Milford chronicle., 1918-05-24

minded" within the STATE OF Deld"al
resided north of the Delaware anC
Chesapeake Canal, the printed words
as sent out by the Morning News o.
wilmington would be all that coulc
be required to establish this as true
In the city of Wilmington in particular
there seems to be a condition which
might be termed as chronic display
of feeble-mindedness and honesty OF
purpose in making statements-es-
peciaIv statements along lines which
come into contact with matters touch
ing the two lower counties OF Della
ware. in either government, business
or moral conditions. In comment
upon establishing the home for feeble
minded by the commission appointed
10 locate and prepare for this great
elemosynary work. the Morning News
editorially and thru its news columns,
has persisted in making statements
which attempt to twist the facts so
as to appear to the discredit OF the
commission. and reflect upon the in
teerity of Governor Townsend, whose
property was selected against his de-
sires. and which will disarrange his
plans for making a model farm along
the route of a railroad. which would
be an advertisement for Delaware in
the future.
II was first stated by the Morning
News that the location was isolated
and inaccessible. This was untrue
and if the writer OF that article had
ever travelled in the largest county
in Delaware to any extent, he would
have known that this statement would
have been looked upon as a direct mis-
representation of a fact, or simple
ignorance of the state in which he re-
sides. This was one exhibit of feeble
mindedness on the part of what should
be the leader of thought in the City
Of Wilmington, and will count in favor
of his application for becoming an
inmate of the new institution when it
gets into operation.
When confronted with facts as to
how the land is to become the prop
erty of the State. which is by private
contribution and absolutely free gift
without any conditions other than it
shall be used for the purpose it was
given for, the Morning News again
attempts to show that the land would
not be as well adapted for dairying
and producing farm crops along GER
tain lines; and this again demon
strates that fact that the writer is
absolutely ignorant of the importance
of Delawares agricultural and fruit
products, and again displays the
condition of feeble-mindednes which |
seems to encompass the people of viii |
mington as to the conditions existing !
in lower Delaware, and again stages
another display of the fact that New |
Castle County above the canal is in |
gross ignorance of the balance of the |
State
With the statement made by the
Morning News that "two-thirds Of the
inmates Of the new institution viii
come from either Wilmington or rural
New Castle County" we believe from |
the evidence shown in reading the
published criticisms of the actions of
the commission by the Morning News,
that this is an absolute fact.
Can it be possible that the writer,
or those responsible for the attack
on the commission, is so ignorant of
the purposes for which an institution
for care and training Of the feeble
minded is established? Can il be
possible that those who eminate ar
guments of the character which the
Morning News has printed, believe
that the unfortunate people who will
be inmates of an institution of this
kind. will be expected to produce
farming operations which might be
termed intensive, or even grade farm
ing? Can they believe that an institu-
tion to care for and train the feeble
minded is to become a show place for
the public to visit out of curiosity
or expectation of getting ideas as to
how successful modern farming op-
erations are carried on?
The model farm at Newark is sup
posed to furnish this particular line.
and we believe it is accomplishing
what it was intended to do; but, New
Castle County is already crowded with
greater things than its feeble mind
can digest. and can not see why the
feeble-minded people should be per-
mitted to have a location where the
soil is kind, easy to work and more
in accord as to climatic conditions
than in the cold clay lands Of New
Castle, where they would be brought
into contact with so many others of
feeble mind
Kent and Sussex have contributed
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