Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1910-08-04

'rcI dn' over, Hodging CNtiOneS a"u CIV.
ing up half of their earnings TO pay the
cost o! sending their products thousands
vi mics 10 the markets of Kansas City,
st. Louis, Chicago, Cincinnati, Milwau.
kee and clhe: large cities further north
and east, want to come p ch home, and
can easily be persunrlei 20 Srn their
farms and join the "back to Missouri"
procession
"CuNr BACK EnMH "
Labor Commissioner Hitler wants to
get in communication with every 'rSihent
of tho state who has tie r"nlc nd ad.
dress of any and every M,suuit'r now
farming elsewhere, so that the prclimin-
AIRY steps toward inaugura.ing the gen
eral home coming crusade" can he taken
| During the months of September and
October the Bureau Of Labor Statistics
will Issue pamphlets dealing with the
splendid variegatcd and incxhauS,iblc
resources OF Missouri, and the advaR-
! MGes and opportunities the State con.
! stantly hold, on, to all: redemption OF
! swamp and overflow lands by proper
ditching and construction of durable
lcvces; the Ozark regions, its water power
facilities, and the opportunities offered
by this section for dairyinE, raising of
poultry, cattle and goats, and for or.
| chards; oppoituntic, offered by the vari-
Gus counties to farmers. settlers, capital.
lists, manufacturers, skilled and unsk ,llcd
manual worners, the amount of improved
land for sale and the amount Of unin.
proved land in each which can be cheap
~ purchased; Missouri as n nanufactur-
ing state, together with localities in
winch manufacturers could locate and
prosper; Missouri rs mineral state, con
tanning tull Information as to where un.
worked beds of lead zinc, iron, coal ,
Darytes, cadmium, tripoi and other min.
eial still exists. Al these subjects, to
g,ther with complete Information about
Missouri, will make up the contents oi
the l3lO Red Book.
INVITATION TO CONE HOME.
, These pamphlets, together with little
booklet OF the newspaper bulletins OH
various Missouri products. the Bureau Of
Labor Statistics has issued. since the
commencement of 1910, to the press OF
!, the country and winch have been pub
iIshcd far and wide Will lie sent to each
MissDurlau now farming elsewhere, ac
companird by a cordially worried invita-.
ton from tlG people of Missouri &c
Come bavk home, and once more b,
happy, contentcd and prosperous"
Such an appeal to hou,dsick Missouri
r ans now barely ekinK out all existence il,
faraway states, and in cold, cherries:
Canada. cannot help hut bring them back
| to the land they now regret ever leaving
2 But the best feature is that some OF thcs,
D "honcrs' will induce other farmer,
. from elsewhere to join in the mo>c,Ecn
2 of back to Missouri"
t 1t is expected that other states viii no
=, appreciate the efforts of Missouri 10 br,n,
$ bAck its wandering, home longing men
L women and children, hut surl, irdiffer
Il ence to good movement will not in III,
o least abate the interest and the ardor o
x the "hone coming" Every citizen y
e the state with relatives or friends any
d where, writing home longing letters tell
It ing of their sad experiences away from
II Missouri, is r,qut sted by Labor Cnnrnis
d sioncr Hitler, to communicate with thes
II absent Mis,uurians, telling them OF TN
+. proposed 'houlc coming and to sem
+ them new spapers containing all accoun
II of the back to Missouri crusade" L
l. this way the movement will he helpe
- immediately and good work done t
IS Start II.
Il LAND cF PLEETY.
y January !, 1911, is selected as the ia
for The commencement Of the honlewar
movement, because it will give sll abse,
Missourians snpie time to cell out thei
l. taruic and close their affairs elsewhere
e come back to Missouri, relocate i,er
y snd be ready for the spriug planting c
!. next year.
y A state vnich can easily and complets
d ~ erec, magnificent S5,Rn, 900 Capitc
y building from materials, including MAJ
r n'e, onyS, copper glass and silver fnisi
{. ings and ornaments, drawn from its ow
II natural resources, without a siugle cor
! Al 1 .t.