The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-07-02

philosopher who Sltetn on the circle
of the heavens" does not contribute in
the same degree to the public well
fare as does the man who develops
great industry in a manner so as to
dignity labor and humanize capital.
Indiana's vocational educational law
is a long step forward. 1t is law
adapted alike TO the little Davids with
their flocks of goats and sheep and
the ambitious Jonathans with
thirst for power. Il viii afford op
portunities alike TO the boy Of tie
cottage and the bov of the mans,~ /,
to train their minds and skill their
hands in equipping themselves TO do
the things they are best adapted
to do.
Woman's Part In Education.
In our efforts to increase our edp
cational facilities and diffuse knowl-
edge the fact should not escape US
that Indiana women have welded a
most potent influence. They have
been tireless and wise in their efforts
to build up and extend libraries
through the state. They have been
constant in urging civic improvement.
They have favored the creation of a
juvenile court. They have demanded
pure food laws. They have long been
abreast Of all movements looking to
the care of children; to the promotion
of public morals: and to the extension
of literary work.
The Minerva Society organized I'm
New Harmony in 1859 was the first
woman's club in the United States
This is a distinction fer our state, OF
which Indiana women are justly
proud. This organization was as
much Interested in educational mat
ters, as 1t was in behalf of its own
members; and as it was, l have no
doubt, In the kindergarten OF New
Harmony the first school or the kind
In the United States and the second
in the world.
Indiana's Noted Men.
Our state has produced many able
men They are too numerous to un-
dertake to name them, or even to &c
signate those In any particular field
Of distinction. Often have they been
called into the public service by the
nation, and invariably they have shed
luster upon their state. Indianians
take pride In the fact. that the pres.
ent vice-president os the United
States, the scholarly and brilliant
Thomas r. Marshall, is native born
Hoosier, and that one OF the Indiana
commissioners to this exposition. the
well poised and conservative Charles
w. Fairbanks, occupied that Office
not long before him.
We have indeed produced states
men, who ranked among the foremost
Of the nation. The fame of our scient
lists have long since excited favorable
comment in other lands anti they have
been credited many times with hav
ing spoken the final word In theil
respective lines Of research. In litera
ture our writer's have charmed, en-
tertained and spoken with the weight
Of authority. Our poets have sung ir
raptuous strains of the innocence o.
childhood, the romance OF youth, the
strength and glory Of middle life. and
the sweet and solemn tenderness OF
age. They have plucked the earliest
| and fairest flowers OF the human
heart, and attuned the souls Of meI
with the immortal music of the stars
Our soldiers have always brought
honor to the state and their sacrifice:
and herOism have exalted our citi
zenship.
Agriculture and Manufacturing.
The Hoosier farmer has taken hi.
stand near the head in the agricul
tural colu nn Ho has come TO know
The value - SC rtiilc farming H'
has ceased to exhaust his soil before
renewing its strength by approved
means OF fertilization. And he ap
plies the same up-to-date spirit in the
growing and development of live
stock. The result is our farms Are
among the most productive anywhere
to be found and our breeds Of horses
cattle, sheep and hogs are always in
demand at paying prices The farmer
always dependable in his citizenship
is now in the most thrifty class.
AS manufacturing state. indiana
has displayed wonderful genius, IN
dustry and progress. She makes al
kinds of farm machinery and othel
labor saving devices. Her plows are
known everywhere. Sac has the larg
est wagon industry in the world, ;
/, like claim can be made for one Of he
furniture factories, and she makes
more lawn mowers than any othe
, state or nation. She is beyond doub
the second state m the union IN th'
automobile industry. Her busines
men are energetic and progressive
and conduct their great enterprise
along safe lines. The result is that
as a rule there are no violent shocks
or serious disasters in the CONNER
cial life OF the state.
i, But the citizens OF Indiana have no
thought solely OF their natural ad
vantages and material progress. 1t /
their philosophy that the grandeu
, OF a state depends ubon moral quail