Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-08-20

ttus under artificial conditions inn
Eosed upon her in the home? It is
universally conceded that the sister is
nore alert, mentally, than the brother
and if he can learn, by experiences,
the value of money why should not
/ the sister be given a chance to become
equally well trained in the handling os
finance? The farmers daughter does
not know the value of dollar sim
ply because she has been, in the past.
practically in bondage to her father
and brothers in the home Give her
| chance to earn something for herself
with her own hands and her own
brain in the farm home, and "bargain
days" will be converted into ..old
| horse sales" in tWinkling.
Up to the present time the onlv
avenue of escape from this financial
distress. aside from matrimony, has
been through the cotton mill and the
ten cent store; and in these situa-
tons wages have been so distressingly
low that girl of spirit could scarcely
dress decently and pay her board bill.
But new day is daWning ]. for the
North CAROLINA farmers daughter. A
few years back the idea of developing
the girls tomato club was conceived
eand put into operation No one SEEM
ed to see much in it at first but il
needed only a leader to make it Of
state wide economic Importance. and
when the magic of Mrs. Chas. McKina-
| raons genius touched the movement
it spread throughout the State like 4
confagration. From almost nothing
when Mrs. McKimmon took charge of
It, the work has spread till now it IN
cludes more than thirty counties with
about 1900 club girls with whom are
working, as directors, about ninety
club girl agents. pushing the work
and perfecting methods of great fu-
ture development of what will surely
become the Leading woman's business
organization of the State.
The fundamental requirements Of
clubs are very simple. Indeed, in the
simplicity of the movement lies its
| strength. The girls of neighborhood
are organized into club by the local
agent. The girls then proceed to
plant and grow an acre, or such a
| matter, of tomatoes and to can them
after the most approved methods.
Minute instructions concerning steri-
lization, ETC., are given by the local
agent who insist on having the work
thoroughly well done. After tIe
home is supplied with canned toma-
toes. the surplus is sold to the local
market and the net proceeds placed In
itFe pockets of the girl who does the
work. As soon as the home and loca1
| L1arket are supplied, the girls get in
+, touch with Mrs. McKimmon who, IN
turn, is in touch with the larger mar
kets and the clubs thus get an outlet
to the foreign markets for any sur
plus product
VIII the daughters of the farmer be
able to compete with the numberless
commercial canneries? When you UNI
derstand that every club girls honesty
is represented by can full of toma-
tees not half tomatoes and half wa
fer; that her ambition to excel is
Eourished by absolutely sound AMI
serupulously clean fruit, prepared and
put up by her own hands, the question
CT successful competition will not
esen suggest itself BY this MOI
n,ent the farmers daughter lis to e
liberated from a financial honda
from which the city girl hal no wy
CT escape.