The Arvada enterprise., 1911-12-07

II there is danger OF under pro-
ductibn, you know the formula ap-
piled to manufacturing; why not
apply it to the farm. 1t is easy, it
is common sense, it is practicable
for 1t has been tried and tested
This thing of talking people to the
farm and legislating them to the
city is too thin. 1t is an insult to
our intelligence. Hold our hands
awhile; we are weary, we need rest
and relief from the American clap
trap Of politician.
Our American farmers have not
reached 80 per cent OF their full
production with the class of crops
now in cultivation. Change these
crops to the intensive or garden
nne, and you multiply the produc-
tion again by four at least. Har-
ness the wasted force of the waves,
the atmosphere, the sun, and you
do away with 2O,O00,00O horses
that now consume as much food as
100000 people The ground
mat Is now used in the production
Of tobacco and grains for the man
ufacture of liquor, put in vegetables
would feed our entire population.
We can cut our meat, and the feed
that goes to these animals would
feed double our population. We
can cut out cur waste and feed
third more than we are now feed
ing.
Should Eat Less.
We are gluttonous race. Our
gorge-clogged system is seriously
interfering with our intelligence.
| For years the writer suffered and
doctored until he found that he only
| needed one third what he was eat
| ing A man doesn't do much clear
| thinking when every energy of the
body is used in taking care of his
tobacco, his liquor, his pork and a
profusion Of other stuffing. If we
must have our big meals, cut out
the next two following. 1t is like
resting from a long journey.
Take the first two items men
toned; better agriculture will feed
O0,OOO,0O0; intensified agricul-
| Int ba
production now used in feeding
norses and you feed 100000, 900
more. With intensified farming you
can multiply. by eight the food pro
ducl.on resulting from abstinence OF
meat, liquor, tobacco, and waste, al
Unnecessary and all harmful unles!
moderately used.
| will let the alarmist figure this
as the three items mentioned vii
eed ,120, 100000 and that puts u:
IN safe grounds for several years tC
ONE, without Edison's chemica
| product. Unquestionably we coult
| eed the whole world. The onl!
ching | fear IS the Jim Hill theor!
chat of standing room, but since
The advent of the aeroplane | have
aith in a double deck.
All the American farmer needs
IS an equal footing. We need more
people in our legislative halls thai
know more about us. When a mar
Of great prominence says something
1t is heralded broadcast without
much thought as to what ne says
or how logical it is. Since | was q
child the same class of economics
mas been handed out to us from al,
sources. wonder if these men
who talk so much ever studied econ
omics from their elemental princi-
pals, or do they just take it for
granted that the farmer doesn t
people lecuring to men engaged in
railroad, telegraph, manufacturing
and like enterprises, telling them OF
a probable alarming shortage IN
their products Why? Because the
profits of their business will employ
the best brains of the country.
The profits of their business is al
incentive for them to move on at
the lrst opening, The government
doesn't talk to them, 1t just does
something materially good for them.
The farmer is supposed to be
reached by talk, lie is told to wake
up, to get a wiggle on himself,
move on, plow deeper, harrow more,
the world is liable to starve
The government has undertaken
to legislate profits in business, un-
questionably they have got into a
serious tangle, If profits are going
to be legislated, we farmers of
course want to be in on the deal II
the government is going out Of the
business of legislating profits for
people, we will OF course be salts
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