The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-07-23

I'VE are going out in new cars
Every one of them will be the same
model and the same maks Each fam
lily will have a trailer. This particu
lar trailer is so arranged as TO be
useful for hauling purposes when We
go to the nearby towns. The bunga-
low, which sleeps six persons, will be
used en- route and as a temporary
home at the tract until we build ou1
own homes.
This is not a rich mans nor is il
a poor mans venture The appli-
cants range from factory foremen to
persons of Independent means. AL
are tired of city life and want to take
their families back to the land. No
ttpne will be accepted who has less
! than $4,000. There must be enough
money to pay for the expenses of the
trip and there must be sufficient
money left upon which to live until
the first crops are sold.
This is not a money-making
scheme, either. There is mo dark
gentleman in the wood-pile' Each
of us will have an equal amount of
land, for which he pays a uniform
price, and each should have, if he is
as industrious as his neighbor, the
safe returns. Naturally, the respon-
sibility of an undertaking of this
kind is very great, and we must have
nothing to retard our progress nor
mar our success. | think our plans
will be carried out satisfactorily, and
this point will be demonstrated"
That a motor-caravan can be sue
cessfully undertaken was demonstra-
ted last summer by the Northwest
members of the Pacific Coast Adver-
Using Clubs, whose annual conven-
ton was held in Stockton, Cal, in
June. More than 100 cars left Seat
tie, Wash, for Stockton, and this pro-
cession of cars was viewed with
much interest as it passed through
Washington, Oregon, and California
The original schedule of time was
maintained without break. THERE
was not mishap. The evening stops
at automobile camp sites along the
way were comfortable and jolly, and
every one in the caravan voted that
touring was the only way
to go to a convention. Those who
were less adventuresome and had ex-
perienced a hot, two-day train trip
agreed with them.
The New York World, which sends
the new homesteaders ON their way
with bit of editorial congratulation
and advise comments on a general
tendency to return to the land Farm
ing is one of the industries that has
profited by the general business de-
preston, observes The World, which |
finds good prospect even for ten
ants of some so-called abandoned"
farms. Recently we are told:
Sharply contrasting conditions, Of
are revealed in reports |
of the rural and urban labor stu
alton. On the farms there are plenty |
Of workers as against scarcity in |
recent years, and plenty of work for
hem, but at lower wages. Men who |
left the farm for the factory and |
under the lure of war wages
nave returned in numbers. Many ex-
service men are in the fields, and it
S like the good old times for the
'armer, who no longer has to watch
lis crops rot in the ground for lack
If help to gather them. An interest
ng aspect of the situation is the no
able reduction in the number of
arms in the West once classified as
More abundant crops harvested at
lower labor cost should mean chea-
ger food for the consumer without
oss of income to the grower. There
will be less incentive to hold wheat
or higher prices.
On the other hand, as against this
exhibit of thriving industry on the
arms, 100000 men and women work
RS of New York City are reported as
without employment. This is nearly
,ne-fifth of the total working force
If the city and represents a lament
able amount of industrial idleness.
the back-to-the-land
wing has had no appreciable effect
IN this element of urban labor. 1t
must await the revival of business
or its general transcription