Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-06-14

Conservation of the nations great
est asset-the child" is the expression
in epitome of the aims and purposes of
the National Congress - Mothers which
meets To-Day in Denver for it's fourteenth
annual convention. Ihe reports made to
It's convention of WORK done and results
accomplished will astonish those VINO
have not followed the activities or TINS
organizat ton and it's allied parent teach
er associations.
But results and accomplishments or
the past are as nothing when compared
to the ambitious campaign marked out
for the future. The congress or moGI-
ers is an organization of serious ana
practical women who have resolved TO
solve, by the application of modern
science and politics, problems wnlcn
have been left to chance ever since Cain
and ABEL were born into the worIo. They
intend to save the children from sufrer-
ing for the sins of their parents by eou-
eating the parents not TO sin Tor thelr
children's sake. They intend 10 secure
for a baby at birth the same sclentlnc
care and attention which is given TO a
car by a successful ave stock grower
They intend to make provision Tor tne
ch4.- S first years so tnar It's Wnole ne
NAV not be burdened with disease ana
sufrering because a mother did not know
how to feed and clothe and care Tor II.
,ney intend to make the school years as
asset for every boy and girl instead OF
a liability, as is now too OFTEN the case,
They intend to secure for every chhu
the best possible care, protection ana Cd
ucation, so that the young man or young
woman will have an opportunity TO
start in the race of life without the our-
den of a handicap imposed by Wickeo'
IL mr. icnnrant naTentS.
10 tbs, end the Congress of Mothers
conducts a. campaign of education Tor
parents There is no other way TO 90 inc
work To further this campaign OF eou-
cation and to make 1t more enectlVe' tne
Congress of Mothers seeks the co-opera-
ton of every agency of publicity availa-
BILE and tries to enlfsl the aid OF local.
state and national governments.
But this is not all -le work the
Congress of Mothers is actively engaged
In irving to save the children already
in existence from suffering the entire
burden of punishment for errors or the
mast Rescuing children from evil en-
vironment, reforming bad living condl-
tiens. making school life more prontaple
by bringing about cooperation between
teachers nd parents, providing TOT the
scientific treatment and care OF cnLioish
diseases, preventing epidemics, giving
esnecial care to defectives-aH these
things and hundreds more are part OF the
averv CAV work of the local organization
represented in the national convention
in session today in Denver.
child conservation ought to be live
question. now that the American people
have suddenly awakened TO the Iact
that the nation can no longer anoro
reckless prodigality. If pig owned
nv a farmer in Iowa sickens and dies
under conditions at all peculiar state
and federal governments will respond
Instantly to a call for help. Scientists
will make careful and exhaustive examl-
nations and their conclusions Will be
nroved by long series OF experiments.
No expense is spared to fnd out wht
caused the pig to sicken and de- because
what allied that one pig may possibly
all other pigs, and If many nttle PIGS
sicken and die there will be fewer hogs
for the market ana less ihoheS A
stock grower.
THE state and the federal governments
agree that pig diseases must be stopped
~ possible, at all cost. When the sclen-
.tst has found what allied the pig. the
government at once will establish quar-
antines. will set up stations for the treat
ment of the disease, viii send out nun
dreds of thousands OF books telling all
about the pig, what was the matter, and
bapnening to other little pigs. AS a re-
suit of this wise policy. millions of dol
lars are saved each year. There Is eff
fective governmental organization to save
live stock, or useful plants, from harm.
Also the government spares no pains
or expense to teach the people, by send
ing out literature, by encouraging agri.
cultural education, by means of demon
stration farms and lectures, how to take
care of the lives OF animals and plants.
As a result OF this campaign of education
so effectively pursued by the department
of agriculture, the farms of the country
increase their production annually and
do not pay such heavy toll to ignorance
and disease. There was a time when
farmers generally sneered at the efforts
of the scientists to teach practical les
sons for the farm. The ''book-farmer"
was the butt of ridicule in every rural
community so fortunate as to possess one.
But when the farmers found that the