Milford chronicle., 1927-01-14

hammer,
Hum of wOrkmen, and the busy
rhythm,
The many sounds of labor roll into. "
Rev. John A. B. Wilson, D. D., was
considered by many as the most for
ceful pulpit orator that Delaware has
produced. During his lifetime he was
pastor of churches in New York,
Boston, and San Francisco. His son,
Rev. Clarence True Wilson, for many
years has been the head of one of the
most important movements of the
Methodist Church devoted to temper
ance and moral reform with head
quarters Washington.
A brother, Rev. w. w. w. Wilson
won place among the able preach
ers of New York.
The four Carey boys, R. Davis,
DR.. John F., Theodore and Joseph
NJ, now all passed beyond, were all
an honor to the town of their birth.
Financially they we're among the
most successful men ever born in
Delaware. Hon. Joseph NJ. Carey,
began the study of law while teach
ing school and settled in Wyoming
where he became the Governor and
largest cattle owner in the state; he
was the first United States Senator
from Wyoming, advocated and be-
came the father of the irrigation law
which did so much to develop the
prairie land of the west. He also
champiOned woman suffrage and his
state was the first to give the ballot
to women, the statute bearing his
signature. His son, Robert d. Carey
has been Governor of his State and
is a recognized leader of the north
west.
The father of the Carey Brothers,
Mr.. Robert Carey, was man of un-
usual business acumen. He took oc-
casion to give me some good sound
advice regarding business matters
when 1 was a young man and one oil
his remarks to me became an axiom
of my business career.
On one occasion while talking with
Mr.. R. Davis Carey, 1 said: Mr.. Car
ey, tell me the secret of becoming a
millionaire?" He folded his arms and
laughed and exclaimed: "The secret
is very plain and simple, it consists
of accumulating $4,000 before you
are twenty-five years of age, stick to
it and go right on" The trouble with
me then was, l had passed, by sew
eral years, the 25 year mark.
Let us, after sixty years, visit the
old farm and travel the road lead
ing from Milton to the beach.
The woods have mostly disappear
ed. no fences surround field and
farm. On a visit at springtime nearly
the entire farm upon which 1 was
born had been leased to a New York
canning company and it was one
vast expanse of plowed ground. l
was reminded of a recent painting IL
lustrating the devastation of timber
The picture consisted of vast land
scape reaching far into the distance
without a tree to relieve the ex-
Danse of ground. Near the front was
a big oak stump on the top of which
two parent owls were nesting their
brood of young. There is nothing
else in sight. AS the two birds with
large. gray, sad eyes, and with the
wisdom of sixty centuries OF unmo-
Tested forest life as their natural
prestige, they look over the world
from the crest of the lone stump, the
title explains the situation. 1t reads:
"What We Have Come To-"
One of the trends of modern times
is migration from the farm to the
towns and cities. So marked is the
depletion of farm population that to
counteract it is one of the social and
legislative problems of the nation. A
short crop is a misfortune but an
over abundant crop seems to prove q
calamity. The experience OF farm
ing interests in this respect, shows
that the economic system under
which we live sadly lacks balance
and equipOise. Delaware feels the
force of these conditions and for four
generation blue Hens Chickens"
have flocked to the large cities. Del
aware contains but three compara-
tive small counties, yet it is rstl-
mated that 10000 people born in the
state migrated and are residents OF
Philadelphia and hundreds more are
scattered broadcast over the various
states.
Improved machinery, which does
farm work from seed time until har-
vest, has made farming a mechanl-
cal process. More and more each IN
dividual farmer is becoming spe-
cialist. He grows two or three
things and equips for these alone
and buys his family needs. 1t is often
the case that he gets much less Tor
what he sells than other farmers
pay for it and pays much more Tor
what he buys than the growers re-
ceive for it. Many poultry and egg
producers buy their supplies almost
entirely.
Those who study the subject Of
agriculture in general express the
belief that special crops grown on
large scale will increase, that ma
chinery will still more supplant
manual labor upon the farm; that
the rural population will continue to
decrease and that cities will become
more populOus and WELD a political
and social influence still more pow
erful.
There is another tendency, how
ever, in which farms are being cut
into smaller areas and the family
of the farmer will not only till the
ground but seek employment in fac
tories in towns and cities nearby
and live at home. The automobile
renders such a distribution of farm
population not only possible but
practical.
DR.. Josiah Strong, a writer of
worldwide fame, in his book "Our
World" ridicules the teachings Of
those who favor a "back to the farm"