Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-18
VIEWS AND NEAR VIEWS;
HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS
After Iinrd Winter Good Crops Come.
ShipbuildInK of the Futurc-City
LOufers-Iouu Gurdcns


Close Observer" writes for this col
umn us Follows: rs not Richmond just
now afflicted with too many loarcrs. :
u seems to me so. The street l"afer
needs drastic treatment. One city may
take lessons from others that have
worked wonders, In Baltimore, for
instance. the authorities arc dealing
with the street lonfer with Il show Of
viSor. That city has found employment
for 1000 mon, and tho loafers and
oilers can accept these jobs and tho
very reasonable wages that accompany
them. OF they can Bn TO the worlShouse
as Migrants. In either case they will
have to work Close Observer may
have observed little TOO closely.
Hadn't heard that tichmond vas Sc
badly atr1icted with loafers However
the observer has offered . suggestion
that may come in we'll enough.
The high cost o. living is driving
III, people Of cities and towns III tn,
Middle West and elsewhere 10 Guilt
ratc home or backyard ve-e,ubl" gar
lens and there are Indications that
.hcre VIII be hundreds OF thousands
OF such gardens in this country the
coming season. In Ontario. Canada.
too. n vegetable garden for every
nome" Is new slogan. or course the
european war has brought tnis about
there. bu, IN these days Of high prices
good thing for Richmond and other
virginia cities. Every home in this,
r''N built on "a lot OF loo OF more
reef IN depth could have a iit;,c garden
spot II liz true that n tomato Vine
Tor instance. is not so lowell ~ n
ii"'aninn. out IL nils no more space
Ahd requires no mole attention and
tomatoes are much more Hing than
Geraniuns. This is just !, suggestion
"hich " needed may materially reduce
TN" cost OF living this year.
one a<pec, OF an unusually severe
enter. now happily near it's eu,i. has
no. escaped the attention cr the Wise
non "ho do thsir farming from the
cditor'ni snnctun. Dr-~ !ar:c areas
ih'iuhinS virginia. the prc,cut winter
mas not only brought unusually low
temperatures. out an uausunl amour,
OF snow y BLANKET OF SNOW is = boon
that natdr. b.stows. The Western
9c"pie contend that in the matter or
wheat alone tho difference between
snowy winter and compar,,,iyel,
snowless one is difference OF mil
lions Of bushels. and tn. same may u.
Ha'o oil other crops. for pArcaiai>. like
'hs ANNALS that survive tho winter
ncrd tho protection Of the snow This
ears production Of foodstun. ~ this
country can lie mace the largest In
tn" history Of the nation and doubtless
they VIII %. The present world widc
CONDITIONS demand II. Truly this &c
tie farmers dag.
never vas there a time in the his.
.N = " the world" declares tile Al
!anfa Constitution. when Shipbuil6inr
promised better returns than now.
Day by Gay too. this condition Is h.ir-
acccntuatcd Moro than siX,y sim.
ma" hceu sent To the bottom or M.
seas within the past ten ,Iays: mn
mons OF ocean tonnage ha,c been los,
SinSe the world war began apnro,,i
maicIy thirty months aEu Ana III
teHthlc destruction Of craft j. SIN ro.
ing on with IL FUR tina, is stay.c,iur
IN Us tii"nsii'. Thcrc viii HAY. To
ne Fas, 'leal Of shipbuildirr ~ W.
"cNt eN Hchrs. and Nirginip - pr",t,
well hNed for the business Thor, ,c,i,
be great times in Ecwpor, N.w@. &or.
iolN and Portsmouth,
Potatoes are Just twice ~ nigh -
'hcF Mere = 'nonth ago" said "a dis
Euatca housewife - she lef, ono ar
the market houses yesterday morning
\ New Kent County trucker. standing
nearby and hearing the rcmnri said:
And don't YOU forget it.-Eew kcn,
rs %oinB TO double her potato crop .nis
year. other nearby counties wnI
tau" ihc hint. too, no doubt,