8 Qui the source
y hlH opponents strength lifted him
iga ln lhe air aud stF4ugled aaiaeu'
lefore he could touch mother eartl
lgain
There is much OF truth as well IS
sentiment Ia this story ana Il con
.ains lesson which Wo should leafr
ere Il Is TOO late So long as we live
IN close ioueh gith the SOIL lile aarts
IN common mother. We wili continue
.9 hold 4 place Of nower ana influence
/ among Che nations og The Worli Fh'
9ast century has Witnessed 4 grea
development ln all things pertaining
n lhe farm but conditions are not ye
as thss should De in Che country life
/ something must be radically wronl
.0mewlere. when SO many Of our hes
Young men are leaving the iarm9 &
20 10 the cities. let Iis begin mose
Kant noe 10 check this unnatural ans
dangerous tendency before y IS ever
lasslnglg ioo late.
Therefore. az the suggestion ol tai
President commission on country lill
call upon representatives OF the peo
bic 0f the state Of 09l.homa, Missour
Kansas. Texts. Arkansas. New Mex
leo hnd Louisiana 10 meet with me u
Gmhrie. Oklahoma, on Wednesday
March 10th. for the purpose o con
iidefins Mays mud means iOr ereplnl
ness interest In country lle and 81
improving social conditions on lh
afm. hoEe that The governors. stat
snn=rlntendenis. county supeF'ntend
ents. city sunerIntenlents teacnar'
farmers and all other good citizens n
tefeateI 10 farm lite IN the state
mentioned giil make every EFFORT pos
slble To Join us In this Interstate eol
,enti0n on country lige.
4 pcasIhie. notify me at once whetn
! 81 er not on viii attend nnl MAX
9af Interstate farmers day the sac
cess thbt II Justly merits. Let q
make this IN occaslon lane % oe y
nembere II the annals OF this grea
and glorious Southwest Yours sincere
h. 2. CAMERON
State superintendent Of pnblie ~
strnctlon for Oklahoma
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