Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-28
Railroad Bureau
Aids Home Seekers
nv Frederick j. Hnskin.
by Frederic J. Raskin

ness of advertising the lanus along ,hti,
routes. and most of them have maintaineo
information departments, to which tht
man in sear,.h of a home or iarm migh'
put his questions.
This good work OF the railroads mas no"
been taken over and Is beng co-ordihatcu
under a row department Of the United
Stat.s Railroad Administration, known
a. thcHo,neseekers Bureau. This bureau,
Llc tLe ones maintained by the railroads
will furnish free Information and advice
IN Tho intending farmer or country dwell
Ter
The chief difference between TINS iia-
,;opal bureau and the old railroad de
na-tmen.s Is that the national bureau has
n, interest xcept to tell the inquirer the
tr,,,b about any scctinn OF the country
The railroad information departments
bainc essentially means ot compe'i'ioh' H.
verr naturally inclined each To make rs
attractive, case as possible Tor the region
traversed by It's own road
FldtNp 10 SOLDIER.
H., ~, NO, many organizations OF
value - as many persons as the ii"i',
sellers, Purcau II Will be "A friend and
,,,l,. ~ the returned soldier or lobiess war
,,nrler whose desires turn TO rural oocu-
n,t,ons II Will aid the Department oi
Agrieurrrc IN reaching new farmers, ana
IA disseminating the results ot ITS Valuable
work And not the least OF ITS purposes
will to bclp build MP the railroads.
When III, discharged soldier goes 10 the
st,+i,o T., oct hl~ ticket home. hc Will nc
b.ndrd a small printed slip telling MN
tbst + hc is Interested N entering any
49,, of form lfc the Railroad Admins
tra+i.n i prcparcd 90 give assistance
Ticket offices all over the country VIII
post thC~c notices In deInohliiki'loh
renters md communities where iarH'
numbers II war workers are apt 10 ne
.urned off he arcnt VIII hand notlc' "i
+bc IIoncs,ekcr- Bureau 10 every pur-
chaser az ket.
The first nlnc soldiers may throw inc
slim away hut the tenth ono may care
fnII, prcs,,rvc the address. Some ono mas
told him of the golden opporNni''es
awaiting tho shccp-raising farmer IN
porthrrn Arkansas Here Is = chance 70
Erl n.t he IIomcscchcrS bureau
VII send him authoritative data on inc
nr.,.pret> f,r ,hccD rai~inR, not only IN
northern Arkau.a~. hut N other regions
WICr, th, ~hccp industry : as N't uhde-
~ lotCd
Thcy vill stvc him full information ~
regard rs thr land available the N3lne 81
= ,r,g tbe terms upen WMch 4 can llc oh-
tanned. Information ~ regard 70 ne &c
n,4u,l f0rvoal amt thc advlsahlhty q su'h
Fl. cntcr,sr.-t Is .t'-a artheomlng II i'e
soldier b, carac~ ~lH 1Cntiv lnteTes1"d ~
tn, prppo~iriou hc VIII ~ piA'Fu u
l,re eoumpnl anon w!th ihe iarm ad-
Nl~.r ior thqt section who Wall hcip % INC
n,Nf stag
4AvcHT suFFP RAISING
Thus the Railroad AdmpIStration has
acaunHshed its work IN onf case Whcn
Il has done all il can for hint, he IS turned
over ~ the Department 81 Agncuit'ire'
which will give him information about
how n raise the sheep
In the ahcvc mentioned case. the SOL
dier had been correctly informed "
happens that there are great Poss4ol4lIles
IN sheCpraising N certain sections But
often the CITY man Is taken N bN stories OF
tort mes 10 hc mode ln hg and lemon
orchards. or in cultIvatinC >wamps II ne
really wants - take tlp farming or stoCS,
ralSirg fhc Famc~athcr~ Bureau vii tell
him frankly the chances = success 10 te
narfl ailar Inc that attracts hun.
To- I.aa,,,artrr> ST fhe Homeseekcrs
B,,-,att NIL ~ course. he n Washington.
star Tier, arc shout ono hundred rail-
roa5 ar7,t';u-al agents working ior the
Railroad AtmiuI~tr4I on, who have now
heen made uarl 81 the HCmeseekers
Bureau These agents arc now engaged
N collecting data relative q their re-
spcctlvo localities They Will make re-
r.orfs te1lIt- what crops thrive what
eranz are needed the shipping facilities.
fhe ,iairv supply he climate schools and
churches
These reports arc 70 be published aS
naloohIct~ snd VII be used IL answering
ia, lrr s--, /" hcn -pecinc information
- a,Atw 4. not contained in the
pr1ni, III .f., sVallahle ~ IN any otheT
form III. aaur-ceker viii To- placed IN
communication WITH one 81 theSe agents,
VII ,,lIi ..lpplv the latest information
I'M. bureau vuict was iuaug3rated on
Iauusrs l. aaV receiving IL least 100
ieff.r- 4d.s IM- j. pretty - "a ndlca-
tinn 81 the need LOB just such an organize
fi3f Asgryc, of The daily maii 81 v taat
tb.. majority 81 inquiries come from people
who have always Hved IN cItles but who
WIS., 81 obtain small pieces # land near
the larger cifles Truck farming and
poulfr7 raising ar the mos popular occu-
pauai Ih, questions ar yer} general,
and l.pt ts ,l,lt W4ut information about
mor than 1ue state ht IuHescekers
Bureau Wl-hes - encourage people 70
wrlf, uore specific Qle-u u- a. II be
hets- thaf Is q. way Il can % 81 greater
scf ,Ice
TruUAt WuL HELP.
Iitn, mae vhr.vaut- b. raise wheat on
tf., u.ans Nluue-ot4 or start an apple
.l,f,f.# ~ IL tff.A#su u1li give some InfOrma-
tloH ab1lf b experience and ability, and
81 .mlgu' ~ mnn,1 he wants 10 invest,
H. bu al Ull 10 4h.7 30 help hum much
NOR, Iu Re gul 81 tnes' fact-
~ iaf n. aal h3- shown that quite
numb, 81 Wuulef 2, lerN. much interest
ed m taking gp ~pfut KIND u farming.
They seem partial tu livestock breeding
aud pJuitr af.Hr Experience has prov
I'd that Wuucu ar, very we'll adapted %
poultry misIuu and n particular - all
KIND, 1 dp.A Nork
several IHr-1u- have written asking
how 10 get work 8u farms such request
= 4 lttl. ouf o6 It- l4u. buf IL hc Home
seeter. Bureau take, ~ interest m
evcrs potential iaruct il viii DO what
n can iar thu.r who wash to get some
practical experience Isl matter~ % tins
mature Il VIII ra-npratr with tie nIted
State l.mp.1smctf service
Ghqmbcr- II cuiumrr r trade boards
community center- and newspapers are
asked - co-pperate with the ! ioIneseekers
Bureau and Is -9pps whatever lrf 1rma-
ton they can tor the benefit oi those who
ar, seeking new homes Al the present
time hc bureau ,e unable lo give full in
f,rfa..f..tf. t. tf- gorre.y. 4ggrt.t tagat,.p