Show L. Bailey of Cornell Reuben and Lucien Bradley were bom and reared on a This farm had been cut from the woods' by the and endless toil had been expended in bringing it to a state of fair But even when the boys of age it produced only a scant living for the The problem of a livelihood and a vocation forced itself upon Reuben and They were and They had graduated from the village The father was not able to set i them up in They knew it and did not lie had done the best he Reuben was tired of the He went to the town and apprenticed himself to a Against the advice of his young Lucien bought sixty acres of land and ran in debt for In a year Reuben was earning a dollar a After the day's work he wore a white shirt and collar and pointed because other people not because they were He had no Lucien had fair but they yielded little more than enough to-pay interest on the He wore a ragged shirt and patched breeches and cowhide People said that Reuben was making a gentleman of himself and learning a trade in the In two years- Reuben had completed his He was now earning ten dollars a He boarded in a house that had a fancy veranda and green His clothing Lucien was still but he paid his interest and on his People said that Reuben was bound to come to the Reuben became foreman of the shop at a He bought a house and lot on the installment plan and paid for it within five The country people called upon him and ate dinner when they went to Lucien paid off the mortgage and owned the I People said that Reuben and Lucien were good In ten years more Reuben was of the same He lived in the same He wore the same cut of shirt and same kind of He smoked Ha jvana Lucien built a new and He had a good carriage and a driving He smoked a The neighbors saw that every year he made some im provement on the The barn full of He wore a white shirt when he went to and he had a pair of button Peo pie said that Lucien was becoming prominent and word was good at the Reuben began to complain that harness-making was too His health was breaking proprietor of the shop was selfish and would not die and leave the business to ness-making was not what it used J to Lucien bought more He went fishing when he wanted i t i Reuben came out now and j then to spend a The birds seemed more sweetly than ever and the grass was Lucien indorsed ben's i Lucien pigs and and j sheep and chickens and turkeys raises' potatoes and beans and corn and wheat and garden stuff and He buys his tobacco and buys At the of the year Lucien puts to in the bank or he takes a trip to Reuben does well if he comes out Lucien does not Reuben The moral is that the farm is a more important factor in the national welfare than the farm The one is in the reach of any industrious and intelligent The other is in reach of the The one is safe The other is speculative and need the moderate and mod st farm to make use the other to make The large money-making farm is a useful It shows that business and executive ability can make money from the land as well as from a salt or a bicycle But jt is a fallacy to hold it up as ideal in |