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New-York tribune., 1919-04-13
Difficulties in
Acquiring Farms

cities offer more Of social life and
Amusement than the farm Most Of our
farmers employ Iaborcrs only for the har-
Fss' season. During the res. Of the year,
especially in winter, the American farm
era would not keep their Iaborers for their
BOARD sewly arrived immigrants do not
engage in farm labor because no steady
employment can be had there Steady en-
p'oymsnt a. satssfactory wages effected
ms emigration from Europe and has drawn
s"sy many Of our native boyg and girls
ar"n the farm into Industrial employment
Methods and manners Of proceedings in
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13
Factors Against
AmeriCanizafiOn

Inc average landowner and land agent
care for immediate profits only A large
initial payment is usually exacted from the
settler for the land, although he possesses
less than what is needed for buildings,
livestock, implements, seed, Transportation
20 and living expenses (untl crops would
provide for income) on the farm 1t
takes time to raise crops and derive an
income therefrom. The average settler
cannot overcome these difficulties, fails.
becomes dispossessed; the land agent sells
the farm over again and again, making
another commission each time, and the
bulk Of those who would be glad to en-
gage In American farming Is scared away
by the example of the exploited victims
improvement Of conditions. therefore, can
not be expected from individual settlers
Obviously, proper sort Of financing and
managing are necessary if the bulk of our
qualified families is to engage in American
farming.
The hunger for land Of our $500 900
resident peasant immigrants is exploited
by highly organized interdealing factors.
These factors conduct systematic and in
tensive work for the prevention of the
Amerlcanizatlon Of our immigrants, for
having them habitually export their savings
and remigrate. They remind the immi-
grant that industrial employment will not
provide wages in old age That it is i'm
possible to settle down for good in the
United States and live on that compara
ttvcly small amount in America which an
average immigrant family can save for old
age. That it s impossible for lack of sufTi
cicnt cash funds to acquire farm in Amer
ica and thrive. They say that Europe will
be the land Of opportunities after the war
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13
n lgn0be People-Judged by American Moral Sense

ardly way? All these things authenticate
the truth of the DIARY of a German
Soldier which recently has been pub
llshed. The picture which the diarist
draws shows their army going through
France like an army of swine, defilng
destroying, gorging, and guzzling. 1t
was drunken orgy from beginning to
end Both officers and men were beastly
beyond words, ransacking vaults and
cellars for wine and other intoxicants,
breaking into larders and storehouses
for food, and forcing their way into the
bedchambers of women and girls-lust,
thlevlshness, excesses of all kinds mark
ing their steps. One cannot conceive of
their remote Hun ancestors, on their
plundering and marauding expeditions,
being guilty of worse crimes. What thew
could not eat or carry away they de
stroyed. castle or large country
seat was mine to them; they left moth
ing that could be of any possible use TO
future occupants.
Had the Germans been CAPABLE of
i0duil'S NollCNoiv ClS poyCuOlOSy or any
nation that differed from their own. thew
never would have forced this country
into the war. But how shall a machine
interpret living force? How could the
obtuse, pigheaded, sauerkraut eating
and beer guzzling Prussan be expected
to understand an American?
One of the wise sayings of Goethe is
that we finally come to know ourselves
not by thought, but by action. We long
believed that we knew Goethe's country
men, the Germans, through their thought
as embodied in their literature, their
science, their philosophy; it appealed to
US, and we prohted by it, But we now
see that we knew them not at all; their
behavior in the instigation and conduct
of this war has revealed to US their true
character
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13

TT OW clearly has the great war
- brought out the fact that the
l. - real foundation of the modern
world is moral foundation, that those
nations which cherish and obey the moral
law prosper and that those who disre-
gard it or trample it under foot are sure
TO fail There can be no successful war
in our time but a righteous war; it is
equally true that there can be no perma-
nent peace but a righteous peace.
Righteousness exalteth a nation and un-
righteousness debaseth it; people who
wage an unjust war have nothing to sus-
tain them in the hour of defeat and ad-
versty, but the very pillars of the uni
verse uphold the just cause. "Speak the
truth, says Emerson, and the very
roots of the grass there under the ground
do stir to bear you wtness'
The Allied cause in this war was the
cause of righteousness; the cause of the
Central Powers was the cause of the
pirate and the highwayman. Hence their
collapse when the final strain came Had
tie murderous Turk triumphed, and the
conscienceless German, one would have
lost faith in the veracity of the universe
Such fighting machine as the Ger
mans turned out the world never before
had seen. The tread Of their armies
seemed to make the world tremble But
lacking moral force, lacking a worthy
cause, bent only on murder and arson
and pillage void of enthusiasm for
human veal and human rights, they had
no sustaining power, and went to pieces
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13

