Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-04-11
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Evidently many city people take
little stock ia the cry Of the farmer
Who SAYS that bankruptcy stares him
in the face. The inauinng reporter In
the Chicago Tribune asks the ques-
ton: What modern persons shoes
would YOU like to hll ."
Two Of the five who answered the
question expressed the Wish 10 be.
come farmers. One said. The med
efn farmer is the fellow whose shoes
| would like 10 fill The opportunity
fer a good living and an ENJOYABLE
living Is there and Ii Is healthy FOR
the children. There would he no boss
standing over you With a club. That's
What | want 10 be some day An.
other said he would like 10 be ball
player, save up money and retire 90
a farm.
Is it possible the farmers are mis-
taken2 \ few years ago the writer
Of this column lived in an industrial
city. lie found dozens of steel work.
men who were saving up money with
which to purchase farms aud retire
from hard labor The impression
generally was that farm life Is ideal.
Farmers as class, however. do not
appear 20 agree with the industrial
workman.
The trouble with the farm Is that
II has been made the subject of speeu-
lauon Prices of farm lands were adj
vanced abnofmally. and naturally the
interest returns were not in proper
ton to the speculative value of the
investment Business men. bankers,
physicians, and professional men Of
all classes bought farm lands through
the same impression suggested in the
foregoing answers 10 the inquiring
reporters question They thought IL
was a mark of standing 70 own n
farm OF half a dozen farms. Nov
they are paying the price. and are
trying hard 10 get out from under
You can't make any business pay III
too many take a dig at the profits.
No department store in the Twin
Cities could be made TO pay returns
on the present business management
of farm lands.
The Farm Bureau Is teaching farm
ers how TO produce crops 10 an ad
vantage; how 10 keep accounts as
Systematically as merchant or
banker, hew te alternate crepe and
adapt the soil TO new crops, and a
thousand other things OF value.
Recently the Supreme court held
that aliens suffering with contagious
diseases or incapable of naturalization
can be debarred from admission.
Somewhere most people have OBJ
tanned the impression that this ques-
ton was settled long ago, but il ap-
pears that someone believed that any
class of aliens could be admitted TO
the United States.
Evidently the question Of immiRra-
ton Is still unsettled. for II ques-
tion relating TO admission of foreign
ers afflicted with contagious diseases
can be made basis of Supreme court
action to determine whether they may
be permitted to enter IL is probable
that any other class may be admitted
If the authorities so rule.
Until the question of immigration
is settled, and restrictive measures
are ngidly enforced upon all classes
with the exception of those who are
we'll able financially and intellectual
ly to take care Of themselves, the
immigration problem will still be a
source of trouble.
American laborers are unwilling to
be compelled to enter into wage COM
petitionswith aliens of the lower class
who are willing to accept any compen-
sation, however small. Yet immigra-
ton has been fostered by the interests
who are anxious to obtain cheap
labor; and the American workman
must suffer the consequences.
Edwin DENLY prior to the election
Tuesday sent a message 10 Michigan
urging Republicans TO support Presl-
dent Coolidge in the primaries. Eyi-
IDENTIFY the former cabinet member
bears the president no malice. Why
should he? Denby resigned volun-
tarily to accept a more desirable po-
sition in a department Of American
life where a citizens investments are
not the subject of investigation by
Congress.
Henry Ford's offer for Muscle