The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-24

uitions of the past can be regained not
by going back, but by going forward.
We cannot recreate what Is dead: we
cannot stop the march Of events. But
we can direct this march and out OF
the new conditions develop something
better than the past knew. Henry
Clay was farmer. who lived all his
life In the country: Washington was q
farmer. who lived and died In the
country. And we Of this nation ought
TO make IL our business TO see that the
conditions are made such that farm
life in the future shall not only de-
velop men of the stamp of Washing
ton and Henry Clay. bht shall be so at
tractive that these men may continue
as farmers. for remember that Wash.
ington and Henry Clay were success
ful farmers.
| hope that things will so shape
themselves that the farmer can have
a great career and yet end his life as
a farmer. so that the city man will
look forward TO living N the country
rather than the country man to living
in the city.
Farmers should learn how to com
bine effectively, as has been done in
industry. am particularly glad TO
speak to the grange, for heartily be-
lieve in farmers organizations. and
we should all welcome every step
taken toward an increasing co.opera-
ton among farmers. The Importance
nf eurh nnovomnntc oanpot no nyor
estimated. and through such Intelli-
gent joint action II will be possible to
improve the market just as much as
the farm.
Equal Terms With City Folks.
Country life should be as attractive
as city life. and the country people
should insist upon having their full
representation when II comes to deal
lng with all great public questions.
In other words. country folks sbovld
demand that they work on equal terms
with city folks In all such matters.
They should have their share In the
memberships of commlssi>ns and coDr-
ellis, In short, Of all the organized
bodies for laying plans for great enter
prses affecting all the people.
ain glad TO see on such bodies the
names that represent financial inter-
ests. hut those interests should not
have the right OF way. and IN all enter
prises and movements In which the So
cial condition OF the country is In
yolved the agricultural Countrywide
open country-should be as well repre-
sented asthe city
The man Of the open country is apt
10 have certain qualities which the
city man has lost These qualities off.
Sc, those which the city man has and
he himself has not. The two should
he put on equal terms and the coun.
try talent be given the same oppor-
tunity as the city talent TO express IT,
self and TO contribute 10 the welfare
OF the world In which we live.
The country church should be made
a true social center. alive TO every need
of the community. standing for a
broad individual outlook and develop
ment. taking the lead In work and In
recreation. caring more for conduct
than for dogma. more for ethical. spir'
ituaI. practical betterment than for
merely formal piety. The country fair
offers far greater possibilities for con
tinuous and healthy usefulness than
II at present affords.
The country school should be made
vital center for economic. social and
educational cooperation. II Is natural
ly fitted 10 De such a center for those
engaged in commercial farming and
still more for those engaged In domes-
tic farming for those who live on and
by the small farms they themselves
own. The problem Of the farm is real
ly the problem of the family that lives
on the farm. .On all these questions
there Is need OF intelligent sindy, such
.Hs marks the books of Professor Bal
ley Of Cornell and VI Horace Plum
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