A ! the present time about / 800, 900
"a resident immigrants toll in our
mines, mills, railroad, lumber and
other camps, carrying into effect
our diverse industrial productions so as
TO supply all the world with all Of its
wants. Unlike our earlier arrivals from
Northwestern Europe, who went to the then
available American farms and stayed there,
the new arrivals during the last three
decades come 20 engage and are employed
III industrial wage earning. In recent
Years few people came to escape persecu-
ton. Criminals and paupers have not been
sApped to Us from Europe n thirty years.
economic consideration caused the influx
o. our recently arrived immigrants, with
'ns possible exception Of Russian Jews;
wages N Central, Southern and Eastern
Ldrope are hardly one-third OF ours. Our
recently arrived lmmi grants we're agricul-
fufai people, tilers Of the soil, peasants
IN their countries Of origin. They are
primitive people, Wiling and able to per-
1orm hard and honest work
Inc newly arrived immigran, has no
FUNDS TO speak Of for the acquisition of n
American farm. Il takes at present not less
man $4,000 70 engage and succeed in Amer
'can farming so as TO be enabled to over
come the difficulties Of the beginning
Practically none OF our new arrivals can
command anything like this sum. But
m'st o. them want farm. The wages paid
1or their labor and their determination to
Undergo all present hardships, even to deny
themselves most OF the comforts Of life
IN order TO save all the money that can
oe saved results in the fact that the aver
age immigrant does accumulate after
ssrles OF years comparative competency
ouch savings are sent to be accumulated in
Europe. All that can be saved is exported
aver each pay day In time the owner Of
inc savings rer1igrates. BY rigid economy
priYation and hard work for seven or ten
years IN the United States, they send
enough savings "home" to purchase an
acre or two and thus be provided for in
oio age. The United States is benefited by
me useful labor for which they received
wages but would be more benefited II their
savings would be invested here instead Of
oeing exported, and yet more If the thrifty
would reengage here in farming instead OF
remigrating
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13

on the moral purpose of the enemy, as
the waves break upon the granite rocks
An empire in ruin is what we now be-
hold. The vulture devours its own vitals.
They scoffed at justice and honor and
fair dealing, and now the inevitable
Nemesis has overtaken them; while
France, the object of their fiendish de-
signs, has become a name to conjure with
and to quicken the pulse of all heroic
peoples.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13
Available
Land

our Secretary Of the Interior statca. AL
though no complete survey has ever been
made of our land resources il ia catimatcd
That there are fifteen million 20 twenty
m'''oh add'tsonal acres Of at present arid
'anh IN inc west for which water is avail
""'' - Pfopcfy conserved. BY far
The greater portion Of our unused and un
productive lands, however. is comprised in
the cut-oyer or logged-oy timber land lying
largely within the eastern .lan of .hc United
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13
! he
Remedy

