Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-08-19
FARM TELEPHONES
AS VIEWED IN
THE CIT Y

/ The lntefes, with which the farm
telephone movement is viewed in
tho cities Is a certain indication Of
tho importance of the idea o: the
spread Of communication among rw-
al residents The following editorial
on this subject receatly appeared in
bhe New York Commercial:
nall the present day agitation OF
the question Of the necessity for get
ting Of our swarmlnR aud congo ted
urban populations ''back TO the
farms y The argument against the
movement slmast Invariably ad
vsnced Is Its alleged imprsoticabil-
ity briefly. that the aveiage man ~
woman viii always be found prefer
ring a root and dry crust in ihs
iity to comfortable home. good
clothes and sn abnndance to esi aau
drink IN the country.
There rs q good deal in the c,nten-
ion, it must be admitted. But ID
oses sight very largely Of the fact
hat county life IN years conipara
lively rtcent has undergone Q most
wonderful Improvement, has txperi
need an almost complete inetsuior
phosis.
To-day nothing of Importance il
he doings of the world escapes the
knowledge Of the average AD,erlean
armer, provided he cares TO Learn
sbout it. The telegraph starts the
,ews going, the country telephon,
loes the rest.
BY the use Of the country telephone
lmericau formers can, and do con
tantly, prevent sluts Of produce a.
he nearby markets by this mean
hey keep in touch with produce mar
xet quotations the country over, the
,ystem saves them millions Of dol
lrs year in the aggregate In pre-
.enting the destruction of perishable
products through over-accumrlatioI
in local markets, and in a thousand
tnd-one why's the rural telephone
contributes to the safety, proeperi.
ty and happiness of the American
farmer. This is particularly true OF
the vas agricultural regions of The
West and Southwest.
Speaking of the latter section spec
fcslly the Texas Commercial Sec
etsries Association says iD recent
bulletin: Statistics show that the
growth Of the telephones among
the farmers during the past Ave
years has been tremendous. State.
ments by the farmers themselves are
TO the effect that they prize thsii
Telephone as much as they do thsiI
cural delivery There are many cor
porations, private ownerships and
individuals today engaged In ths
business of supplying the telephone
reeds of the Soutbwsst They, on,
and all, should receive such encour
agement as their energy. courage
and capital invested warrant
swhile providing for the telephoni,
needs OF the south west has progress
sed greatly during the past few
years, nevertheless the necessities o
our people have as yes by no mean
been cared for. A trsmendou
amount OF money as well as courag,
/ snd energy is yet needed In the tele
phone field The problem will no
have been solved as long as there i
single farmer IN sbe south Ses
whose home has not tis moderi
utility in G..
The Southwest Is no exception
There are hundreds OF thousands o
fertile acres IN She Middle aud Ne,
England States to-day only waitin
the tickle Of the iutelligent farmer
plow, hos and rake TO make thei
profitable Get out into the sol
produce something, sell IL, pooks
your profits, and don't forget to II
ia a telephone
, Many farmers are now planning
insialI this valuable telephone SCI
J vice, FOR nearly all realize the hem
Ats TO wh,eh this editorial writer =.
fers. The fact that farmers can
nearly ali Of the work Of constru,
lion and Installation themsclv,
makes the improvement en easy Of
for them 80 undertake.
: The spread Of She rural telephol
: idea in the psss couple Of ysars Is i
dieatsd by tho sales figures of q
, Western Electric Company, Il
e largest manufacturer of telephon
n in the world, which reports that
p the past'twenty months it has so
Of over a quarter-million rural tel
phones.
II The telephone connection on d
" fern is of the utmost importance,
nearly everyone nowadays realizes