The Oregon daily journal., April 12, 1908, Page 8, Image 8

mT-r-n t-t mT A T fully not to worry much, -and to lo or larger army. This is crrerea in oy contact or personal observation. Tart rery nigh not only ai a state
I XJ. Li I L U .KIN aXI right He should live good deal th McCall bill for campaign public- but many reliable witnesses hare told man but as a man and eltlien; says
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AM INDKrENriMT HaWSPAflB.
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JACBSOJI rbuabt
In the open air and eat plain, pure! Ity, and to refuse to pass.lt Is tops through newspapers and maga-l In effect that ha Is not ambitious for
foods. I plead guilty to an unnoiy purpose, sines; or. me weasened tots In me himself but for th good or others;
And would not thW be In thena- Members of both great parties southern cotton" mills, the little that he seeks constantly to benefit
iia wr ?? .",7L?1, ture of service of God? We say h hav often Inveighed against the oor- breaker boys In Pennsylvania and I the people rather.than to adhere to
r Snndar BHTnlng, (I 1M omi I . ... . - I J . . - ..j ..v.- aiu . .1
inc. ririh and t'twhiii aumt. raruM, ur,u a giver oi me, ana merewuu ueirupi use vi inoney a uibuuuui, uu i umc cuuuron in sue oniy, iuue i particular ideas, policies or meas-
'.Ji ., Mun. or., ibr gav us a great variety of good and they are now on trial as to their sin- mirthless, hopeless creature already I ores; that he is a man of great moral
tran.miMio- tiuMfh u .) u tKi-ei"a I peasant things to , use, to enjoy, corlty or hypocrisy. The Republican grown old, and, who can' never have! courage: and finally that he has "a
Right use or these things, and prac- majority controls Dotn no wee, con- a run, rair adult life or childhood to great mind and a great sool in a
tical appreciation of the gift of life, trols the committees that frame laws, look back upon. ' Only God can par- great body." All this may be a lit-
then, must be a rational form of programs legislation, and can,1 with don the souls- of the men who to tie ytoo laudatory, but we confess
worship. When can one more prof or without the help of the Democrats, gala money thus rob tens of thou- much admiration and respect for
rvRKian AJDVKBTisiita befbbsbntativb itgtiy think ovr some each things pass the McCall bill. If It rejects sands of young ones of their child- Big Bill Taft.
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DAILT AND BC.NUAT. ,
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Tri i:pnot uaih ma. bomb, a-enet.
All department mfbti hf tba mbar.
Toll nparator th d--part moat o wast.
1'aat Hiim otile. B-S44 Eaat MS.
.ium nnij ai. apin.i "'--- AlB fl - beautiful Lenten Anrll the measure It cannot escan Dema hood. ; Th rra.ir nt th
Sunday, when earth seems Heavenly, I held accountable. , ' ,' I United States or of any tountry Is
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i to an aMr-Miana vismie creation seems utt
m MflUS. lamlllne fAatnr nt flfldt
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A C0i)8SAL FOLLr.
People . seldom . hnprove ,
when they have no other
model ' than themselves to
copy after. Goldsmith.
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NE hundred and fifty millions
a year for the army and $250,-
T
No name will appear on the ballot
Its children, and no man or corpora- Democratio candidate for Uni
tlon should . be permitted to . gorge ted States senator, but there will be
himself upon the flesh and blood. blank space in which Democrats,
HERE Is confined in the La the mind and souL of bovs and srlrls. I or others, can write in whatever
Grande city Jail, according to We believe that the bill of fienn-lname they choose. Governor Cham-
GIVE THEM tA CnAXCK.
the Observer, a girl nnder 18 1 tor Beveridge, or something like it, berlaln in response to a general sen
years old, charged with roam-1 is right, and If It Is not constltu-1 timent among Democrats, has con-
000,009 a year for the navy, ling the streets at night, and with Itional, It ought to be. But It haslented to be a candidate, and as
. was the solemn warning ut- other disorderly conduct She admits I been fought, of course, by the com-1 there Is no other Democratio aspirant
tared on the floor of the aenate by that she has been leading a "last" blned sweatshops of New York and
Senator Hale Tuesday, as th ulti- life, but pleads her helplessness and Chicago, the glass factories of 1111-
mate colossal expenditure Into which the temptations set before' her. Both nols and West Virginia, the cotton
our, military establishment Is fast her father and mother are dead, and mills of Georgia,' the coal mine own-
TllE STATE TRESS A5D STATE-1 carrying us. He added that no river no relatives or friends caring for era of Pennsylvania, and allied In-
MEXTNO. 1. land harbor bill is permitted at this her she became a wait. The only I terests, and In their behalf members
session because It la an enterprise of I Qlace where she was welcome was 1 of congress say It Is unconstitutional
CTEADfASTLT and fearlessly I peace. ,n soma aloon, and her only. ac-Jlt may be, but we would rather aee
- the etate newspapers with a fsw 1 A 120,000,000 Increased appro-1 Qualntances were the male creatures, another crack made In the constltu-
4 1 exceptions, are fighting manful-1 prlatlJa for the army, and a $ W,-1 Incomparably viler than she, who tlon than to see this system of child
ly for the preservation of State-1 000,000 increase for the navy, all In I sought her company and gave her J labor in mill, factory, sweatshop and
meat No. 1. Their leadership baa l the face of a certainty of a deficit, drink In order to hasten her ruin, mine go on.
