Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-08-04

interests OF that section with serious
consequences. To recommend meas
ures for the eradication Of the pests.
the Federal Department OF Agricul-
, ture sent enc and the State sent two
entomologists, one from the Agricul-
tural and Mechanical College and the
other from the State Department OF
Agriculture, when one would have
been ample.
Here was not merely duplication.
but triplication OF effort. and this
instance OF wasted energy and funds,
instead OF being exceptional. is com.
mon. Nearly always there are two
and often three agencies engaged IN
task which one could discharge. not
merely as well. but perhaps better.
For from this multitude OF counsel
confusion rather than certainty re-
suits. There are inevitably divergen-
cies OF opinion and advice. and the
influence OF the right advice Is rem.
dered nugatory by the giving OF
wrong advice. II the farmers now
and then call a plague on all their
counselors and resolve their conflict.
ing opinions by deciding TO follow
none OF them. they are acting. II not
wisely. at least logically
That unification Is needed Is so
patent that II were a waste OF time
TO argue the proposition. And the
only sensible means OF achieving Il Is
equally plain. No one would propose
to limit the activities of the Agri-
cultural and Mechanical College.
They must. on the contrary. be en-
larged. both out OF consideration for
It's own welfare as .uitional indus
try and out OF consideration for the
welfare Of the agricultural industry.
There Is but one sensible solution.
This Is to abolish the State Depart
ment OF Agriculture and transfer all
its functions. together with so much
OF its customary revenues as may be
needed. over to the Agricultural and
Mechanical College. Even now II is
doing pretty much all that the De-
partment OF Agriculture is doing, and
the services which are singular TO
the Department OF Agriculture could
be rendered by the college quite as
efficiently. II not more so.
II IL not merely considerations OF
economy which urge the adoption OF
this course. They are the least OF
several. A greater advantage would
be conference and consistency In the
advice and teachings given the farm
ers. qualities which are not always
possessed by the advice and teaching
with which they are deluged now
lIou StNttai Nuott'tos
Still another advantage would be
that In serving the farmers the col
lege would be gathering practical In
formation that could be made to en-
rich the tuition II gives TO the young
men who come to II for instruction.
Just as there are engines which re.
employ steam that has once been
used. so could the college re-employ
for the benefit Of It's pupils the
energy which has been spent in aid
ing the men in the fields who never
come to its campus. Such a consoli-
dalton would make for economy, for
greater efficiency and for the enrich
ment OF the colleges tuition.
II Is encouraging TO know that the
Farmers Congress is beginning TO
see the wisdom and expedience OF do
ing this. II the proposition is pre-
scented fairly and considered dispas-
we believe that II win not
only be adopted. but adopted with a |
unanimity which will command ac-
ton by the next Legislature.-Gal-
weston News.