Show LIVE QUESTIONS A series of articles to theme columns by afan advanced cd Thin thiner kr VI rEAL MEAS niLS to TC MAINTAIN SELF M to maintain self Laau hood should be ba of paramount pin amount importance to tc an enlightened government and while I 1 am profoundly mil convinced vinced that radical and fundamental reforms which colli comprehend the abolition of class privileges and special legislation me essential to abo solution of the great problems which are now dow pressing upon tile the intelligence and conscience of our civilization yet I 1 fully ite legalize alize that to peaceably ably accomplish these for it a higher manhood will require patient earnest and persistent education and agitation which will stir to its depth the conscience of the people but this will necessarily essa esEa rily require time and during daring this period wise viso statesmanship no les than true philanthropy demands that practicable palliative measures be vigorously pushed ono one of the most real and imminent perils which face the government today is the gradual loss of hope and the spirit of independence among multitudes of our people duo due to adversity and unjust conditions NN which aich are transforming yearly a largo number of conr citizens from sturdy independent self supporting individuals to objects of charity or tramps rips I 1 hold that it is impossible pos to too strongly emphasize the fact that anything which lowers the essential manhood or takes at an iota from tho the self respect of the li humbler citizens is is a very vary real injury to the whole poo pie the unheeded cry for work which is the cry of self respecting manhood and is the antipodes of an appeal for charity is ia im thousands ot of american citizens while it is forcing other thousands into environments environment of moral death dc ath it is resulting in driving numbers of meu men women and children to drink crime suicide and immorality and these irreparable calamities may to a certain extent be averted it if our cation our states and municipalities awake to the importance of maintaining or reston ng the manhood of citizenship and holding the loyalty of the tha people by bands woven of love and wisdom in view of these facts any measures of it a practicable common sense character which restores self ros respecting pectin manhood maul lood should receive tho the cordial support of thoughtful and earnest earliest men and women perhaps the most striking illustration of this character which has hag been introduced in recent years is the famous iD innovation novation inaugurated by mayor of detroit it would seem almost incredible that so eo ble common sense ensa i and reasonable a plan as that outlined by mr biumee should dhave have received the general aidi ridicule contempt and opposition winch which it encountered it was treated at first as a hugs huge joke or something too absurd and amusing for sei heinous tons thought N while hile persons who were dispensing caliari charity ty w without I 1 t it humiliating men and women to work and nil legain a I 1 s grip oil life veto being applauded by an u unthinking con COD the result of mayor Pin Piu grees eminently practicable measures however 0 o far exceeded the mufit sanguine expectations of those who appreciated precia ted tha wisdom of his plan that hat new york told many other cities have already inaugurated the detroit and perhaps even those who first ridi the pingree potato patch I 1 may bo be in the following fact 6 le to tile the in magnificent rc aulta eve when con from a superficial point polut of baw winch have attended the ex pediment peri ment during the past two yeum yeuin detroit and nil dining the past year in ili new yol boik 1 C city I 1 ty the of if 1034 4 found great numbers of laboring men and flud women in fit detroit as in every other city of the union vainly seeking work and finally driven to risk ask fur charity while numbers of persons who h had ad hitherto been self respecting independent hardworking men finally abandoning tho the hope of obtaining employment became tramps the mafoi of detroit did not believe the tho popular cant that anybody who de tired froik could obtain it lie he felt cou confident that a large larga percentage of those liobe who wets sinking into the dead sea fea of want and becoming hopeless hu pelesa paupers haupers or confirmed tramps tramp sA wore ere being i deduced educed to most pitiable conditions through inability to obtain and holding these COLIN coat he be determined to put the question to a practical test within the area of detroit thero there were over land lying idle much of which was tillable and mayor pingree and his petitioned tho the boldens of this land to permit who were willing to work to use it and in this thin manner reduce the great outlay which the city and individuals were being put to in order to support the i aug n g out olit of tho the land was promptly aly secured tho the next p problem rill bl lent was to raise sufficient funds to plow harrow barrow and stake off the luta lots for the applicants I 1 cants ts to pur tj sd beed ottin to tile a 11 ab absurd 