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Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-07-07

horrible conditions of life FOR the I
children. aud that Is 10 get the work 4
ing people and their children out OF I
the slums. and into the suburbs /
where they can have sunshine and
fresh air and pure and nourlshing
food from home garden.
Let us realize once FOR all that this
problem OF the children OF our work
ing people rs our greatest national
problem and 20 at it's solution with
the same patriotic and selfsacrific-
T ing national heroiSm that led the
Iomecrofters Of Japan 20 go into bat
/ tie with their lives In their hands, like
hand grenadcs. 10 throw M the enemy
f shat sought 10 crush out their ma
/ toual life
Let Us catch the inspiration of the
slogan OF the Homecrofters' Move
ment I'm this Country. and never cease
our work until we have
Every child in a garden-Every
Mother in a Homecroft-and Indiyid-
ual Industrial Independence for
Every Worker in a Home OF his own
ON the Land"
The Greed and Platform OF the
IIomecroftcr tells how IL may be- done
b and anyone who wants "A copy OF IL
? can get il without charge by sending a
3 postal card addressed 10 me, at the
r Fisher building in Chicago.
The Great Cities are our most
e. serious menace in this Country. our
s greatest national danger lies in the
p / Capitalization Of wealth and pOpuia
p ton and trade and industry. The
( hope Of the nation is i'm the farm ane
q suburban home and in the country
and suburban town and village.
b Let Us 80 seriously 10 work 70 ere
q ate and upbuild them. Let ever.
s- student who goes out from thi
p splendid institution 90 with the spiri
= OF a soldier 10 fight the great battle
II OF peace for higher national Ideals
= for a purcr public service. for III
T. preservation OF our national resource:
IT FOR a better educational system. an
'e above and beyond all for the multipl
of cation OF Homes on the Land wher
ID the children can grow 10 manhoo
and wOmanhood in the uplifting eI
= vironment OF rural communit
4 where the evil influences OF the elite
'e can be forever kept at bay. In sue
e an environment children can
III reared 10 citizenship next TO NatuI
ee from whence they can draw heali
e and vigOr both moral and physical Il
e the discharge OF all the duties OF life
er 1t II not I'm the cities that this countI
es now needs the service OF the flower
nu its patriotic manhood. II Is in u
re- country where the great nation
ne problem OF the improvement OF Il
Is rural life IS 10 De solved. where mo
by beautiful towns and villages and b'
No ter roads are 20 be built. bett
schools 10 be established. telephon
nj and trolley lines constructed. and I
he the influences put TO work that W
int sociaiize the country. and drive aw'
at the isolation and hardships that we
res formerly its drawbacks
did We must not only stop and rever
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-07-07
FOR THE TOWN BEAUTIFUL.
Missouri Women Begin Campaign
for cleaner Cities and Villages
LCoIumLla T.raIlL

iCOlumNiI Herald
The club women of Missouri have
taken up in earnest the campaign for
cleaner cities AMI towns. In ST.
Joseph and other large towns organ
lzatlons OF women have done much 20
promote general sentiment for clean
lincss and are planning more. In Ma
con a wOmen's organization virtually
manages the street cleaning depart
ment. collects the money from NOR
chants. superintends the work and
disburses the funds. The members Of
the club AT Trenton. women's club,
have started a campaign that IS being
watched with interest and Initiated In
other towns At the annual meeting
at the home OF their president. Mrs.
T. y. Witten, the club discussed plans
for the promotion OF a sentiment for
better care OF lawns and gardens
cleaner streets and alleys and genera
improvements. The subject OF tbs
opening paper Of the meeting. read b1
Mrs. J. 4. Asher. was this appropriate
one: The Towns OppOrtunity-Hov
= IL
Beautiful mericau Lifes' One o
the plans decided upon was 10 Oife
: cash prizes TO children in the variou
wards Of Trenton for the best show
. ings under prescribed conditions. Il
l the growing OF flowers and care O
premises. Seeds for the competitor
: are to be furnished practically free b.
! the club. The mayor was asked
+ Issue a proclamation for 'nera
cleaniDg-up day, asking citizens 10 ds
; vote a few hours systematically 70 di'
n posing OF the accumulated rubbish
e What the women are doing In som
e Missouri towns the school childre
b have been urged 10 undertake In other
II At various ward schools OF Joplin Il
lpupils assisted In the cleaning up {
v the grounds I'm readiness Il the Ian
II ing Of shrubs and flowers. AT PERI
e In Rails County, where Professor
Il T. Osborne has the pgettiest publ
e school campus I'm the state. the scho
e children helped I'm the good work
4 Joplin Principal =. q. Baker has bee
n q leader IN the observance OF ARB
= day and the incubation OF the sem
II ment for the civic beauty.
m A town must first be built en- {
" wilderness and then made beaLtifs
re The Missouri wilderness has gone. a
towns are here and are now beil
sc made beautiful
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-07-07

