River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1922-03-09

foremost man in the world In his line OF WORK
And what is that line of work?
Specifically 1t Is plant-breeding but fundamen-
tally it is infinitely more than that. 1t goes 70
the heart of the problem Of human life upon TINS
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.
dictionary 1t means not only more food, and more
food per square foot of ground, but also better
food. Follow this step farther and you see now
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 profitable production mean that less land
will serve the individual or family-hence smaller
holdings; how this, in turn, means more neigh
bors better housed fed and clad, and how tnat
condition tends toward closer and higher social
relationships.
The Homelanderl
The man with a little home of his own on the
land where he may work lovingly for himself
without 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
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 has been
tested and found to be good. And there are COM
munities now In state of thriving existence
where the whole plan is appropriated.
/ am thinking of it now as great department
of our national ife under national leadership,
| think in time quite half of the population Of
urban centers will ) 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
patronize This would mean that tens of thous-
ands, and in many cases, hundreds Of thousands
Of families would be so situated. We do not, how
ever wish to create another great city on the ex-
terror of one now in existence since that would
nuliify the social principles are trying 10 es-
tablish There should be series of communities
often closely contiguous but each with its sepa
rate social life, and the facilities that would be
required for its service. A community of 500 fam
lilies, representing total population of from 1900
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 acquan-
tances she people would enjoy the benefits of
highy-organzed social life. such as 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 Engn-
eer-when engineering is craftsmanship and states
manship 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 important-the extension of mans
promised dominion over the earth, with an unim-
agined increase in the security the prosperity and
the happiness of mankind.