The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-13
sEAgrLE. THURSDAY, NAY IA.
FARMING AS A PAxACEA.

FARMING As A PAAACEA.
Gov. Lowndes. OF Maryland. announces
that he intends retiring from farming be-
OF It. He has spent . great deal Of money
On his farms. and having the capital with
which 10 procure the most modern appii-
ances for the cultivation Of land. he would
seem to have been I'm a position to be a
successful farmer IL any one could. He
frankly gives the reason for failure. He
says that farming IL business requiring
close calculation. and that no man can be
successful who has not had the necessary
training. This sounds like a trulsm; IT is
really very valuable contribution TO gen
eral knowledge because the popular i'm
preston seems TO be that IL a man Is
worthless for everything else he should be
advised to turn farmer. That Is the direc-
tion In which philanthropy Is directing It's
efforts as the easiest means of getting rid
Of that portion of the population which is
prevented. by misfortune or other cause.
from making a living by any other means.
This casts no aspcrxion upon the Pingree
plan or any other expedient for tiding over
a temporary want. 1t relates only to the
belief that farming Is ready means TO
escape from distress.
SO eminent an authority as David Starr
Jordan. president OF Stanford university.
in a recent address very earnestly urged
young men TO remain In the country. say
ing: The farmer trades with nature
through no middle man: nature Is as hon
est as eternity. and she never fails TO
meet the just dues OF those who have
claims upon her II all men waited" he
continues. ..as you should wait before rush
Ing to the cities. We should have no labor
problem. no problem Of municipal govern
ment. and nothing to fear from the de-
xartion of the farms or from the eonges-
tion OF the town" II this be so. II will be
well for men TO turn their attention TO
farming: but IL VIII not be so unless the
occupation of farming Is entered upon
early In life, and followed with the same
nsslduity that the occupations OF tie
cities require
I'VE may well look with Alarm" says
DIR. David Starr Jordan. ION q condition In
which ali men OF wealth and power shall
be gathered TO the cities. while the farms
ara left to he WEAK and inefficient. or 10
ina peasants OF other nations" Or Jor-
dams idea of the advantages OF farm life
are scared - very many intelligent peo-
pie who are quito inexperienced In rural
hfa. The ordinary professional man or
iahoriag man. whose life IS a daily s,rug-
sic with rrecarscus conditions and unccr-
taintiss OF scene. ssraining every nerve
until the brain becomes weary In vain
e~ort 20 reach the stage when comfort
able margin 81 81 he had ever the fretting
expenses % city Hfe-such men think a
farmer Is to Ne envsed. They believe that
he enjoys the healthfai sleep which comes
from outdoor labor. ana immunity from
the bin collector; they imagine that II he
fas ons~ rough clothes TO wear. he Is no;
bothered by the Modification OF not being
renseally dressed. and that Z his bin OF
fare = not very varied. his food Is Slenti-
fal pure and whciesoms. There Is some
truth In this picture. bat such condition
a ret 70 be reached without hard work.
ana the experience thar Gov. Lowndes,
with all hss money. backed.
There Is enc man who Believes that
agricultural uf. can be made attractive
a. the masses: ana who has both the ex-
rer4ence aad TIE money With which 20 put
his IDEAS 70 experiment That MAJ Is
rohn BRYAN. Of Ohio. who calls his plan
.ss,xnrsiaea. intensified farming" lie has
49,
,muse. himself ny = study % the socio-
,ovfcal conditions IN the large Eastern
cities. rrom being student no became a
pht,anshropist ne says he was oiled with
aesr~nfr nj the existing state Of esvfIsxa-
zion. ana began 20 seek for solution Of
the awfai problems presented.
Mr.. BRYAN has purchased farm een-
sssstng ~ about 30 acres on the Llttis
Msarni river In Greene eoaasy. II Is 10 b
carried on IN departments and his intsn-
ston - 20 place each IN charge Of an IN.
tetfsgSnt man or womsn. whe VIII under,
rake ire work as q speciality. devote tfnis
and energy 20 r.. ani enkseavor &c acquire
Knowledge which win make them tnse,
renesnt. The departments he has msrpee
our are: Farming proper. dairy. bee cni.
..r. poultry raising cattle and swine: az,
\. vii, also have carpenter wagon and
saaeksuisn shor, eccksnx. gardening. .
.sone quarry. lsnae Siin ara 4 vineyard
a.es head ef ire department Is 20 have %,
PROFITS. PAVING Mr.. rryaa a PER cent, o.
a.. money invested Ia TIE department sol
..,, ar her NJ. Bsysn SAYS Il Is ans q
re secsAilstsc or communists eomuaaa
.sy: he nspes the seasias pFiResple viii y
.,omnson scaxe. and heaess sassascr n,
rule.
rners can be enly admiration fer aay