The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-04

] 1900 ~ thihk I'll n City. II tdkes
time to fhink. You can get what you
call opinions by contagion in city
and get them very quickly but you
10 not alw Tvs know where the germ
cF ne from. You have no scientific
laboratory method by which to de-
termine whether IL Is good germ
or bad germ
The Statcsman's Voice.
(! Have you never heard great cho-
rus Of trained voices lift the voice of
the prims donna az IL scared with
easy grace above the whole melodious
sound? It does not seem To come
+ from the single t1roa. that produces
1t. II seems as II Il were the per-
7 feet accent and crown of the great
chorus So II ought to be with the
statesman. So ii ought 10 he with
every man who tries to guide the
counsels Of great nation. He should
! feet that his voice is lifted upon the
CT prus ana FIAT II is only the crown
OF COMMON thing.
II agreed with colleague or mine
in the cabinet the other day that we
never in our lives before had attended
school to compare with that We
were now attending for the purpose OF
gaining liberal edueation
NO man can lie consistently aud
he cannot lie about everything II he
talks to you long. SO that | would
guarantee that If enough liers talked
to you would get the truth, because
the parts that they did not invent
would match ono another ana parts they
did invent would not match one an
other. IL they talked long enough.
therefore. and YOU saw the eonnec-
lions clearly enough, You could patch
together the case as n whole.
His Mexican Ea periencc.
Il had somewhat that experience
@bout Mexico, aud that was about the
only way IN which | learned anything
that was so, for there have been vivid
ina glnations and many special inter
CstE wtT1CtT hEvr ueFtcteu thtURs III
they wished me 10 believe them to
lie.
Has Il occurred to YOU. / wonder
that We are just about on the eve
of a time when our department of
agriculture win be of infnttc impor-
lance TO the whole world There is
shortage of food IN the world now
That shortage Will lie moro ser}ous
few months from now than 1t is
now. 1t is necessary that We should
plant "a great deal more. 1t is necee-
sary that our land should Yield more
per acre than it does now. 1t is nccea-
sary that there should not I've a pillow
or spade idle ia this country it
The whole world is to be fed. aud the
method of our farmers must feed upon
the scientific information to be de-
rived from the state Departments of
Agriculture and from that tap root
Of all. the United States Department
OF Agriculture.
I'm Instrument of inquiry.
'The government of the United
States is very properly a great instr1-
mont Of inquiry and Information.
"BUt there are other ways of usip1
the government Of the United states
ways that have long been tried
though not always with cposp irbGns
success or fortunate results. You can
use the government Of tn, United
States by influencing It's legislation.
! That has been very active industry.
but II has not always been managed
In the interest of the whole people.
There ar" great many dreadful
things aoout war, as nobody needs 10
be told In this day Of distress and of
terror But there is ono thing about
war which has a very splendid side,
and that Is the consciousness that a
whole nation gets. that they must all
act AZ unit tor the nation and when
peace is as handsome as war there
Will be no war, When men, ! mean,
engage In the pursuits Of peace IN
the same spirit Of self-sacritice and
conscious service OF the community
with which, at any rate the common
soldier engages in war, then there
shall be wars no more"