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The Greeley tribune., 1906-07-19
MAIL ORDER BUSINESS.
ENORMOUS STRUCTURES TO BE
ERECTED BY MONTGOMERY
WARD AND COMPANY AND
OTHERS.

Suggests Question Whether Giant
Catalogue Houses are Benefit or
Detriment to the Farmer and the
Country Generally.
Chicago is to have the greatest build
ing the world ever constructed for COM
mercial purposes 1t will have floor
space of so acres-a good sized farm.
It is to be 10 stories high, including the
basement, and were 1t to be all
stretched out on one floor 1t would
cover 13 of the big city blocks in the
windy city. 1t will be 900 feet in length
and 270 feet wide and will be built OF
steel and concrete. The cost will be
$2,5OOO00. The present building oc-
cupied by Montgomery Ward and Com
pany is huge affair, but Is stated to
be entirely inadequate to the needs OF
this enormous mail order house, and
SO this new pile is to be constructed.
1t seems to be the time OF big COM
merical houses in the great centers OF
the country. Another big firm Is to
erect a building on Chicago avenue,
which will contain a million square
feet-2OO feet by 500 feet; Sears, Roe
buck and Company is big Chicago
business rival of the Montgomery Ward
firm, and has just also been incorpor-
ated to do business in New York, with
a capitalization of $40,0O0,O00, paying
the State incorporation tax OF $4,000.
TO BE PROUD OF.
These are fine projects. and at first
thought may make one proud OF Amer
lean business institutions, but what il
the real effect OF the success OF these
gigantic commercial houses upon the
country's prosperity? How does their
%k1 rf
the country banker, the country town
itself and in fact the country people
who are the patrons OF the great mail
order houses. What creates the village,
the town, the thriving city? What
keeps it live and bustling center ra-
ther than dead congregation Of a few
houses with one or two miserable
stores? 1t is the patronage and sup
port, is 1t not, of the surrounding coun-
try homes. Towns are built up only
when they have support from an agri-
cultural territory, If agriculture is the
surrounding industry, which is the
case in nine out of ten instances. But
conversely, the richness of the soil
alone does not make the most valuable
farms.
THE MARKET FOR PRODUCTS.
There must be good market for the
farm product; If the farm is adjacent
to live growing town supporting ac-
tive and well-to-do-people, the market
for the farmers products will be ac-
tive and the prices good. If the town
be dead one, he will have to turn
elsewhere to dispose of his products,
and perhaps incur heavy transporta-
tion charges in their shipment. This
fact is set forth Enthusiastically in the
last census figures which show that in
a small area of te United States, the
regions where factories abound,-a dis
trict comprising but little over 10 per
cent. Of the United States-the value
of the farm lands is over half that of
all OF the arabic land in the entire
country. The farms in these regions
are located close to the factories,
which afford a profitable home market
The Greeley tribune., 1906-07-19

