The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-06-15

Mitchell for secretary of commerce
and labor; Miss Jean Goron of New
Orleans. for chairman of the child
welfare commissions; John D. Rookie
Teller. DR.. for chairman of the white
slave commission. and DR.. Harvey w.
Wiley for chairman of the pure food
commission.
FavorS Education Commission.
Taking up the matter of education
DR.. Shaw advocates the appointment
of a commission with power to investi-
gate various editorial systems and to
c~ollaborate from them a system of
education which would develop the
whole nature of the child and make it
into a useful and intelligent citizen
with a reasonable knowledge of the
duties and obligations of citizenship.
This can never he done SO long as vast
numbers of children are not provided
great cities, because of the lack of
schoolhouse facilities. 1t should he
impossible to point to a single child
in this nation denied educational ad-
Vantages for the lack of a seat in a
schoolhouse. or for the lack of an
adequate number of teachers.
Il would urge that the present laws
in regard to public health should he
applied to the supervision of food
and supplies in general. and t the
manufacturing of garments under
healthful conditions. and | would urge
that there should extend to the .au-
thorities the power. when in their
Judgment the public health demands
it. to direct the purchase and distribu-
ton Of food to the public at cost, on
the ground that ii is better to pre-
serve the health of the community
than to restore it after hardship and
famine have undermined it.
Likes Parcels Post.
Yet some new legislation is neces-
sary. and | would urge the passage of
Il law establishing a parcels post. This
system of distribution has already
been organized in other more progress
slNe countries. and is a reasonable and
cheap method of bringing various
commodities, especially of a perish
able nature. quickly from producer to
consumer. To delay his form of leg
islation longer, in the face of the great
need Of the day. shows a weakness on
the part of the national government
in considering the need of the people.
while 1t protects the interests of great
corporations which grow rich at the
expense of the public"
Or. Shaw goes on to urge that the
railroads take over the work done by
the express companies and says that
as president of the United States she
would encourage the growing senti-
ment that banks should regard staple
farm products as adequate for loans,
and thus avoid the forced sale of
farm products in the fall to specula-
tors who generally borrow capital and
manipulate the markets t. the disad-
vantage of both producer and CONSUME
er.
Il would recommend that the gov
eminent. either by direct loan, or by
making it possible for national bank
ers to lend money for agricultural de-
yelopment. should encourage the pro-
ducer. h is only an expansion of
what the government is doing at pres
ent in new lands. when it develops
large irrigation plants and then sells
land to reimburse itself. and in the
same way counties. tow ms and villages
might borrow money and loan it to
farmers for agricultural development.
1t is useless to cry Back to the farm
unless farming is looked upon as are
other important industries. and is ade-
quately protected and aided in its de-
velopment. We can readily see what
1t would mean to New York or any
other city. II the farmer stopped ship
ping to 1t. A day would cut off its
milk. five days would cut off all pro-
visions. and a week would mean
famine"