The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-11-30
HILLS WARNING
TO The NATION
Why Railroad Man Fears Our
National Extravaganza.
RATE WE LIVE At DANGEROUS


Consumers. Wants More Producers.
Says Money Should Be Spent on
Farms, Not Guns.
james ]. Hill, the pioneer Of the
northwest and one of the most con-
spicuous railroad men OF the world,
believes that the United States must
recesa from its extravaganza, the Lu-
culllan way Of living, and get back to
the old way Of hog. hominy and milk
OF else go to destruction.
mot only America. but Europe" he
said recently to an interviewer at his
Office In New York. lis afflicted with
the germ of recklessness. Our ma
uonal legislature sets the pace.
I'VE are spending millions on top of
millions for the army. for the navy,
when we need neither For congress
to appropriate the several hundred
millions annually, as 1t does, for the
guns Of the ships is encouragement for
the Individual to talk about warfare
when there isn't any war cloud appar-
ent anywhere.
commereisI War Needed.
"Grant said. Let US have peace.
But. as Napoleon desired for his time
aud his reign, this country seems TO
wish war. And why and for whatf
What reason have we to combat, ex-
cept commercially, any foreign power
Aud yet, speaking soberly, / will say
( that we must do something quickly
toward regaining our trade with other
countries.
Germany. England and France are
advancing and pre-empting territory
that naturally belongs to us. We can
recover that trade only by enconrag.
ing shipping Industries. by more mark
/ ed methods of inviting trade, by sys-
TENS Of reciprocity. by competition
the latter, after all, being the real Key
note OF commerce.
Were la control of the finances OF
this government should spend more
for the development of the farm and
less for. the fineness of firearms
I should have agricultural stations sit
one might come to be taught how to
grow two blades of grass where but
one grew befare
Have Too Few Producers.
Think OF the congestion in the cities
How long can this nation survive un
der present conditions! We have few
producers, a multitude of consumers
/ have forgotten tho figures, but some
where / have read that 20 per cent d
the people live III city houses. steam
heated flats, In homes unsulted fol
health, unequipped for the sturdinesl
necessary for the development OF ou
manhood | should like to see the gov
ernment spend millions in the encour
agement of men and women. going t
the country, there to live as God in
tended they should live-to raise chill
dren, produce grain, meat and milk.
1--WE must get out Of the notion tha
we are living for the present. 1t is /
bad system of society that prompts th'
well being of today, caring nothing TO
tomorrow, for those who come after
People SHOULD Go to Farms.
"AIillions upon millions Of acres III
undisturbed in the west, in the soutl
and even in the east You have pow
erty stricken people in your great cit
les, children who are denied the privi
leges Of education, mothers who mus
20 through life with tear stained eyes
husbands and fathers with BURDEN
they can Ill afford TO carry. And why
Because of their nonproductiveness.
.'This country as government ulti
mately must 20 backward unless WI
induce the people to go to the farms
out in the country where health maj
be obtained where a man may maxi
a living, where the boys and girls maj
20 hopfooting it over hill and valley
gaining strength with every step,
"The desire seems to- be for the
young to get to the city. That desire
must be circumvented. dissipated by
some sort of method. We must make
the country life as attractive to th'
young as the city is. We must teacf
them that where the city affords a dol
lar the rural communities VIII contrib
ute 81. And that is true unless one Il
a genius.
You ask about the prosperity OF tbs
nation. 1t was never better. Crop:
have been good, mortgages have beer
wiped away by the millions, new fields
have been opened. new cities built, new
railroads constructed, others planned
Peace reigns. / can see no black spo
anywhere. There will be no centra
bank. The country will not stand fol
II.
let congress and the various STATE
legislatures take a more catholic view
Of the railroad situation. Let them re
member that the railroad investor ha'
his money at stake, that he has con
tributed something toward the deyel
opment Of tho country. that be is nei
ther a thief nor a robber, as soms
would have his countrymen believe
and then we will have a more homo
geDeons nation, less trouble. more houi
and bacon sides In our pantries. fewel
suicides. greater bank accounts in oui
savings institutions. better morals.