The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-19
Mr.. CARl|N TALKS
TO THE FARMERS
WARNS COUNTRY BOYS AND GIRLS
AGAINST THE CITY AND SAYS
STAY AT HOME.
GOOD ROADS NEEDED
WITH THESE, NEIG H n q n
BROUGHT CLOSER TOGETHER
AND LIFE is MADE MORE AT
TRACTIvE IN EVERY WAY.
GOOD ROADS NEEDED

/ GROvFTON. VA, Aug, is-The
/ first session Of the Northern Virginia
+ Farmers institute was called to or
/ der Saturday by Captain J. Brad Bev-
+ erly, president of the institute.
I After words Of announcement for
the agricultural fair. which II TO be
! held in Manassas this fall. Captain
/ Beverly introduced Congressman G.
| c. Carlin. OF the Eighth Virginia dis
/ trict who spoke to the farmers Tor
about forty minutes.
Mr.. CarlIn says: Congress Is con-
s,dering many things Of interest to
the farmers Just AT this time. which
I would like to tell you about but
cannot for lack Of time There is one
thing which Is pressing upon the
mind, and we expect that when II Is
| DISCHARGED that the mind Will be
essv Pnt as soon as one thing Ia nm
ished there comes another and an
other 80 II is with the government
/ This country Is undergoing revolu-
ton now. The country Ia prosperous
and as long as the country is pros
| nerous we will he able to stand for
revolutions. But there must come a
time when there will be quiet times.
when subjects shall be settled. There
| Ia one fundamental idea that I wish
to express to you. and that Is II we
! expect to make a success OF the farm
we must keep the boys and girls upon
/ the farm.
| Home Is Nations Safety.
/ 'DThe ca fetv Of the nation lies in the
home. We American people have
! built un six million homes, and 10
! keen the farm home I'D to the stand
ard we must check this movement Of
the boys and girls from the country
{ cot 1,-+-
/ ling. ten Years ago 81 per cent of our
population was in the cities of our
country. Today 4s per cent of our
nonulatt m has been found in the
cities There is n cause for this con-
/ dltion, and II lies in the unattrac-
! tivcness rf the farm.
Last week an old man and woman
from Iou5oun county came to me to
! help persuade his only son who had
left the farm and secured position
in the CITY to return and snend the
time on the farm with father and
mother. There was a farm there
worth more than $4,000 to he left
the boy. When confronted by nv
self and his father and mother. the
hoy said Il love my father and I love
NV mother, but life on the farm there
Is that of a hermit. The roads are
either so muddy or so dusty that /
cannot xet any place. When night
comes I have to go to bed with the
chickens There was some sense TO
his reasons. but I hope that he goes
hack to his parents and makes the
latter part of their life happy.
"Our bovs and girls nave right to
more Of the pleasures Of life. They
love their parents as much as chill
dren do anywhere but the blood In
their veins demands opportunities for
effervescense, The question comes In
how are we going to keep our boys
and girls on the farm It Is the hope
Of the future that makes life worth
living AMI parents should give more
thought TO this side and stop COM
mercializinR SO much
Happiness on the farm comes
from the smiles of our boys and girls
as they go about the farm and COM
munity having a good time Farmers
let us wake from this period of com
mercialsm, and clean up around our
front doors, Sixty-fve per cent Of
the solution Of this problem lies in
this fact. Labor IL hard to get or
the farm these days, and the farmer
that has family enough to work his
farmers making the most money, and
that farmer Is thinking of only how
Of his happiness. Farmers lose sight
of the commercial side of a boy. The
transportation question Is one of the
things of great Importance.
Our roads are in such condition