The present appears to be the opportune
time to furnish natives and immigrants.
soldiers and the others who are qualified 4
reliable depository in which TO accumulate
their savings for the acquisition, in time,
on acceptable terms, Of farm homes
Homes in farm communities equipped
with buildings, livestock and implements.
at fair prices and terms are bound to i'm
prove conditions. An initial investment of
$1,000 (and much Of that should be waived
for our returning solders) should be suf
hcient for a fully equipped farm home to
be taken possession of by qualified fami-
hes. The balance Of the purchase price
TO be pald out of crops, in long series
OF years, with reasonable rate Of inter
est national corporation with branches
IN the diverse sections should be estab-
llshed to carry into effect the colonization
OF those who qualified and willing to
engage in farming. Individual settlers can
not accomplish this
Agricultural communities on the Euro
pean village system, with American i'm
provements, should be established, financed
and administered. This would dispose
of the dreaded isolation. Churches, schools.
meeting halls, moving pictures, etc, could
be provided for the settlers living in viii
lagos. This would complete their Ameri-
canlzatlon. The community wood lot, past
ure, thrashing and other machinery, blood
ed stallion, bull, boar, etc, cooperation in
cases of emergency, the cooperative pur-
chase of commodities and selling Of farm
products assure success
In the thus created agricultural colonies
numbers of lawyers. physicians, dentists,
druggists, bankers, hotelkeepers, grocers
butchers, drygoods dealers and others
would be enabled to make living
reasonable commission paid TO those
who furnish the buildings, stock and equip
ment would surely induce their participa-
tion and also that of those who export saw
ings and sell transportation to immigrants.
As agents of this corporation they would
direct the qualified families to the new
agricultural communities, instead of remov-
ing them to Europe.
lnasmuch as governmental action is con-
sidered to be paternalistic and undesirable,
a national corporation chartered by our
Federal government and our several states
should be established by our great fnan-
ciers. This would secure the confidence of
the clients. Finance it to an extent with
the deposits of immigrants Make unfair
competition and abuses of unscrupulous
schemers difficult and chiefly, improve con-
ditions permanently
Instead of returning to Europe with their
American savings. immigrants experienced
in and enthusiastic for farming would be-
come integral parts of this newly estab-
lished institution. settle down here for
sgood, create traffic and crops. increase our
national welfare economically as we'll as
socially and Illustrate the harm caused by
agtators of evil intentions
Settlers of different natonalities with as
many native Americans among them as pos-
sihc should DC placed in each colony;
thereafter all Of them would speak the
American language and the children would
surely grow up to be as good and LOYAL
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13

Americans as the children of the earlier
arrivals The sooner this is done the lean
harmful IS bound to be the effect Of un.
employment, Bolshevism and rcmiyration.
and the sooner Will conditions be improved
immigrants prefer TO become owners OF
American farms instead Of returning TO
European oppression, congestion and cxag-
gerated taxation. The success of the pi.
oneers would attract the masses 10 follow
their example. This would end remigration.
The danger of floating elements would
thus be done away with by converting these
families into responsible owners of homes.
Unlike tenants, the owners of farms are in
tercsted in the preservation Of the fertility
OF the soil, in lasting improvements and in
permanent prosperity.
After the war Europe Will need its able
bodied male subjects to reconstruct it and
to pay taxes, and their EN- igration will stop
for decades Rem;grants cannot be el
pected to be permitted to come back again
to the United States
The prosperity of our nation depends
primarily upon our ability to feed our
own people and those nations which depend
upon US for food
Farm ownership IS the foundation Of
stable government, of loyal citizenship and
OF the welfare of the population Our safe
~ and prosperity rest on the largest
possible number OF contented farm home
owners The acquisition of farm homes
should De encouraged, aided and assisted
IN the proper and practical manner. The
single family owners Of farm homes in
thrlvlng agricultural communities are OBJ
Wously the best remedy for our economic
ills and remigration
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13
The eCityLouer
BY Jeanne OLdfeld Potter

by Jeanne Oldheld Potter
remember how he loved the strcets.
And all the city's ways,
It's rush of feet, its crown of lights.
The roar of busy days;
But, too, he loved the shabby house
That welcomed him at night
Romance and poetry had growth
Beneath his study light
"A narrow strip of blue above.
A bat of green below,
A glimpse Of heaven. a breath Of
earth.
Fate gave to him to know;
he complex problems of the poor
He solved with simple art.
But every city street, think.
Ran through his loyal heart.
To-day the ways he knew are fresh
With wooing sun and rain.
But all the leaves of Areonne Wood
Will whisper him in vain.
Q, give him, Lord, where er he be.
he happy streets to tread.
And let there be old books to read.
And lamp light er his head.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13

Mr. Steiner, q Hungarian By crtroc-
tor, non tcith the War Trode Board
has made q life study Of Amcricani-a-
ton problcms His recent testimony be-
fore the Overseas Committee on anti
american influences among the fore gn-
born ard particularly the Austrian
propaganda here, created sensation.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13

recall that about the beginning of
the war Bergson delivered an address in
Paris in which he dwelt upon the diff
ference between the French mind and
the German-the spirituality of the one.
the brutality of the other-and foretold
the probable result of the conflict.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13

during the same year amounted to ss7a-
oo80l7; our export Of foodstuFs amounted
to Si,269 6sl 1853. The next export, there
fore amounted only to about $500, ,s52 ,s4s.
thus, We consumed ourselves about 81 per
cent and had only about 3 per cent for
export. Obviously, VIC have serious reasons
for tho increase Of food production.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13
1--WE Come to Know People Not
by Their Thought but by
Their Acts"--Coethe
By John Burroughs

beored naturalist and philosopher
birthday HIS rer
the folowng article attests still IN their prime.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13
By Lajos Steiner

