The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-01-08
HELPS RURAL LIFE
SECRETARY HoUsToNS PLAN is
RoUsING INTEREST ALL
OVER COUNTRY.
FARMERS WIVES ARE AIDING
Fifty Thousand Have Sent Suggestions
on Improving Conditions and These
Are Being Applied by Depart
ment Of Agriculture.
Rx GEORGE CLINTON.

of the land to the number OF $4,000
have responded by letter to the re-
quest of the agricultural department
that they tell of home life IN the coun-
try and make suggestions as to wnat
the department can do TO improve
conditions, and to make the rural life
more attractive for all the members
OF the household. Secretary Houston
Is taking deep interest In the an
swers which have come to the de-
partments query and he has read
scores Of them personally, while the
others have been read for study pur-
poses by officials high in the depart
ment.
Recently the secretary of agricu-
ture let It be known through the pub
licity bureau that he wished to make
his department useful. not only to the
farmer, but to the others of the house
hold. Tho women were asked to
write and they responded quickly and
readily and In nearly every case, in
telligently. 1t is the intention OF the
governments agricultural officials TO
prepare and send out bulletins OF In
struction and information to the ru'
raj housewives Of the country telling
them how they can tighten their Ia
bors, shorten their hours Of work,
make their homes attractive, save
money and make money and after
doing 1t all find that they have left
time for rest. reading and bodily
recreation.
Exchange Of Advice.
Already the farmers wives OF the
country have received from the gov
ernment's advisory bureau housekeep'
ing, food-preparlng, fruit-preserving
and other instructions which on the
face of things seems to mark Secre
tary Houston as teacher OF high
standing in the domestic arts. 1t Is
probable that the secretary Of agricul
ture will be the first one to put the
credit where it belongs The women
have done 1t. Advice from Alabama
today is being applied to California
and advice from California is being
applied in Alabama, and put any Other
two states in the places Of those
named and the same thing holds true
Before long 1t is the intention o.
the department to prepare plans fol
the construction and proper arrange
ment of farm houses. They will vary
in detail geographically" The SAINT
plans will not serve for a Floridi
farmhouse that will serve for one IL
Oregon. Convenience and comfor
will be consulted with view to tht
adaptation of the house to the specia
needs of the family Of farmer.
Is Currency Law Prize or 6lank7
Now that the currency bill ha
become law, the natural ant
perhaps apprehensive question be
comes, is It to work good or I'll t
the banking and the general busi
ness interests of the country? Doe
one seem to put the plane OF intelli
gence low when he says that, will
the exception of half a dozen senator
and representatives who have spokel
directly to the point, no one can b.
found in the capital city. outside o
those who speak enthusiastically sim
ply because they are partisans, will
ing to give a specific answer to tn
question concerning the business re
suits of the new currency law?
The solemn truth is that apparent,
no man understands currency to IL
roots. Finance is a question whicl
has been the subject Of controvers,
for hundreds, yes, even thousands o
years. There are as many views Of
the proper way to make a sound cui
rency as there are men able to expires
any view at all. or the witnesses VIII
appeared before the committees sit
ting in consideration Of the currenc
measure, only one or two we're willin
to prophesy actual disaster as the rt
suit of the passage of the bill and onl
a few are willing to declare as a Gel
tainty that specific benefit would com
from its enactment. During the debat
on the tariff bill which is now the lay
there were plenty of Republicans 4
both houses willing to prophesy dis
aster to the business interests Of tn
country because of the cut In customs
The tariff was familiar subject.
Few Even Pretend to Know.
During the debates on the currenc
BILL many Of the Republicans "sa
speechless." Others, braver, spok
their minds, but those who thus spok
we're few in number. Why was ther
reticence on currency and glibness o
the tariff? The reason is as simple a
primer. There are not more tina
ten men In the house and senate VIII
understand currency matters and a
except the ten who understand, O
who think they understand, were vii
ing to keep quiet. lest they show thei
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