The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-07

al lniDEs. anu. line INV sun - avs
/ all things towards himself
The farmer IL tho direct mediator
between the nonproducefs among men
snd outraged nature, whose basic law
as labor and Use they habitua!iy VIC"
late.
While tho farmer works FOR every
man. IL Ia equally true that, directly
or indirectly, every man WORKS Tor
the farmer.
Fer what are The millions al dol
lars Invested in agricultural maehln-
cry, tools, utensils and Appliances.
Are not most Of the millions OF
commercial capital dependent for pre-
servation ana Increase on the prod
ucts OF the farmer, or the myriad
I things which those PROD aets mako
necessary or available
IN L. wofa. ali me arts a4gd sciences,
all tns hnIL seinents OF GsoGas4ons OF
humanity usIena directly OF lnoifect-
- upu4. agricultural itvaucts. Anu
tne Quantits a1IG 4uaItS u those
pIuQlets utpenu upon tne farmer.
Neither yuttuu nor corn is hIH9.
Ine Gs.rtaeT Is Aina.
me IarMe. himself realizes tHis
Iact hs ne never ala before.
4nc hfiancieIs are awakening 20 IT'S
stupei4dous significance. Witness the
tact that a captain ut capital, s4t n
as George W. Perkins lately with
drew from the great banking house OF
( j. Pierpont Morgan Il Go. to devote
I his wonderful talents ana energies to
readJusting THE tangled differences
{ between the original producer. the
bet,erment producer, the funds pro-
flder ana the Ultimate consumer.
! these dif7ereuceS clog the arteries
OF trade. and cause the COMPOSITIONS
that develop civic fevers winch break
/ 10 tho surface as revolutions, either
+ by ballot or by ballet.
why Is the government spending
millions of money on Its agricultural
department, except to aid the farm
er to coax from mother earth more
OF mes maintenance for hungry hu-
manity.
/ Why are tho most progressive rail-
roads sending out SO many costly
trains loaded with seeds and sciences,
except to stimulate the farmer To pro-
duee more dividend bringing freight
for hungry stockholders
me great railroad army Of two
/ million employees In the United States
alone Is organized largely to take ne
oess't.es TO the farmer and bring back
from him necessities for tho world.
/ Time was when commerce depend
cd on the local merchants to distri-
pute Its products to the farmer La
ter travelling statesmen went from
farm 10 farm taking orders from tbs
farmers direct for special machinery
implements ana supplies.
But now the great mail order
houses ignore the local merchants
anu all other middlenen, while they
hood the farmer with private letters
special circulars. bulky catalogue,
and even samples OF almost every
thing he or his ia mily can eat. drink
wear, work with or otherwise use
from seeds to self binders; from
single-tree to a steam wagon; from
pianks to portable houses. from whit
goods to wedding outfits, from al
opera glass to an automobile
In word, the farmer now has Of
fered to him direct everything n
wants with hundreds of things h
does not want. and almost on you
own terms: while at matter O
fact, the farmer frequently gets from
| his own local merchants better good
| at better prices.
| All this has helped to bring to tn
farmer good roads instead OF rock
trails and mud-holes. better vehicle.
and easier access to, and more APP
probation Of many comforts an
pleasures that his grandfather kneH
| not
While the farmer and his wife, an
sons and daughters have better ad
: Vantages for education. their farm
y as well as themselves feel the bene
: fits resulting from new ideals an
: improved means, tin with bette
y roads. better fences. better houses an
better farms. the very country itso
: has felt the touch OF progress an
= giories in Its own bettermont
rf nF11
ly described one Of the many sector
o of Virginia on which the Create
l. smiled when perfected:
The Nallty-sot more and NOR
$ beautiful steadily--1nore CAREFUL
titled, fertile. gracious Of aspect. III
til II / sa wonder Its heart was M
lifted up as Well as its hills, as
sat in the sunshine a thousand fe,
| above the sea. girdled by It's mouf
tains giorfed by its woods, Hum
mated by the long shining curves
the Shenandoah. daughter OF tn
| Stars. q"
| What has brought a bout such Wor
drous changes among the gioriol
| hills and Nalleys---''the lowlands ar
tho hollands" of this noble Old DE-
| minion whose yirile sons and beat
| tiful daughters represent the be
blood strains of all nobler national
| ties and epublic-SeekIng races. IrO
| Aryan to America: from Aztec to A
bion: from the native Powhatan
| the banished Pole who sought refuG
in our Worldwide hospitality?
The cause Of all such progress
| practical education. the educa Tic
which means receiving and giving
best slowly but surely elininatir
waste and holding fast to that whis
is good,
The kind of practical educatic
which enables Virginia hoy-farme
Of to-day to accomplish wonders
| production both In quantity and qua
ity undrsamsd of by their forefnthef
| The marvel is not that these your
| disciples OF Luther Burbank al
| Uncle Wilson" have accomplished
| much. but that they realize That the
education has just fairly begun. al
| that there is no such thing as ev
being graduated from the Universe
OF Nature.
Practical education In farming,
| in all other useful professions al
and sciences, consists largely IN cor
| pairing notes. SO that one MIND mi
profit by the works of many min'
From time immemorial the chos
| place for practical note accompanying n
been the Market Place,