Newark post., 1911-06-21
o,o,at;ous From Prof. Waushs Speech

,o.oO the farms of Delaware produced
,,b,v 1-2 millions of dollars; in 1900
,,,v PRODUCED owed millions; in 1910
..,,, nroduced (roughly estlmated) over
" ,oillions of dollars. Can such an ad-
,,,rce be shown in any other industry
,rder the stars and stripes? And re-
..o,oher. this enormously increased pro-
,,,ticn of fod and goods has been made
an q constantly diminishing area. Del
are farmers are actually cultivating
9 nor cent less land than they were ~
" years ago.
Most people have given great deal
| ,ore attention to money saving than
th,v have to money spending. 1t is just
90 important to spend money as to get
- In many ways money spending Is
tho more complicated matter, and fewer
tbere be who have mastered it.
| II is said that charity should begin at
bome Let us be charitable therefore
and spend our surplus profits first
| ,,,r pur homes. There are a good nahy
t'rners now days who can afford 70
| n,,i,d new homes. = = There are far
too many CITY houeee 5o'"e "P "
,r-rv thoroughly satisfactory
hon.e is to have it planned to suit its
surroundings, to suit Its occupants and
all local conditions.
Tbe fact is farmers are every year
moyipg TO the city for the sake OF en-
lovipg these modern convenences' "hlle
ali the while the same conVehleh0ee can
- be++er secured on the farm and ac-
tually at less cost
p,ad imnrovement is one Of tie most
,,odamental kinds of commun1y i'm
proYement.
village streets everywhere are reautl-
ssd by rows of trees. such plahuss OF
trees are seldom seen in the cuntry.
rbev ought TO be quite common 40
mot believe that every country ROAD
,,abt +o be lined its entire lenth by
ELLA rows of trees, but such liant
;nos ought to be the rule rathel than
tho rare exception as they are tocy.
Eyorv town and every rural nelabof-
.ood ought to have open public grunds.
vf,oges and farm communities also
orgbt 70 have special public grouas re-
served for play.
play GROUNDS III iue ti'y NV
10 q necessity, but the farmeriho hls
family are Just as much entitleeo tnelr
r.creation as the street car tnductor
and his family. 1t is one of thcharac-
,oris+ic foults of country life Mt sum-
,i,n+ plans are not made for rreatlon.
7 have recently seen some ings IN
the way of community ownersh OF laho
,pbicb were very attractive to :. Last
,,oor I visited a number ovlllagCs
- ceramnv and Austria wherextended
tracts of land are held in comnal ow-
p,rsbip. In the majority OF cfs these
are forest lands though not IN cases
These forests are managed for epuonc
benett. and return revenue the
cities. towns or cantons own them'
! learned that there are 149 wns in
Germany where a greater or 50 pro-
norton of the expenses Oh s'hneh'
are met by the revenues fromfh to~h
apds | learned that several these
towns secure sufficient reeves from
their own lands to pay the Llre ex-
pepses of government-pol lorce'
street Improvement, hre ar'heh''
schools, and even the salary He - -ea.
cher, In some instances on hrst Vi
the year tle town governmehe'i'u
$40 apiece to it's citizens.
The community can unite TIC III
movement of the public buiEs' IL Is
a public duty of the highesiportahce
to see that all such pubic b'hee a."
well built and of attractive oishiheo
design, befitting the sen-rct ~
nro,snass;ve and Intelligent rborhood
A mean, ugly, undignihed iooihouse
or court house is blot up"ie
borhood, genuine pubic
aanahIo of inconceivable nisf.
There are two principals Vi III
nrovfre schools in any corlity. the
first and simplest way ls pu' n'o'e
money in them; the sect INC ,noI
a,,,h o,,arhou,;np nv arprejudiced
outsider.
Most communities woul 'ene
H., ,,tr,.r,, on. az least bne existing
churches. If the numbfuiu o
duced to half, congren'