In the course OF ten years, this means
one and one-half million dollars. Aver
aging the profit on this amount at
twenty per cent, it means hat in ten
years time three hundred thousand
dollars profits are taken from the town.
Now, on the other hand, should the
farmer, instead of sending away his
money to the foreign place for goods
he requires, give all his trade to the
home town, its business would be i'm
mediately doubled, and with twice the
employment for the people. Year at.
ter year. the profits made by the mer-
chants would be retained in the town,
would seek investment in starting new
industries, and at the end of the ten
year period, instead of a town of one
thousand, there would be lively city
OF from two to three thousand, and
every acre Of farm land within the
trade radius of the town would be en-.
HANGED in value from ten to twenty
dollars.
ENRIcH1NG THE BIG CITIES.
1t can be plainly figured out that the
individual farmer who would divert
half his trade to Chicago, New York or
some other foreign city. in the course
of ten years would send away three
thousand dollars. II it were possible
that he could save ten per cent on this
amount, in ten years time he would
save three hundred dollars. His .nly
compensation would be a dead home
town. poor schools, poor home mar
ket, and no increase in the value of his
real-estate holdings.
On the other hand, by giving his
patronage to the home town, even
though he must pay the merchant ten
per cent more than the foreign house,
the result would be like this: On ac-
count Of increase in farm values, one
hundred and sixty acres Of land worth
ten dollars more per acre. sixteen hum
dred dollars; or, thirteen hundred dol
lars better OF in ten years than II he
gave half his patronage to the foreign
concern. His home town is a lively
one, all public improvements, all mod.
ern conveniences, high schools. to
which he could send his children
cheaply. good churches, good roads.
and everything that can add to the com.
fort and happiness of its residents,
and those who reside near It. Not.
withstanding. that the farmers land is
enhanced in value, his taxation will be
but little greater, as the business inter-
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taking effort and constant care from
boy of this age; encourage it but do
not compel 1t.
He can be taught by example all of
the needs Of plant growth but his hoe
ing and wedding may be superficial.
III you ask him he will allow you to dig
in his garden to loosen the soil deeper
than his strength permits. 1t is wise
to do this for there must be carrots
and cabbage to harvest or there will
be no play ground here next year.
II the boy Of FIVE has been allowed
the run OF garden, II at eight he has
garden of his own. at ten he will love
gardening and will have absorbed an
amazing store OF knowledge, and to
him may be impaired at this age in a
way and manner that will awaken the
the purest and best that Is in him. the
mystery Of life.
A pumpkin plant on a compost heap,
sending Its vigorous shoots over the
weeds, climbing where 1t cannot creep.
Trusting its snake like head through
the garden fence, Is a thing of wonder
to a boy If he is but taught to see it.
and when it's great golden blossoms
appear there is a still greater wonder
unfolded.
Boys OF twelve and fourteen may de-
sert the garden for the ball field or the
hshing rod. and it is well they should,
Tor the serious time of life is coming
soon and play days should be as many
and long as school and home duties
Will permit. But a garden for boy at
this age may be greater factor in his
training for life than at any other. for
by this time the root of all evil' has
entered his soul; he has learned that
money is essential in order to procure
the many things boy must have. and
the garden. which to this time has
been recreation field. a place of won
derful possibilities in the way of good
things to eat and pumpkins for iack-o'.
lanterns, may be a most fertile field
Of revenue.
Whatever the crop the proceeds
should be wholly his own. If he has
produced the crop wholly by his own
efforts. There is but one way that he
can learn the value of money and that
is by earning It, The wise use Of
money must also be learned but that
Is outside the sphere of gardening
From address of Prof craneesil
Wise. Ayr. coIlese.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-07-19

for all the agricultural products. So
that the greatest factor in land value
is the nearness to good markets. 1t
becomes plain, therefore, that the bet
ter the home town can be made, the
more valuable is the farm land tribu-
tary to 1t. In the purely agricultural
sections, the average country town is
located in the center of from rs to $50
square miles of territory; that is the
town is supported by the trade result
ing from that area of farms. Accord
ing to federal statistics the average
farmer spends $627 year for supplies
clothing for his family, household
utensils. food that he does not grow
himself, farm implements. etc
A Now 1t must be evident that II a plan
were to be followed looking to the
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CATION
00-0pE0 0ATOON
Opp00T 0TUM1TY
@00E0 0OFY8

