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the clubs, educates the people and conducts other activities cal- 

 culated to help you in your work. Today there are sixty-six agri- 

 cultural colleges covering every state in the union and receiving 

 government support. Each is trying the best it can to promote 

 the well-being and happiness of the country through attention; 

 to this great industry. 



"Agriculture and transportation in this country are inter- 

 dependent. You need the railroads, and if there are abuses or 

 arbitrary powers to be curbed it is not starvation, strangulation 

 or proscription that should be used to make the reform. 



"My friends, progressive railroad executives have no quar- 

 rel, with reasonable laws. Many people seem to have the idea 

 that railroad men habitually oppose constructive legislation. But 

 it is not true that we are opposed to such legislation or to prog- 

 ress. You will find the really progressive roads of the country 

 constantly experimenting with machines and methods and taking 

 up the really desirable and standard far in advance of statutory 

 requirement. 



"The difficulty about legislative requirement is that it leaves 

 little room for the exercise of judgment. Take for example the 

 so-called Full Crew laws which have been forced upon us in the 

 States of New York, New Jersey, Indiana and Pennsylvania. In 

 all three of these states there are public service commissions, sup- 

 ported by the people, clothed with ample power and supposed to be 

 possessed of judgment sound enough to enable them to act in case 

 any railroad should disregard safety of operation or require, 

 more of its men than they can or should do. 



Bob and Kate. 



"Anxious that as much time as possible should be given to 

 the compilation of the score cards in the cow-judging contest for 

 children owing to the value of the prizes to be awarded Prof. 

 R. E. Muckelroy of the Southern Illinois Normal University, 

 announced the beginning of this feature shortly after ii a. m. 



"Now remember, boys and girls," concluded Prof. Muckel- 

 roy, after preliminary remarks, "everybody for himself, or her- 

 self, alone. After filling your card, you must be able to raise 



