The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-07-20

This hook h the arst OF Srri,-,
that will Chronicle the I'rcgr,-ss 81 thu
lloME 'ROFT MOVEMENT
aud ihfTm all who wish 10 cooperate
with Il h1w they may d. 40 through
the formation % ks7il II1uss..roftcr,'
Circles. Clubs o. GIlds 90 PrOmJtr
Town AMI Village llettermrni. stimu.
lates hnrur civic pride and loyalty -
liome institutions. industries and trade.
improve methods aHd facilities 90 s,lu
cati"u In ',ir lo,-al public ~rlI,-,l> and
create nrw opportunities Al Home"
that w'h ro far o. cls-.k thu drift -
trade and population To the cities
The first Gid % the IIome.ruft-rs
has Is.'n established ~ Watrrt"vu.
Massachusetts,. The Gildbail. Shops
ard Gardens arr lusatcd az ii3 Main
street. Wh-re tho ';ar,lrn Ss.h'u"l u
now fully organized aud over ofr
hundred children arr az work he the
;;ari"u-. TIE departments for train.
Inc In Homecraft and Village Indus
tries are being installed. The weavsTs
are already az work nc the looms.
u d MT designed To build here an
lsulftsd institution. hut O. make q
uso,i-l which can D. dupii~ate,l in any
loWn or village in the country
Copies % "TnE FIRST BOOK o.
THE NoAgcRoFTERS" car be
obtained ~ sending twelve tvsO-
cent stamps with yeur aamo and
address carefully and plainly
srlttcnl 60 THE ttouecrofteTs' Cid
% the Tailsman tA3. eaain St..
WateTtovsn. Massachusetts.
There l. New Hope and Inspiration
Ter every Worker who wants a Home
70 lis own 0u the land Ia the
CREED AND PLATFORM OF THE
liuMECEOFTEl;S' which j. a. FOL
bows.
Peace hiss her victories No les ~
nov ncd than war"
GDBcATbOu
Go-OPGaATIOR
OPPORTUNITY
a0RGcR0FT8
We believe that tire Patriotic slogan
20 the whole psuisie of this Natiun
should IT, Every child in a Garien-
Every Mother In a Ilomecroft-and In
d., dual Industrial IndsIsrnsi-nre for
Every Worker In a Home of his Own
on the Land" and that until b. owns
such a Home. tie concentrated purIso~.,
and chief inspiration O. lal,or In the life
q every wage worker should IL hts
determination 90 Get an Acre AMI
Live On H."
We bclieve that the Sums and
Tenemeuts and CunEs-sted CcnterS Of
population Ia the cities arr a sayaEriy
discriminating s.cial moral and polit-
ical iufiuency. aud that a great puislic
ui0veInent should D. organized aud
the whole power 81 thr nation and
the states eXcrtcd for the l.-tterm~nf
0f all the conditions 81 Rural iLfe. aud
to create and uI,l,uii Center % -
cial aud Civic Life In Country and
Suburban Towns and Villages. Wberr
Trade aud Industry can be - nrully
anrbored that they cannot h. drawn
into the Commercial Maelstrom that
j. now steadily sucklng Industry and
Humanity into the Vortex 90 the
Grrat Citis-s
We believe that every Citizen In
this Country has an inherent and
4 ulllNlleblaA NAANAA " - AsaaA@Nt-a
which win train him % Earn l1v-
Ing. aud. ~ nerd II. 90 gct his Twins
straight from M0tler Earth: and that
b. has the same right 10 the OpI'ortun-
lty 20 have the Wort 60 Ilo which vii
aflOrd him that tlving. and 60 earn not
only Z cur sartable hvclihoosl hut
enough more % enahle him 10 be a
IIomecrOfteF and % have q Home q
bis Own, with grOund arOund u
sufficient 60 yiela him and his family
a Living frum TIE Land a. The inward
fog his own laiar.
We believe that the puhlie Domain
n the most preeiouS herisare ~ the
TcoTlle. and the surext safeguard the
nation has againsf Social rurs<t. Ms
turhanoe 90 Cphcaval and that the
rause - Humanity AMI the prrSrrva-
tian 20 Social Stability and - our Pre-
institutions drmand that the ahsorp-
tion ~ the pulsIir lands Into spe-ula-
tive private Ownerxhlp. without settle-
merit. ~ forthwtth stopped: and that
the nation should cry.ate oJg,urtuulties
for HomerrufleTs By buildlnx irTiEa-
ton and dralnaee works 90 reclalm
hand a. fast a. u u neetled o. give
every man who wants q Hone On the
Land q ehance eo 81 o.
We believe nat. a. q Natiaa. We
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