The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-02-13
T FARMER
PROPOSES
NATERN|T !
PENSION


One Of the most illuminating ard
Incidentally ono Of the most inter
estlng and amusing series cf answer
sent to the somrlsslon on coun,r,
life was from farmer 10 Missouri
io stated that he had wife and
eleven living ehildre- ae ana hts wifs
icing eacn usss-lwo years cid ;and
that they owned r20 acres Of land
without any mortgage hanging over
their heads. He he'd himself done
well, and hia views as 20 why many oi
ITS neighbOrs bad done loss weil are
entitled 70 consideration These yieWs
are expressed n lerse and fgor0ui
English; they cannot ALWAYS ba Quol
cd IN flul He states that tie ferm
homes IN bis neighhnrhood are no.
as good as ihey ahould De because t0e
many of them are eneumhared by
mortgages; that Che schools 10 noi
train boys and girls satisfactorily fol
llie on thg farm. because they ALLOW
ihem 70 gei an Idea ID their head.
that city HE ls better. and that ic
remedy this praCilcal FARMING shoult
be taught TO ihe question whether
The farmers and their wives b. hitI
nelghborhood are satisfactorily organ
lied be answers; "Oh. there Is n
litEle onc'horse grange in Our local
lty. ana every darned one thinks the,
ought To be 3 king. no the uuea
lion. "Aro the renters of farms ia youi
nolghborh00d making satisfactory
llving?' be answers no. because
they move about so much hunting
better lob." TO the question. rs thg
supply of farm labor IN your nelgh
borhood satisfactory The answer Is.
No; because the people have gon
OUT OF The baby business and Whef
asked as 70 the remedy Ne ans yera
Give d pension to every mother wnt
gives birth to seven living bcys OF
American soilr 10 the question "Art
the conditions surrounding hired IA
Dor Oh the farm IN your neghhorno0d
satisfactory 70 the hired mani he
answers Yes. Unless he ls a drunk
en- cuss adding that he would like
10 blow up the stilIhouses and roo
out whisky and beer. 10 The quesiiol
Are saniiary conditions on the farm
Ia your nelghborhoot satisfactory
pc answers: NO. toto earelesa
about chiekea yards land the ike
and poorly covered wclls, IN one well
% neiehbaf's farm counted seven
makes ln tho we'll ol Che we'll tud
they uaed ihe water daily. bis wife
iead nov and be is lo3kiug Tor ma
other" lis ends ny stating that the
mogt important single thing TO be done
f0r me botlermenl af country llia
good roads bul u hls auawegs DC
ahuWa very clearly lhai most import
ant of gll IS ,ho Individual equation
OF The man 0r woman
The hpmor Of lhIs Sci % fsspanse
must net Blind Us g ne shfewd eom
mon SENSE and good Judgment lhci
display The man IS good ctzer
bis Wife Is a good citizen. AND iheli
views are fundamentally sound Fef,
much information Of the most val
uable Alnd can be gathered II lht
commission Is given the money neces
rary 10 enable Il % arrange an6 elias
Fify lhe Information obtained from tke
great mass of similar enlw rg Nhicl
they have received Bus there Is ono
polnl where the testimony Is as
Whole in 6al contradiction 10 thal ob
tained above The general feeling Is
that the Organizations Of farmers. ih
grangera and the ike. have boon b
The very highest service net Only e
The farmaFs but 10 iho farnlers wives
and lhat they have conferred great 50
cial as we'll as great industrial nd
yantages. an excellent utile book ha
recently been published BY Miss Nm
ME Huell called "0ne Wnm3ne Wnr.
for Farm Women 1t is dedieaiet
70 farm women eperywhere." end +
Tbs story Of Mary A. Mayas pert :
rural social movements. Il Is worli
while 10 read this little volume ID sec
how much The hard.wofking wnmai
no lives on the farm can &c fltI
herself when once she Is given sym
paihy ENCOURAGEMENT ana occasional
leadership