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dency is to go more and more to Congress for 

 funds, even for purposes that should be cared 

 for by the states and the localities. We must 

 be careful to teach that persons do not rely 

 on some one else or on government. Congress 

 may well undertake new work in the states 

 for the express purpose of showing the way 

 and stimulating local ambition when the work 

 is of such magnitude that states or localities 

 cannot undertake it. The establishing of a 

 system of agricultural colleges and experi- 

 ment stations is a case in point. It is quite 

 another matter, however, for work that orig- 

 inates in localities and belongs to them to 

 go past the commonwealth and to appeal to 

 Congress. If states and provinces should 

 exist at all, they should take care, as much as 

 possible, of their own internal development. 



It is indisputable that the common schools 

 need more funds. Part of the funds should 

 come from the localities themselves. Part 

 should come from the state. Whether any 

 part should come from the federal govern- 

 ment, thereby expressing the national spirit in 