We believe that the Patriotic Slogan
of the Whole People OF this Nation
should be Every Child in a Garden
Every Mother in Homecroft-and In
dividual Industrial Independence for
Every Worker in a Home Of his Own
on the Land" and that until he owns
such Home, the concentrated purpose
and chief inspiration to labor in the life.
of every wage worker should be his
determination to "Get an Acre ami
Live on it,
We believe that the Slums and
Tenements and Congested Centers of
population in the Cities are q savagely
deteriorating social, moral and polit-
ical influence. and that a great public
movement should be organized, and
the whole power of the nation and
the states exerted for the betterment
of all the conditions of Rural Life, and
to create and upbuild Centers of So
cial and Civic Life In Country and
Suburban Towns and Villages, where
Trade and Industry can be SO firmly
anchored that they cannot be drawn
into the Commercial Maelstrom that
is now steadily sucking Industry and
Humanity into the Vortex of the
Great Cities.
We believe that every Citizen in
this Country has an inherent and
Fundamental Right to an Education
which will train him to Earn Liv-
ing, and. IL need be, to get his living
straight from Mother Earth; and that
he has the same right to the Opportun-
ity to have the Work to Do which will
afford him that living, and to earn not
only c cor .ortable livelihood, but
enough more to enable him to be
Homecrofter and to have a Home Of
his Own, with ground around it
sufficient to yield him and his family
Living from the Land us the reward
for his own labor.
We believe that the Public Domain
is the most precious heritage Of the
people. and the surest safeguard the
nation has against Social Unrest. Dis
turbance or Upheaval and that the
Cause Of Humanity and the Preserva
tlon Of Social Stability and of our Free
institutions demand that the absorb
tion OF the public lands into specula-
tive private ownership. without settle
ment. be forthwith stopped: and that
the nation should create opportunities
for Homecrofters by building irripa-
tiOn and drainage works to reclaim
land as fast as 1t is needed to give
every man who wants Home on the
Land chance to get II.
We believe that. as a Nation. we
should be less absorbed with Making
The Greeley tribune., 1906-07-19
THE COMING PEOPLE.

"Outward changes, economical and
political. more or less marked. arr
always going on in the forms and on
ganizations of society. But to-day on(
can make specially strong argument
that great and radical changes are inI
pending. No one can believe thai
existing conditions will continue in
world where all things move and
change. Waste, extravaganza, politicaI
corruption, fierce mercantile rivalrei
colossal monopolization Of wealth and
OF the industrial plants of the world
masses Of dreary poverty.-these ari
natural subjects for profound, patnj
otic and humane concern. Is not thd
old social and. industrial machinery
the competitive or wage system. show
ing signs Of breaking down beueat7
its load?
1.-The question Is quite fair whetheI
any system Is just that permits indlI
viduals to roll up immense fortunes a1
the result of lucky speculations, or q
the rise of land values about a Grea|
city. that permits other individuals q
inherit almost unlimited money power
as men once inherited duchies an|
kingdoms, while millions of workh'
men, with small wages, live close
the danger line of debt, or even of COZ
and starvation, and are liable TO
thrown out of employment for mon
at time,
When In the face Of natural wea,
never so abundant, and forces Of p.
duction augmented indefinitely nI
science and invention. so many alnos|
fail to reap any benefit from the ri
sources which surely belong to tn1
race. 1t must at least be confessed tha]
our present system, both Of producto,g
and of distribution. is not intellgent1
or humanely managed. Its results ul
not represent an ideal democracy:
brotherhood of man."-From ln1
Coming People,, by Chas. F. Do''|
1T behoovcs everyone who has Cyl
to see and ears to hear and hfalI
with which to think to study the n,
mendous social problems with wh''
we are face to face to-day.
Whether they are settled right VI
wrong will affect every member OF WI
community. No one can escape ln1
evils that will result from 49, ns1
settlement and everyone will be pen
htted by right settlement. .,,d
Nothing is more important tina 10 m
we should get started right. Ine',, lind
Guidance and Insn'ration In every hf
Of 1.-THE COMING people,
Chas. r. Dole. .,.,tu
In order to bring this book Was has
the reach Of NIL popular edition s,cr.
lust been Issued by the Homec,"' mad
C''ld Of the TalIsman which can emit
for - cents. postage included. ney
by postal money order. express nrYr,
order or postage stamps 70 Ct.
HOMECRoFTERs, 14S Main Oh
Watertown, Mass"
The Greeley tribune., 1906-07-19

