The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1906-07-05

This DOCK u the urft OF Nttit7
that VIII Chronicle the Progress OF the
HoMEcROFT MOVEMENT
and inform all who wish to cooperate
with IL how they may do 80 through
the formation OF local Homecrofters'
Circles, Clubs or GiIds to promote
Town and Village Betferment. stimu-
late home civic pride and loyalty TO
home Institutions. Industries and trade.
improve methods and facilities OF edu-
cation IN the local public schools. and
create new opportunities AT Home"
that will go far 10 check the drift OF
trade and population 70 the cities
The frst Gid OF the Homecrofters
has been established az wafertown,
Massachusetts,. Tho Gildhali. Shops
and Gardens are located az lsS 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 az work at the looms
II Is not designed 20 build here an
Isolated Institution. but &c make a
model which can be duplicated In any
town or village IN the country.
Copies OF THE FIRST BOOK OF
THE HoNEcR0TTERs" can be OBJ
tained by sending twelve two-cent
stamps with your name and address
carefully and plainly wrltfenl 10 The
Homecrofters' Glld OF the Talisman,
fs3 Main ST. Waterfowl. Massa-
chusctts.
There Is New Hope and Inspiration
for every Worker who wants Home
Of his own on the Land In the
CREED AND PLATFORM OF THE
HoMECRoFTERs which Is as fol-
lows:
aPeace has her victories no less re-
nowned than war"
EuuoATson
COOPERATION
OPPORTUNITY
W0uEoR0FTB
We believe that the Patriotic Slogan
Of the Whole People OF this Nation
should be Every Child In Garden
Every Mother In Homecroft-and In
dl,ldual Industrial Independence for
Every Worker In Home OF his Own
ON the Land and that until he owns
such n Home. the concentrated purpose
and chief inspiration TO labor In the life
az every wage worker should be his
determination to Get an Acre ana
Live on It."
We believe that the slums and
Tenements and Congcsted Centers OF
population In the Cities are savagey
dcferlorafing social. moral and polit-
Ical Influence. and that great public
movement should be organized. and
the whole power OF the nation and
tho states cxcrted for the betterment
az all the conditions OF Rural Life. and
10 create and upbuIld Ccnters OF So
clnl and Civic Life In Country and
suburban Towns and Villages, where
Trade and Industry can be so firmly
auchored that they cannot be drawn
info the Commercial Maelstrom that
Is now steadily sucking Industry and
Humanity into the Vortex OF snc
Great Cities.
We believe that every Citizen In
this Country has an Inherent ana
Fundamental Right TO an Education
which will train him to Earn Liv-
| ing. and. II need be, to get bis living
straight from Mother Earth; and that
| he has the same right to the Opportun-
| Ity TO have the Work to Do which VIII
AFFORD him that living. and TO earn not
only a corr Portable livelihood. but
enough more to enable him to be a
Homccroftcr and to have a Home or
his Own. with ground around It
sufficient TO yield him and his family
a Living from the Land as the reward
| for his own labor.
We believe that the Public Domain
| IL 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-
| ton of Social Stability and OF our Free
| Institutions demand that the absorp-
| ton Of the public lands into specula-
tive private ownership. without cattle
menf. be forthwith stopped; and that
! the nation should create opportunities
| for Homecrofters by building irriea-
ton and drainage works to reclaim