The Ocala banner., 1921-08-12
Box Factory Philosophy
Irvine, Fla, August 10, 1921.

irvine, rld., august ~, 1871.
To the Editor Banner:
know / am small in what is known
as scientific knowledge of today
But, am none the less proud and
thank God for letting me live to see
the scientific achievements of my
American Sister and Brother.
have just read letter in one of
my papers written by mother, head
lined Scientific Care versus Mother
Love" Saying that mothers are mads
not born.
believe in the inherent divinity
Of motherhood as do in the divinity
Of Christ or the rising of tomorrow's
sun. If conditions demanded could
prove have seen with our American
young mother under as many differ
ent conditions as any man and wish
to proclaim to the world, with all the
honesty of my soul, / know of her
making less mistakes in personally
caring for her baby with what she
had to do with than have in science
in producing man for God, country
and home.
This mother you understand that
wrote. this letter revere and respect
as do all mothers, but think she is
mistaken and being so vital a ques-
tion at this time in our National life,
in my feeble way as / see it, tell you
why many of our young people will
read and think and there will be a
result that never should be.
Why?
Our young people are not marrying
now as they should and one of the
biggest bugbears my young Brother
puts up to me is the social and scien-
tific expense of raising a family. Now
then, add to that, an environment and
education our daughters must be
trained nurses or have the ability
to hire one, who would have the right
to marry? None but the cultured
rich (The ignorant idle rich should
never be allowed to marry.
| happen to be one that went west
in IS. I have seen the great west
develop from the home of the Ameri-
can Indian, buffalo and antelope to
its now condition, recognized as
second to none of any part of our ma
tion in America. Civilization and it
is the pride of my life to proclaim to
the world none had more to create and
make the West what she is today
than my young American queen and
young mother-as she was at that
time.
Was she trained nurse? No. Did
she have one? No. Did she have or
go to hospital? No. Why? There
wasn't any. What did she have?
When a doctor was in reach, yes, and
she always had the true loyal and
American sisterhood of her Ameri-
can sister (God bless her) and usual
" backed with the love Of a real
man.
There was not sound of an educa-
tional bell or foot of steel laid for
commercial transportation in the early
life of our great west that the young
mother was not there under above con-
ditions more or less and she as the
records prove raised American noble
men.
could recite many, but one very
wildly occurs to my memory with a
fellow know better than know any
body He was southern man, work
ed and got some horses. cattle and
land, naturally his next move was for
mate. His mind and heart went
back to his sun, soil and blood He
leased his property. came back and
married She was OF the Old South,
well educated but not as nurse
He stayed for over a year when the
"call to the wilds'' overcame him.
They went West His business was
$50 miles from the railroad, while his
wife protested. he left her comfortab-
ly with friends: found 75 miles had
to go over pack trail The first
wagon moving machines and all had
to be taken with pack horses.
Those days of the COW business