This book is the lirst of a Series
that will Chronicle the Progress Of the
HOMECROFT MOVEMENT
and inform all who wish to cooperate
with it how they may do 30 through
the formation of local Homecrofters'
Circles, Clubs or Gilds to promote
Town and Village Retirement, stimu-
late home civic pride and loyalty to
home institutions, Industries and trade,
improve methods and facilities of edu-
cation in tie local public schools, and
create new opportunities AT Home"
that will go far to check the drift of
trade and population to the cities.
The first Gid Of the Homecrofters
has been established at Watertown,
Massachusetts,. The Gildhall, Shops
and Gardens are located at 143 Main
Street, where the Garden School is
now fully organized and over one
hundred children are at work in the
Gardens. The departments for train
ing in Homecraft and Village Indus
tries are being installed. The Weavers
are already at work at the looms.
1t is not designed to build here an
isolated institution. but to make a
model which can be duplicated in any
town or village in the country.
Copies Of "TME FIRST BOOK or
TINE NoMEcRoFTGRS" can be
obtained by sending twelve two
cent stamps with your name and
address Carefully and plainly
WrItteO to Tho Homocrofters' clidl
Of the Talisman 1A3, Main st..
WatertoNn, Massachusetts.
There Is New Hope and Inspiration
for every Worker who wants a Home
of his own on the Land In the
CREED AND PLATFORM OF THE
HOMECROFTERS' which is as fol-
lows:
peace has her victories NO less re-
nowued than war"
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lands rseiaimsd, A. required "
National Irrigation Act.
SAVE THE PUBLIC LANDS n
HOMEMAKERS.

6. That not another acre Of the M
lie lands shall ever hereafter
granted to any state or TERRITORY
any purpose whatsoever. or to any ~
other than an actual settler who h,
built his home OH the land and H.,
on 1t for five years. and that no ns
land scrip of nny kind shall ever
issued. and that the Desert Land II
and the Communication Clause of
Homestead Law shall be made to N
form to the recommendations of h
Public Lands Commission appont,
by President Roosevelt and Of h
Message of the President to Congre,
PLANT FORESTS AND GREAT,
FOREST PLANTATIONS.
I. Tint the Timber and Stone Ta,
shall be repealed. and that all min
lie timber lands shall be included
permanent Forest Reserves. the I'm
to the land to be forever retained M
the National Government, stumpar3
only of matured timber to be sold
and young timber to be preserved "a
future cutting. so that the forests vii
be perpetuated by right use: ap2
by the reservation or purchase of ed
listing forest lands, and the plantInl
of new forests. create In every stat1
National Forest Plantations fro1
which, through all the years to comd
n sufficient supply of wood and timbs|
can be annually harvested to suppl
the needs of the people of each stat
from he Forest Plantations in thu
state.
CONTROL AND USE OF THI
GRAZING LANDS.
8. That all INDICATED public land
not otherwise reserved shall be re
served from location or entry unde
any law except the Homestead Law
and shall be embraced in Grazing Re
serves under the control of the Secre
tary of Agriculture. who shall be EN-
powered to issue annual Licenses i
Craze stock in said GrazinF. Reserves
but such licenses shall neve4 be Issue
for a longer period than one year o.
agricultural lands or five years o.
grazing lands, and all lands classiie
as grazing lands shall be subject /
reclassification at the end of every tiv
y
grazing lands shall ever be made b
the National Government. and tha
the area of the homestead entry sha
never under any circumstances be er
larged to exceed 160 acres.
RESERVE STATE LANDS Fol
HOMESTEAD SETTLERS.
8. That the public land states shal
administer the state lands under
system similar to and in harmonj
with the national public land systed
above outlined. and that each stat
shall enact a State Homestead Lad
for the settlement of lands owned b
the state, and that state lands shal
be disposed of only to actual settlert
under such law. and that ali stat,
lands shall at all times remain opel
to Homestead Entry.
UNITED OWNERSHIP OF LAM
AND WATER.
10. That it shall be the law of ever,
state and Of the United States. tina
beneficial use is the basis. the meas
ure. and the limit of all rights +
water. including riparian right. an
that the right to the use Of water 70
irrigation shall inhere in and be nj
purtenant to the land irrigated, so tina
the ownership Of the land and tn
water shall be united, and NJ right t
water as a speculative corumodit
ever be acquired, held or o ed.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-07-19

THE FIRST BOOK ~. s. HOmECROFTERSI
JUST PUBLISHED AND AMONG CONTENTS ARE
The Brotherhood of Man
Charity that Is EOeriastin9
The Secret of Nippons PoDer
Lesson Of a Great Calamity
The Sign Of Thought
The Greeley tribune., 1906-07-19

The slums and tenements Of the
great cities are social dynamite, GER
tain to explode sooner or later. The
only safeguard against such dangers
is to plant the multiplying millions Of
The Greeley tribune., 1906-07-19

our fast increasing population in in
dividual homes on the land-home-
crofts, however small, owned by the
occupant, where every worker and his
family can enjoy individual industrial
independence. George II. Maxwell,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-02-27
THE FIRST CIGARS.

