Arizona republican., 1916-03-13
COMBINE FOR
 AGRICULTURAL
 DEVELOPMENT
Letter from. Professor Morse of the University with Special Reference to the Cultivation of Egyptian Cotton ill this Valley


 lican from Professor Stanley F. ] Morse of ahe University, superinten- | dent and state leader of cooperative l extension work in agriculture and home economics. will be of interest and value to growers of cotton in this valley.
 With reference to the letter from Dr. SWingle which you published on February 25, l beg to state that it is fully agreed by all members of the agricultural extension service and the college of agriculture that the long stanlc Egyptian cotton is the only cotton to grow in the Salt River val have done only active strong youths are fit for the service. Can it fail to be good fer such boys to be thus enga ged-earning an honest living, eN ercisirg their buoyant brains and muscles in the active world CT af- fairs and gaining a practical educa- ton such as few occupations open to them?
 What are they learning? They are learning that honesty, industry, cour- age energy and resourcefUlness are necessary qualities for success; they are learning independence and the | happiness that comes from steady en- ] nioyment. from self-snpport They | soon realize what qualities they must | cultivate to win out in the race. It , is 2n interesting and exciting occu- ration If boy must work for a living at an early age, where can he ! find a better or more rugged school in which to test and build his char acter? The messengers day is full and active He is largely in the open air, getting the> physical exercise, the valiety of scene and the variety of occupation that appeals to the youth 1 full imagination and is so necessary ] for his best development.
 1 The companies who employ these | hoyS have their welfare very much at heart. They do not knowingly suffer any boy to be exposed to bad irflu- ences through his employment Suit able and sanitary quarters and baths ale furnished for them, club rooms and libraries: educational classes | enCouragen to join the educational and physiyai development classes of l the Young Mems Christian Associa- = tion Throughout the country: personal instruction by the manaSers-in all llinus of ways are the companies
 striving to improve the standard moral and physical, of this branch of their service, for it is a highly i'm | portant branch It is the connecting link between each company and the
 public: the boys by their conduct make friends or enemies for their em ployers, and the latter if actuated by no other than purely selfish mo-
 tive are bound to train these boys to
 serve the public courteously and hon.
 cstly.
 Our schools and colleges are striv-
 ing by organized athletics to fill ul
 the idle hours of their students lives
 with d kind Of training which will develop the fearless resourceful man
 The messenger boy got this trainine
 as a part of his days work.
 Tie public will learn if the subjec'
 is intelligently investigated, that thu l messenger boy is not only a EerN
 useful person. but one who is entitled
 to the respect and confidence of those who employ him. His is an eXactine
 joh; it does not wait on fair weather and it requires accuracy, Quicknes' , and tact, besides the common vir tues of honesty and industry. It is .
 matter of congratulation that such
 large proportion of the boys mee these requirements, and that they d' meet them is the reason that s'
 many of them climb to high places il . all walks of business fife