9 ura opposition tuo ru licule and con tei leindl apt on oil to thus awl aud coi common ninon hebbe no it aid C aull ba expected from I 1 ile city c council but adoo was laisee by this enabled the iba committee appointed to eally on oil the llie vol k in ili 1 a I limited way aud and 97 15 families were given portions portion of laud to till ill althon although gb the who donned to t hub bur earn a 11 III clihord wei 0 far gi gicale calr it ii number than the llie co linit tee wei 0 able to accommodate tile the valno of nf the crop by tho the civo favored re I 1 families amounted to between 1 I aud and 14 more than the amouel invested if the value of tile the crop lie bo cori sidled cd 01 11 ocr more than the outlay it if tile the maximum value of the hat lia vest ivest be COMi dered cut but HOOTS above and beyond inobe tary this was wag vastly binole important in III that lra 1 it demous rated that it a urge large pei percentage ct cf ja those who wei Is forced to ask for charity r 1 ty were eager to earu earn a I 1 it has proved a magnificent agricultural education for permitted rio 0 o earu earn their years food 3 it lippa hope into tile iho hearts aud and brines of n nearly early a thousand citizens of detroit duffing the ho memorable year lu in which solicit tile the plan was inaugurated 4 jt it iet bet an all example tor for thoughtful earnest aud and conscientious workers viLe reby practical palliative measures could be ba earned to maintain self pelt respecting manhood promote and material deduce the draft on oa chanty which ha hasaf f late H become appallingly large in tha great cities X the experiment was sue pronounced lutness lut cess that blat last year tile tha common couric council ia of detroi apro to aid in the work which enabled the lie committee to ato over 1300 applies applicants for or lots a welve hundred and fifty ill ay eight of a had been on the books of the city egor r cow mission the crops harvested according accor diug to the report of the committe cren aly rendered to the common council council of detroit was a follows fell with 1 I th prices which 1 I the committee regard as a ro etive estimate tor for the average prica pric jui thirty thousand dollars is in n the judgment guient cf the committee a fa fair ir abt estimate I 1 ma ot of the output I 1 potatoes aggio bushels at 40 cents cental beans 1000 bushels at 1 I i cwi wi turnips bushels at so 30 cents A aw beets 1000 bushels at 30 cents ty t y MO corn bushel at 35 85 cent ka cabbage am leads heads at 3 cents 1 i squashes ea each h 9 0 cents hj 36 pumpkins each scents A 4 40 0 total sats 7 from report of committee rendered to the common council of detroit yov nov 25 W thus we see sec as a result of tho the second years experiment with nil au appropriation ot of crops have been raised and bucce scully harvested by per suni who aou would id N ise have been dependent public charity amounting from about to or a 1 profit of between and 25 over and above expenses while as lias been observed the financial aspect is Is in reality the least important the committee in their report observe that no difficulty was experienced in getting people to take lots ane ami it was even ue ceary for want of bulb cieus laud land to refuse some who applied it is an all error to suppose that because people aie poor and needy they infuse to help themselves an offers front from the experience of the committee such is seldom the case I 1 another favorable result is found in J the fact that several of those who have tilled the various lots have I 1 I 1 now secured small faung fauna for mar faaet ti garden gardening aug all and dare are coni commencing cin g life an anew ew with renew ed hope other cities have followed the detroit I 1 plan but space presents me noticing any save that conducted in new atal dufur the past year in ili a limited way by tile the for the improvement of the condition of the poor the society secured of if vacant lots in long inland city employed competent compe teni gardeners to instinct the SO families which the fund of the society enabled to accod accommodate lo and as a result the following crop N vai ab hav ested according accor diug to the tha figures given givan in the he new yolk world from authel iti sources potatoe Pot atoe bitoun la is I 1 6 cabbages scads beans bean amli iu Is 1 lw IU tomatoes cratt crat s pens pa buh 1 corn ears 1 w Turin pa WO fitio C CArrots bushel 40 the af the crop cronin in dollars doll arsand and cents wab 1000 mole moie than the outlay but here aiau the benefits be of ts 0 to o tho vidual tho state wo far grenter greater than any ally were mere dollar and tent cent computation ono family along alone over on oil the allotted them and now propose to farm independently next year when the bedson opened the family were in debt and nothing to hope for bedine them when the ciopa were ware harvested they had in the bank this case illustrates a tact of great for social reformers ja is does thib important and practical palliative means mennato to maintain and holf bolt respecting manhood B 0 FL FLOWER OwEll Do dosdoll li oston stoll |