Evening star., 1937-06-20

Cooperative Activities Are Helpful in Realizing Change
From Old Days of Drudgery, With Oppor.
t11nities for Forms of Enjoyment

payment Of every dollar to the Gov
ernment, over the 20-year period, and
sometimes the projects themselves
are the collateral or security for
the loan. In communities where no
provision is made by law for such
an arrangement, other security is
arranged for. In the case Of public
bodies which do not have the right
to pledge for such a purpose their
general credit, based upon the taxing
power, there is nothing in the r. E. A.
policy to prevent the acceptance of a
special form of revenue bond or notes.
A mortgage on the line is required
when possible. When the money is
loaned to private corporations, the
obligation takes the form OF bonds
or notes secured by a lien upon the
line or by other security, as arranged
with the borrower.
While the r. E. A. Is allowing
an 18-month period to elapse before
the payments are required to begin
on the loan. it Is the intention Of
the administration to allow about
two years. Utility companies usually
figure upon five years as necessary
to build up load to q paying basis.
In the Bowling Green community.
nine schools are being served with
electricity, and this is making great
change in the life and education OF
the pupils. Entertainment programs,
market reports, good music and edu-
cational features are now made avail
able to children who were deprived
Of the pleasures Of this modern miracle
before the advent of the R. E. A.
The community is also making elec-
tricity serve it in its pickle factory,
ing the correct temperatures for
preservation Of their milk and other
products and to dehydrate sweet
potatoes sufficiently for shipping. for
air circulation, for installation OF run
ming water. and for preparation Of hot
lunches, by means Of the electric
range, for the school children.
The farm laundry, which used to
be the great black ogre in the farm
woman's life, is becoming less and
less OF a problem under the rural
electrification era. The two-day
laundry job is a thing of the past in
these electrified communities, and now
washing and ironing are completed in
one morning, thanks to the modern
equipment electric power has brought
to the farmers home.
A MOTHER nearby area which has
recently contracted for electrifi-
cation is in Southern Maryland,
where bids are now in to start build
ing the power lines. That this COM
munity will soon enjoy the benefits
Of electricity Is due in no small meas
ure to the crusading efforts Of Jes-
uit priest, Father S. j. Hudtke of
Holy Angels Church at Avenue, Md.
Through his efforts, enough custo-
mers guaranteed revenue to keep the
line on a self-supporting basis, al
though this is what is called . thin
territory" Whereas, the power COM
pany in this community has charged
II cents per kilowatt hour for power,
or from seven dollars to ten dollars
per 100 kilowatt hours, under the re-
Gently formed cooperative in the dis
trict, the power will be supplied to
farmers at about five dollars per 100
kilowatt hours.
Under the utilities, in all sections
Of the country. the farmer had gen.
orally to contribute to the cost OF the
installation of the line. That Is, he
was required to pay share Of the
cost Of the poles and cables and &C.
tual physical property that went into
such construction. Now. under the
cooperative plan used by farmers
borrowing from q. Z. A., the cost Of