Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-15
I'm HllL,s Tip TO BOYS.

Jim Hill sounded note of warning
that is, when it is analyzed. tip from
a wise and successful business man
to young men who are studying the
held of future endeavor with a view
10 locating themselves in life. Hill told
the great meeting of bankers that we
are upon the verge Of MOI precisely
food famine but of a condition when
we shall eat all we can raise. He re-
called To the minds of his auditors the
established fact that decline of agri-
culture 10 the extent that it shall fail
to adequately supply national need and
demand invariably presages national
disaster. He discussed the revolt
against the life on the farm and the
growth of city population at the ex-
pense of the agricultural districts and
warned the bankers that the real con-
Germ of the country was not so much
20 save the home market from inroads
by foreigners as to prevent a crowded
artisan population in our congested Cit
les, elamoring for food that can not
be supplied.
In all concerning agriculture and
transportation jim Hill is we'll of
wisdom. He is right about this Our
farming population is at a standstill
or on the decrease while the cities are
piling up a double census report every
ten years. There is all the danger in
this condition that Jim Hill says. And
there is all the opportunity on the farm
that Jim Hill suggests. The young man
who is looking for a good business, for
a life work that he may enjoy and live
long at to his moral, physical and
financial advantage has no better field
among all that he may choose from
than the farm affords. He doesn't need
money so much as scientific and prac-
teal knowledge. If he acquires these
coming a business proposition 1t is a
big business proposition because it is
the creative basis of all business. Il
i is becoming more attractive every day
from the view points of financial gain
and the character of the business OIL
agriculture. Farming has acquired
standing. 1t is among the high class
vocations that combine business. pro.
fessionalisn, scientific training ant
general culture.
And, it might be said to Mr.. Hill
the boys are beginning TO realize al
this, The craze to enter the profes
sions. 10 clerk in a store" to do serv.
ice in patent leather shoes and a whit,
shirt instead of in overalls is dyin,
out. The farm boy asks what is he go
ing to do with himself in most in
looks good TO him. Ask any lad who i
driving in four Or Eve miles from tn
farm % the Marshalltown high schoo
The answer comes pat: Il believe Il
5 stay on the farm. I'm going over L
: .Ames when get thru school and
!, think III farm" He looks at the farr
. as high class proposition. TIL
. granger" and the "hayseed" are for
) gotten terms. The man on the farr
nowadays knows things, has thing.
: does things. What more do you want
J We are coming TO a natural revul
sion away from the cities and TO til
farm. If not that at least revulsio
of the farn-born away from the cit
and to a grip on the soil that reare
: them. The danger is not as great as
e may seem to appear to Mr.. Hill We a,
n not Europeans. We shift readily. o,
= pioneer blood and native courage ait
U.s. The American will not live whe,
e he must starve if he can find a wa
e out. And the way out is toward tt
: farm.