The Snyder Signal--Star. (Snyder, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, July 20, 1906 Page: 4 of 12
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to tho rlill.lr.-n of llio rltjr, tin* I illor
to tho rlill.lr.-n of ............ tin* l-.ill.-r ,,■);,—> »nd U-foro the whole achool by
pf whom would olhorwlno know* pra.il- n». Inalru.-tor In nKricullur.', who I*
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tally nothltnr of nulur.' n* country
Children know It
Even In Tota* the arliool irnnhii
Dud town Iniprovoniont l.lon tins nindo
headway, although there has bi-en
grvnter difficulty In ohtnlnlns popular
approval and auppnrt. |M>**lhl.v, tliiin I"
any other aectlon of the country, owlu-
to tlie fact, porlmp*. Hint tho I."iic
Star Htale Iiiih mat areas of nno.-
eriiled land, nml to the fact that the
Inttuyutiiil majority- has I...... hut a
mi uinieulturul college graduate, ltut
llie feature of Instruction which
clilctty illstlngulahes tlila agricultural
nuii-sc from tho ordinary high acliool
......... Is tlie prominenco given to the
la horn for.- work and the outdoor prnc-
ticuiu. For tho laboratory work there
is no elnhornte npiuirutus. The pupils
make much of their own apparatus,
furnish their own reagent bottles, and,
moreover use them. In the plant-life
course the pupils study not elaborate
ntuictitiiil majority mis noon "in 1 .......; ,
ihort time removed from tlie cattle and earefully prepared drawings, but
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THE
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HOMECROFTERS
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.it Jaille* of Ih.* I ill*er*lly
. during the mvm! ouuhmcikv
7/ir Brotherhood of Moo
Charity that It BeerlatUag
Tho Sorrel of Mippon t Power
L*>*%on of a Croat Calamity
Tho Sign of a Thought
Cooie• of ** TMl f INST HOOK Of TN« MOMICNOf TINS ”
can it- obtained by aan*UnO twralira two-cant itampa tarMh >aur
nama and adoraaa carafull* PlMlnl* mrtttam. la td Thd Hoaia-
orefier* Olid af tha TMltamMn, •** M«tn St*. Watartamn, Maaa.
11,1* ts-ik I* the nmt of a Herin* 'i-r*li..n the I'taifurm of Um> Tslia*
that wilt Idirouide the Frognw* of tlie Hwu. The following U Uk- n tU-re
lloMKCltol I' MOVEMENT from:
Tale ■ f.r i „ , ,.f„, •> mi ...*, ar*.. i
m.ii, .. o.— —, —, - . Mi»MEH ON TIIK (.AND.
it..* formation of lo. il Il..me«-r<»neni That ---- * “ *
WATEItPOItD UIOH SCHOOL CLASS JVT>OINO A HAMHLETON1AN MAKE
On-lea. Club* or
CLASS IN LIVE STOCK JUDGING CATTLE AND PLANT LIFE
at Waterford, Pa., High School.
range business. However, tho morel the plants themselves with reference
Centralized isirtion of society lias taken to their life history and economic uses.
__.... i. jo Isnt.ui ticif For tlie outdoor practlcum th»
the matter up. and it is
the most public-spirited citizens of school is uiifoi-tunate in having
the towns and cities, together with the' neither land nor domestic animals nor
progressive teachers have made school Jowls, ami yet it lias a w.-iilth of Ulus-
gardens and rural education a success trative material all around leery
during the mist two seasons and lmvo good farm within a radius of h or t
. ... .. — #i, ii.ii t>l .- ii.iivv n*l ft! Jlflil TIGtil I rv
aroused such enthusiasm among tin
salaries and only $U70 for other >-\-
pens.'s, bn* a fnculfy mndo up of mi
merou* specialists and an C]lllpmeiif
In Illustrative material such as few
technical high scIkhiIs could afford.
And the pupils are being trained in
the “elements of failure and Success."
not only on “all the farms of the
neighborhood.” but In tlio village
shops ami markets. This Is training
for efficiency. It Is training for cul-
ture. for breadth of view, mid for
sympathy with all that goes to make
up the life of the community.
Ilomcenin ami Cruft.
The “homeeroft" Idea, referred to by
George II. Maxwell In his address be-
fore the Biennial Convention of the
General Federation of Women's Cluhs.
is closely allied to tho “homo arts and
crafts” propaganda, in which so many,
in and out of the federation, are Inter-
ested. The homeerofter, owning his
home ahd a little patch of ground—mi
acre or two. more or less—is of all
persons tlie one most likely to tie inter
ested in home crafts—little lines of
manufacture, which, added to tlie pro-
duce of his ground, may afford a sup-
port to his family, either constantly or
ns a substitute for wage-earning em-
ployment when some great shop or
factory may be suspended. Aided,
perhaps, by a little gas engine or elec-
tric motor, lie may have a choice of an
infinite variety of crafts, in which he
and Ids family may profitably engage.
