The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-05-17
MUST HELP
FARMERS IN FIGHT TO
BOOST CROP OUTPUT
Corpus Christi Man, Addressing
California Meeting, Criticises
One Crop System and the Col
onization Methods.

by Associated Press.
Davis. Cal, May i7.-"Alarming
conditions which confront American
agriculture" must be remedied In
part By California bankers. through
the adoption of present day methods,
Joseph Hirsch of Corpus Christi. Texas
declared today in an address before
the California Bankers association
Mr.. Hirsch criticized the "one crop"
system Of farming which he affirmed
prevails In the state, denounced coloni-
zation methods as heretofore widely
practiced. and commended to the at
tention OF the association the report
of the commission on land colonization
and rural credits appointed by Gov
ernor (now SENATOR Hiram W. John
son. He advocated coperation with
this commission on an with .he federal
farm loan banks, in which view, he
said, he. az chairman OF the agricul-
tural commission OF the American
Bankers association, had met with
opposition from bankers all over AM
erica when he expressed his personal
opinions.
Our bankers" he said, have been
~contentedly pursuing the same meth
DDS which have marked their opera
lions Tor many years, taking deposits,
making loans. paying little attention
10 the needs or condition Of our rural
citizeship, regardless OF methods Of
soil cropping which have been nothiH.
less than soil robbery.
These conditions have grown worse
every Year, and II has required a world
shortage Of fod, a succession Of un-
p~recedented crop failures. a trcmef-
NAsa. N.aW.a.. l.. III aAIs II ~ 49,
stiles Of life "a condition which today
imperils this nntion-nay which
threatens disaster To those countries
whose sacred cause OF liberty our
country has espoused-to focus tho a..
t%ention OF our citizenship upon these
momentous problems.
your methods of land colonization
have not been conducive Ia the per
manont welfare OF your state. The
average price paid for your farm Land
has been greater than hat paid ans
where else Ia the world, while the
average tir.e afforded the purchased
drs"tred land payments has hocn lees
than seven wears. No man can faruI
these high priced lands and pas Tor
Their ont Of the earnings Of the soil in
"a few years II Is impossible. Young,
! VIGOROUS lAllflflN WIN Nuk "a HflAiA
amount uf mancy--two cor three thou
sand dollars have found II practically
Impossible To purchase farms Ia this
state. Tho statistics show that the
average age o. your ,Olouist az date uf
settlement. be- forty three years. Dur
ing the past ten years the population
Of your cities has increased nearly
100 per cent while the increase In your
rural population has been 50 neglisi-
bile az TO he positively alarming.
Besides cooperation with state and
federal agencies, Mr.. lIirsch urged a
ST.. nding committee on Agriculture,
such AS the ones now established at
agricultural high schools me like inn
movements. He recommended o.
tphlishment OF boys and girls pig ard
calf clubs. In which the animal Il sold
90 the youngster In return for a note
payable in q year. II the animal dies.
! tho association, as the plan works