Havanas We're Smoked In Paris MS
Kong Ago as 1913.
When were cigars first smoked? Ac.
cordlng to a French authority, the weed
In this shape was not introduced into
France till the return Of the French
army from Spain in 1928. This fact Is
on tile authority Of Hippolyte Anger,
tile dramatic author, who writes titus
inlls memoirs:
Our return from Paris WINS by way
Of Orleans. On the route we met
quite frequently officers returning from
Spain. They had generally cigars in
their mouths-a new habit, since be.
come general. From this point Of view
the campaign Of 1923 had the good
financial result Of establishing new
branch OF import trade"
Another document, however; carries
back the use of the cigar to slightly
earlier period. The "Hermlt Of the
CAassee d'Antln," 1873, going to see
bis nephew, a young officer at Paris,
finds him at his hotel in morning cos
tune and smoking q Havana cigar
The taste for cigars seems at this time
to have been sufficiently extended to
mike them a common article in the
stock Of every grocer who was careful
to cater to the wants of his customers
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-02-27

~
Notice IS hereby gtge1 nat g q
meeting Of the stocl lders 81 Hgiat
nm coal and Coke Company, coTs
poration chartered and Organized IN
der tie laws u the State of West viz
ginia, held 81 TIE once II Az =. Elem:
ing, ID me City u airmon Marion
county West Virginia on the drst day
81 February. 1905, the following reso:
buttons were adopted
Resolved; That this corporation
Briar I'M Coal and Coke Company,
discontinue business as Incorporation
and surrender 10 the State Of West
Virginia It's charter and corporate
franchises, and after paying all Of It's
debts and liabilities, divide It's prop
erty and assets remaining among It's
stockholders. And to this end the
Board Of directors viii proceed as
speedily as possible to convert all the
property, chooses In action and assets
Of this corporation into money. and
to pay of and discharge all the debts
and liabilities according to their phi.
critics; and after fully discharging all
such debts and liabilities to divide
and pay over all such assets remain
ing to the several stockholders Of this
company prorata with their several
holdings Of stock. But no payment
shall be so made to any stockhol1er
until after publication Of the notice
Of this resolution as herein provided.
I. Resolved further: That the Vice
President cause notice Of the adop,
ton Of this resolution to be given by
advertisement in some newspaper Of
general circulation, published near
the principal Office or place Of bust.
ness of this corporation once a week
for four weeks at least, and that he
forthwith certify under his signature,
and the seal Of this corporation a
copy Of this resolution to the Score,
tary Of State ofthe State Of West Wiz.
ginia.
Given under my hand and the seal
Of said corporation this first day OF
February, 1906.
A. B. FLEMING,
vice President Of Brlar Hi Coal and
Coke Co.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-02-27
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-02-27
FLAG ETIQUETTE.

Rules That Govern the Display of
the National Emblem.
The government regulations provile
that on the death Of a president in Of
lce its aag shall be displayed at half
mast only one dag.
In memory of the soldiers who lost
their lives during the civil war, on
May 80, Memorial day, each year the
United States displays It's flag ut half
stan ut all army posts, stations and
national cemeteries from sunrise until
midday. Immediately before noon a
dlrge is played by the band or field
music, and the national salate Of TWEEN.
ty.one guns is fired. st the conclusion
Of this memorial tribute at noon the
aag is hoisted to the top Of the staff
and remains there until sunset. The
idea is that the national ensign is too
sacred ~ object to be long iii mourn
ing for any man or nunberof men, no
matter how exalted their rank.
The dag reversed, with the union
down, indicates distress. The flag on
anything but fort actually besicgcd
Should never be displayed between sun.
set and sunrise.
When the flag Is to be displayed at
half mast It is lowered to tllat position
from the top of the staff. It is hotsted
to the top before it is tinallylowered.-
Washington Post.