been a source of Inspiration to the are exploits of the present session. A She has been "wild" for several I By all this we do not mean that
cause, and is certain to be a creative standing army Increased from 25,000 years, but there is subject for children should do no labor. A
force In the final denouement. .It to 66,000 men, ti another of our ex- thought, If not an indictment of our reasonable amountof the right kind
marks the rise of the Interior, jour- plolts la military enterprise within Christian society In what she says: of work Is good for them light farm
nallst to his true position, in which the past doien years. Our navy is I "What is a girl like me to do? labor, house work, garden tending,
me attempt or ine county politician i bow. second on the list in tne world, I tah ma that. If I wanted to doing errands and "chores," possl-
to control him Is both repudiated and there is a demand that Its fight- straighten up and go to work, I bly short spells in factories in a
and resented. The county boss is no lng strength be doubled. Our ap- would like to know who would give hundred ways, outside of school
longer1 his mentor, nor his peer, proprlatlona at' this single session of ma A chance. I am good kitchen hours, children should work soms
unaer in oia system me noes was congress for the army alone mount help, and if any one will give me a as play, shouid .be aseuL
his master, and he the servant, who hp to nearly $100,000,000. - , i trial I will soon demonstrate that I They will be better men and women
was compelled to sit at the feet of Why we are hurrying along, head- caa aDd wm work, and will be bon- for it But from the child labor that
his master and accept" such orders long and headstrong, to convert our- est and decent. I know the finish we have Indicated the country ought
ana crumps a tne latter saw nt to selves into an armed camp, nobody 0f this sort of life, and It I had an to deliver Itself. It is a disgrace to
vouensare. uui me primary law nas knows. They tell us we might b opportunity I belUv I could do civilisation.
noi omj liuermea u poopio, um u attacked, nut wnere is me roeT , ja-1 better "
they can vote for him by writing his
name In the proper space. Though
his name does not appear, be is a
candidate. . Write It George E.
Chamberlain.
: The library committee of the house
of representatives haa agreed7 to re
port favorably a measure appropriat
ing 150,000 for the erection of mon
uments along the Oregon tralL re
cently traversed 'by Ezra Meeker
with an ox team. The bill Is not
likely to pass, yet the government
could well afford to supplement; the
sturdy and patrlotlo .old pioneer's
work by this action. The Oregon
country has had and will hare a
prominent place In the nation's his
tory, and the famous trail should be
made plain to future generations.
' Again It la promised that work on
the Tillamook road will be resumed
soon. It may be true; if not thja
time. It will be some time, when our
Wall street overlord gets good and
ready..
I .
It is announced that Judge Gray's
boom "has been launched." In his- !
torio Brandywlne reek, perhaps
That would be large enough for It.
Mr. Heney Is going to deliver a
public address in Salem today, but
nobody will mistake it for a divine
service. - ..
SL Johns will find that city docks
are more profitable ai well as more
reputable than a lot of saloons. . .
And now Oregon Is happy In hav
ing both Fulton and Heney within
its borders at once. :
Bo the employers' liability bill got
through, after all. . Give congress
on credit mark.
