Crittenden record-press., 1910-11-03

an that u brings. Some of our farming
communities In the Mississippi valley and
In the middle west have made marvellous
progress. yet even the best OF them, like
communities Of every other kind. are not
beyond Improvement. while much needs
TO be done In some other sections TO Inn
prove country life. As yet we know com
parativsly little of the basic facts OF rural
civilization. The means for better farm
Ing We have studied with care. but to bet
ter living on the farm and to better bust
meas on the farm the farmers themselves
have given scsnt attention. One Of the
most urgent needs OF our civilization In
that the farmers themselves should un-
dertake to get for themselves n better
knowledge along these lines and then TO
apply i;. Sir Horace Plunkett. for many
years wyoming cattleman. and now de-
voting himself In ireland 90 tho country
life problem there has suggested In his
recent book on the Country Life Prob
lem I'm America" the creation Of Coun-
try Life Institute ns a center where the
work and knowledge ~ the whole world
concerning country life may be brought
together for the use ~ every nation. I
arm strongly in sympathy with this idea.
and hope to see ~ carried out with tho
cooperation and assistance Of our own
people. igst spring. while visiting the
capital ~ Hungary Buda-Pesth, I was
Immensely Impressed BY the Museum ~
Country Life. containing an extraordinary
series Of studies In agriculture. In stock
raising IN forestry. IN mining. the er-
hibts were Of the utmost practical Inn
portnnce and were niso Intensely Inter.
esting and Instructive.
As n people We have not yet learned TO
econofniz. one 81 the virtues we Amrri-
cans most need T. thhft II II mere
trulsm 10 that luxury and eNtrava-
rrnrc are not good for Nation so far
a. ih-y anrct character the loss they
cause NAV be beyond computation. But
IN The material sense there 10 loss
greater than f. caused by both estravn-
ranc~ ard luxury pat together mean
tho needless useless. and excessive loss
90 our people from premature death ana
sVolda bio diseases Wholly apart from
the rrisf the suffering and the wretched-
ns.. which they cause tho material loss
each year has been calculated at nearly
twice what ~ costs 20 run the Federal
government In addition 20 the state and
city health officers and organizations,
ihers II urgently needed Federal bu-
r-su of health. 20 nct. so far as the Ma
rorai rovsfnnent properly may. % re-
reve our people from this dreadful bur
Gen
National Conservation Commission.
one 30 tho most important meetings IN
our recent history W.. that ~ the gov
erno't ~ VIC Nhl'e no.,' ~ "y r..
70 cor. .'h'f '.e '"hNe 'u"n Ieesuon
' :.
National conservation commission The
Meeting - the governors directed the
at'fh'l.h ~ ,he '"'u.'. I" 'H,',,'' ~
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WIN rfa'nesl p'"'ts" 20, "' -
n'omet Nhen 'he 'o"Ih',on w, l'aN'
W t~sn 'he cA'psish 10Y P.'''"s ~
grAm INTO er'ct m hmenhfhrh' 70 VT.
'uhdrN dNh service hhI .As 'h''oou,.u
~ congressman from Mihn's''N Ni'
the rurpos" ~ ph'unr r'op y" we -,
30 Admirably begun congress ''Nss'p Wv
amendment Tvs ohlsFt Nsr W p'' ="
end 70 tn~ w"fh ~ nuinh"t '.i''.,N
sions which hSd be"n hppo'hteo ny ~
po'h' mo -,
public welfare hH' ben Simply IN. .heu
liable Amons thsso v"re 'h' 'onrn'.s'on
for rsorgnn'rinz The business ",n"hH o'
th~ government the rhnh' iNhh> '"n-
mission. he country ne 'Ii',s.,,n
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e,y,i ..,,,c. h,u co,,a,ninr this amend
u.,, ,ran.ut,tsd with 1, As my las,
o~c,.i a., = rn,royardurn dscisrfnr that
~. .n.,su.r, Va. void bscau.s II was
q, uneo,s,',utionai Interference with the
s.h,. q, ~. .,.~u,,V. ana tha, ~ wer.
"a remain pre.ld~nt would pay 10 ~ no
.,,.,,io, vh.,e,.r
~. Na,,or,i ~orrsrv.tion cowrn'.-inr
,,.,.u,or N.~sr,c dorrau ~-hs suspsn-
.,o, q, 10 work came ~ most unfar-
,,,,,, ti,,e .ns 'her. wa. se-ious dan
s.r TIA, tho progress already rnaf. would
y. lost A. ,hi. rfi't,sl moment tNr "
,,onsi cor..rvstioa tfsociation was ~
s.n,YeA 7, took ~ ~, work which 9TH
er~,.e would NO, Navc been dove rna II
s.rrl.sd = most ls..ii influence - pr..
y.p,trV 49, isE'ritttsn. IN securing the
,,,ro.,us,i,n n, bette conservation rrrss
sr,. a, ~. pssi session ~ CONGRESS ard
\, prornoiing a.. ns--aE. ~ wise laws "
s.,e-ve, fhc confidence ana sur nort 4
.vcrv .-,,ir.n tn,e~.s'ed IN the Vi~' ie
vsion.1snt and prere walton ~ our nat
urai re-ource. and In preventing them
from, rss-ins into $50 hands ~ unoon-
,-oiici rnNnopoMss n ioins with tho Ma
'ierai conservation congress n holding
th,. meeting am here by she ioint In
vi,at,on % both
p.rA-sIr.o Construetloo
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N'ates s~ohe .s he lu'I %, " 80.
snd 81" 'ha' ~ 49,. !. ~. W. ~.
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