The Colorado statesman., 1914-06-06

Not only is 1t OF vital interest to this
whole municipality of Houston that its
large negro population should acquire
that reasonable intelligence which Is
the fruit of a good system of public
schools and those useful habits Of sus-
tanned labor which will make them in
valuable in the growing industrial en-
terprises of Houston, but 1t is OF equal
interest that the negro population
should live on sanitary streets and In
sanitary yards and homes and that
when stricken with disease they should
have access to a well planned and well
regulated hospital. Modern economists
and etatisticians have demonstrated
that the financial losses due to pre-
ventable Illness reach an astounding
annual total among those employed in
the industrial enterprises of the ma
ton.
These statistics apply with force to
the colored population OF the South
where the negro Ia a large industrial
factor. Hence this movement for
negro hospital facilities is timely
step in the right direction-a step die
tated by an enlightened scientific self
interest on part of the good white peo-
pie as we'll as by the more unselfsh
humanitarian and religious motives.
To my own people here, would say,
Seek to measure up to the oppor-
tunity presented you in this great city.
along all lines. Industrial, commercial,
educational and religious. Let the col
ored ministers, physicians, teachers,
merchants, lawyers and sturdy labor
ing people who are the backbone Of
the race join hands, heart and pocket
books to help push this negro hospital
| movement to a successful conclusion.
Do your utmost. Sacrifice something
for the benefit of the race and the
good white people will do their part. "
Ed Blackshear, In the Houston Post.
H. P. Ewing. negro farmer of
| Wyandotte county, Kansas, has
evolved a plan that promises we'll for
the betterment of his race. A farmer
himself, he believes In the back to the
soil" movement for his people.
The outcome of his long cherished
plan is the successful launching of
the Kaw Valley Truck Farm company,
Incorporated under the laws of Kansas,
with a capital stock of $4,000, divided
into 500 shares of $40 value. The COM
pany has leased los acres just west
of Armourdale, has 1t all under culti-
vation and is now preparing to market
a crop of vegetables of all kinds that
will show results of scientific and in.
tensive farming.
For 35 years Ewing has been raising
crops in Wyandotte county, at one
time having 1000 acres of ground
planted wholly to potatoes. From his
years of experience he has evolved
ideas that not only increase his yield,
but enable him to market the best
class of farm products. For example,
he has found that turnips furnish the
best fertilizer for potato ground.
81 find for this climate and soil that
the Red River Ohio potato Is the best
seed to plant" he satl in describing
| his methods "As soon as the crop is
harvested l SOW the ground to turnips.
| The best of these l harvest, the bal
ance are plowed under, enriching the
soil and resulting in a better grade
of potatoes the following year. The
| best time to market potatoes here Is
in July and August. Prices are bet
ter. as we do not have to compete
with the northern grown product"