The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-12-31
THE STABILITY OF THE HOME.


There are said to be zoe, 900 l. w. W. men in the Pa
cc Northwest working when they work al in the um
Der camps chiefly but floating aborers generally Nearly
all of there unmarried and quite all of them are not
bearing the burden of support of home There is
claim that they unmarried because they belong to the
l. w. w.. but that they become tainted with radcalism
because they unmarried and homeless Here as in all
lands and in all times, it is the homeless who constitute
the chief menace to society and to orderly
The stability of society lies in the family The preser-
walton of the family and of the influence should mpar
to its members lies in the home BY this the real
home owned by those who dwell within its walls if pos
sbe but at the least the separate and private dwelling
of the family Substitute homes of temporary occupation
such becoming quite in our cities in these
days of haste and fitting from place to place lack much
of this genuine home spirit and influence They do not Of
course make w. VS. of their inmates nor do they on
the other hand the home lover nor exert the spirit
ua influence which results from dwelling in genuine
home atmosphere We shall have to wait some years yet
before form Judgment of the effect of the substi
tute home upon society generally and the attitude of those
dwelling in reared in it towards preservation of the
spirit of our institutions. One thing know and that
is the greatest force for Amercansm of the true type is
the American home.
This being true, is it not patriotic duty check any
movement in complex social organism which tends to
reduce the number of homes create conditions where
the genuine home becomes impossible? If 10000 men
l. w. VS.. in the Pacific Northwest chiefly because
they homeless and if there are other homeless thous
ands elsewhere in the United States then would be
high form of patriotic citizenship to further any move
ment 70 radng the workers of this country to procure
homes and rear families in genuine home atmosphere
The rapidly increasing proportion of our people engaged
in large industrial occupation as compared to those in
small communities where each worker has home of his
is constantly increasing the number of men who are
compelled to live under conditions where the home spirit
cannot possibly exist Here it is that radleaism finds its
largest number of recruits
Every young man should have the opportunity to marry
and establish and possess home of his own The preser
walton of institutions requires it, Under present in
dustria conditions this is becoming increasingly diff
cult Many heads of great industries have tried and are
trying to remedy this evil with more or less lack of sue
cess. Actual home ownership is the needed thing but
only few large employers of promoting actual
ownership in practicable way. The movement to build
homes for workers and sell them on long-tem amorti
zaton plan is of the best ways TO meet this increasing
want and increasing danger but falls so far short of
the need that suggests the remedy rather than pro-
vides il This matter neds to be taken hold of in very
large way. Hundreds of thousands of such homes are
needed Perhaps there will arise soon great leader who
viii both point the way and lead the way towards this
great achievement and viii go down to history the
great ''home builder of America 1t would be title
more worthy Of honor by posterity than many others
have strivsH FOR and gOrfed in the possessionS Louis
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