The Washington herald., 1910-08-24
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lied bodies for laying plans for great en-
terprises affecting all the people I am
glad 10 see on such bodies the names
that represent financial interests. but
those interests should not have the right
Of way. and in all enterprises and move
ments IN which the social condition OF
the country is involved the agricultural
Countrywide open country-should be as
well represented as the city. The man
Of the open country IS apt TO have GER
tain qualities which the city man has
lost These qualities Offset those which
the city man has and he himself has not
The two should be put on equal terms,
and the country talent be given the
same opportunity as the city talent to
express itself and 70 contribute 10 the
welfare Of the world in which we live.
Need of n Social Center.
The country church should be made
true social center. alive 20 every need Of
the community, standing for a broad in
dividual outlook and development taking
the lead in, work and in recreation, car
ing more for conduct than for dogma.
more for ethical. spiritual. practical bet
terment than for merely formal piety.
The country fair offers far greater pos
sibilities for continuous and healthy use
fulness than Il at present affords. The
country school should be made a vital
center for economic, social and educa-
tional cooperation; it is naturally fitted
10 be such a center for those engaged in
commercial farming. and still more for
those engaged in domestic farming. for
those who live on and by the small farms
they themselves own. The problem Of
the farm is really the problem Of the
family that lives on the farm.
Above all. the conditions OF farm life
must always be shaped with a view 10
the welfare Of the farmers wife and
the farm laborer's wife. quite as much
as to the Welfare OF the farmer and the
farm laborer To have the woman q
mere drudge Is at least as bad as 10 have
/ the man mere drudge. II IS every whit
as important TO introduce new machines
+ 10 economic her labor within the house
as il is 10 introduce machinery 10 IN
crease the effectiveness Of his labor out
side the house I have not the slightest
sympathy with any movement which
/ looks TO excusing men and women for
the nonperformance Of duty and fixes
attention only on rights and not on duties.
\ The woman who shirks her duty as
housewife. as mother. Is a contemplate
creature just as the corresponding man
/ is a contemplate creature. But the vel
/ fare Of the woman Is even more i'm
portant than the welfare OF the man
/ for the mother is the real atlas who
bears aloft in her strong and tender arms
the destiny OF the world She deserves
honor and consideration such as no mar
should receive. She forfeits all claim tC
this honor and consideration il she shirks
her duties But the average American
woman does not shirk them; and it is q
matter Of the highest obligation for US tC
see that they are performed under con
ditions which make for her welfare and
happiness and for the welfare and hap
piness Of the children she brings into the
world.
Throng Awaits Him.
Col. Roosevelt and his party reached
Oriskany about O'Clock. Automobiles
whirled them out TO Summit Park, WHERE
they found a great mob swinging and
dancing and eating and drinking.
On the way up the State Col. Roose
welt met William H. HorchlNss at Albany
Mr. Hotchkiss is G candidate for th'
gubernatorial nomination. He chatte'
for a few minutes on the rear platform
I 4.
the mob at the railroad station. No ont
climbed aboard at Schenectady. At Her
kimer Mrs. Roosevelt and Quentin lef
the train TO go over to Douglas Robin
sons country place. near By, They vii
remain there for few days. The colone
talked little politics on his way from
New York TO Summit Park. He had n,
comment 20 pass on tie state situation
/ further than he expects that he viii have
to attend the convention in the face o
present circumstances. He gave out thi
statement to the reporters in New York
Il am very much pleased with Mt
Tafts statement II Nassau Count,
Wants me 20 go 20 the State convention
I shall go. But I regard the issue a
clean cut SO far as I am concerned
there viii not be a particle Of compro
mise"
| Col Roosevelt still maintained his atti
tude OF silence in regard 10 the breacl
with President Taft. he said again TO
day that his position will be made partl
clear by the time he gets back frou
, the West Tomorrow he intends to res
at the Robinson home. unless State poll
tics calls him away. In that case. o
course, he simply cannot remain mac
tive. The party. including Publishe
Rowland and other members Of the Gu;
look staff and the carload Of newspape
men, VIII leave Utica tomorrow at mid
night The coloners next stop is Chey
snne. on Saturday.