Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-12-09
THE RETIREMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Is THE NATIONS PROBLEM
An Interview with Hon. Intton summers by Lydia May nug-
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Dallas. Tex, nee 9-"1hc better
mont If agriculture is not tho prob
lem OF the Iarmor bui the proDlcm
of the nation" asserts lton. uatton
lw Summers. congressman at large
from Texas. who has introduced
bill in congress providlng for mrm
products marketing systrut
"Nothng is more important to "a
nation than no have Hs people well
fed. cinphaucaliy declares Mr. SUM
mers. and especially Is this true In
nation like Ours which must de-
pend on the wisdom. patriotism and
good Judgment of its people for the
administration 81 is govcrumcnt and
its perpcsuity
I'VE of the cities should be most
intensely Interested in the best meth
DDS Of production. because these
things determine the volume of food
which We viii have 10 eat and eating
ever remains the primal necessity of
man, with the fields as the great
source of supply. The orOwnstone
palaces. the skyscrapcrs the gildcd
streets OF our cities cannot feed tho
mass of humanity struggling within
their confines. These must look back
90 the land for sustcnanrc. Those
who eat should be more deeply cuu-
cerucd about better methods eft farm
ing than those who produce crops
merely for the money that comes
from their SALE
"If tho lnna hitnnts OF city which
got its water supply from % reservoir
beyond its border. should learn that
the source pf supply was bcing cone
stantly reduced. they would not si
with folded hands and say This b.
no concern OF ours but of the people
who live around tho reservoir or
work there would they 900 earnestly
asks Mr Summer. us d., calls our
attention 60 the alarming decrease
farm products In the United states
white its population is steadily IN
crcasing
"Our most priceless treasure. tho
fertility Of our SOIL has been su dis
sipatcd los slipshud methods uf tillins !
IL that We are now face 60 face with !
the necessity of incrcualuE lts power
to produce OF elise going hunsrs BOO
tho near future. Wc who would oat
must get leo touch HIth the things of
earth once more, as consumers 30
not us producers.
Formerly nearly 600 the people of
The earth were boz direct contact with
the soil, but the past quarters
of century has been one of the city
building. with tho population crawl
Eating towards tho ccut,ls ct populu-
ton, leaving the smaller number rc-
manning ou The farm to provide tho
food necessary go preserve the lives
OF the city dWcllers. Very often tn"
dependent ones have looked down
upon. srorned or treated with iudif-
ference tho man who stayed on The
job or producing things 90 eat Agri
culture has 600 long been considered
la less desirable. less honorable. 20
less remuuorutiyc vocation than %
bulncss carried ON In the city.
"Now, then" AIR SUMMERS warns
u.s. "our rich virgin soils are fast be-
coming things oi thp past, ana we
cannot abandon the depleted fields
as Wo cast Off % Worn-out garment
and seek "a new one We nave tu Stay
in che occupied territory. our graz
ing lands and tmu.Iad lands have
been subdiyidcd; $500 NO more have
the free fields, our sreit west Be- now
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