The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-14
(By pr. George A. Dorsey.)


 (By pr. George A. Dorsey.)
 There was shown me to-day a little
 pamphlet printed at Sacramento, Cal.
 In 1898. At that. time the term Par eel Post" was unknown in America /Thts pamphlet was entitled "A Novel Proposition Revolutionizing the Dis tribution of Wealth, advocating Farm Products in Limited Weight and Bulk
 to be Mailable and Forwarded
 Through the United States Postof1ce
 at Uniform Rate of One Cent a
 pound.'' Twenty-three years is not a
 long time in the history of this nation,
 but we have progressed so rapidly in the last three decades that we hardly realize how long ago 1893 really was. That novel proposition" was noth- ing more or less than the Parcel Post system. Yes, it,was more than that. It contemplated a stage of develop ment not yet reached by our Parcel Post, but which under this Adminis- tration is now in an experimental stage and will probably in the near future become a reality.
 The author of that novel proposi- tion'' was David Lubin, of Califor- nia. founder of the International In- stifute of Agriculture, and father of lea, crusader for Internationalism, and lifelong Republican. Y
 Mr. Lubin's personal interest in se- curing square deal for the Ameri- can farmer started him several years ago on search to discover the influ- ences that fixed the price of wheat. His search to discover the inauencfs that fixed the price of wheat. His search finally led him in 1886 to Euz Irope, where he, secured an audience with King Victor Emmanuel. of Italy. His personality and enthusiasm so inn pressed the King that he built for him Ia palace and gave him substantial endowment for the founding of the In- lternational Institute of Agriculture. in which practically all the Governments of the world are now represented.
 MT. Lubin has the patience of Job and the enthusiasm of college foot ball fan. His is the genuine, old-fash- toned conception of glory-servfce to humanity, and Instead of hope of pe- cuniary reward. the satisfaction which comes with accomplishment. He is more than the worlds greatest agri- cultural leader: he is "a leader of Q crusader, in his eyes holy and right ieous, the internationalism of the hu- man race. It is a new and strange doctrine that he breaches. but before 9he is through with you, it seems plain and inevitable.
 MT. Lubin has found President Will son of great help to him in the work. He has made a convert-though MT. lLubin himself would prefer that it sfffmldn't be put this way, for Presi- dent Wilson needed no urging to see this great question in it's national and international aspect SesAs' t ' z .A What Lubln Said.
 President Wilson is not only sym pathetic, patient, and far-seeing, but he has a historic sense of the. past, a sympathetic sense for the present and a prophetically, spiritual sense for the future. He Is NaS wise as a serpent. las harmless as a dove. His is the. keen edge of wisdom. He reminds me of man whose head is above the clouds and his feet firmly implanted in the earth. He is neither a dreamer nor a cabbage. One side of his is idealistic, the other practical. He sees things in an intuftive way. He is so far ahead of Americans that they don't undSfstand him. President Wilson is an ideal leader. That was great vision that he saw in his New Freedom. as he conceives the. chief function of the President as the head of g. great machine shop, and all the time he is working to get the maxinum efficiency from the ma chineE That was a splendid vision! He sees from the top to the bottom of things. He brings a clean mind to discussion-aA remarkably we'll trained mind. He can inhibit the ex- traneous, focus his attention on the discussion at fand,j and withal he is as humble as a laborer. His whole attitude is one of wanting to get at the facts and then arrange them in proper sequence and put them to work make use of them. He wants to- help, and his sympathies are as broad as any have ever known.
 He is a good business man. It is a pleasure and a satisfaction to do business with him. T found MT. Roosevelt good fellow. found Mir. Wilson good President. I like MT. Roosevelt. I admire MT. Wilson.
 A little incident will make plain what mean. A few years ago had thirty minute appointment with MT. Roosevelt to talk over the necessity of getting out efficient crop reports. Ac- companied by MT. Perkins and the two California Senators. went to my appointment
 What do you supposed happened? Mind you, I had just been allotted thirty minutes to present what knew to be an important matter-one which this administration has carefully con- sidered. Perkins talked up eight minutes of my time-about his ex- iperience as a sailor. The Colonel used up the next fifteen minutes tell ing stories and being a good fellow. That left me seven minutes! It just naturally couldn't be done in that time --I did my best. The Colonel took it all in his good-natured way and said he was delighted; and called in Pin chot.
 Not long after that saw Pinchot. Hello, Lubin,' he said. T got com- mittee working on that thing of yours,' What do you suppose they were up to? Col. Roosevelt had not got the point of my argument>at all and he had turned the thing over to the Forestry Department; and they were getting out bulletin to tell the farmers how to blow their nose and go to Sunday Echbol