El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-09-09
of people in certain commercial and

of people in certain commercial and
industrial centers.
tics show that the urban population is
on the increase, there is marked
change of public sentiment upon this
matter. Writers, statesmen. orators,
umns of great newspapers. all voice the
back to the land" movement And
although the full results of this ag!ta-
ton have not yet been felt, the indi-
cations are that before many years it
will bear much fruit.
Studies in Irrigation.
AS there were inventions Of labor
saving devices which contributed
greatly to the movement Of people
from the country into the cities, so
the other direction. With the marvel
Gus strides which have been made with
electricity, for instance. many of the
conyenfences which were formerly only
to be had in the city can now be had
upon any farm. The telephone is one
Of the most striking examples OF this
truth. The farmer is no longer neces-
sarily isolated from the rest of the
world He can negotiate for the sale
of his products over the phone with his
city customers, and deliver them in an
auto truck. He can call up his neigh
bors for a friendly chat after supper
in the evening without leaving his
sitting room. The mail carrier deliv-
ers him daily paper, and he keeps
in touch with the happenings of his
locality and of the country at large. He
in his home. and If artistically inclined
can listen to the greatest opera sing
ers of the world from q Victrola.
Comforts ON the Farm.
These are all inventions OF recent
years, and all contribute to the COM
fort and convenience of the farm home,
and are great fatcors in turning the
city, bred to the healthier and happier
life of the country. And with the
greater demand for farm lands that has
come about within the last few years,
much capital. both of the government
and Of private individuals. has been de-
voted to the retaining of lands which
have heretofore ben thought worthless.
Tremendous swamps have been drained
by the application of money and en-
cheering skill to the problem Of TAX
ing the water off of the land. Desert
lands requiring water have been made
productive by various devices which
bring the water onto the land. Thus
many large areas which were so much
waste heretofore are being reclaimed
In answer to the tremendous demands
for farming lands.
The slums of Europe are dumped
yearly upon our shores These immi-
grants have been ground down under
the hard conditions OF their existence
BILE lower animals rather than men.
They flock to the cities. They -constf-
tute the slums of our cities and make a
great pressure on the stratum of socie-
ty just above the slun1s. The pressure
is thus continued from stratum to stra-
tum of society. until many OF the bet
ter class of Americans are being forced
out Of the city, and many more are i'm
PEELED to leave on account Of the gen.
era1 unwholesofneness. People natural
" dislike to rear their children where
it is practically impossible to keep
them away from examples of terrible
vice The business man whose nerves
go to wreck In the great strain Of fierce
competition in business, looks longing
~ to the open fields and the free, wide
open spaces of his childhood.
From. Out the City.
In the Mimbres valley are to be
found many examples Of the points just