New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1910-05-11

this independence tends to draw him
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. It 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 he had
not changed his attitude as expressed
in his Winona and his Providence
speeches on the tariff act, but added
that he had asked for $25O,OO0 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 a 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 dispense
ton and new order Of things.
The unrest throughout the coun-
try is not a protest of poverty and
misery" he said, 'but it is the pro-
test of intelligent and progressive men
and women. Our opponents want to
pray for us five minutes 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 100000, 100000. The an
nual income is $1,OOO,OOO,OOO. The an
nual expenditure is $1,000, 100000. The
annual loss to the people Of the
United States by preventable death
and preventable sickness on fair
commercial value is not less than 3d.
000,O00.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 by preventable death &c.
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,
"Why 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
conserve the orange tree and fight the
San Jose scale and not conserve the
people who eat oranges? Why con-
serve the life of the forest and forget
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
malarial 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
i knowledge among the people. Length
of life varies in different countries,
rising to ffty-two in Sweden. 1t is
about forty-fve in the United States
and can easily be extended fourteen
years. The life of adults can be ex-
tended on an average over eight years.
The proof Of this has been submitted
by the committee Of one hundred and
submitted by me to the senate of the
United States.
Congress will not act upon this mat
ter, however, unless the people Of the
United States appreciate it's impor-
lance and impress upon the members
of congress that it is the desire of the
people of the United States.
Yoakum on High Prices.
B. E. Yoakum, chairman Of the
board of the Frisco line struck a re-
sponsive chord when he said:
The railroads and the farmers have
permitted the politician to play one
against the other The farmers have
not been organized so that they could
work direct with the railroads for
their mutual benefit. Formerly you
thought you had to do business with
us through the politicians That was
an unbusinesslike way for us to deal
with each other. The politician used
you to get himself into Office. He
hammered US to please you. That
class of. politicians is a go-hetWeen we