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Show HOMES THE P ' ANCHORS v;-" ."'31 j F : :. I. r-...yi II " ' j y-l r- vid Cb?&zf&3 uar Sogan Now-a-Days - llllll ' 1 F and fhe Ooverninenf s a . ilfflllwi JI-Ji, Sfrong Advocate of ihe - CS' p.-V; V' Mggg; Movemenf- Home Own- 7 1. i3 ers Contented Workmen &zrs2frrs - viij iikui, am', 1 hp inierniiunai syndicate. ffOM;" What magic in that HA word It Is the word that I I won the war. The way the English and French soldier fought was due to the fact he had a I rroing interest in a home somewhere. I ill He knew the value of a piece of land. v' , The collapse of Russia va.s due to the j fact that the Russian soldier knew nothing of cither for lie was a tenant j1 and therefore had no interest in the stakes of war. This is best illustrated j t by Major Mutter, of the Canadian jj Array, who spoke at a luncheon of the I f! Kiwanls Club In Washington the- other S day. The Illustration Major Nutter made also showed how little Germany. 1 kvith all her vaunted efficiency, knew I of human nriture. f ki Major Sutter told how the men I 2 H around Tprcs got tho word that Zep- pelln raids wefs belnp made over L,on- I don and that homes were be'.ap j lh ' wrecked by bomb.-. Then. Major Nut. J er po nted out, the men In the fror.i I Y'! i line trenches knew what they were. ; fleh'inrr for. Some of them, the Major said, might have been In these trenches against tholr will at first, but I Germany told them, better !han Great' Britain's propaganda could tell them, just what they were there for to pro ; tcct their homes. HiC ontcnted Workman Who Is the contenieil' workman 0 it Is tho man who owns his own home. There Is no more satisfied and hap- j pier worker, no matter lu what field of lndustrv he may be employed, than I tho one who has a little place which ho can call his own. The home is man's "castle." It may be a cozy llt- tie four or five-room bunpalow or It may be a more pretentious house. But in It he has a rense of security and of strength which cannot be given 1 in any other way. Them Is a peace j and a settled foiling wh! h makes him happy. Bip Industrial concerns nil over the country have been helping their employes em-ployes through "welfare Interest" department de-partment and similar methods to be come better workmen and at the same' time better citizens. One of the means which is beinn employed in connection with this mutual betterment plan Is to have the men bu their own homes. It Is with a real sense of pride that the workman .says: "This Is my home." it elves him pruio in him-1 -self, in his work and in k,ls com-1 munlty. The organlziitlon-s, therefore, which j arc encouraging this year the "own) a home' campaign are render. ug a l.x.sllng service to the country. The) mnrii peoplo there are in tho United i SUiu-j( who are the. actual possessors! of their own homes, the bettor will it be for the Industrial progress, the civic Improvement and the political advancement of I he naUon. The Government itself should take tho lead, as some of tho foreign governments gov-ernments are doing, In assisting thiS movement It is the bct and the most enduring "back to tho land" . scheme ever devised. The homo of the worker may be only a llttlo houso with room for .1 small garden at tho rear or side, or It may have a larger area attached The principle is the same. It makes for a Aettled condition condi-tion and for a permanency which can bo brought about In no other manner so easily and so successfully. The relation of food to the satisfied worker Is so close that it Is Impossible to separate the two. Of course, there are other factors which enter into the I question and Industrial concern.? have been trying to ausrver fheso by promoting pro-moting in various ways the welfare of their employes. For Instance, here Is what tho Norton Company, of Worcester, Wor-cester, Mass , w hich has been encouraging encour-aging home food production and par-dsnlng par-dsnlng among Its men, soys on this important subject: A Great Success "The Norton gardening activities are no longer an experiment. On the contrary, con-trary, they are qulto a qualified success, suc-cess, and the Notion Agrlcuural flo-cloty flo-cloty Is looked upon by the company I and its employes as a permanent in-1 in-1 "titutlon. Many who have never I handled the spading fork and the hoe I aro becoming enthusiastic amateu 1 gardeners. Many of the latter, througl ! Interest and study and the wholesom rivalry among tho members of th society, are fast developing Into skill ful farmers able to reap Increasingly profitable harvests. Bolter Workmen Making "good workmen" luto "bet tor workmen'" That is one of th aims that is sough. Get the workmar settled on the land, even if It Is onlj a small patch; get him to cultivating a piece of ground or a Rarden. clthei 1 at his own home or in a community tract provided for a group of workers There is nothing that tends so much tc , give him a feeling of contentment and : satisfaction with his work and hlj j surroundings Tho National Federation of Con-j Con-j structlon Industries which in conjunc-1 conjunc-1 tlon with many o'her national and I local orranlzttlons S now conducting a nation-wide owa-a home campaign, : Is emphasizing aa one of tho attractie 1 features the opportunity for garden- r ing. This Is a "back-to tho-Und move- 1 g 1 men:, " which means more to the jj e luro welfare of the country than aa' j other ever attempted j i In providing for their workers cofflJ . I fortablo homes with opportunities i I gardening. the Industrial coDC , g seem to have hit on tho right soiu g tlon of the problem, which even wo pj tho war was becoming exceeding j ; serious, and which with the re"B of hundreds of thousands of sold' 1 W ' looking for work and for a chance g ' I make a good, clean living is jj enhanced. If thc.'-e men are given . meg ' chance to locate In some pUco ta n I they will have employment at a 1 I wago and with 'ho further opportune to help themselves b the cultlvau jj i of a llttlo plcco of ground they "Mlk bo satLsflcd and content- . 1 and 'no J . r problems which loom e", t 0j" on the future horizon as a rcsuu m Bohshevlat disturbances abroad which tho leaders v.-ould Ilk0 . fflu embroil this and other conn y I have vanished like mount' - - W$ 'fore the morning sun. 9 I |