A the present time about II 100000
resident immigrants toll in our
mines, mills, railroad, lumber and
u -
The Little River news., 1919-09-13
Fine Alfalfa Crop Raised at Ogden By Roy Budd;
 Will Get Five cutfings

Roy Budd of Ogden is making a re- markabl record this year growing al falfa. Last spring he had the misfor- tune to be in the path of a tornado that destroyed his fences and barns, which he had to replace at a cost of $1,S00. It looked blue around Ogden at that time, but old alfalfa came to the rescue in good shape. Mir. Budd will get five cuttings this year at an average of one and half tons per acre Every cutting this year has net ted him $1,000, making the five cutt- ings bring up the total for the crop to $5,000. He says that you have to reseed after each overflow, but that alfalfa is the grandest little savior that a Red River farmer ever had. He raises lots of hogs, and that is another way to market the crop.
The Little River news., 1919-09-13
PIKE COUNTY MAN WAS
 GRANTED h PARDON Was Convicted of Having Caused a rake Entry in Bank Arcount
 In 1918 Court.
Special to the News.

Special to the News
 Little Rock, Sept INV E. Clev- enger, convicted at the August 1918. term of Little River circuit court of T charge of causing false entry to be made by the cashier Of the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Murfreesboro and sentenced to three years in the penitentiary, was pardoned yesterday by Governor Brough Cieyenger had not served any Of his sentence. it was said
 The false entry which Clevenger was alleged to have caused amounted to $70. According to a statement is sued by the governor the cashier of the bank said that this was the only false entry ever suggested to him by GleVenger. who was merchant of Murfreesboro and borrower from the bank. although many other false en- tries had been made upon the sugges- ton of the president.
 ''I have had this case under advise ment for many months, and have granted several stays of execution 10 thoroughly familiarize myself with the facts, Governor Brough said. "Gleyenger made settlement of $12,- 800 with the bank commissioner. which amount was agreed to by the directors and attorney for the Farm CTS and Merchants bank, as satis- factory to all business interests rep resented. AfterWard Gievenger was indicted and convicted on technical ity
 "Clevenger stoutly maintained his innocence and fought the case through all the courts. The trial judge told me that he expected reversal be- cause of the fact that the testimony of the self-convicted cashier, whose testimony was corroborated by [ other witness.
 l Many of the best citizens of Pike county, including majority of his nelgnbors, have asked me to par don Clevenger. Every man who has 1 had business dealings with him and 1 who has talked or written to me be- lieves Clevenger to be honest and in nocent of this charge. After having made an exhaustive study of the case borth from the transcript and by discussion of the facts With the citi- zens of Murfreesboro. while on re- cent visit to Fike county. am thor i cushly convinced that Clevenger is entitled 70 a pardon
 .aobert Glover, negro, 45 years old, sentenced in 1S@7 to T years in the penitentiary for murder and who es- l capd firm thee prison in 1928. was ] pardoned Tuesday by Governor C. o. ! 3foueh. il was announced yesterday,
The Little River news., 1919-09-13
CITIZENS GAN AID IN
 ROAD MATERIAL SHIPPING
Urges that all Cars Be Loaded to Capacity and Avoid the Great
 Shortage of Cars.
Special to the News.

Special to the News.
 Little Rock Sept. 12.-The governor has issued a proclamation to the citi- zens of Arkansas, particularly the shippers, calling upon them to coop crate with the railroads and the Rail- road Administration 'by exerting every effort to see that cars do not go out lightly loaded, but that the maxi mum capacity carrying be utilized in every instance
 The U. S. Railroad Administration has just given an order providing for additional cars sufficient to move l. S27 ,000 tons of road material in Ark ansas before January l, 1920, which means that the state will be furnished with approximately 295 cars daily for the remainder of the season. The Ad- ministration has also approved re- duction in all rail rates amounting to about ten per cent, in recognition Of the competition between water and rail rates in connection with the Mis- sissippi river.
 T am reliably informed by the rail- road authorities" says the governor, "that in many instances the freight ears in Arkansas are loaded only to o0 or 75 per cent capacity, and that un- less these ears are loaded to their maximum carrying capacity the ship pers of Arkansas and the state of Arkansas will suffer irreparable loss at this time. Real American grasp of a serious situation, such grasp as was exhibited during the war, will solve veXing problem and minimize a trouble whose consequence might be serious and far-reaching. As goVer- nor of the state, I therefore appeal to the Arkansas shippers to cooperate with the railroad officials and the Ma tional Railroad Administration in every way possible
The Little River news., 1919-09-13
1AVV1ooU6T8QQ. Arkansa Profitable Farming Bureau,
 Board ot CoTmerce, Little Rock, Ark
Cotton Is Up a Few Points on AshdoWn Market, But
 Seed all to Low Mark