control the legislature would use 10
get control OF and destroy every acre
OF unreServed timber land In those
territories. The country owes debt
Of gratitude 20 senator burroughs OF
your State Tor his aid I'm preventing
that hin FROM passing the Senate.
IL seems incredible that these
things should be done by Congress.
but there are reasons for H.
In the first place the people az
large take no interest In the preserYa-
ton OF their own property.
What Is everybOdy's business Is
nobOdy's business
In the second place we have not
yet. as n people. risen far enough
above the mere worship OF MammOn 20
realize that We are deliberately sac
rificinE 20 the Golden Calf the re
sources without which we cannot cx-
lst as a nation.
And worse than this. we are crowd
ing our working people. both native
and foreign horn. into an environment
whore congestion OF population Il dc
/ generating our workers and rottinl
/ their physical and moral fibre
/ Where will You lind any citizenship
/ I'm the slum and tenement district,
Of our cities 60 whom you can effect
! lively appeal for help TO stop the wast'
or our forests They know nothing
about it and care less. The first nee,
or any nation is an intelligent citizen
shin. and the slums and tenements q
our great cities are maelstroms int
which the citizenship Of the countr,
f. being drawn 10 SIS destruction I'm
steadily increasing volume.
we are suffering just now from
lspasm OF national hysteria bccaus
what everybody who ever took Oh
trouble 20 20 and look knew long az
the revolving conditions unde
. which the great packers OF Chicag
: have been operating their plants, an
. because diseased meat has been sol
for GOOD.
But YOU may draw the worst pic
r ure that your Imagination can pair
81 the horrors OF the Strengthening an
packing OF meat in those establish
I mcntS and nothing YOU can imagir
D equals the horror OF blighting tt
lives % thousands OF children WI
!. arc condemned 20 live and grow up
7 the foul physical. social and NOR
r. miaSma that permeates the who
]. ~lum district ~ Packingtown. II
r a national disgrace and Is bound
4 prove q national curse.
There IS only one remedy Tor tho
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-07-07
NATIONAL FOUNDATIONS.
PATRIOTISM IN TINE OF PEACE
NEEDED TO SOLVE OUR
NATIONAL PROBLEMS

We Must Plant Forests. Organize
Better Schools. Make Homes For
Workers and Rear the Children
Close 20 Nature--NenaSe of Great
Cities.
At the commencement exercises of
the Michigan Agricultural College on
June Goth. 1906. an address was de
livercd by George II. Maxwell Dean
OF the HOmecroftcrs Gid OF the Tails
man and Executive Chairman OF the
National Irrigation Association.
The Keynote OF the address Of Mr.
Maxwell was the idea that we should
bring 20 the constructive work OF
our social and commercial lfe in time
OF peace. the same fervcnt patriot
ism and devotion 10 the public serv-
ice that would inspire the whole ma
ton n we were I'm the throcs OF n
bloody conflict with the people OF
some other country.
In Illustration OF this he re-
ferred 90 our forest resources
The wastcful improvidcnce with
which we have swept the for
csts out Of existence was contra stcd
with the elaborate care with which
we have built Notifications and ma
vics and equipped our armies. And
yet. said Mr. Maxwell we have it'll,
10 fear from any foreign Zoe. Bu
we have much % fear from the
wreck and ruin ti.t viii Inevitably
follow the destruction Of our forests.
Destroy the forests AID over Inn
mensc areas flood and drouth vii
destroy the farms.
Destroy the forests and Won VIII 81
the same time destroy many 81 ou
most important industries 10y the OK
haustion OF our supply OF wood O
timber.
Destroy city by bomhardmcnt O
fire and IL can bc rebuilt in Tex
years more beautiful than ever
Destroy a forest on the plains an
IL may take more than generate
To restore it.
Destroy n forest on the mountain
where tho soil IS thin and poor. ara
60 may take centuries To- restore oh
forest ~ IT. can ever Doe done az az
The destruction % the forest Gov,
leaves the mountain sides SO expose
10 erosion that the rocks are washe
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-07-07

