West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1906-07-12

This book Is tho FIRST OF n Series
that VIII Chronicle the Progress of the
HOMECROFT MOVEMENT
ana inform all who wish To cooperate
with IL how they may do 40 through
the formation OF local Homecroftcrs'
Circles, Clubs or Gllds TO promote
Town and Village Betterment. stlmu-
loto home civic pride and LOYALTY 10
home institutions, industries and trade.
Improve methods and facilities OF edu-
cation i'm the local public schools. and
create new opportunities AT Home"
that will 20 far To check the drift OF
trade and population TO the cities.
The first Gid of the Homecrofters
has been established ut wntcrtown.
Massachusetts. The Gildhall, Shops
and Gardens are located at 1I3 Main
Street, whore the Garden School is
now fully organized and over one
hundred children arc at work I'm the
Gardens. The departments for train
Ing In Homecraft and Village Indus
tries are being installed. The Viewers
are already at work az the looms.
II Is not designed 10 build here an
Isolated Institution. but 10 make
model which can he duplicated I'm any
Nv" w '''"bS IA NhN NouhNigs
Copies OF" THE FIRST BOOK OF
THE ECROFTERS" can be
obtained by sending twelve two
cent stamps with your namo and
address Carefully and plainly
written to The Homecrofters' Cid
Of the Tallsman f43. Main ST.,
Watertown. Massachusetts.
There Is New Hone and Insnirnt,on
for every Worker who wants a Home
of his own on the Land I'm the
GREED AND PLATFORM OF THE
lIOMECROETERS' which Is as fol-
lows:
peace has her victories no less re-
nowned than war"
EDUCATION
OO-OPERATIOh
OPPORTUNITY
H0MECROFTS
We believe that the Patriotic Slogan
Of the Whole People OF this Nation
should be "Every Child I'm n Garden
Every Mother I'm HomecrOft- In
diyidual Industrial Independence for
Every Worker I'm n Home OF his own
on the Land" and that until he owns
such Home, the concentrated purpose
and chief inspiration 30 labor In the life
OF every wage worker should be his
determination 20 Get an Acre AMI
Live on IT,"
We believe that the Slums and
Tenements and COngested Centers Of
population In the Cities are savagely
deteriOrHting social, moral and pOlit-
ical influence, and that 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
10 create and upbuild Centers Of So
cial and Civic Life I'm 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 10 Earn a Llv-
Ing, and, N need be, 20 get his living
straight from Mother Earth; and that
he has the same right TO the Opportun-
ity 20 have the Work 10 DO which VIII
afford him that living, and 90 earn not
only T. cor Portable livelihood. but
enough more 20 enable him TO he "A
HOmecrOfter and 10 have a Home OF
his own, with ground around IL
sufficient 20 yield him and his family
a Living from the Land as 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
turbnncc or Upheaval and that the
Cause Of Humanity and the Preserva-
ton Of Social Stability and Of our Free
Institutions demand that the absorb
ton Of the public lands into specula-
tive private ownership. without settle
ment be forthwith stopped md that
the nation should create opportunities
for HOmecrofters by building irriga-
ton and drainage works 20 reclaim
land ms fast as 10 IS needed 10 give
every man who wants n Home on the
Land chance 70 get r.
We believe that. as n Nation. we
should be less absorbed with Making