The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1914-11-20
new ECONOMICS
FOR THE SOUTH
Farmers May Begin Pig Rails
log on Large Scale.
WHAT The NEWSPAPERS SAY
idea Suggested by Or. Booker Z.
Washington In Open Letter Meets
Hearty Response - Secretary Tooian
sf San Bsnito Commercial Club Gives
Great impetus to the Movement.

sf San Bsnito Commercial Club Gives
Great impetus to the Movement.
All over the south the "silver fleece"
has become white elephant Oh the
hands Of the farmers. and every where
they are getting together and resOlv-
ing to invest their time and valuable
land next year In something which can
be easily converted into cash or imme
diate use. When the farmer has rails
ed milk. butter. eggs. pork. vegetables.
corn. fruit and such things and for
son reason does not desire to sell.
these products always afford him di
rect or cash value In that they are
available for his own consumption
without leaving the farm.
With Q wonderfully prophetic in
sight tempered with prudence and
common sense Dr. Booker T Washing.
ton In q recent open letter sent brmd
east over the south urged the cOlored
people to devote their energies to- the
faising Of products on their farms
which have immediate and direct cash
velue rather than taking gamblers
chance on cotton. whose value IN ab
stTact. potential and entirely depend
snt upon the sfrenzied" fancies of cap
ital. ........ 8
A n often the case In such instan
cox white people are quick to grasp
the signincnnce and Importance, Ut
such an idea. Our people. for whose
benefit primarily Dr Washington pro.
posed Il. should also take advantage Of
this opportunity for self help In com
Denting on DR. Washington's raise
plx' movement the Lakeland Fla,
News sees It AZ valuable to all the
peOple. It says: IAN excellent idea.
and Il would have even greater excel.
lencs II this raise pig movement
should prove catching and take In all
the people, white and cOlored In pig
signo vihces' would be- proud slogan
under which to battle against the
foRces Of hard times"
The Staunton IVA, News likewise
takes broad, comprehensive view
and says: This Is excellent advice.
and white people might follow II with
equal profit The south has given It.
self up to cotton In large measure
and h now suffering because cOttOn
viii not bny the things IT, usually buys
4 httle less cotton and u little more
meat win add greatly to the wealth
and prosperity Of the south"
The Savannah tGa., News adds this
valuable thought. "One pig Or even
two or three pigs cOuki pick up gOOd
living about the premises Uf the aver.
age NegrU farmer without expense to
him and would be building tiesh that
would bring him comfortable sum In
the killing season" BY fur the most
positive proof Of DR. Washington >
wisdom In this matter In expressed In
the following news item from Texas.
showing how the progressive white
people Of the south appreciate the
value of hog raising al this time. The
aSttcle says In part:
"Secrqtary George A. TOOlan Of the
San RenitO Commercial club has nd
VRSSu tuc 1cAUS tuuuStIWI COuSIVSH
that q new approach to the proln'si
don Ut growing hogs ON the farm as a
cash crop has been made under the
leadership of Mr. II. y Barron. u pro-
gressive farmer of San BenitO With.
out waiting for the banks to furnish
credit Mr. Barron purchased u carload
o. thoroughbred DurOc Jersey sOws
from the stOckyards at Fort Worth
and had them shipped to San BenitO
Then be carefully selected q numbeI
Of worthy farmers and leased then
one or more sOws each as the circum
stances appeared to justify,
by the terms OF the lease the lessee
agreed 10 care properly for the sOws
which had all been bred before ship
ment. and at the end Of three months
TO return the sows and one half Of the
piRs to Mr. Barron. keeping the other
half for himself. The introduction of
hog raising on larger scale around
San BenitO has not only furnished ev.
cry grower with meat. but has also
provided cash crop that wartime con.
diti0ns will render more remunerative.
Must Be Wrong.
Jenny. 90 lind Johnny. see what
he h doing and tell him to stop 1t
Sight away."-I.ifs.
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