Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-06-25
xoNoroxr rs RUNNING FARMS

ssONOrONY II RUNNING FARMS
II may sound peculiar 10 saw that the
mcnctouy of farm nfe Is driving the
boys and girls from the rural districts.
ana yet this Is exactly the fact.
This fact was voiced In recent
speech by Colonel Homer Folks before
. conference Of the National Child Ia.
beR Committee In Milwaukee. Colonel
Folks n vicepreSdent of the committee
ana seertary OF the New York Chair.
ties Aid association. He has recently re.
turned from Europe where he has been
h~lpine TO organize the new child wei.
fare program q the American Red
Csvse. and II n specials, In matters per.
tanning TO young life.
1T d the farm population tina, is av.
Ing Europe. and Il is the farm pcpula.
ton that must also preserve America
Tor farming n the basis 81 our pru~per.
tty." declared Colonel Folks These
statements are worthy Of the gravcst
conssdsrAtionA They carry with them
FUNDAMENTAL facts and we may no, with
inpunisy ignore them. That the young
people have been leaving the farm at
10 great . rate. IL generally acknowl.
sdged. and Il II also apparent that the
statements Of Colonel Folks are found.
- IN facts.
He went on to contrast the problems
thet face the European farmers with
thons coafronting the men Of his own
ccsnry. ~There.- he said. they need
husss. sced and tools. They have the
And and they have the labor. In Amer.
IN they have all the necessary supplies
~ implements. but they are losing the
bugs and girls who should constitute the
insure fasming class Just at the age Of
their greatest po;ention usefulness"
these young people are deserving
ths country Tor two rsascns." added
Colonel Folka ''monctony and lack Of
0ea<y.- Discussing the former cause.
- vvot O.: There 10 little stimulus In
hrm NE - Il In lived In most places
htt,s incentive for the ambitious. or In.
sDoration for those who feel the impulse
% new and bg thingsL II seems like an
svr.rscurr,ng round of monotonous
erudgssy calculated TO kill just those
eOlities that make youth valuable to
~ race"
he advocated vitsiisaiion Of the
eeeeol - one remedy for this disease.
eecAring that tho teaching should be
Gesght into touch with the childrcn's
snvirwment. should deal more with the
tnceees that make their daily existence,
al 49, with The history and geography
u distant ages and lAnds. city people
spend TOO much" he asserted. Farm.
ere spsad too Enthusiastically on their
eh111rea."
y 70 oeclared By ssAtissicians that the
inons asylums are populated largely
~ women from the farma This il ac.
counted for In the fact that the house.
wives a the farms ara denied the var.
n.y. u entertainment. amusement and
develepment that comes to members oi
their SCI living In the towns and elite,
Il the country. They have no pleasures
to break the monctony of their daily
rossines Of drudgcry. Their home en-.
sironment Ia not conducive 10 cheerful
nee. They are overworked by reason
II hack Il convcniences. and under thi.
perpetual grind and strain. they 20 "a
pieces. sadly. This brings them into On.
state institutions for the mentally in
capscitsicd in numbers that are no,hins
short u alarming.
There In no grounds for wonder there
fore. that the young and ambitious a
the country are seeking the diversion
a The urban communities They seek I,
esape the fate Of their elders. they wan
something better. They are entitled I,
something better. and N they are q
continue. ~ they. under proper condI
tons should. on the farms. they mus
have q.
This brings the thinker 10 the ques
ton: How does this problem affect me
u affects every man and woman. ever,
boy and girl In a very material In a yer,
direct sense. There Is no getting ava,
from u. The broad fraternity Of hu
mani'y includes w all. and Il mat,er
nss that a man may BE- banker. mer
chant. or what not he Is related TO tn,
source cf all wealth. which experts o
every land declare 10 faruing-produc
TN On the farm. IT, therefore. follows
- eoes the night the day. or a. doe
ehs shadow the substance. that to max,
ohs farmer more prosperous. u " In