Evening star., 1919-04-13

portant factor in foreign commerca.
In the old days, not so
In the Good very long ago. cy
o,,p Perkins used to tie a
OIo lays. couple of bags of. corn
or wfeat, saddle-hg fashion, across
an old farm horses back and go to
the mill to get it ground into meal
or -four. Occasionally he would drive
. load OF fruit or vegetables to the
four-corner general store and swap
it for clothing or household needs CT
farm tools. For the most part. he
stored away in his cellar and corn
crib the fruits of his soil and toll
and lived off it during the twelve
monthA
He earned lis livelihood by the
sweat Of his brow, and his touch with
the world afar was had during these
same visits to the four-corners store.
where he sat with other farmers
around the stove and discussed ma
times he traded a sack of potatoes
for a; few months subscription to a
weekly paper that carried news
months old A
Times have changed for Cy Perkins.
His horizon has lifted and broadened
until he now ex-
Times Have changes his farm
Changed. Dseauos pstions of with the 'ns ears. 1a
dictates world prices, and. living in
ease and something Of luxury. has the
whole world paying tribute. Science
and system have gone into partner
ship in running his farm. He has
labor-saying machinery. the good
roads system passes his door and
caravans of motor trucks haul his
crops to market He no longer drives
to town meeting in a crryan Or
buck kboard, but lends his automoofe
to help elect members OF Congress
who will work for the farmers inter
ests az dictated by the grange He
farmers seminars. in which IN public
speech he decknEN for his own
policies Of govefn1Do11
Tho confiaerz&asn oe tho world va
sweeping sver urp. lit ~! up ,snS sns
farmers hosiz.n. . az saw tns me. IsHH s.s1
Of Belgium for hread rever6oeAtsd IN
his heart. Herbert Hoovsro eeaT<oa
call for food for the old Wor10 was
made direct to the farmHr. He sent
his sons to fight the 5aftieS *. dmcf,on o1 h"man
Of his fertile fields. He met the
worlds unprecedented needs
\
The home1y incidents Of the old
days have. taught Cy Perkins a les
son. When tho knight
n.-r..a:, of the alluri n
Romauy road W a y
the World. through nature stop
ned hungry at the farmhouse door
re was well fed, and as he trampeo
along his wanderlust way ne ie1t
on roadside rocks anu
tree trunks that advertised the farmer
as a good feeder. So Cy Perkins,
grown In a few years as the lives OF
men and nations .ds, run. trSm 70 me ieea needy
of the world, knows that all na1ions
herea flor who want food WILL IN
stinctively apply to him:
Able to produce more with n'S IaooE
saving machinery and systematizeo
farmers of the United States nave
caught the foreign commerce spirit OF
these world Reconstruction days and
n going to saa% his crops overseas
over the seven seas-in the great
American merchant marine, In sys-
tematixsd, .sthcient way He did no4
cast hia bread gpsee the wsnt %a'et s sfSe rs
starving in Belgium and Russia
and the near east under all pr.
ority orders in the safest and fastest
of the pooled shipping of the civilized
world. In these days of internaelona1
commerce warfare the farm produ0s
of the United States will still haye
riRht-of-way on shipping and ready
market wherever there arc mouths to
be fed
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Intensive farming methods are BE-
ing encouraged and the government
is contemplating the re-
Systematic claiming of extensive
areas for new farms Tor
inquiry. the returning soldiers
who have seen for themselves the
hunger Of other nations. Although
even at the opening Of the world war
the American farmers had supplied IS
Der cent OF the total exports OF the
United States. as was explained inci-
dentally in these columns last Sunday.
little or no systematic work looking
to- the promotion Of the farmerS In
forests in export trade had been con-
Quoted. This is now being corrected
and a systematic Investigation of for
eiEn markets for agricultural prod
ucts is being made by the bureau OF