The Cairo bulletin., 1910-10-27
public Of these maranders.

pubic OF these m~arauders.
Only in such manner can we retarj
or eliminate. and this Association
should spend not one dollar 10 he
any banker who viii compromise o
case.
What w need in this country i:
not a large standing army of sol
diers, but a standing army OF rigAt'
eous, militant citizens, IN constan
warfare against the many unscrupu
lous IN and measures that menace
US, the bankers should he in the front
ranks OF this army.
The man who deyotes all his time
to the accumulation Of property
stradGling or evaling vital business
and governmental questions, obiivi,
Gus tc the debt ne owes society, alb
sorbing everything he touches, Civ.
ing nothing in return, S the type Of
citizen that is little better than the
n who goes wrong, for his selfish
ness makes the other possible.
If any two men go hand in hand
and play the larger part in the matter
Of good times. L is the farmer an,
the banker. Big crops at good prices
are the basis of it ala and then a
libera, progressive, sound banking
system helps keep going, all that the
farmers work and product has set in
motion.
| Nearly every banker in tbs State
Is directly. constantly and intimately
associated with farmers, is seldshlH
and ought TO be genuinely intere. -
in tteir success IN general and in a
successful, permanent agriculture in
particular. Yet what little effort nas
been n ade 10 help in the work. out.
side the exueriTeDt stations.
Wesbronght this matter to your at
tentiof 1t our Last meet ng and our
good secretary urged the group meet
lngs to take UP the matter, as so
many Of them have done, and DR..
Hopkins will speak to t1's annual
meeting on the subject,
Many western Bapkers' State Assoc
Citations are deeply interested in this
work, as we all needs must be, not
alone 10 try to make two blades grow
where m grew before, but in many
localities, TO keen the one growing,
for our methods have not been of the
kind to even maintain, much less
build up our soils fertility.
DR.. Hopkins and the University OF
Illinois Agricultural Experiment Sta
ton, can give you all the details %
this: I can only urge the vital in.
portance of the propaganda to your
prompt attention
W~isconsin's Bankers & Agricultural
College are leaders in this work. :.
Their bankers. committee ON "Ag
rieultural Deselorn ent and Fduca,
ton has been most earnest and in
dustrious in is work ami has Issued
its report in pamphlet form,
They consider one of the best meth.
DDS Of pushing the work is in the pub
lie schools, in the country districts
part cularly.
They call attention TO the fact that
there is only one general scheme Of
education in the STATS, alike for chr
dren, irrespective of whether they
are tc be lawyers, preachers ne
chants. farmers. or mechanics.
If this general scheme leans in any
one direct on, it Is toward fitting stu
denis. for the professional classes.
Practically nothing Is being az
nlished, in ar educational way, to in
%terest children In the farm ami farm
fe, or any branch OF agriculture.
They are in pressed with the fact
that there > practically a total lack
of interest among school teachers.
especially those In the rural schools.
on the subject Of agriculture. Many
of these rrral school teachers come
from the larger cities and are ont OF
tough with rural and agricultural re-
| gu 'rernents.
Wisconsin now has a compulsory
agricultural law, with gooi results
and Minnesota's Bankers committee
is working on the same llnes.
There is also a large and growing
movement N favor of beker art
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