Local cotton receipts are still slow though the market has improved dur ing the week. Only a small percen- tage of the cotton being ginned is be- ing sold, feeling among the farmers being that the present market is low CT than justified. The prices Friday for short cotton ranged from 2S to 29l Receipts here are expected to mater ially increase by the 18th of this Hl0nth.
 The seed market took a bad slump Wednesday, following the big slump in Gil. The prices that had been paid was $65. The price now being paid is $53.
The Little River news., 1919-09-13
PREMIUMS AWARDED AT
 JONES' COMMUNITY FAIR
Eight Hundred and Twelve Register ai the Fair Held 15 Miles North
 West of AshdOwn.
Special to the News.

Special to the News.
 Jones Community, Sept. 11.-Many think that the fair was the best we have ever had The fair association a to thank everyone for their help in every possible way. Fully 1000 people attended during the three days.
 Wednesday, September 3, 132 regis tered; Thursday 4S2, Friday 198, total registering SIP.
 The premium list as awarded fol- Jews. in the Canning Club Department
 Violet Rettman, best for tomatoes, 50 cents; Ruth Mast second for toma- toes, 25 cents.
 Ruth Mast, best for peaches, 50 cents; Della Robinson second for peaches, 25 cents.
 Ruth Mast, best exhibit in glass, 50 cents; Ruth Ayers second, 25 cents.
 Ruth Mast best exhibit in tin, 50 cents; Lucy Wade, second, 25 cents.
 Ruth Mast, best collection of jelly 50 cents; May Morgan second, 25 cents.
 Violet Rettman, best cap and apron 90 cents Selma Rettman, second 25 cents.
 Madie Couch, best corn shuck mat, 50 cents: Lydia Metcalf, second, p cents
 Thelma Hogrefe, best corn shuck basket. 5o cents; Della Robinson, sec ond, 9 cents.
 Poultry Club:
 Alden Harrison best pen White Wyandottes, 50 cents.
 Alden Harrison, best pen Brown Leghorns, 30 cents.
 Ruth Mast, best pen Barred Ply moth Rock 50 cents.
 Boys and Girls Club:
 Ruth Mast, best peck of Irish pOta- toes. 50 cents; Victor lRettman, sec ond prize, 9 cents.
 Robert Treas, best white corn, 10 ears, 50 cents; Clifton Prov. second in white corn, 25 cents; Odean Phillips third in white corn 25 cents; Victor Rettman, in white corn 25 cents Al den Harrison, in white corn, p cents ~~.Chris Ferguson, best corn, 10 ears
The Little River news., 1919-09-13
MASONS WILL BUILD HALL
Purchase the News Building and Will
 Add Another Story.

A deal was closed this week whereby the Masonic lodge of Ashdown pur- chased the Lon Jones building, known as the Little River News building, on Main and Owen street The lodge eX- poets to start to work in d short time in adding another story to the build ing, and will use the upper story for the hall. The News will continue on in the same place
 Contractor Westbrook states that he expects to get the new addition started as soon as possible, and &ili rush i, to completion
The Little River news., 1919-09-13
REVIVAL OPENS SEPTEMBER 2l
Voted Evangelist Will Conduct Meet
 ing at Methodist Church.

Rev $. K. Burnett, pastor of the Methodist church in this city announc- es that he has secured the services oi Rev. W. M Mcintosh of Iuka, Miss to conduct revival meeting at the church in this city beginning on Sun day, September 21. He will be accom- panied by singer. Rev. Mcintosh has devoted his life to evangelical work. and is said to be very successful, He comes most highly recommended. The church is making preparations for a great meeting.