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FEATURES OF WORK AT OREGON'S
PROGRESSIVE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
has freed him from boss domination, I pan has been held up as about to In-1
and a bigger horizon as well as a Uade us, sack our cities, kill our peo-
feigger sphere opens wide before him. I pie, and force us to pay a colossal
It Is his now to lead. If he sees fit war Indemnity, but that myth has
This girl may be talking for ef-l
Portland's commercial bodies
feet and sympathy, may be too de- Dee tonmoH In every
praved for rescue; but in the name movement for the development of
of common erring humanity, of sim- na ""17'
to wheel his paper Into line for the been unmasked. We know now that " not to saVto me name of its transportation facilities. The
uplift and defense of his countrymen,! she is so overwhelmed with the , v.v A .v! ' " I manufacturers. Jobber, bankers
IB. AL1 A 1J.1 W UU SiaiU S-U LAACS HI 1 111 K W iimaiii. '
"Go and sin no more," this girl, and I tnd merchants of the city are in-
all such girls, ought to be given a
"chance." ' '
And we mean a chance not In
some Magdalen home, some seml-
i.nfHlAH rrh V.I.i
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tTirZ La uTZZin ,n f."" ir"CT )l , Jr establishments are worthy and These men are naturally Interested Xt doesn't matter very much whether
Interior press, .and Its publication In tlons to be locked together In the neceB8ary. but . la . cle4- in the personnel of the etate rail- the Oregon Aarieultural coli.f. be
The Journal haa exercised a potent deadly embrace of international mur- "oSortable private neme. where road commission and many of. them W an maustrial wheoi. a.-olencs
influence in tha making of . public der. And, even If Japan desired to . j,P, J. TT JLVtLs vVnlitV are of the oninlon that th two
sentiment ' ( In thesa reprinted art!- firht s. what could she do? Could ch a girl wUl be treated kindly, or tne opinion wax th two U ,nUf--ua ta what
cles the tmblio , has learned that she invade us, lower our flag and de- na n . 71 T M ?w J Z rZJL this rr Mr AltTht totn" l' A
throuchont the state there la , n I wolatl n tf a ilan I da to feel that they are forgiven, I ' J1 U majority ot the psople are not
Averwheimi.. -Bnmflnf: .n. win 1 "T; -V" V ." .Z" ""i f'ter the example of the master. n Mr'. u'
and be it said to the everlasting enormous debts from her last war
credit of most of them In Oregon, as. to be on the verge of bankruptcy
the country : journalists distinguish and almost within the throes of civil
truth and are defending It manfully war at home. 1 Most of us have
and ably. ' : ' t known, too. all along, that Japan
Some of the . best literature on was too much ' our friend, and we
fluentlal members of these . organ
isations and their views are there
fore entitled to the consideration
of all who are concerned in the
commercial upbuilding of the state.
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Class In Dairying at Oregon Agricultural College.
are entitled TM7 w,n informed as to the rl work
oYerwaeiming sentiment, ana wiiii would she get coal for her ships, and rh t ah hM v . Til.ht to comfQP; by their services to be renominated it is doim, ana it is the purpos. of
learn later that It Is a sentiment that where, when and how get a base of PV v , ? i ill rlriZtA w fieiim that the th,?t artlcle dPw th "tata aside
iii-a.-f. in.. a,,. .,! a. and pure happiness and friends, and "d reelected. We believe that th nun co that.they mar get a dearer
t will crystallize into decisive action. J supplies for her armies T
to he armed with a Just cause, la to t Nobody Is going to attack us. No
be thrice armed, and It 'is almost nation' would dare attack us, not
certain to appear later that the voice eyen had we but a fraction of the
of the state press is the voice of the immense military and naval estab
multltude, which is as It should be. Hshment that we are now adorned
The Journal hopes It may so prove, with.. AH .nations remember the
for the sake of the brave fight made deadly potentiality of .that - citizen
lor a wormy cane ny worthy de- J soldiery that has always defended us
ACUUCI B.
after awhile honorable wifehood and advice of business men who are striv- view or its wort - . . . . ,
L....-.. linr fni. Wan f.fr,f Te dlgnlfy labor .hae been the 'busU
muiuerxiouu. i - --f i Dae ex eaucauon mmc tne cnooimaav-
frv. v. ii .v. ...k .lrA&s.Ad aerric and railroad extenlter waa born. Labor la life, and that
AUO UUUO kiillb "41 RUU1 ! " I ..(...1.. ,M . .
. m . I win r.t .i-Tf with 19 not mean My particular Wnd of
gin in ana Biro uer cuanco are, wo i - " i is oor. Ancient peoples eonsiaeree it
aisgracerui to MDor. seme races oz
men to this day tako that view of la
bor, bat as peep) become civilized they
ear, very few, whereas they should I tle voters.
be many. Poor, soiled, bruised.
helpless, hopeless waif, yet but a British Columbia looks far ahead, f
tVI. 1V AAMn,Mw V . M I .
