The Daily Missoulian., 1912-08-07

y SvsNCsO INV W SitC IhtusNSso va V0b
people. The welfare OF the farmer.
's a basic need OF this nation. II ID
the men from the farm who In the
past have taken the lead In every
great movement within this nation.
whether In time of war or In time OF
peace. It is well to have our cities
prosper. but II Ii not well II they
nrOsper at the expense Of the country.
/ am glad to say that In many sections
" our cbuntry there has been an ex-
traordinafy revival or recent years in
intelligent interest in ana work for
those who live In the open country.
In this movement tha lead must be
taken by the farmers, themselves; hut
our people as a. whole, through their
governmental agencies, should back the
farmers. Everything possible should
be done to better the economic con.
dition Of the farmer and also to In
the farmer, the farmers wife, and their
children. Tho burdens Of labor ana
loneliness bear heavily on the women
IN the country: their welfare should be
the especial concern Of all OF us.
Everything possible should be done to
make life In the country profitable. 30
as To be attractive from the economic
standpoint and also to give an outlet
among farming people for th<se forms
" " ":pNi.y winch How teuu 70 In4ke
IRE IN tne cities especially desirable
for ambitious men and women. There
should he just the same chance to
live as full. as we'll rounded, and. as
highly useful lives In the country as
In the city. 49,
Inc government must cooperate
WIN tne farmer 10 make the farm
more productive. There must be no
stunning OF the SOL. The farm should
pe eit 70 tne farmers son IN better
,.,! nn" mo. worse conuitlon because or its
cu,.lvatlon. Moreover. every Invention
anu improvement, every discovery and
economy should be at the service of
tne inrmer IN the work OF production;
ahu, 70 addltion,t ne should be helped
% % co-2pNMe ~ pusiness FASHION with
ils lelioWs' so tnaI tne money paid ny
ths cohsuIner Tor the Rr0ouct OF the
so shaiI TO as large q degree as pos
s,nle go INTO the pockets OF the man
VINO raised that, ,productl from the soil.
SO ione as the FARMER leaves coroper-
ative ACTIVITIES with. their profit shar-
Ing TO- the city man, Of, business. so
long VIII the founAations Of wealth
be- undermined and tha cOmfOrts OF
comnfrv com,nnnit,e.' In svar., - nc ra'
spect this nation has to learn the les
sons of. efffclency In production, and
distribution. and Of avoidance of waste
una destruction; We .must develop and
improve instead OF exhausting our re-
sources. Is entirely possible by
improvements III production In the
avoiuance OF waste. anQ In business
methods on the part OF the farmer to
give MN an increased income from
Ky Ihrn WINE AT the same time re-
uuc'hK 70 the consumer the price or
.ne uTt'cles raised on. the farm. Inn
pu1ut athouSh educaion is every
wn"Ie' " nus speciaI Importance IN
.ne country. The conntry school must
~. ''e country IRE; IN the country.
~ ~. e,sewnere, edm:ation must be
oI,~snl ~ mh me inc country
om., W mnu me eouh'Ty Ioung Mems
ciat,ons have .rans 40 ~ ~. MI assn- r,,
farmers m,,s, o,,,,, oma ,,or,, ~ ph.s. my, e
land. atens mo, w. .o,,a ."eI own
nut stn, ~. M .ansn at once 10
absentee landior,isn, amS .n,a 'wmru ,s.,.,
inr. this is nne ~ tho r.o.t ,,,,.n., ,a
tive duties confront,nw t,,o rot,nn srt,A
question az rmrai ha Mir. 80 n, ~
credits is also az imrnaI,ata t,,nart1
,, ance. ''"'''s'
eus'"ess and Control Of Trusts.
The present conditions of h,,s,,.s.
| cannot be accented ns sa,,.ro ".nr,
Jnere are too many who do mot uroS
per enough. and OF the fe,v VIM ,,ros-
per greatly there are ceramic snma
! whose prosperity does m, MAJ, vii
for the country. Rational, nrn.r.s
sives, no matter how radical ara wa,I
aware that nothing tha ~"varn,ant
can do will make some man nrn.nar
and we heartily approve the prosnariV
ty, no matter how great ~ anv mar
II II comes as an Incident Ia rendarE
ing service TO the Commute. hmt ~.
wish to shape conditions a. thot n
greater number of the sma,, mon ,vh"
are decent. industrious and amaraa.ic ~
shall be able TO succeed ana 90 that
the big man who ia dishones. shaii
hot be allowed to succeed a, ali
Our aim 10 IN oon..o,
to stranrIe itaanI uWa hn, ousiness. ~ NOT
continue nai,n,, aoVVe a., not 70
stranrle towarf ~, - =" nenese
evil ana con.tar. o ~"s".ns .nat ~
big and ,itt,a on,nar., .o"lIu po.n
our aim 10 IN nrnmo.n .mat 40 Wen:
then see N ~ mr"' PIvspslNy' y' anu
do not hsl,av1 nop.. uvss'on. we
anvnns hv a nni,". any svool comes 70
struction ~ nr"s,,. "" lNe.ns ue-
cnses ~ ,s un. .ss,y' p.svy' mr III, such
cause ~ tina var.' s o,,,, ~ u'v.ue u pc.
there "a nn.n,, upvUus tact tnat
4" contrai hia '.,, ~ uv'ue. we Wlsh
o.. 'e ""S".o"s 10 dS 10 S0-