Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1891-09-12

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III" 'Nrm.r, village i- not - Owe, |
s,h,ur ASA 'vhru" hut " - one /
thn' ru. So. 'r'ic,c never bcon de-. |
y,lup,t Iu Au,rIrh e. an extent com.
uru-uru'o with it, advantages M
john " BouNwnlIrr has undertaken
10 pat thr IuvH lu practical work ,ug.
ami g. ilW oN' has purchased tract
ui un. co., la.rs Iu Nebraska. with TIC
intention ~ d.iGinE II up into farms.
Rud rrntlug co. .r'iug them 20 iarmr.'-
Who ire willing IT, enter INTO hs
theories aud benefit 10y them. There
seems 'o bn nothing Visionary IN thu
idea AM the only very cNccutiuuni
feature ~ il j. that 1t !, taken up hy
on, IMAM Tor the benefit 81 his fellows
when II might easily ~" carried out 10y
combination ~ plans and forces un
: IA, par. ~ number ~ ucn who would
share equally IN It's advantage. Mr.,
/ HuOkWH,''r proposes 80 build homes
/ for iho-, who ur" not able Ia buy them
/ and allow them iu pay rent until such
/ time ~ they can bccumc the owners II
lil'N wv. ~ .lA' .ll'AH. w WIS why NNAfh
man can test IN" plaza aud need not
commit himself financially to its failure
or succv.- un.r~, hc chuoscs o. do So.
Of course there l. no more liability Ia
. failure under these conditions than In
amy other ia ming enterprise. Tho
dtnwb backs would simply br those con
tinrcu' upon NIL agricultural ventures.
The advantages. however, would be
incaiculuhl" IN IA" opportunity thus
given for the enjoyment ~ the lighter
aud brighter things Of life. Farm life
has it, poetic side. hu, it Is lees mp
parcn, To the average farmer than "
the rest ~ tho world and II has ma
been sufficiently strong element 20
cuunicrhalancc the proSaic monotonI
and the isolation which rrpcl 81 many
ambitious Young spirits. The posi-.
bility oi even degradation IN the life
Of IA farmer Is sharply brought out by
Hamliu Garland In his stories OF
prairie life. Tho existence thus cx-
posed Ia Invested pitilcssly enough Of
ovcry vcstigc Of glamour that could
possibly cling 10 II. The hopclessners
; OF tho outlook for men and women
who seem doomed 10 slow death OF
mind and soul not accented one
whit too strongly. II Is we'll known
that the inmates ~ insane asylums are
many Of them farmers wlycs. and the
} monotony OF their lives 10 the reason
generally assigned for this fact which
!, IL always a feature Of hospital statis-
tics But the farmers village might we'll
, b. beneficial To others than to these
exceptionally unfortunate ones The
most prosperous and wealthy farmer
would hardly forcgo the advantages OF
social intercourse for himself and his
: family II II could be made available
/, without interfering with his occupa-
ton. Mr.. Bookwaltcrs plan OF build
.ag the homes In group with the
farms surrounding them and reached
by good and direct roads, seems per-
/. fectly feasible and ought to be attract
I've TO young people starting out In life,
70 whom the chief drawback 10 the
tarm life 10 is loneliness. There Is
little doubt that the dread Of settling
= into .'r,it" and becoming nero ma
p chimes hAs had much TO do with the
! sending Of young men ind women Into
y cities rather than take up for them
q selves the same lot that their fathers
!, and mothers have found tolerable.
: The chance Of . social existence. oI
education for their children. and ths
stimuious Of q certain neighborly
. smulation. would remove In n grea,
4 measure tho ohjectien@ 20 farming
4 which now present themselves to young
4 people ia the choise Of life occupa.
|. Zion. II 10 hard 70 roo why the plar
. should nos extend and he realized by
= SBany iarrnids oommunitIss on theil
: own. sccoua4and without the aid oi ,
. sapitaliss. --Sl Paul Pioneer Press