LOXGEIt LITE.
child In years: is her fault so very I as this foolish country has not done, tin the boil Publlo education baa dir-
I In th. matlaf nt It area HmW I rifled labor and the laborer.-but the
so daunUessly whenever hbrrid war 6 V 7 TV V I a . tVV-. i7L. ; hisher education of other days dirnlfied
Zr. rti Ti0 would not.take her In and give wealth. It has placed 150,000,000 hftbor by unfitting- nan for it. The new
her a chance done far worse, con-1 acres or forest land in reserves, and eauoaupn aa represented oy aTicuiturai
fHE Lenten season, now drawing
toward a close. Is a good time
for Introspection, not only for
the millions of com
has been our portion. Nobody at
tacks Mexico, and Mexico is entirely
without a navy. .
Possibly we ought to go armed.
sldericg their station, surroundings j has leased all the rest; it leases and I Ideals? and'the Ifim uunow "to CdiVnlf y
and opportunities? Christ said he does not sell Its timber land. Not Manor nymmm a uttie brains with it,
, , . , . . I ... ... . ,. I to educate the arm as well aa the head.
came to seek and save the lost: how only will the province take care of .hnw th inhrr ,.ip h.tt27
It seems to d me national iasnion. manT Drofesslmt to be his followers, its timber as regards proper permits method of aoina; thina-s. Agricultural
mnnlnt. Bln8ter' baynet8 and bristling ma- are doing this? Give such poor girls, for Its use; It proposes to make Ihe $ ?heVe.ent mTnototthl
whirvh Porl firsthand peace afterwards is lf tnere be a possibility of rescue, almost It can out of the lumber trade dead pasu
chance." itself. Hence It does not permit the xnanasriAU XBsnranoa.
export of logs cut on provincial land. UnI,nJlPVa?f5J nu'u. e "t!12
CHILD LABOR. I They must be sawed by mills In the modern farm U a practical Industrial
province; The Income of the pro KiSeLS! .-VifJL? " a..t.e?0l!!' f?.d
Vfiara f) M V I I c A LtTl IvUt U k 0 tUVf Hj a eB UTam V V" 11 TO la
HERE are few people, we Imag- inc f rom leases amounted to nearly The modern farmer should nave a
ine, outside of congress and the $i,S00,000 last year, and there will ;,peedd8farSf wui talvetts worktop
immediate beneficiaries of child be a large additional Income from with some carpentering- and blacksmith
labor, that are not in heartfelt nermits. The government over there ,nA00J?- Many raIr4?:y" ftraJu t0
In the dreams of battle and trappings sympathy with the efforts of the h8 not owned by protected lumber- Iut tr
tools, or the workshop will be a . lux
ury. The Agricultural college haa men
and work benches and toola for the use
A hill - In mnerAfta nrnnoana in I 01 ln" larmer ana ine larraer s aon, ana
Dill in Congress proposes lO I th-. , - a t arn anvil and
At AV. ..All .V..L.. 1 -t - l
m .w vuUt, wuica oo- tbe international shlbboletn, and we
ry, ,w r oWUWB, gram tral, ftlong tfle proceBSlon. But U
thewyetieaol life common to all. If ,9 valnglor,oua 0ny whence in-
not Its acUvities In any appreciable gIat mt a lan1 ftnd 8ea we must be
degre.6, are somewhat suppressed or Tast mmt camp bristling with
moderated. One need , not . be a and general9, re8piena4nt with
Catholic or Eplscopallan. nor Indeed "paulettes and admirals, echoing to
a church member at all, to render ,iTa nt nniurV c-inotin
ti. Vl A I " " - o n
lb yiuyiu buu wioa iui uiiu uuriug 1.
vi . ..Mtl1 . d ln
::Z?nJZZ - . .. . . .. . President and others in behalf of a men and timberland grabbers.
vi C I "7.7v 1, " 7fv . , F It is not the wisn or tne great federal child labor law. Many states
. -AtT.1 ,e 8ha11 be 80- " have laws prohibiting or regulating
lsj aowv scaaM ta . uo uaa ' uu sautA . uu
better can vllve a cleaner
faa 1lja. ' - A . fa ..Vh..ma A.
1 inr hid. ioxa iu auluib hue. tin i r irfr i . . . . . . . . .. . i
more out of life than In the naat. iu.. .w auUi, K.ioi. . day. This would cost about 117,- time how to manage a forffe; how to
but give more of what 1. good & "7 Ifir: A! " !!La " "!n !' "e 500.000, a year, minus the Talueot J"- .7 hi.
tn nth.M '.. ' 1 . ' "1
and !. taw.taBplteothin. An explana- child labor, and that some states close the soldiers' homes and pension oVhe? toou Tar. pfoVidV anTwith" he.2
. , " r tion is that generals and admirals at have not leaves a dark void in their n tholr inmates at the rate of II a ttB1 6,1 tnstruotor the farmer or the
I only get w..nllirl.ofl thirt for mllltarv trlorr. 0ttt . I 7, "l A.? -V, P.roapectlve . farmer learn, in a short
him to others.
