Show SHOULD BOOST FARMERS INSTEAD OF FACTORIES A wonderful address delivered by paul stephens to tile illinois press association and coining coming from an tin entirely new angle than usual in talks to press association gatherings it imparted 1111 a new now and valuable inspiration to the publishers that will bear good fruit in their respective communities when they begin to fully realize the truth and importance of tile vision handed to the them by mr stephens and put the hue fine ideas into practice mr stephens in his address deplored the fact that chambers of commerce and commercial cluba clubs spend most of their energy in securing new factories for their respective communities when there is situated all around them better opportunities to enrich the entire locality if efforts were concentrated in making better farms by helping liol ping the farmers to expand and to more fully realize upon the richness of the tile greatest of all industries right at the their ir command he said that I 1 jhc aitho thc average value of a farm farni in illinois is af then ho lie asked the newspaper men how many of your local business men are worth that amount amo he stated that merchants existed for no other reason than to sell goods to 0 o farmers mid and that the higher productiveness and prosperity of the farms meant just that degree more of prosperity for the towns |