The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-20
Better FARM LIVING.

Sioux City Journal: u 50 far as
there may be problem for the
beuermeat Of rural life IL is really
not only fo- farmers themselves 10
solFe, but they are actually solving II
No other problem in the Whole long
list Of problems which II ig noE The
fashion OF 80 many people Other than
those directly involved TO lecture on,
has been 20 well and so rapidly dis
posed Of se this one Of better living
IN the farms. by farmers themselves.
This Is certainly true If we consider
particularly the recognized great az
ricultural states Of the northern Mis-
zisssip2i valley
The assumption that life is being
stunted By depressing farm conditions
ami that because OF rearogression
there is imperative ned Of return 10
better past conditions IS preposteroug.
On rhe contrary. II may safely be said
that no other clsss In TIE history Of
this COUNTY,, Or probably in the
worlds HISTORY. has enjoyed suca q
phenomenal broadening Of life, snch
enrichment ii the means Of comfort
and pleasure, intellectual AZ well az
phggicsl, as the American agricultural
class during The last decade. And sd-
ysncement therein Is going forward
right under our eyes today with more
rapid strides than erer before. In
Iowa and adjacent states The average
farm home liz beyond question I'm
meagurably better than that Of he
acreage city home. and tae conditions
q life faTovahle 10 peace and mind,
Independence, hopefulness and ambit-
in are correspond ingiy better
Everybody but The preaching phi.
lsnthropists VINO have not taken pains
70 ascertain the facts knows what the
rural telephone and Eail delivery aaye
done for r5Yal Efe. and how increase
Of wealth has placed within me arer-
age farmers reach practically al the
modern conTeaiences for heat, light,
sanitation, ioconotion, &c. which
only tie Y4alth3er urban classes can
hare. and many Of which even they
ran hardly get. AZ 10 the more NUN.
eyo7s poorer classes IN the cities. they
are IL comparison 70 be pitEed Their
cas4, indeed, IS worthy the attention
u those Haao are 50 eager for prob
leuag9 u soire
4 s. fast coming 10 pass On the
representative Iowa farm that the
provisions FIR housing and caring FOL
domestic animals are better than the
conditions il which . large portion d
the city population Is living. Tn
Numbered thousands Of iowa farm
homes uodzy are lncomrlaTzbiy more
comfortable n eyery way tsan the
residences IL sristocrats we're z fen
decades ago. and tire average farm
habitation Is rapidly being brought uE
70 that Standard What is there 0.
the best IN city living that the average
: Iowa farmer, If he have the Wit and
!. re Will. cannot aaye2 HON. much
!. Of the good things that he has in
excess and counts ar common is ute.
y oeyound the reach Of the Average
/. city dwellers
Il AS matter OF TACT il Il supremacy
E. dlfhcuit to get the patronizfng and
v preaching paternalist u broader
y his knowledge Of the facts Of farm
q life to aid him 10 realize that The
. farmer himself is solving and has al.
ready actually 50 far solved The @Drot.
: lem" better than his glib adyisers
: could have done for him. and better
: by far than they are solving their
t own problems for themselves.