The Holly chieftain., 1922-03-09

foremost man In the world In his line Of work.
And what Is that line Of work?
Superfcially 1t Is plant-breeding, but fundamen-
tally, 1t is infinitely more than that. 1t goes to
the heart OF the problem Of human life upon this
planet 1t affects first and most palpaby, the food
supply of the people. Here, alone. Its influence
Is not only In the highest degree creative but rev.
olutionary. 1t means not only more food, and more
food per square foot Of ground, but also better
food Follow this a step farther and you see row
the common standard Of living must rise with the
growing abundance and quality of the products
of the earth. Go farther still, and you will see
how better living means better people; how larger
and more profitable production mean that less innd
will serve the individual or family-hence. smaller
holdings; how this In turn, means more neigh
bors better housed, fed and clad, and how that
condition tends toward closer and higher social
relationships.
The Homeander
The man with a little home of his own on the
land. where he may work lovingly for himself
without a wage. yet for higher compensation
than he gets In town; and where, In the course
of the patient years. he may rear holy temple for
his wife and babies. from which no landlord may
turn him out ,a.
That is the Homelander!
Every feature of his life has been demonstrated
and Is now In successful operation. True. not all
Of 1t has been demonstrated In one garden city
exclusively dedicated to the cause; still less In
a thousand garden cities throughout the land.
with millions Of garden homes. That is some
thing that waits upon the future But every sep
arate wheel and cog that Is to enter into the
complete mechanism of the garden city hus been
tested and found to be good. And there are COM
munites now In state of thriving existence
where the whole plan Is npproximated.
am thinking of 1t now as a great department
of our national Aife, under national leadership
think in time quite half Of the population Of
urban centers will be dispersed In garden homes
surrounding the city, within thirty to sixty min
utes' ride of their places of employment, and of
the theaters art galleries. department stores and
other great attractions which they will frequently
patronze. This would mean that tens of thous
ands and In many cases, hundreds of thousands
of families would be situated We do not how
ever, wish to create another great city the ex-
terror of one now In existence. since that would
nulfy the social principles we nre trying to es-
tabsh. There should be series Of communities
often closely contiguous but each with Its sepa-
rate social life, and the facilities that would he
required for Its service. A community of 500 fam
ilies. representing total population of from 500
to 1000, would be about right to secure the best
results In a social way. In such community In
addition to their own personal friends and acQuain
tances, the people would enjoy the benefits of
highly-orgnnlzed sociu life such is by no means
now enjoyed by the vast majority Of our people,
either in town or country.
The world has come to the Age of the Engin.
eer-when engineering Is craftsmanship and stntes.
manshp Is. engineering The demand Is for facts
for exact Information, and then for the application
OF the facts by genuinely scientific methods. The
end sought Is efficiency not merely. but something
Infinitely more mpOrtant--the extension of nnn's
promised dominion over the earth, with an unp.
agined Increase In the security, the prosperity av1
the happiness of mankind