The Prescott daily news., 1910-08-24

. true socrar centre, TT -vc-y ucc- of the community. standing or a broad individual outlook and development, taking the lead in work and in recrea tion, caring more for conduct than for dogma. moro for ethical spiritual. practical betterment than for merely formal piety The country fair offers far greater possibilities for continuous and healthy asefulness than 1t at pres snt affords The cofrtry school should be made a vital center for economic. social, and educatio onal cooperation; 1t Is naturally atted to be such center for those engaged in commercial farm ing. and sAii more for those engaged in domestic farming. for those who live on and by the small farms they them selves own. The problem of the farm is really the problem of the family that lives on the farm. On all these aues tions there is nee6 of intelligent study, such as marks the books of Professor Bailey, ef Cornell. and of Sir Horace Plunkett's book on the Rural Life Problems of the United States
 Conditions of Farm Life.
 One feature of the pi>blem should be recognized by the farmer at once. and an effort made to deal with it. It Is our duty and our business to con slider the farm laborer exactly as we consider the farmer. No country life can be satisfactory when the owners of farms tend for whatever reason. 10 go away to live in cities instead of working their farms: and. moreover, it cannot be really satisfactory when the labor system is managed that there is for part of the year a dema nd for labor which cannot be met. and during another part of the year no de- mand for labor at all so that the farm tend to rely on migratory laborers who come out to work in the country with no permanent interest in it and with no prospect of steady employ ment. It Is exceedingly difficult to make good citizen out of man who cant count upon some steadiness and continuity in the work which means to him his livelihood. Economic con ditions on tho farm-in variety and kind of crop-growing. especially as distributed in time, and in housing for .he men-must be so shaped as to rem der 1t possible for the man who labors for the farmer to be steadily employed under conditions which foster his self respect and tend for his development
 Above all. the conditions of farm life must always be shaped with view to the welfare of the farmers wife and the farm laborer's wife. quite as much as to the welfare of the farm CT and tho farm laborer. To have the woman . meSs drudge is at least as. bad as to hevs the man . mere drudge It is every whit as important to intro duce new machines to economixe her labor within the house, as 1t ie to i'm troduce machinery to increase the eff fectiveness of his labor outside the house haven't the slightest sympa- thy with any movement which Hooks to excusing men and women for the performance of duty and fixes att tention only on rights and not on du- ties The woman who shirks her dkty as housewife, as mother. is con- temptibls creature; just as the corre- spending man is a contemptible crea- ture. But ttte welfare of the woman is even more important than the welfare of the man, for the mother is the real Atlas who bears aloft in her strong and tender arms the destiny of the world. Shs deserves honor and con- sideration such as no man should re- ceive. She forfeits all claim to this honor and consideration if she shirks her duties But the average American woman does not shirk them; and 1t Is a matter of the highest obligation for us to see that they are performed un- der conditions which make for her welfare and happiness and for the wei fare and happiness of the children she brings into the world.