Here is a combination which seems to
offer relief from the demoralizing and
devitalizing conditions of our present
factory system; also a mode of multi-
plying’ tlie number of those citizens,
independent of both landlord and em-
ployer, who are the backbone of
American democracy. Give us tlie
homeerofter and tin* craftsman in one!
Keep Polities Oat.
Every public-minded citizen slioulil
make it known that be is absolutely
opposed to partisan, political control
in the management of public parks,
roadside improvement, playgrounds
and like town betterments. Nothing
can be more detrimental to such de-
velopment than the interference of
politics. Tarty responsibility, as a
remedy for municipal mismanagement,
lias been prove1 a “delusion and a|
snare.” Such methods have raised t>>
important places bigoted, incompetent
and sometimes dishonest men, who. by
reason of their weaknesses or mis-
management. have disgraced what
................................ i should tie honorable and respected
miles, nearly every barn and poultry ] positions. Our citizens should insist
t-.i ,..1 i tl tl... . i I t. 1 . . till! 111! t * *11. >1' gin lFJC . i i.. . 1
iroused such emnusiasm anion? me 1 ' I’nsnions. t»nr ................
pupils that wherever it has 1»«*en tried, yard in the villaire. the Imteher ' •*[><. id.solutely that no political considt*r-
&ie school Karileu has become a tixture. ami the farm implement stores furnish atious he allowed to interfer with
costly illustrative material and extend
vastly the teaching force of the high
school. The farmers and owners of
good live stock either bring tliei ani-
mals to the door of the school house
to he studied by the class in agricul-
ture or allow the class to go to their
barns and fields for this purpose. It
is said to be a rare thing for a good
horse to come to the village and get
"'."“O IU UIIWU UU III IIHUI IVI
jigrk affairs, and should visit with
marked censure and disapproval all
city officials who prostitute their trusts
for mere political gain.
•Let your child plant his own ear-
flen. gather his own harvest of fruit
and flowers, learn through his own
small experience something "f the
Influence of the sun. dew and rain,
and gain thereby a remote presenti-
ment of the reciprocal energies of
nature and a reverent feeling for the
divine life anil law expressed in
nature. The child is a plant, a vege-
table. and must live out of doors, or
nearly so. as conditions will ponnit"itne guest or rue senooi one aav last I1"',"----- 1 ---------
Froel'el realized that health was the October and in having an opportunity ini* amusement of children, and in
^asis and teat of oil our energies, and to listen t>. some of the recitations in modernized European cities largo
... .1,1* n„ia nnn nf Mm nmiTiiniiI fuM-joitiinm a i.i.iva af 11 j.a,— n.i sinus of nionej have been expended in
procuring oj«*n spaces for them in dis-
tricts of congested population.
Fresh Air Playgrounds.
American cities are far behind
European cities In making provision
horse to come to the village and get I f(!r„ Public parka ^eially in pro-
a way without being examined bv the vi,li"? Jor, * V,ion aTnd amJ,sp-
....... .... ... ... ... .....i... 1 ment of children in them. In modern
iueut exercises took occasion to refer
■o tlie i>ljilciHo|iliy of Ingalls' famous
jiim'iij. “It is falso and uilHlenillug,"
sjild Mr. Janies. "It Is not u single op-
portunity which comes to a man; It is
a train. It is a never-ending proces-
sion. some small, some large, growing
perhaps more small and more insignifi-
cant as tlie years flow on, but ever
ami always opportunities too numer-
ous. too great, mid too large for us to
utilise fully.”
This Is good, healthful optimism.
There never was a time when opportu-
nities of all shapes, sizes and colors
lichhcd up on every corner ns they do
to-day And they are not confined to
any particular country or locality.
They are waiting everywhere. Under
the rapidly changing industrial and
economical conditions they are spring-
ing up in odd and out-of-the-way-
places. Old settlements—old villages,
moss-grown and for years silent as
tlie cemetery that clings to their
skirts, are finding new youth in tlie
revival of occupations and simple In-
dustries which twenty years ago were
deemed impossible. Tlie abandoned
farms of New England—Tho farms
(lint were left tennntioss because it
was thought that tlie only opportun-
ities for success were to be found in
the West—are receiving new leases of
life.
PENDULUM IS SWINGING BACK.
For n full half century the American
people have been money-mad. Every-
thing has been sacrificed to the one
idea of accumulation. Tlie dollar sign
became the sole badge of honor, and a
man's success was measured not by
what he made of himself, not by what
lie accomplished for bis follows or llio
world at large, but by the size of his
pile. ,
This standard of suecesn has warp-
ed the Imagination of tho whole peo-
ple. The merchant and professional
man bond every energy to the pil-
ing up of gold bricks. And tho fanner,
not to be outdone, lies awake nights
thinking how he may get more land.
