The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-10-31
THE HAWAIIAN GAZETTE
l@nG Is EDITOR TgGsDag MORNING m ADVERTISERS
MobiEzing the Farmers

N N an address delivered October IA before tho
= National Irrigation Congress at FL Paso. Prof
i'll NJ Colvin stated that IL the American farmer
can learn to cooperate with his neighbors and Il
the Rural Credits law can be fully adapted to Am.
erican conditions, the farm area Of the United
States will support twice the population, dry
farming and irrigation will open new areas, and
there will be a back-to-the- land stampede N
Speaking on the origin and gf6St 81 rural cred
its, he outlined their purpose by saying: ''The
modified farmer gets modified money at very
low rate of interest by modified security" The
essential factor is the mobilization OF the farmer
Reviewing the terms Of the Rural Credits bill
and questioning whether il would work well in
America, he said n
Unlike Austria the goeernment Of the United states
does not compel the Amefican farmer join these
operative groups and thereby bis Rural Credit
and many doubera Of the opinion that the eharhc
ter Of the American farmer Is such that he cannot be
induced TO cooperate on the fAll for each and each
for an, basis necessary to make rural credits sue
cess They point out that the environment Of the
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each farmer lives in farm village to which he resorts
each evening at the close Of the day - work; in the
village be enjoys sommunity life that i not en-
joyed by the American farmer who is isolated his
farm. In Europe the farmer never sells his land nor
away from the farm village. The farm lands
Of America contnunlly eehanging hands and the
average residence farm lasts but i've years The
farm stays IN the family for many genera
tions in Europe and there is much intermarriage
that In some farm villages everyone is related every
else. ~ 4t. 10 t5 i..t't ltl tt 3lI - ~ i
There is not this continuity Of ownership and wind.
ing power Of blood in American rural communities.
All members Of the family ineludng the women and
children work in the fields and at harvest times rela-
tyes to the thirty second cousins pitch in and help
In America the women and children do not work in
the field and even exchange Of help at harvest times
has passed away and crops are harvested by tran
sent hired help. bsa FE e. 'F { at#
s Unit activity on the part Of European farmers Is
made natural and easy by the fact that all members
OF the farm community belong TO the In
America there may be dozen nationalities, in one
rural community All members 81 a rural community
Europe believe in the religion and belong to
religious sects in the same rural community. The
more simple than that Of the American farmer and
at the close Of the crop year he has more proportion
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The European farmer has been enyironed into A co z
operative man. The American farmer has been enyi-
roaed into O non-cooperatiye man. He has more in
itatiye than his European brother and Is much more
independent in his thoughts and aets However, his
pioneering experience has given him high grade of
intelligence. The question Is will his intelligence
overcome his noncoopeptve nature and will he avail
himself OF the advantage offered him BY the Rural
Credit system initiated by our Goyernmenti The
skeptic answers this question: No" Let us hope the
skeptie is wrong sE ~ ggrSsTlgi T.