Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-19

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Requires Nerve.
1T required nerve for Columbus to dis
cover America, but It required vastly more
for the Pilgrims to follow and live in an
unknown world and make It their perma-
nent home. II required nerve to make the
declaration Of independence, but 1t required
vastly more 10 make the declaration good.
II took the nerve OF some people and all
the people. II required nerve for Abraham
Lincoln 70 make the emancipation procla-
nation, but II required more for those loyal
citizens of the United States south OF the
Mason and Dixon line to live through the
crisis and the reconstruction period. 1t
required nerve TO spill gallons OF blood
and spend millions OF dollars TO free the
black man, but it required vastly more to
rscuperate after the losses sustained. 1t
required nerve for Hartman and Hin to
penetrate the trackless desert with arteries
Of commerce, but II required vastly more
for the colonist 70 leave the place Of his
nativity and build among the sage brush,
coyotes and redskins, the many common
weGlths Of which our government is proud.
1t requires nerve to advocate q new theory,
but vastly more TO demonstrate its prac-
Hcability.
AS a native Of lows, I am proud Of this
grand exposition Of the products OF that
commonwealth and her sister states, but
the biggest ana best thing that l have
seen on these exposition grounds we're the
smiling, happy faces of 5000 school chill
dren, the very best products OF Iowa, for
they are the people with which, in the
next few years, we must do something, or
they will do something with US 1t made
me glad that they could see these products,
but sad to know that they had so little
time TO learn anything OF the nature, char
sctsr and purpose of this exposition. 1t
was but a passing glance. Which one OF
you would be satisfied with It?
FOR Comfort on the Farm.
The agriculture colleges. horticulture
and Agriculture exhibitions, farm insu-
tutes, farm journals and many other
agencies are lending their efforts today
toward the education OF the rising genera
ton for the profits and comforts Of the
farmers Wen do you remember, all OF
you. how a few years ago there was an
exodus from the homes OF our farmers.
Their girls went to the department stores
, and the typewriter, their boys to the tels-
graph instrument and the office desk;
that Was the cause Of q derth Of help on
| the farm. The energy today is but the
reaction that followed that movement and,
I believe me, that In the next five years
! there viii be one Of the greatest move
H.ents from the city to the farm that has
| ever been seen In recent years. The land
needs these young men and women. the
| government needs them, the state needs
| them. In their present condition, they are
! consumers. When they have gone back 10
the land. they will become producers.
People today are trying TO cover too many
acres. Farms should be divided and made
| sH aller and cultivated better; not only the
quantity OF product will be greater. but
I quality better
The state OF Texas would make half a
dozen states the size OF the state OF Iowa
and think OF the millions OF unoccupied
acres IN Texas. The state OF California Is
LOO miles long and 800 miles wide, and
there are more people IN the city Of Chi.
oago today than in the state OF California
Il is shame and a disgrace 10 the intel
ligence OF the American public. that such
things exist. / am not q pesslmist neither
am discouraged; but call your attention
20 the facts that are staring US in the face
The Union Pacific carries thousands OF col
onists 70 the unoccupied lands OF the west
annually; other railroad systems do like
wise, We have already this year carried
more than $500 carloads OF deciduous
fruits from the west and the citrus fruit
season has not yet come. What shall We
say Of the possibilities IN the states wesi
Of the Missouri riyer2 Figures will hardly