He has now more than he can till,
hut the land lust has seized him and
home comforts and a quiet life are sold
In the market in order that the line-
fence may be removed
This has been the condition for
m.anr years, and it requires careful
observation to detect any change. But
a reaction lias set in. The pendulum is
swinging back. A growing sentiment
in favor of a moderate success, a quiet
life and homo surroundings is appar-
ent. With this comes a desire to got
hack to original principles; 1" abandon
the
of the farm and the village.
The growth of our cities lias been
abnormal—the direct result of ^ab-
normal transportation conditions. To
him that hath shall lie given, and to
IIIUIW IIOI I • *"”•
n.l tnrurui all who * >*h l» «®*l«*rat"» EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND
»Hli Ii l»..w ibcjr may ............. UoMEH ON TIIK LAND.
Mill IliHHMWnw Tl,,! rl.ll.lr.-ti "hull Ik- Uuchl
. ____ Ollda lo pn.iiioti* k-ar.|..|iliig and boiiwcraft In I tic pul.n,-
Town an.l 1 lllogc Itett.Tiiicnt. Mlino- •>. Ikm.L, and Hint Homecraft owl
Into borne civic pride and I")ally lo Garden Training Hcleml* *hnll be
home Institution*. Indtlrtrl.** and trade, ,^t,bll*li.-.| by county, municipal.
Improve method* and fnclllll.-« of edu- ,(ute, and national governmeuta.
cut ton In the lorn I public *cln*>l». and n here eiery l«.) and every man out
create new opportutdtlc* “At Home” uf Work Who want* employment where
tImt wid go far to cltock tlw drift of j,,, (ll|, gain Hint km»« ledge, can learn
trade and population to the cltlc*. bow to iuuk« a home and till tho »«||
. M,.i » ttnm.nw.Hflr* n«d get hi* living »trniglit from the
The Or*t Gild of the If m ro ground, and where every Itoy would
Im* Imm-h e»tnblUbed nt »atertown. tallg)lt ,|l(l, |,|M !)„, ,|m |n ur,
Mn**ocbu*ettA The Ulldhull, Shop* g,.| a pome of bis own
and Garden* are locat.ul nt 1 l.'t Multi otl the bind.
Street, where tlie Garden H. Ii.hiI l* ul'ILI) HOMEt’nOFTH AS NATION-
now fully organized and over ono L HAFKGUAKHS.
hundred Children 11TO, "* (k. That the New Zealand ayatom of
iiiir.leu*. The ^l,,'rt™'*",JLan'1 Taxation and Land Purrliaoe
Ing In Itomecraft and \ 11 i-< and Sultdlvlalon. and Advance* to Set-
tries are being Installed. 1 lie M einora ip.p, Act, aball lie nilopt.sl In till*
nre already at work nt the looms. country, to the end that land shall be
It Is not designed to bull.l here an into mmill holding* in the
isolated Institution, but to tnal.e a |lnn,|, 0f tposo who will till It for a
nnslel which can lio (lupll'Vited In unj Hvcllbodfl, and labor And oecupntlon
town or village In tlie country. in tlie creation of Immecroft*, which
There Is New nope and Inspiration \vlll la* |N>r|ietiial safeguard* against
for every Worker who want* a Home |j10 political evils and social discontent
of 111* own on the latnd In tlie rt.fmiting from the overgrowth of
OTtKED AND PLATFORM OF TnE r|t|e* nnd the sufferings of unem-
1IOMECHOFTERR' which 1* ns fol- pi,,vi>il wage-earner*.
PROTECTION FOR TnE AMER-
ICAN HOMECROFT.
That Rural Settlement Blinll be
encouraged nnd the principle of Pro-
tection for tlie American Wageworker
and his Home nppllcd directly to tlie
1 T mill) III* tint YAlnl if Irvti fpntii 'I’ii v ii .
low*:
“IVace haa her victories no less re-
nowned than war.”
EDUOATION
CO-OPERATION
OPPORTUNITY
HOMECROFT*
-- _ llllU MIO feiv/lliv ll|'|>ll< U Ull VXIIJ ID lliv
Home by tbe Kxoinption from Taxn-
We believe that tlie Patriotic Slogan tlon of nil improvements uiioii, nnd
of the Whole People of this Nation also of all personal property, not ex-
should be “Every Child In a Garden— ceedlng $2.f>()0 In value, used on and
Every Mother In a nomecroft—and In- In connection with, every Homeeroft
di\ idunl Industrial Independence for or Rural Ilomestend of not more than
Every Worker In a Home of Ills Own ten acres in extent, which the owner
on tlie Land,” nnd that until ho owns occupies as a permanent home and
such a Home, the concentrated purpose cultivates with his own labor and so
and chief inspiration to labor In the life provides therefrom all or part of the
of every wage worker should be bis support for a family,
determination to "Get an Acre and ENLARGEMENT OF AREA AVAIL-
Llve on it. ABLE FOR HOMEMAKING.