The Womeeroft Movement ID grow
ing lu strength and many leading
new spapers are cditorially advocating
thr idea that every family, though
living in the city. ought to have a
rarlcu. A reader OF Maxwell =
UOMENIAEEH MAGAZl NE. In
Westhranch. Iowa. sends Us the fol-
lowing editorial clipped from the DeS
Moinez Daily News. which Is 50 fully
in harmony with what this magazine
stands FOR that we take pleasure in
reproducing the same. The editor of
the Neyvs says.
a little garden. II properly cared
for. viii save the city dwelier many a
dollar
Bat that Is by no means the chlefest
good Even IL be has more money
tham he knows what To do with De
wiz sfin find rich pront In welding
the spade and hoe Tor ex-rcise- And
th., rareSt pleasure comes FROM follow
ing the primal Instincts Of NATURE
II - not alone thc plaAts and 1Owers
We long for.
Aa inner something impels - 20 psi
our hands az work in tI.s earth. "a
hattie our bodies In the sunshine ana
90 open our souls Ga devotion 90 thins'
that are not gross. but sweet a9s
pure.
To be pitiei j. q nan who eoe1
not drink in with delight Z e Fragrance
OF the aovvSEs after having breathes
an day the stencil OF city. and Wis
/ dos not learn lesson from the noise
l,~s. orderly. benencent processeS o
I nature that are constantly going "a
around him.
p Every city Gweller who has blt
p ground ought to have a gardea-
Z IL nav fe only nve feet squire. On
4 he can plant X In -reen peas soccUien
Z ontanS. Faaishes or lettuce. AID STA
e ind room Tor a flower or two 10 thro'
p a little cOlor and lttle fragrance iHt
/. his lie.
There are any reasons eesfn'intes'
e physical eSthetie and noraL WI
! every nav should BE- his Own -
; dener. IL he can
r Thousands OF dwelI~rs In hosel
4 fats aud tenemenrs can't be. The
Il existence l. as dun and cherries
= the season when an nature : say
e il that OF a bird that Is Gagged
"A They may hugb--and 80 does q
E Gagged bird sing But IL Il not III
u living. for ell that
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-07-07
EDUCATfOR
COOPERATION
OPPORTUNITY
HOMECROFTS

We believe that the Patriotic slogan
or the Whole People Of this Nation
should be Every Child in Garden
Every Mother I'M a uomecruit ami Ia
diVidual Industrial Independence Tor
Every Worker i'm Home OF his own
on tile Land and thar until he owns
such "a Home. tile concentrated pcrpo-s
and chief inspiration o. labor IN the l.t-
OF every wage worker should uc lls
determination 10 "Gct ana Acre ami
Live on IT,"
We believe that the Slums and
Tenemcuts and CongeSted Centers ot
population ia the Cities are saYageiy
deteriOratiug social. moral and polt-
/ ical influence. and that great public
movement should bee organized. and
I the whole power OF the nation ana
the states eXerted for the betterment
OF an the conditions of Rural Life. and
I 90 create and upbuild Centers Of so
( cial and Civic Life I'm Country and
/ Suburban Towns and Villages. where
4 Trade and Industry can be 50 firmly
anchored that they cannot De- Drawn
into the Commercial MaelstrOm that
is now steadily sucking Industry and
Humanity into the NcrteN OF the
Great Cities.
We believe that every Citizen IN
this Country has an inherent ant
Fundamental Right 20 an Education
which viii train him 20 Earn Liv
ing. and, II need De, 10 get his ltNint
= straight from Mother Earth; and tina
! he has the same right TO the OppOrtun
ity 20 have the Work 10 Do which WI
: afford him that living, and 20 earn NO
: only q cor eOrtable livelihood. On
D enough more 20 enable him 70 De
I / HOmecrofter and 10 have Home o
= his own, with ground around
= sufficient 10 yield him and his tamil
a Living from the Land as the rewar'
E for his own labor
D We believe that the Public DOmai
) Is the most precious heritage OF tn
( people. and the sureSt safeguard IN
Z nation has against Social Unrest. III:
+ turbance OF Upheaval and that IN
:. Cause OF Humanity and the Preserve
!. ton OF Social Stability and Of our Ere
e Institutions demand that the absorI
i ton Of the public lands into specOls
& tive private ownership. without settl
n Tnent be forthwith stopped; and ths
r the nation should create opportunities
+ for Homecrofters by building irrig:
tion and drainage works 10 reclail
= land as fast as u Is needed To gi'
A. every man who wants Home on y
le Land chance TO get IL.
l. We believe that. as a Nation. v
should be less absorbed with MakiK
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-07-07

