The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-08-12
LARGE SUMS
APPROPRIATED
|. F0RWATERWAYS
PAST YEARS APPROPRIATIONS
WILL TOTAL OVER FORTY
MILLIONS.

Washington, Aug. "a (speciaD
Taking the items carried in the
sundry civil bill for waterways, on
which there is absolute agreement
between the. Senate and House, and
these added to the several amounts
appropriated in the river and harbor
bill, which is now law, the total
sum set aside for improving the riy-
ers, harbors and canals of the coun-
try for the fiscal year ending June
80 will reach in the neighborhood of
fcrty-three millions, within seven
millions Of the amount set by the
national rivers and harbors congress
as proper annual appropriation to
put the waterways of the United
States in a condition to do their pro-
portion of the work of transporta-
tlon.
For the past two years the biggest
OF the waterway organizations, the
national rivers and harbors congress,
has gone on record in favor OF
yearly appropriation of fifty million
dollars. 1t has bent every energy to
the accomplishment Of the principle
for which it stands and now with the
present appropriation of nearly for
ty-three millions and a like sum
probably at the short session of Con-
gress next winter, it looks as If the
campaign of education conducted by
the Daddy of all the waterway or
ganizations has borne fruit.
When President Roosevelt appoint
ed his commission on country life,
he and others little dreamed that the
printed report of the commission
would become sort Of classic for
the church. About the time the COM
mission was making its investiga-
tions DR.. Westerner H, Wilson was
appointed to a position Id the Pres
byterian board Of home missions
and since that time he has become
known as "a country church and
rural religious expert" He has, aft
er mature study, arrived at the con-
clusion that the country parsons and
the country church need to be put
on their job. AS result of DR.. viii
sons efforts, summer schools Of re-
ligion are being conducted in va
rious parts of the country at which
trained university experts teach the
village sky pilots Of the new order
how to grow alfalft; how to innocu-
late and conserve the soil. The per-
son is taught many things about the
value and "grades" and thorough
breds" in stock raising and is in
formed on the proper housing Of ev-
erything from chickens to chuaren.
The country church is to be 1twak-
ened and made to 'sit up and take
notice by preacher who is made
to understand that great economic
and moral crisis is imminent because
the land is being sinned against
Land in the order Of things is to be
reckoned holy as well as man and it
io to be brought home to the "domi-
ME" that there is an intimate rela-
tion between soil culture and soul
culture.
The country church when awak-
cred along this pathway, it is be-
lieved, will take its place beside the
school as a social center in the COM
munity, sharing with the community
It's recreational, educational, social.
economic and civil life.
Scientists from all civilized coun-
tries of the world who attend the
Fifteenth international congress on
hygiene and demography in Wash
ington next September, will receive
an interesting account Of the games
and physical exercises which are
practiced by the ancient inhabitants
of the west coast Of South America.
A place in the program OF the con-
gress has been given to David Montt
Garcia. who will be an Official rep