Aside from religious or even moral
reflections a proper occasional se- J equally vainglorious of the pomp and woe, that we scarcely heed it more an addition to the
rious thought Is how best, without naeeantrv. Dours out the people's! than anv other Dlatitude. but it In- mhaaa .
i,UB'"UU8 auu cuuuren w .wuw ro me men ana th. nrnnertv of tbe . homes. Th n.n mor nrf hinir. niv.n th.
better salaries. It means promotions women of tomorrow, on whom the nenslon would' doubtless be raised to of a fpenter's bench and a full aet of
and oav to match, and coneress. ennntrv .timat denend. for 'weal or I.- - - v. tool for a few .WMk. under .tJiejl-
vi irrvj, uiaiuug i rection 01 an expen carpenter ne learoa
rifinslon hnde-it of how to use tools around the barn and
pension Duaget or around th9 houge wItnout ioalng re
going to extremes or adopting any money by" the hundred millions on Uolves this corollary of tremendous L lonn'nnn nnn . v. The Airrieuitural eoliere la doina- that
tV th monstrous fony.. unmindful that importance: The character of to- considerable to be said In favor of farSeVin orVbanV.
long lire ana enjoy health. Men live tyranny always has, and always will sorrow's men and women, and to a thia bin as residence in a "home " Pt hlm through a course of four
JSST td?L?t ltB lnCePtla la armedforce- considerable extentthe desUny of unQder Bome restraint. Is a' -sort of KKUtr
cause mey nave , mougni anoui u 1 our country, and perhaps aDDreciablv 1 -. - th.-intiM m naiia at direotin Indiistriai entemrisea.
? if 'Si h?rLZle THB M'CALL BILL SHOULI PASS, the future history of the world, de- Yet many o them conld not or f ffSSSS ASf
are more comforts, more appliances,
more kinds of food, more varied oc
cupation for the mind, more ways
of attaining ' results , with compara
tive ease. They are more cheerful.
I
pend on how the children of today nnr llva. elsewhere, on 11 or evn stranger vlnlting the shops sees what
T WILL be unfortunate for the are treated , ; $2 a day. SSr-
. country if the majority In con- Admit that the states should at-i 1 1 aeea the ambitious student deliberate-
gress persists in its present re- tend to this matter of child labor, as Because the law requiring the $ nSnnict to year2rhence w?tnne
I IIHHI I.U 1IU.HH LlltS 11 i:iilll Illlf It IF I VTir.Wr riT T. n 4771 I If 1- MB WH I fliniT I I'niAnAM leer" VA1 fAH fH rMWtlaH hA lHiatia.tlnl frtMaa nr t-hata aroi tarn
i, , , - I w ' " w--, a www w - . ' I . V JV YCI JLI70, Ca-iJJ. W4i W 1UIU10U bUO I IUUUOU v v-ww uiu - 1
less Belf-centered, more liberal nubliclty of camnalitn funds.5 Mr. all of them will ere lone: vet there ,. .wnmnrfatinnai trt ti rM. As the visitor walks Across the earn
broader and brighter, even If there I Williams lAQdr of thA mtnnrUv' haafla th. rtlotrlot nt rinlnmhla n th.i i .v
iirA no auch towerlne and nhenome-ini&o.j th. mnnnw nt th. n.m I A-.-t.r.nt -.i.ti.i- ' - - v. I openlnff a wauroaa xa nma
. ' a .- r"""".,". ..w" v. -ww iwi avafj "u- IB" Mine mm UI IU U8 euwreeu, PnhllMI Hunan of (ka A' V V J V
nal Intellects, in every way.. Yet -rata to the measure. portant, perhaps but the great gov- the road, Instead of supplying these i UTSltiZ ope7-
. the majority of mank nd is careless, Refusal to provide for publicity Is ernment of the United States, even cars with sdap and towels, deprived ig of a new railroad 1 aa ".0!
