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The Curse of the City

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jul 28, 1909

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 36, No. 29.

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The Curse of the City.

The immigrants from the Old World largely flock to the cities—live or die. Many of the country boys are doing the same thing; and because of this, Secretary of Agriculture Wilson tells us that farm labor is dear or can not be had, and prices of foodstuffs are increasing. “Thousands of fertile acres are lying idle in the Far West because their owners can not get ‘hands’ at any price.” What a blessing it would be to many in the cities if they would get “back to the land.”