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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1906
Page
5
A writer visiting a thrifty old city in the Southwest notes its push from development and northern energy. The town, with five railroads and 30 000 people, shows neglect of its own assets as locals miss opportunities visible to outsiders.
At Watertown Massachusetts a reform movement backs workers by giving each home a garden and land plot within a communal gild. The plan, inspired by Bournville, offers weaving, crafts, and long term home ownership with affordable rents and a sinking fund.
The article argues for distributing immigrants more evenly to reduce congestion and segregation. It suggests directing immigration through large ports by providing interior employment, informing migrants of opportunities, and engaging state immigration agencies to attract industrious newcomers to farms and small towns.
The article extols the value of a thrifty garden for health and savings. It urges families to obtain ground, fertilize it, and cultivate thoroughly. It notes seeds are inexpensive and a good-sized garden can be grown with modest cost.
The passage extols distributing five acre tracts to workers and building a Salt River reservoir with driven wells to secure irrigation. It argues such schemes can model nationwide progress, citing Japan’s rural prosperity and urging public sympathy to aid promoters, charity, and sane vagrancy laws to end the submerged tenth.
A guidance piece urges towns to plan early for parks. Securing land now prevents later high prices as populations grow. Emphasizes natural, simple green spaces as civilizing resting places for all residents, not lavish landscaping.
In Rochester New York school authorities grade and sod the yards while shrubbery and planting are handled by private effort with school children. Ample land is provided for decorative playgrounds and most results are exemplary.
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