The Washington times., 1933-07-24


GILBERT sEHDEs large cities, for to work in
factories and small FARMS making each part of their
work supplement the other so that man would not
be at the mercy of seasonal unemployment and at the
time would not be entirely dependent upon what
he could raise farm. And Mr.. Young, speaking
of rural education, seemed to foresee the same rear
rangement of work and OF our ways OF living Now
that the practical have endorsed the idealists
little action would be agreeable
Worst Features of Both?
1t is amusing to think that this idea of combining
industry and agriculture should appeal to business
just at the time when both industry and agriculture
weak from loss of blood. Mr.. Ford said speak-
ing of industry alone) that when two each
too feeble stand alone they combine their weaknesses
and call it merger If want to combine the job
lessness of the factory worker the starvation of the
farmer will have a pretty But the object,
take it, is to spread out the dangers of both occupa
tions and to return to intelligent distribution of
our time.
It is quite possible that an idea like this is more i'm
portant than any international conference in the world
It dislocation, for the farmer will not be the
only of supply for potatoes and the factory
will not be the only maker of shoes But the dlsloca
tion will not be more than others which
have taken place in the past century and halt-as
for instance when the rural population of Great
Britain reduced and farmers children flOcked to
factories. And it will be healthier.
Tagging Behind Ourselves
We have been living a generation behind
times In the last 20 years have had motor and
giant electric power-and have lived if we had moth
ing but railroads and gas and steam Railroads and
and steam naturally concentrate industry bringing fac
tories and people together The motor and electricity
break up the concentration, that you have home
in the city if you wish and work in the suburbs or can
have factory in the middle of a desert-provided you
convey the power to It.
It is hard to realize that children may not sweat
in su subways to get to work starve on their farms
because no rain falls for three weeks 1t be
little unnervng to think that dozens of city blocks will
some day be made into parks because people will no
longer have to live in them 1t is suppose, too much
to ask that all of the building projects of Govern
ent should look toward this future but few might at
least face the rising They would their charges
over longer time than model housing.
Brighter HaIf-Wits
Mr. Louis Reid of the New York American, reports
that psychologist has blown to bits the idea behind our
radio programs-the idea that listeners have the minds
of rather bright haf-wits. DR.. Frank N. Freeman of
the University of Chicago the investigator His tech
nca figures do not matter His conclusion that people
over 20 who listen to the radio have actual gpses of
intelligence In word, they stand heartier nourish
ment than has far been provided for them.
Mr. Reid asks els possible that in the face of such
startling information they he sponsors of radio broad
casts) still pump into the mcrophones kindergarten
iaperes inane dialogue the silly claptrap which helpless
announcers are frequently forced under the label
of advertising message?" And "Can they continue to
concentrate upon the drive which for of them
passes for radio entertainments"
Whv only the sponsors? Aren't the owners of radio
stations with their sustaining hours just responsible
the mixture of and bge which flows through the
air lanes? Couldn't they by creating few sample hours
of intelligent entertainment (and why always entertain
ment? to the sponsors that you do not have to
be half-wed in order to sell goods to intelligent people?