La Junta tribune., 1910-09-17


for the privilege OF living in the city.
The setting of the tide OF population
toward the city began when the city
possessed some real advantages that
were not found In the country To
day this condition Is reversed The
current still flows cityward only be
cause OF habit There IL a tremendous
amount of inertia To be overcoms be
fore the direction OF the dow OF hu-
mnn beings will be reversed. but the
day OF about face" Is coming.
You may travel for hundred OF
miles through the west. where broad
arabic fields stretch out on every side.
with q population Of not more than
four TO the square mile Even In the
fertile Mississippi valley there arr but
twenty five people located on each
square mile In the eas, the country
population Is more dense. but here
there ar- thousands OF quarter sec
tions and eighty acre tracts Of lard so
fertile thai ten acres properly tiled
mean prosperity
Contrast this with New YORK city
with i25's people to the sQuare mile
or Chicago. with Has The cities
boast Of their size and gree, each add
ell thousand enthusiastically As we'll
might = sardin- can ask To be lacked
more tightly The city Is calling for
men that II does not need. Tor which
II has no work si living wage. aod no
room without crowding some QUE else
. little closer
The country 10 calling for m.n-caii-
Ing with the voice OF oppDrtuuity
There Is rvom for all and a. spare
There Is = good living for slI and
surplus besides The deceutrallsa
Of the cities The movement TO the
country. means ssuer. Glen nbcr iivtug
There Is l-~. Of strife and sorii self
ishn--s out In the open country where
the Erass Is green and the twrtes Of
song birds replaces the city's din Chii
dren raised In the hay neids make the
m.n Of brains and Drawn Tor which
the world is calling. out In the coun-
Try II Is possible for every nan to
have . home The humblcst isboees
can lie covered at night by bis owu
cottage roof The future OF tho ~.
tiou depends upon the preseryaiiou Of
4 pure aud healthy home life. I'd 90
where can this lie 50 surely attalped
A. In the country
A higher standard Of living i posnk
tile To the msn IN the country lie can
build hou~s for the price Of two OF
three years rvn, 10 the city lie can
have fresh vegetables and fresh meat
and fresh eggs on the farm that make
the cauncd aud cold storage producss
of the city q dtssgrc~abls uemory
Forty cent eggs mean doing Without
to The average city dwelicr TO the
country man with . small dock u poul.
try they mean prosperity. The man
with his own COW do~.ut complain Of
the high cost Of milk and butter. for
grass is always cheap
In the country the everlasting strue.
sie TO keep up sp,-arsnc-. Is uos felt
- ke-niy a. In the city. The uselsas
exfrnvaIspce that makes the blll for
clothes the heaviest drain ou the city
man's porkctbook IL lacking Men aud
women arr taken morr for wha, tney
arw worth and Iess for what thcy spsm
to be The msn who lives bcyopd his
Income In ~ effort TO appear more
than be really 10 " looked UPON With
dissppeovai 10 the coun'ry the stssd.
ard Of living - u applies TO the rsai
thinss-fccd. clothing. shelter. books
and rap-rs-can b~ maintained u,veh
higher than II csn on an equal stsrd
Income 10 The city The i-mp,sttoos
10 RECKLESS extruvaKapc- are mech
issa. and the marrin for saving is CO.
seQueuiiy much Er~at-r.
From the standpoint Of the srseass
Individual sDd fos a great many wbe
ARE above the average county l,fs q
peeseot 10 much nor~ desirsbl. IN ~
most every cay than city NE osus
os the more srerinc advantage, ~
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