The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-01-18

a
llen Is 70 starve it to death. And the
sure way for farmer to starve a cron
llen Is to feed himself. Bread bacon
ana outtermilk, all produced on the
Iarm' are as fatal to a crop lien as
qulnlne is to malaria. This treatment
reaches the cause of the disease. All
otners deal simply with it's effects.
we need to hammer home the ever
lasting truth that for the farmer there
Is no way to financial independence
save through full, cribs, smokehouses
and pastures.
III were the Car of North Caro-
INA instead of the Governor, I would
issue an ed1ct declaring that from and
AFTER i've years from date any man
VINO imported into North Carolina any
corn or NEAL wheat or -four, beef or
bacon, should be forthwith hanged
without trial by jury, and without ben
eft of clergy. OF course, in the be-
ginning, 1 would be denounced as an
Infamous tyrant, but after the law
had been in effect for ten years the
richest state N the Union would build
a monument to me as. the financial
reQeemer or my people.
2. But there are some ways in
which the General Assembly can lend
a helping hand while the farmer is
working out his perfect salvation. The
formation of credit unions, under ex-
listing laws, should be encouraged in
a substantial way. Today it is no.
body's particular business to organ
ize these unions, and although the
law has been on the books for sever
al years, comparatively none have
been organized. The Agricultural De-
partment should be equipped with two
field men, whose sole business it
should be to explain these credit un-
ions to the people and assist in their
organization. =
The 5ridIing of the Waters.
An idle stream is just as inexcusa-
BILE as an idle man. Every running
brook in North Carolina ought to be
bridled and made to do it's duty. Moth
ing adds more to the comfort and the
health of the home than running wa
ter. At comparatively small expense
running water and electric lights can
homes. To encourage the use of the
water and the power it carries, rec
ommend that the State Highway Com
mission be provided with a force of
hydraulic and electric engineers,
whose duty it will be upon request to
examine water powers and submit
plans and specifications to citizens who
desire to install water and lights in
their homes. Expert knowledge is
required to pass on these propositions,
and our people ought to be protected
from those whose only interest is that
they have something to sell. .
The School House the Social Center.
The pathos of rural life is it's lone
illness. Thousands of boys and girls
are literally driven from country life
because of lack of wholesome diver
siOns. The wives of many farmers are
found in hospitals for the insane be-
cause their lives are the same yester-
day, today and forever. By making
the schoolhouse the social as we'll as
the educational center of the district
much of this monotony can be reliev-
ed, and this can be done by series
of entertainments as helpful as they
are diverting *.* +
The Upkeep Of the Roads.
In every county or road district
where bonds have been Issued for the
construction of roads, the county COM
should be compelled to levy
an annual maintenance tax bearing
certain per cent to the amount OF the
bonds issued, such per cent to be
worked out by the state highway COM
mission. To spend 100000 to build
roads and then leave them without
any provision for maintenance is fol-
ly equal to that INDUCED in by the
Trainer who buys $1,000 worth Of farm
and then refuses to build
4 shed under which to keep it.
All the license fees paid by the
owners of automobiles ought to be
paid to the state, and disbursed by
the State Highway Commission in
the maintenance of state roads, so as
to comply with the requirements of
the Federal Government for the up
keep of roads built under the Federal
Good Roads Act.
The powers of the State Highway
should be enlarged so as
to give it supervision over all con-
tracts made for road or bridge build
ing, and it should be supplied with
an adequate force Of engineers Tor
this purpose.
Another Chance for the Children.
The Constitutional Amendment re-
curing six months school for every
child in the state ought to be resub-
mitted to the people on it's own mer-
its. unassociated with any other
amendment. The children are entitled
=. 80 tho voter cast a single ballot !