The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-07-13

AhAs NuNA - INV uIFA - =
that win Chronlele the Progress ~ the
HOMECROFT MOVEMENT
and infurm all who wish 90 cooperate
with Il how they may do 80 through
the formation Of local HOmecrOfters'
Clrcles. Clubs o. GIlds 30 promote
Town aud Village Betterment. stimu-
late home civic pride and loyalty TO
home institutions. Industries and trade,
improve methods and facilities % edu-
cation In tie local puddle schools. and
crate new opportunities AT Home
that wiil go far 90 check the drift "
trade and population 20 the cities
The first Gid % the HOmecrOfters
has been established az wateTtown.
Massachusetts,. The GIldhall. shops
and Gardens are heated AZ lf3 Main
street. where the Garden School u
now fully organized and over one
hundred children are at work In tue
Gardens. The departments fcr train
ing In HOmecraft and Village Indus
tries are belng installed The WeaveTs
are already az work NJ the bnoms.
10 u not designed TO build hrre an
isolnted institution. but 60 make a
NEEDED which can D. duplicated In any
town OF village Ia the country.
copIes Of "TaG FIRST BOOK o.
THG homEcaoFTCRs" can be
obtained BY eendlnE twelve two
cert stamps With pour name and
address Carefully and pielnly
written 90 The housecFoftevs' cid
% tire TaIlsHaan ta3. main g..
WasoFtoWn. aaassachusstts.
Tllerr l. New H0pr and Inspiration
f0F every Worker who wants Home
II his own on the Land In the
CREED AND PLATFORM or THE
UOMECROFTERS' which i ~ fol
lows:
peace has her victories no les re-
nOwned than war
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ORp0aTuRfTv
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We believe that the Patriotic Slogan
% the wholc People Of this Nation
should D. Every child In a GARDEN
Every Mother in n IIomecrOft-and In
div dual Industrial Independence for
Every Worker IN n Home of hts Own
on the Land" and that until b. owns
such a Home. the concentrated puFf,0se
aud chief inspiration o. labor In the life
u every waEc worker should ~ hts
determination 10 Get an Acre AM
Live on Il"
We belieye that the Slums and
Teneuents and COngcsted Cenfer~ 81
papulation In the Cities arr a savaEriy
detcriorating sOcial. u5UTal and Tsoiit'
lcal lnfnenCe. aud that a great public
movement should D. oreanizesL and
the whole power Of the nation and
the states eAertssi Tor the b-ttcrtnent
III an the conditions 81 Rural life, and
10 create and uIsl,uild Ccniers Of 80
cial and Civic Life in Country and
Suburban Towns and Villages where
Trade and Industry can De- - hrmiy
anchored that they cannot ~ drawn
into the Commercial Nael<trom that
j. now steadily sucking Industry and
Humanity into the Vortex ~ the
Great Cities.
We believe that every Citizen IN
this Country has an inherent and
TunAamental Right 60 an Education
which viii train him 90 Earn q t4v-
NfIE. ana. III uI,N-1 ~ W - - HNeAAN
straight from Mother Earth; and that
he has the sane right o. the opIsrtun.
fty TO have the Work n llO which WI
afford him that living. and 90 earn not
only n cor Sortnble livelihood but
enoarh mare % enablc him 81 be
Uomerroftcr aud o. have n Home q
his Own. with ground around u
sufIsricnt % Yield him and his family
a Living from the Land as the reward
far his own lai,or.
We believe that the Public Domain
IL the most precious heritage ~ the
peaple. and the surest safeguard The
nation has against Social CuFe<t Dts
turbance - CpheavaL and that the
Cause % Humanity and the Preaerva-
ton 90 social Stability and q our Pre-
Institutions demand that the absorp-
tIon % the public lands into specula'
tive privute ewnershlp. without settle-
meat. ~ forthwith stopped: and that
the nation ahould create opportunities
for Homerrofters by building irytgn'
ton and drainage WORKS o. reciaim
land a. fnEt - u h needed % Givt
every nan Who waists q Hone On u
Land q chance 90 SO a.
We heiiess that a. q Natlon. ~
shaulh ha laaa ahRaFAa1 vim Mnkiu1