The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1910-06-02


and his family away from his fellow
farmer. He has not the social com
munion and entertainment which lure
the farmer boy to the city. II Is
therefore not question of making
farming more profitable in order to re-
tain the boy on the farm, but more
sociable."
The address OF President Taft before
the farmers convention was the most
Important one Of his tour The presi-
dent took occasion to state that lie had
not changed his attitude as expressed
h his Winona and his Providence
speeches on the tariff act, but added
that he had asked for $25O000 addi-
tional for the tariff board, created un-
der that act, for further research and
Inquiry into the subject In order that
there may be further revision when
! deemed proper along scientific lines.
Samuel Gompers, president Of the
American Federation of Labor, in his
address before the joint convention Of
| farmers unions denied the report that
| he came TO organize a new political
party, but declared that when organ
lied Industrial workers and organized
farmers will stand shoulder to Shout
der in fighting for equality and jus
tice then will come a new dispensa-
ton and new order of things.
THE unrest throughout the couD-
try is not a protest of poverty and
misery ne said. but II is the pro
test of intelligent and progressive men
and women. Our opponents want to
pray for us five minutes a week and
prey upon us the rest of the week"
A National Department of Health.
Senator Robert L. Owen of Oklaho-
ma spoke in favor of national de-
partment of health. Among other
things he said;
The United States is supposed to be
worth over S1O0,OOO0O The an
nual income is $1.OOO0O0,O0O. The an
nual expenditure is S1.OOO0OO,O00. The
annual loss 70 the people of the
United States by preventable death
and preventable sickness on a fair
0O0,00O,O00. In twenty-five years,
without interest. without compound
ing, it would double the value of our
national assets over and above our
natural increase.
I'VE lose 10y preventable death $780,
600 human beings annually. We have
on an average 100000 people seri-
ously sick from one years end to an
other who must be waited on by other
people.
.'NNhy conserve coal mines and not
conserve the life of the coal miner?
Why conserve the cotton plant and ex-
pend 100000 to fight the boil weevil
and not conserve the people who are
to be clothed with the cotton? Why
the orange tree and fight the
San Jose scale and not conserve the
people who eat oranges? Why con-
the life of the forester and of his chill
dren? Why protect tree life and plant
life and neglect human life? Why
protect cattle from Texas fever and
not protect people from typhoid and
fever? Why protect pigs and
forget the children?
In India the average length of life |
Is twenty-five years and is not increas |
Ing because of no sufficient interest or
among the people. Length |
Of life varies in different countries,
rising TO fifty-two in Sweden. 1t is
about forty-five in the United States
and can easily be extended fourteen
years. The life of adults can be ex-
ended on an average over eight years.
The proof of this has been submitted
~ the committee of one hundred and
submitted by me to the senate of the
United States.
Congress will not act upon this mat
err. however. unless the people of the
United States appreciate its impor-
ance and impress upon the members
# congress that II is the desire of the
PEOPLE of the United States.
Yoakum on High Prices.
b. +. Ioakum. chairman of the
,oard of the Frisco line. struck re-
ponsive chord when he said:
"The railroads and the farmers have
ermitted the politician TO play one
gainst the other. The farmers have
ot been organized so that they could
york direct with the railroads for
heir mutual benefit Formerly you
bought you had TO do business with
S through the politicians. That was
n unbusinesslike way for us to deal
nth each other. The politician used
on to get himself into office. He
us to please you. That
lass of politicians is a go-between we
an cut out. We can do our business d!
irect. !
"a bushel of beans for which the !
roducer in Florida receives 1928, with I
he transportation 80 cents for the !
10 mile haul, should not cost the con- i
amer in New York SG.40 bushel !
he producer receives 80 per cent of (
hat the consumer pays, the trans I
Drter s per cent and the dealers 81 I
er cent This is not a fair division. !
THE farmer works to produce the !.
,od; the consumer works to pay for T!
the dealer under organized meth i.
Is takes the lions share of the prof !
5. 1t is through organization of the 4
working closely with the