The Idaho recorder., 1920-08-06
HOW TO KEEP EN-
DOWN ON r FARM
sAhOuS ORGANIZATIONS USE
MOTOR TO SAVE EMPLOYEE
FOR AGRICULTURE

HOT "a gonna keep 'em down on
the farm"
With passenger cars"
That's the answer OF the Red Cross.
tne =. NJ. c. A.. the Y. W. c. A. and
otner social agencies which are trying
70 make farm life so attractive that
us Young men won't make a beeline
Tor broadway as soon as they get the
lrst pair OF long trousers.
The Red Cross Is using 900 auto
mohste4 for rural nursing and home
seryfce. This number will increase
as thesvork grows. The Red Cross is
/ aiming TO help local authorities in
estabiMhing health standards. II Is
looking after the insurance and back
pay rights Of the returned soldier. IL
- puHhing its work in rural centers
SO thae The farm boy will get the same
degree OF attention as the man from
the city, SO that farm life has the
same sanitary advantages as the city.
In order to reach the territory which
rurnl secretary must cover, a pas
sengeT car is needed. These are pro.
ylded where possible; and in many
places cars are loaned for the pur-
pose.
Bring City to Farm.
The way TO keep the farmer from
moving 10 the city is TO move the city
to the farm. is the belief of the Y. M.
Z. a. There are 500 county Y. NJ.
&. a. secretaries in the United States
who are motoring around country
roads, bringing lectures, athletic
events, motion pictures, entertain,
ment and education to school houses
parish houses and other rural centers
OF the 500, 225 have cars as part oil
their equipment, the remainder Dor,
rowing cars.
"A passenger car is an absolute
necessity for the county secretary
said A. K. Roberts, general secretary
of the y. Nj. c. A. county work. wher
| interviewed. I'VE specify car as q
part Of the ideal equipment OF the
county secretary. He needs IL tc
cover the territory. Not all Of oul
secretaries. but all are working
toward that end: and in time each
county center will be working to full
efficiency with a car. Yes, there are
5000 counties in the United States. sc
there Is unlimited room for expansion
/ In In1S iieiu.
The Y. NJ. c. A. also Is using severa
hundred cars in city work, fifty car
! in Industrial centers and about I0i
| cars III Reconstruction work abroad.
! FhAc aE ninety county aEperir
I tendents .of public welfare in Nortl
Carolina, the great majority OF whom
own passenger cars. These men serv'
as organizers of county Improvement
along various lines. with special refer
ence TO child welfare.
The y. W. G. a. has l.ls3 branche
in the United States. of which $50 ar
in cities. sixty-four in towns. thirty
two in counties and the remainder ar
student branches. The y. ". c. A
uses cars where II Is necessary for tn
workers TO travel around and cove
large distances. The only way 10 d.
this efficiently is by using cars L
quote the headquarters office of tn
Y. W. c. A. in New YORK.
In addition TO its county recreatio
work. Community Service, Inc, !
looking after the wounded soldiers a
ne hospitals and in the large citiei
In New York the wounded men ar
taken for automobile rides and 10 III
ball games in motor Dusses. Tn
knights OF Columbus are using pa
senger cars in their training school
for returned soldiers.