Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-05-16

! The land may be brought into cultiva'
ton and be made to yield ils strength
under careful treatment AMI divefsi-
fed crops rhs farm unit is % be
twenty or forty acfes, ns may be
agreed upon, PROBABLY the f5fmeh AMI
none are to bs allowed more. o. this
amount each man may become the
owner, with all tue privileges OF water
thereto. Taking tins general scheme
Tor a basis, Mt 5mythe goes on to say:
no man will over accumulate gret
fortune upon twenty acres, but no man
who heed. tho Divine injunction, "By
tho sweat of thy brow shalt thou eat
bread,H will oyOr to poor ON twenty
acres OF irrigated land scientifically uul-
t.yucd Tine reclaimed arCta viii De
dGusoiy populated. The result VIII De-
near nsighDou aud social, educational
and religious advantages within iuHf reach
90 H.l. The farmers OF Arid America
will oniuy tho swo1i, purn II.H ui il'
country At IT, bo-t aud they VIII also
realize tho most desirable advantages OF
nolEhb1fhuod association. This means
revolution lu country life. u viii Doc moro
ike tho ideal society " Tho ancient
Greeks than uHn ilo dfoary lonesome
life u the farming population iu ihouidur
parts ~ tho juUuI States.
Asan Argument Tor the imperative
necessity OF farm Ownership to DO with
the occupants, aud u guard against a
monopoly OF tho soil, Il lie pointed out
that 'ior mofo than n hundred Year,
this republic has offered an asylum for
those oppressed by pope and king, and
yet We are very iat from a realization
Of that quality Of Independence dear
ct TO the human heart This is
security 10 the support Of ones
family. The sharp and sudden busi'
ness convulslon Of last summer, fol-
lowed by the long period Of DEPRESSION
again taught the world that no man
IL independent who docs not 1.-Two un'
dor HE own roof aud support his
family from the products Of his own
acres. Ia the best sense no man u
independent who works Tor another.
Ito cannot toll ni what moment q
threat Of tariil,llnkotiug 1T washing
ton, the cessation OF silver coinage In
lndia, or the collapse OF a boom In
Argentina OF Australia, may render
HE fsnclod security Ia employment
precarious Dependence for tho support
OF hls family"
Whatever may become Of the
scheme, aud ~ probable failure or
success because OF tue interest that
may be- aroused Ia Il ami the human
element to bu operated with, there 10
much Ia II to afford thought Tor phi
lanthropls,s and 0laicsmeu. Aria
America ~ a vast field Tor intelligent
combined labor aud satisfactory returns
therefor How II IL TO be- utilized IL a
problem whose importance has not
dawned yet upon the mind Of tho
nation ut large. q Mr.. 5mytho can
secure for II a thorough comprehension
on the part OF the oountry'a leading
men no will have accomplished a
mighty work. Tue practical and
beneficial nature Of many Of his sug-
gostlous has been established by eH.
pcrionoe Ia tho arid region. The
culisung OF sufficient interest In his
scheme TO reduce Il to perfect pfacu'
oability anu tue securing Of aid and
material to carry II out are sjmslhing
wholly different In tho present temper
Of politicians, philanIhropisls, the
laborIng Glasses and people generally.