Show BACK TO THE FARM PARK that is john D rockefellers slogan john D is going to try to give away a large portion of his immense v wealth the plan he is to start for disseminating this great wealth is to he lie called foundation and the federal government his been asked to charter the scheme tho the chief function of the foundation plan is to place on a straightforward basis the back to the aarm arm movement mr air rockefeller has not exactly said that is his purpose but the indications all point that way john D and his son will have the active management of the foundation they are convinced that in this movement lies the polut on of many of the most pressing problems problem 3 of modern society mr air rockefeller through his foundation is going to work ith the same keen business judgment that he lie has always displayed to get results from his plan among the most important problems to be handled is the one which is presented by the slogan back to the farm the farm is the primal source of wealth the support 0 of all industries but the growing trouble in our country is that our ur agricultural resources lack development for the double reason that too small a proportion of the population turns to farming and our methods notwithstanding the fact that farming iniz is coming to be receded regarded as an exact science do not develop the full possibilities of the land under cultivation the foundation will solve the problem of getting the millions to the farms in this v ay broadly speaking steps will be le taken to find out just which of the tenement dwellers in the cities have tho th possibilities in them of making successful farmer farmers such of these as care to make the venture will be financed that is they will be taken to the farms and furnished with the necessary funds to produce a crop it is in no sense a charity for those financed will be expected to pay back into the foundation all the money advanced but on terms that will not hamper them tho the railroads 1 will coop cooperate emte in this movement not from humanitarian motives motive sl solely but from a thorough business standpoint every new farmer along the line of a railroad make makes business for the road both in freight and passenger hence the railroads will ill work in harmony with this phase of the rockefeller foundation it may also bensaid be said that in this work of populating the waste places of the country with the surplus leonle of the cities instructions will not be overlooked A carshul study will be made of the 7 a Z adaptability of the p pi farmer to the various various sections of the country and he will be sent west south or to new england and the east as it seems so ems he aill ill do best this scheme is tho product of john Ds fertile brain and as he has been so successful in all his undertakings it is reasonable to look for good results |