Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-03-01

should produce sixty bushels of good
corn.
our native people are naturally
attached TO the soil They love 20 cul-
tivate it and are the best irrigators
in the world, If there is any oppor-
tunity that is being enjoyed by the
American boy of the east that can
be brought to our boy in the remot-
est spots back i'm our mountain val.
leys, we want to bring it to him. If
We can show the farmers in the beau
tiful Taos valley that they can mar
ket their grain. for instance. a whole
lot cheaper aud at vastly better
prices by feeding it up to cattle, hogs.
chickens or daiNing COWS than boy
hauling IL ont across those hills, and
can show To them that they can dou-
Bile their income ON their farms. We
can certainly rely upon them to do
the work ana the state can afford To
spend the little money that is neces-
sary i'm the prosecution of this work,
for hy doubling the income of the
people, We Will, in time, double the
wealth of the state, and will infinitely
increase human happiness
Splendid Spirit.
81 notice there is a disposition to
Increase the limits within which COM
pulsory education shall be enforced.
While / may not agree with the let
ter of that bill, the spirit of it is
splendid for can see beyond the
Din into the mind not only for the
youth of today but for the older
people who have passed beyond the
school age. He is trying to do in this
way what John Conway is trying to
do I'm Santa Fe county through his
reading circles for the grown-ups in
the various districts, by which he is
reaching the older people throughout
the county putting them in touch
with the wider and a brighter life.
This work of broadening the mind
and increasing the efficiency and the
earnine power of the people. is "A
wonderful work ana it is "a work to
which the republican party has set
its hand throughout the country, and
throughout its history.
Smith-LcVcr Bill.
There is a bill in the legislature
now. ana / forecast its passaee-pro-
yiding for the appropriation of
$4,000 to meet am appropriation of
5000 of federal money for this
extension work We have
already farm demonstrations in three
or four counties in the state and we
ought to have them In every county
where farming is a possibility. If
our kindly critics will give those who
are most anxious for constructive leg
islation little time in which TO
complete the handiwork tangible re-
suits viii be found.
Constructive Legislation.
"1f this legislature does not do a
single thing except Ia extend the
minimum school year to seven
months. make provision for farm
demonstrators, pass its salary bill,
and initiate legislation for fair and
equal taxation throughout the state,
il will have done enough.
II wish every person in this state
who is interested i'm better livestock
who believes in the poultry industry
who thinks dairying possibility
who has faith in farming, who is
afraid of hog cholera, who would
like to increase the production of
his acre, would write letter to his
member Of the legislature or his SEN
ator, urging upon him the import
ance of legislation along these lines
That is constructive legislation and it
takes time and thought and above
everything else, love Of human
kind.