niany are reckless, of life;, they treat distinctly reprehensible, and 1b a If its especial reserved territory were the white .passengers of these aids considerable importance. In China it
mis wonueriui, inexpiicaDie mystery, bad omen. A slush fund is not an only one square mile, with a popula- to comfort and cleanliness In travel, marks an ; epooh. However short the
which If Jeopardized they prlze essential to fal election and a free tion of only 1,000, should set a high This is probably an unexampled in- llM significance is great The cera-
above all other things together, as If count. On the . contrary, use of example of doing right by the chil- stance of measllness on the part of monle connected with the recent open-
- a 1 B. V fTl - A a. li - a aaa.a - . - tniat .(VlA Data Jllt aa A 1 saaCl A 4n litl IS
ic were a oauuie. .Aucjr wbh , Bimoney m large sums is an uniaumg dren of this generation intnis matter. a railroad.' . . vT i ,
If it were something that, like a ton sIgQ 0f unfairness, somehow or some- Besides, it is not yet certain that a . : i , guenesl Three yearsgo "e owS
of coal, once exhausted could be re-1 where. Contributors to such funds constitutional federal child labor law There is one good thing about r of the land refuwd to sell . to the
' w Jirpiei MB A n W naaf' AWT 111 -- VVArn rl 1 A ."- I aai A i
cewed. f.y . 1 , j expect favora In return, and get those I cannot be passed by congress. Tetj Congressman Ellis; he never does the Tevii' genius of the earth and sky
Many scientists and physicians j favors or they would not contribute, j congress dllly-dallles through six j enough of anything, even If he were wm bring them ill luck for disturbing
. . .. I a.i.. .... ... n.rf. .( .K. v .i. j . .vi v. x 4 the bowels. of . the earth. A. long time
are saying uiu uie average mau i mo remwu u; am w y..- muauia, caaMug auu uv au aibyuwu w uv buiucuuui vu, iu ti1
pus away from the elan of tbe anvils
and the bun ef the planers be begins
to think He tries to eennect the gen
erosity of th state that preyldea with
tne amoitien or tn atuaent wn em
braces th - opportunity, and conclude
tnat newever much industrial eaueatlon
means to the student It mean a more to
tne state, for la providing the oppor
tunity for the young men of the etate
the etate haa a selfish purpoae In view,
because the more young men there are
wno are train ea ana amuea in indus
trial arts the mere rapid will be the
development of the induatrle and re
sources of the state. If the stranger
be a farmer he will probably find his
way t the agricultural building on the
other side of the campus. In this build
ing the members of th agricultural
staff can be found. But a little di
gression, v - - r
When the agricultural colleges were
established the specialist or expert had
not made his aDDearance. One man
usually called an agrieultuiist surveyed
tne wnoie rieia or aaneuiture. and when
called upon to rive advice he was ex
pected to know how deep potatoes
snouid n planted, now and when to
prune trees, how to conserve moisture
as well as fertility in the noli and how
to zeea dairy ana near cattle, etc. - un
less he could answer a hundred ques
tions that might be asked nertalnlng
to all the various branches of agricul
ture be was very likely to lose the re-
sneot or ni constituents and acrtaui
tural education was voted a. failure.
The trouble was due not to the man but
to the system, tbe same system that
caused the trouble to the man who had
loo many irons in the fire.
me agricultural couere teacner was
derisively called a . book farmer, and
he could be nothing else. The demand
on tne agricultural college waa for in
formation inaccessible to the beat far
mer In the land, and the practical hard-
neaaea xarmers oz tne country soon
maae It plain that It was not so much
a teacher or a walking encyclopedia of
inrormation mat was wanted, out an in
vestigator or specialist who would in
vestigate prooiems beyond tne reacn or
the farmer, and to be an lnvestlrator he
must be a specialist Bo it cane about
in time that there mast be Decl&llsts
In, agricultural college, and la place of
one man trying to instruct tne rarmers
in all branches of agriculture there are
a dosen different men - covering the
same field, each having a separate line
or separate problems to work out-
rarmer So sat Car.
The farmer doesn't care very much
now whether the dairyman knows the
airrerence Between a Baldwin - apple
and a pear, or whether the horticultur
ist Is able to separate the sheep from
the goats, but the hard-headed farmer
will not excuse the dairyman lf he does
not know more about' some' things In
the feeding of the dairy cow and in the
manufacture of butter and cheese than
tne Dest dairy farmer in the country
knows, and he will hold the horticultur
ist to account unions he can tell the
fruit growers something that they could
not (themselves find in books. Not that
the agricultural college specialist knows
it all; far from it There would be no
need of agricultural colleges and - ex
periment xtations if be did. - He Is a
specialist because not onlv is he nosted
on the literature of his subject but he
Is an orirlnal investigator with the
ability and facilities for delving into .
special, problems . beyond the reach of
th farmer. . ....,
I ' was speaking of the agricultural
staff and the agricultural halL A nun- k
ber of men will be found In this build- "
lng devoting their energies to problem ,
in different branches - of agriculture.
