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PHI THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK , M III I If. THE JEFFERSON THE MOST MAGNIFICENT HOTEL IN THE SOUTH RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Eighteen Hole Golf Course of Country Club of Virginia Nearby f The many points of historic interest in, and around the City, and its central location make Richmond a very desirable stop-over point for tourists. Rooms single and en suite, with and without baths. Turkish and Roman Baths. Every comfort for the tourist, every convenience for the traveling man. J For handsomely illustrated bookletor reservations, address THE JEFFERSON, Richmond, Virginia O. F. WISIGER, Manager CHRISTMAS SHOPPING DO IT AT PINEHURST DEPARTMENT STORE We have made special arrangements this year to take care of our Christmas Trade. Our stock of Toys is the most complete selection ever seen in this vicinity. You will be surprised at our beautiful assortment. Our holiday goods suitable for presents have been selected with great care. You will have no difficulty in making a selection to suit all occasions and any pocket book. Toilet Articles in Parisian Ivory, Chaffing Dishes, 5 O'clock Teas, Useful Leather Goods, Silk Waists, Silk Sweaters, Golf Coats, Sporting Coats, Tennis Goods. Also we carry a full line of Dry Goods, Men's Furnishings, Boots and Shoes, Fancy Wools, Embroidery Silks, Groceries, Hardware, Sporting Goods, Guns, Ammunition, Fruits and Vegetables. NOW A WORD TO THE WISE COME NOW SHOP EARLY SECRETARY HOUSTON'S ADDRESS Ht saves letter writing! THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK Senb copies to fuenbs JMLaaterlj- Treatment of jrroim Which Confront Community, State and Nation SECEETAEY Houston's address before the Sand Hills Farmers' on Wed nesday was a masterly . treatment of problems which concern not alone the Community and the State, but the Nation, which as he expressed it, is just waking up to the fact that we have been relatively neglectful of rural life problems." f Community subjects, also, the speaker dealt with emphasizing the necessity of making rural life prac tical ' ' profitable ' ' complete unto it self. V ' It is not so much because you buy outside and pay middlemen's profits, but because you are dependent, because you have nothing to put bach. The one- crop idea he discouraged, urging compre hensive agricultural activities, pointing out especially the opportunities offered for live stock and poultry production on economic lines in the South. HAS DEPENDED ON COTTON TO EXCESS The South, said Secretary Houston in opening, has depended to excess on cotton as a crop, arguing that one crop economy was unwise because it means uneconomical use of land, labor and capital; especially dangerous because when anything occurs to interfere with that particular crop, the entire section is prostrated. This was clear during the Civil War as it is today. It is, therefore, exceedingly apparent to most people that it is extremely urgent that the South much more rapidly diver sify. Should the war continue and the South still produce as much cotton next year as this, it would clearly be an econ omic waste rince the price would continue as low or even lower than now. The necessity of a decrease in production is a prerequisite not only to present but to future betterment of conditions and it is generally true that if the world was sure there would be a decrease next year, there would be a rise in the present prices. THE SOUTH'S OPPORTUNITY IS LIVE STOCK The question naturally arises, said the speaker, what is to be done, what is to be planted, and in that connection he emphasized the opportunity the South has by turning its attention to live stock and those crops which make live stock econ omy profitable, especially in hogs and poultry because they can be reasonably and quickly increased, and because the small farmer can, with relatively less trouble, add a few sows and increase his poultry. If Contiuing, he referred to the present meat situation and pointed out that while the population had increased twenty-five millions in fifteen years, the production of beef cattle has decreased between the census years, about twelve million head; sheep by nearly the same figure, and hogs by about the same proportion, adding that in the judg ment of experts of the Department of Agriculture and elsewhe.'e, the way to inerease the Nation's mea'; supply was S5S5EB2 to pay more attention to beef cattle, on settled farms, rather than "ranches;" more attention to hogs and poultry; the latter as becoming an increasing part of the table consumption of the Nation. In conclusion he urged the importance of eradicating hog cholera, tubercular cattle, and combating with periodic outbreaks such as the foot and mouth disease. If In the judgment of experts, the Secretary urged, the South has a peculiar oppor tunity to develop live stock interests and grow the crops necessary for the founda tion of this interest, giving necessary attention to all sorts of food products and careful attention to market gardening. NEGLECTFUL OF OPPORTUNITY The South has been especially neglect ful in the production of live stock, he continued, showing that while the average Iowa farm had, for instance, thirty-five head of hogs, the average Southern farm had not over five; that while the average Iowa farm had one hundred and ten head of poultry the average Southern farm not over fourteen. Further, the judgment of the authori ties seems to be that the South could raise hogs and poultry especially, quite as profitably if not more so than the Middle West if it used the same judg ment and intelligent methods. The cli mate is more favorable, the season for growing crops longer and the grazing season correspondingly long. U Secretary Houston admitted that it might be a question as to whether the South could grow wheat, corn, oats and forage gen erally and produce meat stuffs for foreign and interstate consumption in competi tion with the West, but he contended that it should, at least, grow enough for its own consumption. In one year, he saidr the South imported two hundred million dollars worth of wheat, corn and hay, paying all middlemen's charges, trans portation, etc.; that in one year North Carolina imported various food stuffs in value equal to the entire cotton crop. This is bad economy and should be cor rected for it is highly important in this emergency that the South should provide enough to subsist on within its own borders and be relieved of the necessity of relying on selling the cotton crop immediately to subsist. COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION ESSENTIAL Continuing, the Secretary referred to marketing problems to be solved in case new crops were grown, not alone Com munity but State and interstate, sug gesting the assistance of State and Fed eral agencies, leading up to a discussion of the necessity for Community organiza tion for marketing. It is the opinion of experts, he said, that concerted action among producers is essential in order to ship in economical units and find the best markets. Referring to the difficulties he also called attention to the fact that the Federal Government was conducting an active inquiry in all sections and would willingly give all the assistance and ad vice that it could as the result of these investigations.
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