Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-09-01

Farmers Of the country to get for
lthcmseNos aud for their wives and
children not only the benefits of bet
ter farming, but also those of bet
ter business methods and hcltcr con.
iditions of NE on the farm. The bur
den OF this great task viii fan as II
lahould, mainly upon the great organl-
Mtlons of the farmers thcmsclvcs.
! am glad II VIII, for believe they
are well able % handle it lnpullc.
ular, thorc strong reasons why the
departments of agriculture of the va
rlous states, the United states depart
mont of agriculture and the agricui-
IturN colleges ana experiment stat.
lions should extend their work 10
cover all phases of He on the farm
instead of limiting themselves ~ they
far TOO often limited themselves n
the past, solely to the question of the
production of crops.
Nothing Is moro true than that cN-
'ccss of every kind Is followed boy RE-
FACTION; fact which should hc pom
dcrcd by rcformcr aud rcaciiou1rF
,ulikc, We are face to face with new
conceptions of the relations of prop
, ,crty to human welfare chiefly because
! certain advocates or the rights of
property as against the rights of men
/ have been pushing their claims too
/ far The man who wrongly holds that
Ievcry human right is secondary to his
profit must now giyo way t. the adyo-
+ cntc Of human welfare, who rightly
maintains that every man holds hi
property subject To- the general right
of the community 20 regulate It's use
to whatever degree the public welfare
may require IT, But / think we may
go stlll further The right to rcgu-
lntr the use of wealth in the public
interest Is universally admitted. Let
us admit also the right to regulate
IN" terms and conditions of labor
which Is the chiof element of wealth
directly in the interest of the common
good. The rundamoutpl thing To do
for every man is>to giyJ him the
chance to reach place i'm which
he will make the greatest possible
contribution 10 the public welfare.
No man can be- good citizen unless
he has a wage more than sufficient
to cover the bare cost OF living, and
hours of labor short enough SO that
latter his days work Is done he will
have time and energy TO bear his
share in the management of the COM
munity to help in carrying the gen
eral load We keep countless men
from being good citizens by the con
ditions of life with wihrh we sur
round them. We need comprehensive
workmcn's compensation acts. both
state aud national laws to regulate
child labor and the work of women,
and especially we need iG our COM
mon schools not merely education in
book learning but also practical train
ing for daily life and work We need
to enforce better sanitary conditions
for our workers and TO extend the
use of safety appliances in Industry
tween the states, Also friends i'm the
interest of the workirgmon himself
we need To- SGT our faces like flint
against mob violence just as against
corporate greed; against violence and
injustice and laWlessness by wage
workers just as much as against law
less cunning and grecdand selfish ar
rogance of employers
National efficiency has many fac
tors. II Is necessary result Of the
principle of conservation widely APP
piled. In the end II viii determine
uur failure or success ms a nation
Nrllou'l efficiency has Ia do not
only with natural resources and with
men It Is equally concerned with