The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-26

gradually coming into practice there
And every returning immigrant hastens
it on-especially the feeling or re
sponsibility of every good citizen for
the good government Of the state. One
OF the things that impress HIM most Is
that the children of his fellow work.
men in America all go to school and
learn many things. This is his wonder
tale when he gets homc-and the aglta-
tion for free schools is beginning III
Italy,"
Grain Crop in Russia
"The production of wheat and other
grain in Russia, Hungary, and other
European countries is steadily lncreas-
ing,' said Ferdinand S. Shaffer, Of
Minneapolis. Hapd at the same time 1T
should be said that the American
farmer is deserting his plow and NOV
ing into the city. The population of
the United States is increasing at
rapid rate, and the consumption OF
foodstufTs of all kinds naturally keeps
pace with this growth observed Mr..
Shaffer. who is wheat grower himself,
"The production of farm products,
however, does not keep abreast with
the growth of population, but falls
back. The consequence is that there is
greater demand for farm products,
bringing about higher prices. Another
cause for higher prices is that the city
is encrachiug on the farm, and that
the sons of the farmers are drawn to
the city, where they embark IN bust
ness, never again to return TO the old
farm. The growth Of farms does not
keep step with the growth of the popu
latiou. What is the meaning of this?
1t means simply that unless there is
brought about Il sentiment for the con-
servation Of the farms of this country,
the days of tho American farmer in
supplying the world with foodstuffs are
numbered, and that his place will bo
taken In the near future by the Rus
| sian and Hungarian farmer
Indorses Pinchot.
"Pinchot is right when he persists in
his conservation plea, and, instead Of
commended for the services he is reu-
dering this country. That applies to
| the wheat lands. also applies to the
| timber lands. The wealth Of the United
States lies in its farms, and tho back
bone of any nation is the farmer
| Eliminate him and you make yourself
dependent on your nelghbors, VINO may
be your enemies, for the very neces.
saries of life. 1t is high time. indeed,
that Pinchot's warning should be
needed, and it is high time also that
the back to the farm movement
should be taken seriously before it is
too late and Russia has taken the place
as the granary Of the world"
AS to Panama Canal.
The Panama canal will be completed
in 1913, year and half ahead OF
the schedule time - the opinion Of DR..
G. O.. Pierce, health officer in the zone,
now here. "The greatest advance dur.
ing the six and a half years I We been
| there. - he said, "was in the extermiu-
alton Of mosquitoes. We have filed
innumerable swamps, drained off stand
ing water, and even stripped the gut
tiers from house tops. Panama is n
healthier place than New York city to.
day because authority to carry through
| reforms is vested in the Isthmian canal
eommission and must be. obeyed. If yon
attempted to make this city mosquito
proof and ordered New Yorker TO take
down his cutters. you would first have
to get an order from q court and he in
turn would obtain an Injunction. In the
canal zone what the authorities saw
goes without question -