Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-18
FARMERS URGED TO
COOPERATE TO MAKE
CONDITIONS BETTER
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Mr.. Marvel spoke of the methods
of farming carried on during his boy
hood days In Sussex county and drew
attention to the great improvements
that have been made since that time.
He recalled seeing the Same methods
used in farming that were used 1000
years ago. In cutting wheat with a
scythe and cradle, threshing ii with
fail and winnowing IL with the wind.
and in these few years inventions have
brought a machine that wtlls cut
| thresh. fan and pack the wheat in
one operation.
Farming Oldest Industry.
He drew attention to the fact that
agriculture. or the tiiling of the soil,
was the oldest industry on earth: II
having been begun by Cain just out
side of the Garden Of Eden. but that
1t was the last Industry to organize.
He congratulated the farmers on their
| great success in organizing In late
years for their mutual benefit and
| further congratulated them upon the
attention that they had secured from
our Federal government in the en-
actment Of laws for their projection
and assistance. He warned them.
however. against carrying their re-
quests for assistance too far. The
tendency of our people, he stated,
was too greatly toward Washington
for governmental assistance, and
when farmers run to Washington for
help for themselves. they may be
sure that other industries will just
as vigorously press their requests for
help and when one group OF people
see chance of temporary benefit,
arising out os government help. they
will be more inclined to tolerate the
| giving of special help to some other
industry.
| He further stated that all this tends
to paternalized government and to
socialism and is opposed 70 the funda-
mental basis. upon. which our govern
ment is formed; that local self-gov-
ernment is being lost sight of: that
States rights are being invaded and
individual rights, as they were con-
ceived by the makers of our consti-
tuition. are being trampled upon and
disregarded and that it is time to call
q halt.
He warned the farmers to set their
| face against this tendency and TO
rather take the position that they
would not ask too freely for govern
mental help should not be given as a
special privilege to any other indus
try.
Coming down TO local matters, Mr.
Marvel suggested four definite things
Urges Cooperation as Keynote.
That the farmers should cooperate
for the purpose of stabilizing the State
System of Public Education. in order
that every child within the boundaries
of the State should have an equal
chance of a Public education and that
this educational opportunity should be
the very best that the State could
afford.
He proposed an amendment to the
State highway law. by which the State
highway should be permitted to build
a cheaper road through the State Aid
lbranch of the Law, in order that more
miles could be built and more farmers
served with hard surfaced roads, that
would permit automobile service the
Iyear around. He approved OF that pro-
vision of the law which compelled the
Department TO build a high grade road
T /
These roads have been constructed
on a forty year basis. Such a road,
however. was too expensive to enable
the Department to buold a large mill
Ieage and such an expensive road is not
needed to carry the light travel in
many parts of the State and
more miles of road is needed to serve
The farmers of the State in getting
lheir produce to market.
Tax on Gasoline.
He also proposed a tax of two cents
a gallon on gasoline. for the purpose
of equalizing the use of the roads be-
tween a car that travels only one
Thousand miles a year and another
car that travels perhaps ten thousand
n lies. per year. The income TO be ap-
Piled to the road system.
He also advoca ted a revising of our
County Government so as to provide
a small group of Commissioners. who
would carry on the County affairs on
Z non-partisan businesslike basis. He
largued that there is no more reason
for a partisan County Government,
than there is for partisan City Gov
ernment. Its operations were along
strictly business lines and furnished
no proper grounds, upon which the cit-
izens could divide on party lines. He
Ipointed out that in the State Govern
mant and National Government. Del
awareans and Americans would all
ways divide as there were fundamentl
differences between the parties. but in
the purely business administration OF
City and County no such division was
required.
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