Forests at risk, Homecroft ideals urge national action
In addressing Michigan Agricultural College graduates on June 20 1906 George H Maxwell warns that forest destruction endangers farms and industries. He urges forest reserves and reforestation, notes slums and meatpacking horrors, and calls for homes on the land and Local civic cooperation to rebuild rural life and national character.
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National Irrigation Association
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Michigan
Congress
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California
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Campaign for cleaner towns spurs Missouri club effort
Missouri club women push for civic cleanliness with plans in St Joseph and other cities. Trenton women propose a campaign promoting lawns streets and gardens, opening paper titled The Town's Opportunity. Prizes will reward children for flower growing and premises care with seeds supplied free by the city.
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Club
Missouri
St. Joseph
Macon
Trenton
T. Witten
J. 4A. Asher
Homecrofter slogan and rural ideal in early reform rhetoric
Excerpts present a campaign style slogan “Every Child in a Garden Every Mother in a Homecroft” and a vision of independence for workers in self built homes. The text contrasts rural domestic contentment with urban slums described as social dynamite, urging policy to promote widespread home ownership and self sufficiency.
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Japan
Homecrofters
Homecrofter
Education Opportunity and Individual Home Ownership Quote
A quotation from George H. Maxwell on rapid population growth and the prospect of small land-home crofts owned by occupants, promoting individual industrial independence for workers and their families.
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George H. Maxwell
Homecroft Movement Promotes Land Based Homes and Education
A promotional tract launches The First Book of the Homecrofters detailing a movement to organize local Homecrofters Circles and Gilds. It advocates town and village betterment, garden education in schools, land ownership on small holdings, and nationwide safeguards for workers through homecrafts and rural development.
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New Zealand
Homecroft Movement Gains Editorial Backing in Cities
The Des Moines Daily News editorializes for widespread Homecroft support urging every urban family to maintain a Zar 1 West branch. The piece argues city readers should embrace the movement and foresees profit in shared home economy practices.
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