The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-08-31

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sat"oi ms vi INC ,r
and oneida counties heard Coi. Inc
odore Roosevelt tall, on a subject that
hoe haar made nrominant Inv him and
i"o p.oi ,'"o ~
In Whlcn ne is ueeply ihteresteu-
| bettering of the conditions OF life on
the farms of America
J,,,. .t,a ,so,t n or,,
o'ica gave the eApiesiueh' IN
welcome When ne arrived III MS spe-
cial car Repubic, but he did not tarry
ho,o o,;n, ,o orisIanv bv tro,lev and
neio' soine W W
| from tnere 10 tne PARK. ihis is INC
| first stop and speech made by Mr..
Roosevelt nm his trip tn the west.
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linking to the iarhiers' he saiu'
There are M ttyo plibIic questions OF
more vital ,mnortance to the future of
this country than the problem of conser-
! vatIon and the nrobIem Of the betterment
of rural life uoreoycr these two prob
| lens are really interdependent for nell
ther of them can be successfully solved
save on condition that there Is at least
| a measurable success In the effort to
solve the other In nnv great country
The prIme nbysical nsset-the physical as
| cot mora valuable than any other-is the
fertility NJ the sojl All our Industrial
and commercial welfare. all our material
development of every kind. depends in
the last resort upon our preserving and
increasing the fertility of the soil This
of course, means the conservation OF .hs
SOIL as the great natura, resouies aa ~,
equally of course, 1t furthermore imphes
the development OF country hIe, ior lnels
cannot be a permanent improvement VI
the SOIL II the ite OF those VINO hve On
II, ana make their hvins ou. oi H.
suffered to starve ana iansuisn' 10
come stunted ana weakened anu i'ier,1I Y,y
TO tine type OF IRE hVeu elsewheie,
are now trying TO preserve. mo- % -
plotauon py indiviuuais' put ior tne Pc
manent benent OF the whore peopie, tne
waters and the Forests ana we hre 10
ing this primarily as means ~ auuirs
TO the fertihty OF the SOIL atnous" ~
each case there Is sreat sec"nus 1se
both OF the wafer anu OF 'he lole' To- ~
commercial and industriai purposes III
the same way u 10 esseht,s'i ~, t ~
ers themselves TO try TO broaden tne hle
OF the man VINO iiVes IN tne open country
to make IL more attracuVe. 10 sNe
every ADJUNCT ana anu 10 uexeiop,h.h. e,
which mas peen given 10 the nie VI .ie
man OF tne cities. ,,a'a
conservation ana rural NE poncieo ai.
really two SIDES OF the Same ponoy anu
down at bottom this poncy rests upon
the fundamentai law Una, nei,he, r,aI
nor nation can prosper uniess' III ueahns
with the present. he steadily take thought
Tor the future '.
/. Problem OF Citles' SroWtn'
T., oro sa,se this nrob,em with which
ua have IN deal ia vary very old wher-
over c,v,lizat,ons have hitherto sprung up
thav have ALWAYS tended TO 90 through
) cartain STAGES and then To fall No nation
con deveIon a real civilization without
cit,as I'm to n certain point the city
novement ia thoroughly healthy. vet II Is
, a strange and Iamentable fact that al
w,ys b,tberto after this pojnt has been
> reachsd tho c,tv has tended 70 develop
at the eypense Of the country by draining
4 Tho country NJ what Ia hest in IT, and
waiting an ins,1nj1cant return for this
hest In consequences. in the past every
civi,,zat,on in its later stages has tend
cd reaIIv IN witness those conditions I'M
der which ."tbe cities prosper and the
1 men decay" Tber. are ugly signs that
/ these tendsrc,es are at work in this ma
= tion NJ ours Rut very fortunately we
. Geo NOW what never before was seen in
| INV cjv,,ization-an aroused and alert
nuh,,c interest in the problem. a recoe.
ni,ion NJ Ito gravity and a desire To at
tonnt lie soIutIon
Tho human side NJ the rural life prob.
) ,ar, 10 to mako the career of the farme,
and Tho career NJ the farm Iaborers as nj
tractive and az remunerative os CORE.
u snord,rv careers in tbe CITY Now 7 am
,,,o,i ann ro that the farmer must hincelt
taio tha Iaod In bringing this about A
cant,rv ond n quarter ago the wise Eng.
,,st former Arthur Young wrote ~ tbs
Y nfeorts 20 ,r,nrove Eranch wool. IA omit
a ,,ator at tho head NJ , sheen farm ~ a M
oco anro. would 1, a tow ,,oors a,
9 80 sor the,r noojs than al, the 400,
Y sn..,,o,an. ana nbiIosonbers vii, afsaot 4,
a to, oontnr,os !" II 10 ahsurd IN tbinl tha
r,, ,,,an rbo hos studied Tho s,hioct on
iv Theoretically is At TO direct those VIII,
practically work at the matter. But
l. friends. / wish to insist to you here-tt
r. you practical men, who own and worl
II your farms-that 1t Is an equally PERM
cious absurdity for the practical man t.
~ refuse to benefit by the work OF the stu
% dent. The English farmer / have quoted
T. Young, was practical farmer, but h
was also scientific farmer. One reasoi
70 why the great business men OF today
the great industrial ieaders-have gon
ia ahead, while the farmer has tended t
:, sag behind others, is that they are IA
~ more willing. ana Indeed eager to prof
" by expert and technical knowledge-th
ir knowledge that can only come as re
"a suit of the highest education. From
10 railways to factories no great industria
q concern can nowadays be carried ol