Newark post., 1913-11-12

Uncle Sam hEs b<1n busy dur
Ing the las. ten years working out
plans 10 help the boys Of the ns-
i5on turn into useful. s-raichtf0r-
ward and righteous men The
State Department the War Depart
Eeat. the Bureau OF Good Roads
the HOUSES OF Congress and the
Chief Executive all take an active
part in the campaign for assisting
t.sys
In the Department OF AgriculE-
u-e alone there az arrangements
ty which 10000 bJys are helped
sanQslly. The other departments
do not enter into the work on 81
large e STALE The following par
asraphs from the Pnilafelphis Re-
eo-d give an idea Of the interesting
work now under way.
The government representa-
sIvFs 81 ont 10 the different cum
Euniries- organizing and establish
ns the different organizations
Each year the champions OF the
different elUbs for the idea at the
base OF the department Surk :
TIE spirit OF e0znpetitione are
brought 10 Washington WHERE they
Eest their teachers and the Przsi-
dent OF the United States Then
shsy are taken 10 tEe various sights
around the city. and are permitted
=, give their assistance 10 their lass
fortunate brothers on their return
so--7 By force Of their example and
tie wonderful stories which they
relste q the grand young times
OF the co-n clubs almOs. every
scs3y knows There are nCw en-
listed IN the different eo-n-erowirg
organizations about IS5.ul0 boyS
They sce allotted an acre OF ground
each this : -h4 amount OF ground
that must D. Us=i for competitions
and they are given the Instructions
% the teachers az Washington n
tta best Eays Of raising c9-n- The
champions are tEGs= who ee. TIE
greatest numb@- ot bushels cf e7Eu
tol & single acre-
II was found st5I= time agu that
o-e ot the greatest causes for iG-i-
Ecisney on the farm was TIE inahll-
itg Of father and sgn IN g=t tosceth-
- IL Team EoEs The father
Sometimes WIS no- inclined 20 &C.
eept his sa1 : suggestion 5 and -hs
sol. OF Ms part felt Z d+sira -
s1irs because MS enthusiasm was
10. a-Cusei-
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
So the officials ot the department.
organized what they call father
sns3-s1a clubs The 6rs. expert
rse-t zas conducted IN { little h41-
g1tky community las- fall and Z
J. GrelI=lt and Ms s1n were VIII
rz-s Of The contest Five hundred
b,sys- Ei-h their fathers were sd-
Matted into the cub membership.
TIE plan b=1EE that -1e father was
20 z--u- u-@ acre IL MS son and the
tE0 would E0-k i together The
#1z-=-s Of the contest received :
yield q 1S5 bushels tr0-n ta= sin
gIs acre which 1E=v entered II tn
competition
OF the potato and eo--Ua clubs
Elt-.z 1==1 u said save that they are
-ez4-zLEy arranged alozE the lines
o: rEz e0-u clubs ant total sb0ur
10000 -emb-rs- The boys are
su-E-i lur,sz With instructions -
follow. and . Stzr=.d ls-rle1 OF
e,slrry lszt=r 10 I1.gE after then
Tlzy enter their prize products In
The fall and ar@ examined exactly
IS are the boys II t1= 5o-1-ErowIng
clubs
This year rL= champion potato
grover Of The United States eoIes
10 Washington t-g-E Utah H Ezs
he5n II t1= club 0-lly tw0 years
bgt k= kzs studied the instructions
given him with 8 care that uo1ld
not but produce beneficial results
Two q tn E1sz remarkable ex-
te-s11-s IL the work q the depart
uezt zrs the cCso1 yu&gis clubs and
1Ee city glt clubs II she former
the department operating with the
Bureau rE Good Reads CE wEiz1
La-1u Waller Paz4 : director.