Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-06-28

| their right use, Tor the planting OF ne'
forests, and for the scattering throug
this great nation, In every state an
territory. OF forest plantations thai
when they come 10 maturity a genera
ton from now. VIII supply every stat
with wood and timber OF every kin,
for every purpose from Forests AM
Tree Plantations within Its own Dor
ders.
] have no time today 10 20 into de
tails. but II you VIII 20 Into the Soutl
and see the actual conditions with ref
erence 10 the water supply ON Oh,
streams flowing from the Appalachian
mountains, and study the beauties OF
that country. you Will be converted
In an Instant 10 the necessity for the
creation OF the Appalachian Forest re-
serve: and the same thing II true OF
the proposed White Mountain Forest
Reservation IN New England. Those
Reserves are comparatively small
things In the amount OF money In.
yolved. II we can throw money TO the
birds. as a manure spreader throws II
out OF the back OF a wagon Into IN ?
field. 10 build the Panama canal and
manage the conquest OF the Philippine
Islands. and 20 build lnge battleships.
! maintain that we can at least spare
money enough 10 perpetuate the for
csts that God gave us and for the pres
eryatlon OF all the Internal Resources
of our country at home. Applause.l
| maintain another thing. aud that
IN that II the women who are here to-
"a A. ttFatt1I o.. gI.fs. el.lu
convention, and take up and study the
possibilities OF the development OF
Arizona aud New Mexico under
policy which VIII reserve for national
control the forests and the water sup
ply which are the only things that
keep that great country from going
back 10 the desert, you would save
this nation from the infamy Of join
Ing Arizona and New Mexico In the
bonds of Joint statehood. In the face
~ your opposition that great wrong
could never be accomplished. All
women I'm the land should rise up and
protest against II. because IL Is
abandoning the destiny and develop
mcnt OF the foundation OF all the re-
sources for homemaking OF those ter
rltorics 20 the unrestraincd legislative
control ~ a legislature which will bee
dominated 10y the most evil political
Influences that ever existed In any
stlte-thc onscourlngs OF the worst
political rottenness that ever pre-
vailed I'm Pennsylvania, coupled with
the iniquitics that will prevail 10y
reason Of the fact that 50 large "A pro
portion ~ the population % New
Mexico cannot even speak the English
Language The Joint statehood bin
proposes 90 give 90 the control Of such
% legislature as that without any pos
s.hlc check hIndcrance, a land grant
~ about twenty million acres 90
grab and speculate with and graft on
and practically 20 do with as they
please. NppnuseD
only want To say I'm closing: II
you nud crime anywhere; n you find
man gone wrong anywhere: II you
Ind political corruption or anything
going wro. ln our political iustitu-
lions. YOU viii q. u you trace 10
back. that tho fault lies In los original
/ fourCc. nt some place or other. lu the
I fact that there was not the right
Kind ~ home aud the right
k.ud 81 a mother. II you find
man ~ strong and sterling character
I tor n woman either YOU trace 10 has
aud YOU viii nud that IL was because
/ there was the right Kind OF a mother,
and tie D ght Kind OF = home.
We have heard a good deal lately
/ about the "man behind the gun and
the "man behind the pick and "the
man behind the ballot and the man
! behind great many O her things,
| hgt ! want 10 tell YOU that you can
pile them all one upon another Ike
| Os.a upon Pclion and all OF them to-
r,th,r are not 81 MS much importance
us thc Mother behind the Home"
! tApphusel
| n YOU are 90 have the right kind OF
homes and the right kind ~ mothers
everywhere throughout ne length and
| breadth Of this great and beautiful
country Of ours. you must make 1t
easily possible Tor every man who
/ works aud lives hy his toll 10 have
home ~ his own ON the land-a
! uONECGOTT however small
You must train every child In
! garden schools 10 know how To plant
seeds and make things grow aud get
food directly from The BOSOM OF
/ Mother Earth. You must 50 train all
bows and girls that their first great
ambition win be TO get a home OF
their own with piece OF ground
around Il large enough FOR garden.
The Good Book tells "a that God
plautcd a garden eastward In Eden
and there he put the man whom he
had formed. And out Of the ground
made the Lord God 20 grow every
tree that Is pleasant TO the sight ana
good Tor food.
God intended that every man and
woman aud every child should i've
next TO nature and on the Ind, ana
every man who marries woman
should nut her in home In the midst
Of a garden.
The great movement which Is now
fairly under way. known as the
uONECROFT MOVEMENT, pro
poses 10 do that y thing, ana the
Greed and Platform G the liohe
croftcrs tells how il may be done,
The slogan Of the liomecroft Move
mcnt IS:
EVERY Child In n Garden-Everl
Mother In Tlomecroft-and lndlNlu
unl Industrial Independence for Ever!
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