Oklahoma farmer . es. The full value of the long-timelease can hardly be discussed at thispoint, but it permits of the establishingand carrying out of the proper rotationplans. It permits of diversification ofcrops, of the establishing of well-selectedherds of stock; it removes the necessityfor large immediate returns on the laboror the invested capital, for both land-owner and tenant are more interested inbuilding up a permanently profitablebusiness than in large immediate changes • shifting tenantry into astable, permanent citizenship. The part-nership arrangement changes entirely
Oklahoma farmer . es. The full value of the long-timelease can hardly be discussed at thispoint, but it permits of the establishingand carrying out of the proper rotationplans. It permits of diversification ofcrops, of the establishing of well-selectedherds of stock; it removes the necessityfor large immediate returns on the laboror the invested capital, for both land-owner and tenant are more interested inbuilding up a permanently profitablebusiness than in large immediate changes • shifting tenantry into astable, permanent citizenship. The part-nership arrangement changes entirely thepersonal relations between landownerand tenant. It increases the self respectand business standing of the tenant, forhe has behind him whatever the businessis worth. It decreases exploitation ofthe land, for the land becomes a part ofthe permanent business proposition. The details of the full partnership plannecessarily would differ on differentfarms and in different localities, but in(Continued on Page 24.). Best and Cheapest Service in the World Here are some comparisons of telephone conditionsin Europe and the United States just before the war. Here we have: Continuous service in prac-tically all exchanges, so that thetelephone is available day andnight. A telephone to one person inten. 3,000,000 miles of interurbanor long-distance wires. Prompt connections, the speedof answer in principal cities av-eraging about 3% seconds. Lines provided to give im-mediate toll and long-distanceservice. In Europe: Nine-tenths of the exchangesare closed at night, and in manycases, at mealtime. Not one person in a hundredhas a telephone. Not one-eighth as many milesin proportion to population andterritory. In the principal cities, it takesmore than twice as long for theoperator to answer. No such provision made. Tele-phone users are expected to awaittheir turn. As to cost, long-distance service such as we have here was not to be hadin Europe, even before the war, at any price. And exch
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