Evening journal., 1910-04-26
TUESDAY, APRIL 20. 1910
WHY NOT A LIVE DELAWARE

AANlIIl lHt dpplodNn oI Nd1s luldi DNidWdiN
Wv begins to look her prettest. Crops
growing, the trees and fields are green, and one
begins to appreciate the Joy of living in our
state. The future of rural Delaware, it seems
10 us, has never been brighter Advantages
and opportunities are at the door Of the resi-
dents of rural Delaware.
Kent and Sussex counties for example, dur
ing the last decade have enjoyed much prosper
ity. The price of farm land has advanced. The
crops on the whole have been good. Grain has
sold for higher figures than for years. The dis
NAL and dreary period for the farmer which
lasted during the nineties is thing of the for
gotten past and one familiar with the sub
ject believes that we shall have return to that
condition when wheat and corn were so low in
price and when there was so much distress
among a large part OF the community. The
4Sanks of Kent and Sussex counties have never
before had much money as they have today.
The progressive farmers are turning their atten-
ton to the proper cultivation of the soil, realiz-
ing as they do that the nearness Of Delaware to
the great cities ought to make this garden
spot in fact as well as in name and knowing
that we should be engaged in supplying the
markets of the cities with produce and fruits
and things of that kind
The conditions ought to be ripe for Delaware
TO take long step forward. In order to do
this the Delaware Railroad Company should he
an important factor. In truth much depends
upon the Delaware Railroad Company. Recent
reports of this company showed that the Della
ware Railroad is a bonanza a regular mine.
The people of this state have poured gold into
its Golfers. One has only to travel on a Della
ware Railroad train to notice the crowded cars
and the great passenger traffic of the company.
OF course its freight business is immense The
company is therefore amply able to do for Della
ware what live and energetic railroad companies
do for other states. 1t was reported that the
company would spend a large sum for improve
ments. We shall wait patiently TO see the inn
provements The stations should be improved
and the grounds about them beautified Some
OF the railroad stations in Delaware are a dis
grace to any civilized community let alone
\ opulent railroad corporation. The railroad
company should also cater to the Delaware far
mers and make freight rates which would help
develop Delaware a garden. In other words
the Delaware Railroad Company should get a
move on it; not take everything and give moth
ing in return, like man who takes all from
farm and puts nothing back.
Another project for the benefit of the state
would be fine highway from Wilmington down
through the state. The state road should be
put in splendid condition. 1t seems that there
IS some constitutional provision which is an
obstacle TO- the building of the state road bv the
state and the issuing of state bonds for it.
But there should be some way to get around
this provision, and the constitution should be
amended il necessary, although that would take
time. At any rate, a state road should be CON
structed at once and let the cross roads wait.
Such Improvements would increase the value
OF property, would bring strangers to Delaware.
would aid intercommunicaton between the
towns and would make Delaware what it should
be-
We hear of progress being made in the West
of the stir and activity in some Of these Western
places, and vet there is no part Of the country
with better natural advantages or better place
in which to live than right here But we seem
TO be sleeping on our opportunities. Old foges
croak and hold tight to their pocketbooks and
decry Improvements.
Delaware ought to be made so attractiv,
that more of her sons who have been successful
in other places would want to return to the
native state TO live, and then things would hum
Let our people wake up and thrust to the rear th'
clique of mossbacks who have been devotine
their lives to schemng TO permit corporation:
70 rule the state as 10 fatten their Golfers anC
gain personally There are some evidences that
the reign of the mossbacks is coming to an end
Hasten the day.
This matter, Of course. is not political aues-
ton. The nossbacl1s are in both parties They
drop political lines and as one when it serves
their interest We should like 10 see a live.
energetic legislature that would make a move
aor progressive Delaware and we could have