bare Of soil and reforestation becomes
impossible
We are told 10y experts. and no one
Contradicts the statement. that ar the
present rate OF consumption. our cn-
tire forest resources VIII Doe exhausted
ia less than forty years. ! have re-
Gently seen 10 stated ~ thirty-hve
years. II we are 20 guard against
this national danger the Timber and
stone Law must Dee repealed. and all
public timber lands included in perm
anent Forest Reserves. the title 10 the
land forever retained by tine National
Government. stumpaee only of mac
turcd timber sold and young timber
preserved for future cuuinS. SO that
the forests viii be- perpetuated by
right use: and the National Govern
ment must. by the reservation or pur-
chase Of existing forest lands. and the
planting OF new forests. create Ina
every state National Forest Pianta-
lions from which. through all the
wears 10 come. sufficient supply OF
wood and timber can be annually
harvested 70 supply the needs OF the
people Of each state from the Forest
Plantations in that state.
Unless we take time 10y the fore
lock the next generation VIII see the
United States practically treeles-
nation. without wood or timber foi
the uses Of our people. and devaStatc,
year after year 10y ruinous Gods. Al
ready the scarcity Of timber is hcini
felt and every man who builds
home must pay the increased cost. j.
Michigan / understand that some o
your most important industries ar
crippled by the shortage OF timber.
And vet. In the face OF this cor
dition which is nothing more than
crisis threatening the complete d'
struction OF one OF our greatest r.
sources as a nation, Congress busie
itself with a multitude OF matters {
infinitely less Importance and refuse
TO repeal the Timber and stone Ac
under witch the last remnants of on
unrescrved national forest lands al
being fed into the Unsuitable nav
the timber spectators for less tha
one-tenth OF their actual value.
We are told by the men in Congre'
who make Committees and shape L.
fslation that the money cannot
shared 90 acquire and save from q
struction the Calavcras Big Trees
California. or TO create the Viii
Mountain and Appalachian Forest Il
serves. and preserve their forest
sources and save the water pow
used in the manufacturing industri
OF New England and the South; al
the same men in the same moment
fuse 10 stop the most shameless was
OF n nations resources that ever q
graced national lawmaking body
refusing 10 repeal the Timber a
Stone Act.
Not only this. hut in Arizona a
New Mexico where the forests are
very life OF the country. the 10
Statehood Bill proposed Go give 10
ing grant of several million ac
which the land spectators who VOL
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-07-07

This book - thr first of n Series
that viii Chronicle the Progress az thc
HOMECROFT MOVEMENT
and inform all who wish go cooperate
with &c how they may Go SEA through
the formation OF local Homecrofter-'
Circles, Clubs or Gilds 20 promote
Town and Village Bctterment stimu-
late home civic pride and loyalty to
home Institutions. industries aud trade,
improve methods and facilities Of cdu-
cation in rlc local public schools. and
create new opportunities AT Home
that Will go far to check the DRIFT or
trade and population 20 the cities.
The first Gid Of the Homecroftcrs
/ has been established at Waterfowl.
Massachusetts. The Gildhall. shops
and Gardens are located at li3 Main
I Street where the Garden School Is
now fully organized aud over one
l hundred children are at work ln tue
i Gardens. The departments for train-
ing in Homecraft and Village Indus
tries are being installed The Viewers
are already at work at the looms.
II iS not designed to build here am
Isolated institution. bus 10 make a
model which can be duplicated in any
town or village in the country.
Copies Of TINE FIRST BOOK Of
THE AOMECR OFTERS can be
obtained ~ sending twelve tNo'
cent stamps with your name and
address carefully and plainly
written 20 The Homecrofters' Gle
OF the Taiisu an las. Main ST.
WATERFOWL. Massachusetts.
There Is New Hope and Inspiration
for every Worker who wants "a uom'
OF his own ON the Land in th'
, T GREED AND PLATFORM OF THE
|WOMECROFTERS' which Is as foi
70 lows.
Peace has her victories no less re
uowued than war"
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-07-07

"The slums and tcnements o. the
great cities are social dynamite. cer-
tain 90 explode sooner or later. The
only safeguard against such dangers
is 10 plant tie multiplying millions of
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-07-07
EDUCATION u q EoRRCRoFTS !
OPPORTUNITY ~ n COOPERATION |

THE FIRST BOOK 4 9S H0MECR0FTERS
JUST PUBLISHED AMONG CONTENTS ARE
THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES OF ABSORBING INTEREST BY
The Brotherhood of Man
Charity that Is Everlasting
The Secret of VipPon'S PoeCer
Of a Great Calamity
The Sign Of Thought
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-07-07