^Tte/nlHbe^tfe^&a'iv^ P^fot'a c^mpTIensl^^Uom
leal influence, and that * freat ]public and for the enlargement to tlie
movenient should bo oigun zed a d utn)ogt possibie ext(.llt Df the
the whole povter of the not; area of tlie country available for agrl-
the states exerted for the better culture nnd Homes on tbe Land, and
of all the conditions of Rural Life, and for tbe protcc,|on of those Homes from
to create and upbuild Centers of So- olther flood or drouthi shall bulld not
cial and Civic Llfe .^ountr^. only levees and revetments where
Suburban Towns and A illages, needed, and drainage works for the
Trade and Industry can be so fir‘ > reclamation of swamp and overflowed
anchored that they cannot be ur iands, but shall also preserve existing
into the Commercial Maelstrom that forests> reforest denuded areas, plant
Is now steadily sucking Industry ana ncw forests, and build tlie great reser-
Humanity into the v ortex or tue yojrs and Otlior engineering works
Great Cities. necessary to safeguard against over-
We believe that every Citizen in dow and gave fol- beneficial use the
this Country has an inherent ana flood Wllters that now run to waste.
Fundamental Right to an Education ---
which will train him to Earn a Liv- flPPORTONITIES AT HOME.
ing. and, if need be, to got Ills living UJTVR1UM1IM at mmn.
straight from Mother Earth; nnd that tendency to draw the manufacturing
he has the same right to tlie Opportuu- interests into tbe great transportation
ltv to have the Work to Do which will centers, tho tide has flowed strongly
afford him that living, and to earn not toward the city and the small town
only a cou-’ortnble livelihood, but has had a hard struggle to retain its
enough more to enable him to be a own.
Homeerofter and to have a Home of In this respect, however, the pendu-
liis Own with ground around it lun> is swinging back also. The con-
suffleient to yield him nnd his family ditions surrounding the workmen in
>i Livin-' from the Land as tlie reward the cities, the lack of home life and
L ,.,a nwn inhnr the presence of accumulated vice, have
We believe that the Public Domain demonstrated to the satisfaction of
is The most precious lioritage of the every one that we will never reach our
people, and the surest safeguard tho Ws^est industrial success until the
nation ^against Social Unrost. Dis- average workman^is pM«d whero^e
Cause of Humanity and the Preserve- home for that family. The small town,
tinn of Social Stability and of our Free everything else being equal, is the
Institutions demand that the absorp- Place for industries. A man with a
tion of the public lands into specula- Home, and who spends bis evenings
tiro private ownership, without settle- ™<h Ins family beautifying that
ment. be forthwith stopped: and that home, is not only a better citizen, but
tlie nation should create opportunities he is worth ljihnitclj moii to his un-
for Homecrofters by building irriga- jdoyer than his ^^her laborer who
tion and drainage works to reclaim has no interest other than that be
land as fast as it is needed to give !hKIs_",itl1_,1!'if„„saIo,m companions and
; to original principles; to abandon • *n „„ wbo wnnts a Home on'tlio iuvrard politics,
cities and seek the healthful life ■ . When the refot
T ‘ •. When the reformers have settled the
We bo ieve tlcit as a Nation we industrial labor questions they will not
i:r.frE,0„oiT»«
hat tills was one of the morning agriculture. A class of 14 boys and
tars of tbe oew hygiene. J G girls were studying animal industry.
him that hath shall be given, and to raising up anti tnnmnr . <’ ' and tbo balance at home working on
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Tbo'stnall town'lias been sacrificed to tional a,,d ^rTItcr Im- face that lie can call his own, and
the citv. This was the natural result Business Con* tions s of witb employment at fair wages during
In centers where, portance to the B™Pieofth,srounnT <)r sjx „0|irs of tho day. need never
as a whole than any other one pi f„r himself or his family.
ilath siiali be taken away.” has been
the working policy of modern com-
mercial transportation companies.
of competition.........
nnmerons railroads meet, low rates
IIM* Ul NL\ ---* , . ..
nnmorons raiiroaas imvi. iuw iair» t- .. ;»*•--......... ♦i,OTT*. nnri wo ftar want for himself or his family.
are given to both the In going and out- tion that is now before then ^ , T-ndpr stlcb conditions Ids family can
on" road.'the traffic'is'tnxed all that it such Stability, and to ^r^^nently l; nady'antagU^ a wholesome social
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Allison, W. M. The Snyder Signal--Star. (Snyder, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, July 20, 1906, newspaper, July 20, 1906; Snyder, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc496332/m1/4/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.