The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-20
WHY LEAVE THE FARMss

there viii soon be shortage OF whfat
/ in America and his appeal 10 people
/ to apply their energies to renewing
4 the fertility Of the farms direct arfsn-
ton once more 10 the rapid change
4 from farming TO urban life In our coun-
try, ssys ths Omaha Bee. Ex=Prasi-
/ dent Roasevelt's Commission On Coun-
4 try Life made no tangible progress 10
ward u solution Of The enigma mate
no explanation of how TO be happy
4 though farming 1t would not ply the
nation to offer sufn cisnt cash IN prizes
4 TO transfer capable men from factory
or Office 10 agriculture OF tnrnpables
there IRE 100 mAny already on Turns
as In other places. II Ri or fntelii-
gsncp needs Is the answer 10 MI.
Hills question Rs 10 wis the ur'hEn
4 population has grown out of jrs uld
relative proportion the task is aRsy.
/ a railroad civilization and an indus
1rial civilization apply irrasistihls
4 forces To the making OF villages into
towns and towns INTO cities. II rates
4 we're on rigid niilsAge bRsis the 1args
csnrsrs would sLfIl have advantages
which would make them larger. The
hasis of rates IN Practice operates 10
,ancelerEis the change from large I'd
larger Tovus,
j Comfort is 8 stronger attraction
than monsy 10 tbs family. II is MOI
certain that The average man might
not prefer farm life 10 town life. But
1hs farmers vile and children Ars 81
ia disadvantage IN all the AcItvities
that appeal to them. Company,
clothes, school, Emussmants, 80
4 phisticstiun, e DOCTOR around the cor
nar and church in The nsx1 block
Ere compared with sran1y visiting,
long trips 10 school and church, IN
csRsins work over the bare act of sEt-
isfring appetite, and uncsRsing I'D
xiety over the accidents End dangers
OF Illness, IND few mothers Or nauEh-
tiers wulld heSftESe A mGn indiric-
uRlly needs not 10 feel discomfort.
( There is no other occupation in which
a NAN can opIAin as much for lis sx-
arIiun He has secure livelihood.
food and warmth, SustsuEncs comes
almost without thought. certainly with
out doubt or WORRY 4 little energy
and sLuiiy increase his accommodations
from year 10 wear More than Eli, The
landowners ability 10 he his Own
master hRs 3 Fascination for man of
3 spark Of character City growth,
say what we will, unavoidRhiy tends
10 q relation Of master Gnu servant.
NOT only in the Kitchens and stables
does the relation fend TO multiply. bu1
IN mercantile and professional life
there lis q progressive Disappearance o,
personal kindness and & progressing
science End cruelty ON one side AMI
shiftlsssness on the oLhsr Men fee
these things thu, is. men WHO have
grown up naturally They prefer the
standing THAT every farmer has II hif
community 10 gny amount OF aErn
ings, Inquiries or Rmusamsnts. II IL
mt the man, hui the boy who hRi
abandoned The farm Tor the city. Rnt
every one Of lie knows why IL is idls
To go over that story again Tina
abandonment always WIS under WAY
and IL is safe 10 say that II always vii
be, The congestion of poor foreign
srs n the large cities is another re
graErRhls feature of Mr.. Ellis accoun1
which has M remedy. II they har
the skill and the inciinRtion These
people could mt Obtain farms. No,
couid they gradually climb up ID own
erstip by WY Of farm labor
Yet there are disadvantages in ths
large Towns which might be expected
To drive people TO ths more Hecure Ifs
ON the farms The endurance Of II
spience and narstlness is mortifvins
The living from hand To mouth amUns
the best paid wage aa-IerB and Lhs
consciousness that the power 10 wBrf
hangs Oh the turn Of business which
opens or shuts The fartury Or shuI
door are depressing To manhood ant
wsll-nigt uncomfortable when there ars
wife and children TO provide fur
Taxing II IN the bulk as we fznov
II w SINr ny LIE uuibt a@litAl -uttS VIII
be for many vaHrs. Il ever. rsvsrsa
Df the current Many men make mon
ev OF farms, 1--we IL abundance. II
crease the productivenaEs and nav.
wealth 10 leave To their children
There are more Of them than IN,
philosophers imagine, but MOI enough
70 meet Mr. HiIl,s requirements
There is no recipe for prDvidin.
enough. # the public authority cou1t
create f0ndness for farm life. couit
implRnt II in the characters Of nov
and girls. could call forth energy an
ability 10 improve farm productive
I ness. the balance might be raE4orad
Dependent as II is On the inclination
: Of human beings. the predaEtina
change apparently is in one dirertinr
L We perish We perish.