Money. AMI should pas more heed 20 +.
RAISING up anna training Men who VIII F,
bp Law ABIDING citizens. chat tle well i
fare uf our N,recr~ .s % moro com /,
sequence than tHr mere accumulation =
az Wealth aud chat stability of Na- F.
uonnl Character sud of Social oud /,
Business Conditions is 81 greater iil- .
portancc OBJ the people oi rAl- country ,
as whole than auF other One Quc--
ton thlt g.. now before them. and we
believe chat tle only way t1 Preserve
such Stability. and tn Permanently
Maintain our National Prosperity, i-
to carry into Immediate effect and
operation thc Platform of tlc Tails
man. which IS as follows
EDUCATION. EMPLOYMENT AND F.
HOMES ON THE LAND.
That children shall bc taught
gardening ana homecraft in thc public
schools. and that Iomecratt AND .
Garden Training schools shall ne .
Established hy county. municipal. .
state. ami national governments .
where every hoy and every man ont
of work who wants employment where
hc cam gain fnlt knowledge. can learn
how to make home and tn tAe soil
and get his living straight from the
ground. anl where every hoy would
, hc tn-hr that DIS rr-r aim in llfr
, should hc Oh -er q house az DIS own
I ou the lnI
BUILD lDMLihol Us ~ NAlloN-
Az SAEEG YARDS.
&. That tAe Sew Zealand system of
, land rnNafon anl Land Purchase
and Subdivision. gud Advances o. ~ef-
, t.rs act. SHAH lc adopted n thl-
[. country. 90 ttc cul taat hnd shall hc
r. rt"ui i"-H '''' H'''i
= lA"n~ "i l''' "' w" 81"
b. tN'L"'"d 'iln i-.t N.N
IT'D t"e 'I'",''A ''
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'.uts anu tA' 91i'l'I-' ''
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PROTECTION FOR lliE AMER
lCAN llDNL, ROE
g THAT EuraI settlement shall he
10 .....orr-. ....f and ola. principle OF Fro
t..rf.n f.r ff.. American Wnreuorlel
D. ~.l f.f. fF.r,. -nri.l directly to tat
'f uonte bv Tie Exemntlon from Taxa
Is ton Of an npr"FenentS epon' "u '
So . 81 ~ ~, i. In. r-..j on an,
d, .nrra.ft.n with. every ~ .mecrof
or Rural Homestead OF not more thar
ten acres m cNtcnr. which flc oWne
o.cuni,s MS a permanent home anI
eultitatcs with his own labor ami 81
a. urosIaes tlcrcfrum aN or part OF a.
H. support Tor iANlis
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Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-07-07
BE A HOMECROFTER
Learn by Doing. Work Together.
Give every Man a Chance.

THIS HoNEcRoFrERs
Every aa odi-
rfduaI, Independence Every Horker
o Land"
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-07-07

We Must Plant Forests. Organize
Better Schools. Make homSs FOR
Workers and Rear the Children
Close 10 Naturc.-NenAee of Great
Cities.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-07-07
BENEFICIAL Use.

TT. luHl lf -AAA nr tNf INV 90 rNfEy
state and of the United States. that
an unused uud unapprouriated waters
ar- public property. subject % appro-
pr.lruu for helehcil. use. nrst Ira
rmr heln- first in right. and that ON
mn Interstate streams priority ~ use
sh1u gisc priority 81 right through
out the entire course OF the stream.
without re-ard % state lines. and
fLrt In elrh drainage basin the irri-
gators therein shall control the distri-
button OF the water.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-07-07

lands reclaimed. a. required ~ the
National Irrigation Act
SAVE THE PUBLIC LANDS FOR
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-04-17
To ExTERMrNATE HOUSE FLIES
AsheyiIle Authorities Begin a Crusade
Against These Pests

The crusade in Asheville against the
house fly is 10 begin this week, and
from l. VI. Mccormick. who viii lead
as we confidently believe. 10 victory
and the overthrow Of this pest, the
Gazette-News learns many things oil
interest about the enemy.
Asheville citizens intend 10 get rid
OF these artificial nurseries by SAM
tary a An ordinance has been
passed by the board of aldermen to
meet the requirements Of the case. a>
now understood-and il is proposed
TO see that every stable in the city
is inspected often enough 10 insure
compliance with the law. Il is be-
lieved that this will reduce the NUM-
Der Of flies TO such a minimum that
they will be CONSPICUOUS by their alb
enc The estimated COST Of this work
is 81, 600 for the season. The board OF
aldermen did not feel justified n
using the city's money for this pur-
pose, and Il subscription has been
started TO raise the funds, without
which the inspection cannot be ac-
complished- Count up the cost OF fly
screens, "tangle foot" window wash
ing, spoiled wall paper, spoiled temper
and broken rest, and subscribe Il fair
share to this cause-Asheville Ga
Zette-News.