Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-11

be found in the different meanings
which different people apply to that
phrase, the necessities of life" One
man means by it food, shelter, cloth
ing. Having these. he feels that he
has all the actual necessities" An
other man may mean by the same
phrase an automobile, private yacht
and Il golf course. From what l read
| must infer that Rockefeller would
Class the golf course as a necessity"
Yes, as a mere matter of cold. brutal
fact, an acre cabbage patch and a
stout handled hoe would furnish even
Rockefeller with all the outdoor ex-
ercise his physical needs call for-with
quite as much as a hundred-acre golf
course and a caddie- carried bundle of
golf sticks. 1t would not only cost. less.
! but, if he were fairly Industrious and
! tolerably good at a bargain, it would
even return him some income in the
place of the golf courses large QUITO.
If he were suddenly reduced to an
income of $500 year, l suspect that
he might even find his home raised
cabbages helping to keep soul and
! body together.
There is small use in trying to get
people to meet upon a common agree
ment as to what are the necessities
of life. What one considers a luxury,
another classes as at least a comfort
and still another as real ''neces-
sitr.' The man with $500 a year gets
along without things which the man
| with 1880 a year regards as neces-
Sary. Just as the man with So 500 a
year gets along without things which
the man with $4,000 year looks upon
| as essential
! From the top of one Of my 'knolls'
L can see half-a mile in one direction
two miles in another and three or -four
in third. From the top OF the high
mountain peak which looms over me
to eastward. I can see fifty miles in al
most any direction. if l care to climb
it for the view. 1t certainly is an i'm
presSive outlook, that from this high
summit.
Yet, after all, | can see all that is
| absolutely essential ftr me to see from
a much lower altitude than either thu
, knoll or the peak. l couldn't use al
| the dozen counties that lie outspreat
before me when | am on the peak.
can't use the half township which
view from the knoll" discloses.
can't use as effectively and productive
~ as | wish even the ten acres which
lie right before me. every time 1 stel
out of the back door
After all, like most other things II
| me ,lnlS mater OF llTeS neceSS1tle1
depends very largely on the point O
view. Tom Appleton, asked if life wa
worth living. answered that 1t all de
pended on the liver!
Doubtless there are people, accus
toned to luxury and high living, f
whom the beef SINNERS limit of 81 rs
a year would seem synonymous wit
mpoverisbment. Doubtless there ar
a good many of US farmers. on tn
other hand. who would think tina
same figure reckless extraEa gance.
Probably there will never come
time when the world will unanimousl
agree upon what are the actual nc
cessities' of life for everybody
In the meantime, we might as we
accept the manifest facts of huma
nature, one Of which facts is that tn
, aforesaid human nature never is an
, never will be satisfied with what
gets on this earth. Whether workma
or employer, producer or consumes
millionaire or ditch digger-we are a
tarred with the same discomfort.
; | Whatever We have. we want more
and always shall! THE FARMER.