Middletown transcript., 1912-06-29
PRICE TRREE CENTS

1 ' P'ooio"Ni 4fHHak innsb Oi us vii.
agree to this propositions, This beine e..
the necessity Of we'll gnipped foremen
and assistants in farm work is self-syid,nt
The l'Wer the class of help we are deptn-
dent upon, the more necessary lbe hipl.-
type oil fore ran-.nen llo can ins,ruc,:
mer, who can hep the less intelligent
and men who can rule justly and with
sympathy.
The drit from the farm to the city las
always been since our government began.
TIE lure Of the city, the great rewards.
the traditions OF ths 'untry hoy = success
IN the larger wOil |. the close social con.
tact, have been the factors that turn the
boy i.on the farm. The problem Of Ills
untry today is proper distribution Of
popnIatI' IL, together with proper dist,'-
button Of its wealth. This is easy to saw.
but 1t ls problem that uuI ateemtn
must wrestIe with, and, if they canmot
grapple with it successfully, down comes
the fabric of the state.
sorrow to see boys whose natural en-
virOnment is the country follow that city
drift; and then be swallowed I'D ia
incOnspicuous mediocrity, v hen know
that with proper training the farm offers
them rewards far beyond what the city
could ever give.
Every man believes from the bottom of
his heart that his own particular work
contains in it all the miseries, the cares
and n.isfOrtunes OF fe. The other fel ow
is the lucky one, the other vocation s the
happy one. But the miseries of life are
tairly distributed. Our joys and our sO.-
rows are governed in large part by our
tastes.
You gentlemen know whether the life
that you live is worth while, Balance it
with the hardships, the struggles and the
rewards OF the city, and then figure out
whether your boys are to be better of in
the country than in the town; always E-
membering this, that the more knowledge
they possess, if rightly applied, Hskea
life easier and solves most Of life's pro-:
blems. 1t is commonplace to say, much
Of our trouble, most OF our mislorEunes,
are attributable to ignorance.
There seems TO be an UYerplus in most
professions today. Engineers, civil, mt
chanicaI, electrical, are not ut premium.
But trained agriculturists, arborcguurisIs
are not TO be had for the bidding. In
horticulture particularly, We are largely
dependent Oh men EDUCATED n foreign
schools. Is it not worth considers
ing by the farmers of Delaware? Is not
Delaware College the place to send my
boy? Can We not put Delaware College
What my boy need,2 That specific know
ledge that is going to keep him on the
farm, the specific know ledge that viii -
make his farm work 10 be done with mole
will remove from him that
ack of know ledge which creates very
.'ften the whole burden OF work i this
not worth considering by the farmers
If Delaware?
Tie factors that have come into cou
ry Iile-the rural free driiyeFy, the Iei,-
,hOne, the Iru ley line, the antumUbilr,
arm machinery, all 20 long way TO hft
burden OF drudRery aud mOnotouy that
You older peopIs know. Balance ull this
,gainst the strugll-, the congestion, Iis
relentless C9ppetltiOn Of the City. NhsH
you think OF the FUTURE OF your children.
have spoken pl the problem Of ths
Of population. the distritu.
tiOl Of Wesl,I. Think t Is iselipping from
An article by the R-,. Samuel CrOIhers
from Ia,e number uf the Atlantic MOnti=
ly sums mp in very few words great
question.
"The live questions today concern not
the material su MUCH ~ the moral d.
ofthe natinn. For il is ssrn
that the future wellaIs OF the people d.=
pends on the cresIiun of a finer type uf
civic life. l. this eull to be- Il land Of UI=
Ninety millions of people are
Already here. W hat shall be dDie with
lhe next ninety lIiliUn.? That veal ia is
o increase CUES without saying. But how
y it to be distributed? Are We tending tO4
1utocracy or can II resl Democracy hold
Is own? Powerful machinery has besn
invented. How can this machinery bs
;ontru d and used for truly human end1?
Who is to get the benefit Of these ecOn
nies?
am not going to talk politics, but the
question has it's application in the balant
mg of rural against urban life. 1t seems
o me it is entiIely possible 10 recunciie
progressive policies with 20 s, rtalism and
believe the Nation must look to its agri-
cultural classes for this conservative PR
,ressive force.
To me the lesson the Nation needs t.
lay is the value Of oil Hence. You ial-
ners know it. Natures laws compel it.
Nht n seeG-;ime Gomez, yUu must plan;
when harvest comes, You must reap; tbs
aw is inexOTal L.. Disnbedience means
allure. This knowledge of the value of
obedience is the very inre Of your life.
You know from your daily life the vslle
II exact truth.
Many stat smen are abroad in the land.
They have many bargains to Offer, n-
nedies for all the ills the body polite is
leir to. Some are better salesmen than
and the bargains we bny can
,e relegated to the gsrret and the SCRAP
reap, and the remedies we administer
oon reduce the patient to condition of
,enitent grief.
The farmer has chance to see men
ess in the mass, to see the value of the
H. mnst know, il any man
Knows, that the troubles of ths body
polite cannot all be cured by stain =.
Wise craftsmanship can help Us but ia
lividnal thrift. snbripty, intelligence,
industry and belief in the true ideals of
Democracy must come before the statu-