Dome inveaugavuvne airv maua in ui.
building, but most of th experiments,
of course, are 'carried on In the fields
and orchards and In the barns. But It
la bare that the men have their offices
and the werk la planned. Here the
stranger, will find men working with
things so small that they could congre
gate by the thousands on a pin point.
and problems a large as a 1,500-pound
Shorthorn beast If he happens Into
Professor Pernors office he will rind
that the small invisible things called -bacteria
have as much to do with th :
business of th farmer as th large anl- -
mala.
Professor Pernot will explala that th
farmer before be can ralsavenough food
to fatten, a ateer must possess several
millions or billions of "little germs,'
bacteria he calls them, each individual
capable of produolng over ten million
descendants every 14 hours. Mot a
bushel of grain nor a ton of clover can
be grown without the aid of bacteria.
If you look skeptical he will show you.
with the aid of a powerful microscope,
a few thousands of - Inhabitant of a
world so small that a Columbus would
require a magnifying glass to discover,
it If It lay at his feel But without th,
presence in the soil of these little crop
growers In Incalculable numbers the '
farmer would, look in vain for a Mad
of grass to grow. This Is baoterlol
ogy, a big nam for a little tmng. but
before you leave Professor Pernot yon
will likely be convinced that the llttl .
thing are the blggt things la real ag
riculture. -", .'-(xir'
. . .v.,. ttf of Baotarla. -v"
Tint whila khm bacteria spend their
lives tn the soil and stand between hu
manltv and human - extinction there are
other kinds, other races, so to speak, en- -gaged
In different occupations In th
Interest of humanity. The . professor
will .rnlaln to vou with the heln of th
miKnuMiM that without the aid of bao-
ierla the farmer and his churn, for In-
atance, mlgnt sit up an nigm ana uie
next day and the day after and never
-nt- hntt.v. It im the bacteria, swarm-
lng by the millions In the cream that , ,
make the butter In the chum. There are v
ritffnrant kinds of these little dairymen:
they ar not all helpful.. Whll aom
produoe tne iiavor inai seus uumt ...
40 cent a pound, others are a terror to
the consumers, it Is bacteria tn
mv. irAnA huttert It 1 bacteria In the
milk unfortunately that caus typhoid
fever and other magllgnant diseases.
The farmer should -Tse Interested In
bacteriology. - It Is the wireless thing In
agriculture, and It is not at all unllke
iv that w. mav wake un some morning '
to - discover that some agricultural col
lege specialist has rounded up different
kinds of bacteria and branded them, and
the farmer will know that by pitching ,
tr hi. MilHvalnr a fv billion or a
certain brand and mixing the food of his ( t
animals with another brand Ue,will be ,
getting returns from his farm, unheard
of In the past ' 1 - - ' ' r t ' i' ,
taking a little heed as he goes along,
from youth forward, could live much
longer than he does now, .to ; 100
years, perhaps.v Some men are tem
peramentally so constituted that they
vetit tbeinselves out with worrying;
others insist on a "merry life," even if
it must baa short one; others through
hcreijity must be short-lived; but the
rf r;;'B t:;an of fairly even tempera
twut find fairly good organs might
i:d i! v.t t prolong' his. life somewhat,
: !'m more healthily and happily,
-cni-l take l!-''.r..cl.t of 'conduft.
i l.f-.Mti.': lie must -will success-1
licity shows a desire to continue to j alternately, and does nothing on this j tract any notice, much less to re-
receive contributions, and an expec
tation, obviously to give the favors
In return.1 It Js the bestowal of these
favors,' tn v legislation or otherwise,
that closes the door of equal oppor
tunity for all, and thereby Introduces
not only mischief but peril into the
economic system. ' A corrupted oai-,
lot is fraught with mora rear danger
than is to be apprehended from all
the yellow perils, f From the stand
point of menace, there ia far, more
need to legislate for an uhcoutamia-
ated ballot than for a bigger navy
Important subject.
The government pays more atten-;
tion to animals and plants than to
the country's children. This would
be all right if all parents could and
would do their duty by their chil
dren, but pot all, by, many, will jlo
this, and there are always unpatri
otic and avaricious men who seek to
profit by children's labor; so it becomes-
a 'high . duty, of the govern
ment to regulate child labor. -'. k,
; j We In this part f the country
know but little about this great eVil,
:' YJ'-' : ' - i ...
quire any explanation.
