The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-06-22
SPREAD Of AGR|CuLT TURE
IN STATE Of v. VIRGINIA
Hen. James H. Stewart Looms up Strong as a
Material Factor in State--Is Making Phenom-
inal Success in His Great Food Propaganda
Proves Himself The Negroes Friend.

81 immense profit in the production Of
C al, II there il t,ase of operation for .
livelihood back OF the coal ministry,
practically all of the profit made from
T, the sale thereof must liz USED To balance.
the outlay in Other directions, such a.
had products, lumber and other material
attendant up the life of live, high liv-
| ing people Sre to lie found i'm this
state and thus, our outlay Is really exceed
! ing onr iucone and Ne Lave only BEEN
, observing the income, because it ws-
! easily obtained.
The new undertaking Of Commissioner
Stewart u finally utilize and profitably
| appropriate every acre of unused land in
th's state Is one OF the best things that
has ever happened To the people of ths
| state Let II be understood that il is o
gigantic undertaking. Ii is q huge prop
| osition and no man has any business
dsbbling with it. unless he has brains,
not only that hut his convolutions must
he well padded with grey matter, and
along this line from what has been done
IN this connection. the light of what is
beinR done, and what necessarily must
and will follow, il would certainly seem
that Commissioner Stewart is the right
man in the right place
Ii 10 q little early TO start to speculate
on what has been accomplished from the
FOOD PRODUCING drive started by
the Commissioner of Agriculture as yet,
but We are safe in saying this one thing
here and now, viz: there il greater
promise OF Inore food i'm the state OF Wesi
Virginia today than there has ever beer
IN the state since it became part OF tn.
Union. There will be less fruit AMI
vegetables bought on the part of ths
housewives snd the common every da,
laborer when the garden idea started by
the Commissioner shall have fully mate
rialIz-d than ever before. This may no
re A. strikingly apprecisble as it nigh.
tie, Oh. the account of the abnormal out
iay We will lie called upon TO make IL
his com ectiOn on account OF the war
but measured 10y normal conditions il l.
substantially true and irrefutable. Th,.
ocing true it 10 corr-sponiingly true tia
Was a money saving idea gwen to an,
urgs Il upon tiir people "f West Virgins
y man regardless OF color, creed O.
kind and absolutely above the petty cob
lines OF politics ia any way, shape q.
form. la other words, when a man take
iis brain and heart and mixes them l..
s-ther and produces an idea that natrri
lily and substantially aids presently an.
immediately, directly and indirectly
million and half OF people, that man j.
truly q PUBLIC BENEFACTOR. an.
what We call a Biz NAN in reality. W.
| would not for one minnie dim the glor,
OF any other man, or set Of men, who
have 30 unse fishly aided and are adm,
IN this work Far be u FROM rs @ under
take TO say that RESPONSES have not coms
md come readily from many and variou.
quarters in tins connection but We are
simply attempting tn "render to CarssI
the things that are C;s.~ar's," etc. * etc
COMMISSIONER STEWART NEGROS
Ia is pleasing for NJ TO note that W..
have friend at Court in the Com
missioner Of Agriculture. tie j. not OF
that class ~ho slop over His "NO' is
NO and his "YES' j. YES" after
iue and deliberate consideration on any
question. He doesn't tell the Negro to
what great heights he might climb under
certain conditions, but he creates Q con-
'iition and says n Tim, nov you are q
man you take your chances along with
the other men and u Is in you, II You
can climb, CLIMB, sbd II you can't you
can't say you didn't have the opportuni
" n climb. I'D rather have a man inst
pass me over = quarter when am bun
gry than 70 tell me about the glories OF
every associated charity in the world.