Milford chronicle., 1926-04-30
MnFoRD, FRIDAY, APRIL 3d. 1876

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NUEORD FRIDAY, APRIL 80, 1926
FARMERS receive advice IN such
massive quantity that it is simply
tmDossible to digest it, or make an
attempt to apply any part as an eA-
detrimental policy by agriculturists.
In every session of the National
Congress relief measures have gone
before the House Agricultural Com
mittee. and every one has come out
crippled by the assaults Of those
who want something else; so says
the Manufacturer, in commenting
on the proposed measures to help
farmers.
There is no doubt of the willing
ness of Congress to pass any farm
relief measure that seems to have
the support of those who are to be
relieved. and of common sense. But
there are so many kinds of farmers
so many problems of transportation
and marketing, that no universal
measure seems to fit.
The genius is yet to be born VINO
can wine out differences in geo
graphy, elevation, distance, climate
farming ability, and reduce farming
TO one standard Of profit. 1t mas
never been done in other business;
the ruins of 10000 creameries, fac
tories. sawmills, railroads, that
tried to buck Nature, dot the land
George Shima, Western Japanese
Dotato king, recently died in Cali
fornia. worth $S,OOO,OOO, all made in
growing potatoes, largely on leased
lands. He knew how to grow pota-
toes and "relief'' laws didn't worry
him. If any part of the farm problem
lies in better farming, that is be-
yOnd all laws.
THIS is an age when labOr-saving
devices must be used in all business
enterprises, and it applies especially
to the farmers, who find that the OLD
borse-drawn cultivatOr, the old
horse-drawn plow, the spreading OF
manure by man power and other
work performed on farms, are just
a waste of money and less efficient
in performing the work. The tractor
pulling the plow does two and three
times the work of a pair of horses
in half the time, without wearing
labor by man or beast. More time
is saved by use of machinery to be
applied in preparation for other
work and planting crops. The labor
bill is reduced, and that loss in
wasted labor is the one great loss
which farmers have not generally
recognized as their stumbling block.
In times gone by, whenever a ma
chine or any kind of labor-saving
device was invented, people immedi-
ately thought those who where
thrown out of employment would
starVe. Farm and factory labor has
been richly compensated for shifting
the burden onto the shoulders Of
steam, iron, gas and electricity.
Gas and electricity in every Amer
ican home is an ideal we should
strive to attain. Labor-saving de-
vices, and efficiency in the home, in
business and industry, will assure
this country of happier and health
Ter conditions.
Saving unnecessary labor has been
one of mans rarest gifts, giving him
that much more time to think and
learn.
Employment has increased with
greater output and production.
De@
TT IS NOTHING NEW that
scores of men from both Kent and
Sussex counties each day that racing
is held at Havre-de-Grace, Mary
land. attend these races and bet
money on the results Of the running
Of the horses. Cases where win
nings have been in considerable
amounts, are repeated in the sport
ing circles Of every town and VIII
lage in Delaware; but, seldom is
any report made Of losses by In
dividuals. unless the amount involv-
ed was staggering to the victim
This is not news to the men and wo-
men of any part Of Delaware; but
the statement made in the Sunday
Star of last Sunday, that one hun
dred thousand dollars each day is
lost from the city Of Wilmington
and New Castle County, is sufficient
" startling to arouse the business
men of that city to think over this
heavy drain on the money supply Of
their people, who have lost that
large sum without any tangible re-
turn to them or the public. The
buying power of the people is cur
tailed and the business Of the mer-
chants and business Of the city and
county, will soon feel the lack Of
circulating money. What's the So
luton of this problem?
DOS
The Democratic National Chair