Still It looks more and more like
Taft, but If Taft should fail it looks
more and-. more, like Roosevelt.
There Is yet a possibility that our
Senator Bourne has been a true'
prophet; ' " " " -
The venerable Dr. Lyman Abbott,'
in a recent number, of the Outlook,
has an article on Secretary Taft that
should' please that statesman and
his friends. Dr. Abbott . rates Mr.
ago one of the principal directors of
mis roaa iook counsel wun ur. j. il
Hager, one of the American board mis-
1 sionanes in iiongaong, as to toe ad
visability of such an Innovation. Of
course the doctor favored the construc
tion of the road, , and was therefore
honored with - an invitation to go on
this trial trip, although several years
had elapsed since-he gav his advice.
The pupils of bis school were also In
vited, and on the morning . of the event
ful day the boys were wild with ex
cltement Their simple morning meal
was scarcely touched for - feac v thoy
would be too late. and they were at
the depot an hour in advance of th ap
pointed ? time. ' Three first-class . cars
were occuniert by mandarins' and offi
cials,; while the 'lads piled ,lnto open
AHB Ta?na rim IViaIbI . Itnanlftaa unlAaniS
vtlipi WW Wt alJBj VI1V3JII Ailll IVmi VUUUI 411 V
At the market town ofiHung-ylk the
party was aiiKmented by a number of
foreign guests from Hongkong, who
had been Invited to Insnect ! the line,
There were shouts of rejoicing as the
iron horse began to move, and all along
the route crowds gathered to see this
wonaerrui curiosity or Human skill ana
engineering.' Flags and banners, in
cluding the stars and stripes, added
oruiiancy t tne scene. i
In the evenlnar a nubile dinner was
f iven to congratulate the company on
he completion of 17 of the 40 miles
to De utd. There was no boycott feel
lng against foreigner, and one of the
Chinese officials said to Dr. Hager, "I
hope - America will take possession of
the port on the southern end of the
line so as to open it up to trade."
This road haa been built entirely by the
natives, dui i,buu,uuo or tne : neces
sanr funds came from Chinese In the
United States. Meantime th Christian
schools In south ' China ' have been a
mighty Influence In giving the people
that enlightenment and - moral power
which are necessary to accomrianv tha
material and commercial changes now
going on in . that hoary empire. Never
waa there- a- more tavorabla tlma for
atrena-thenlna thia educational work. Th.
locomotive and otner modern inventions
are welcome, but It Is only righteous
ness that exalteth a nation.
.1,1 . aaaalaMa4NMe 'Y.-r-
- Bishop Grafton's Birthday. '
Th Bight Rev,? Charles C Grafton.
bishop of the Protestant Episcopal dio
cese of Fond dn Lac, was born in Bos
ton, April 12, 1830. He graduated from
Harvard University- and later studied at
Oxford university In England. "While
in Kniriand ho founded the Enlnconal
Brotherhood, called the Cowley -Uroth-i
ers' described In Hall Cains' story of
''The Christian." In 1888 he; became
rectos of the Church of th 'Advent in :.
Boston. ; He established also toe Sister
hood of the Holy Nativity, whose moth-
er-houae is at Fond du Lac In lb9
he became bishop of Fonddu.lc. and
during th 19 years he has held, the
bishopric he has established churchca
and missions all over northern Wiscon
sin. Bishop Grafton is one of the few
Episcopal clergymen In America who
wears the clerical rarb as It Is worn by
churchmen In England.
.-' " This Date In History.
' 1777Henry Clay, American States- -man,
born In' Virginia. . Died In Wash- -intrton.
District of Columbia. June 29,
1852.
Of the United States, died. Born 17S9.
. 1821 Samuel O. Arnold, historian.
born. Died February 12, 1880.
, 1828 Aniline discovered byUnverdor
ben among the products of distillation
ef Indigo. :
1 S91lln.n1 , flrnvlll T. rknilara
born In Danvers, Massachusetts.
1866 -Union flag hoisted at t on Bum-
ter. :--v;-',- '-x'-' -. i" t
1877 Jonatnan luessersmitn loita
fleet surgeon to Admiral Farragut, died
dele
-1886 Thaddeus Fairbanks,, scale - In
In Phllad
Dhla.
Pennsylvania. April 25, 1810,
Born In Lancanster,
yen tor, died. Born January 17. 1796.
' There are more than 1,600,1)00 persons
employed1 by the railroad or the united
Slaten twice as many as .were thus em-'
ployed 10 year aa?v ,