Graham guardian., 1895-04-27
COLONIzING THE WEST.
EFFORTS TO PLANT EASTERN
PEOPLE ON IRRIGATED
FARMS.
Mr.. smythes Recent Chicago Speech on
this Important Subject.

Mr.. smythe's Recent Chicago Speech on
this Important Subject.
William E. Smythe, chairman of
the National irrigation committee
and who has made the relief of the
middle class of humanity a study
fl searssssmade speech in Chicago
sth t6 srast multitude of
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Mr. Si8vtlld spQ IL 6fibll}|5xI N a{ the'
subject Of the coieil lzaatf Hi if'n oxs-|
ment. The issue, he saia befere
the American people to-day y the
making ofnew homes on agricul-
tural lands. In reality it is the
creation of new civilisation. In
brief, he explained the Carey law,
by which FIVE of the Western States
have set aside 100000 acres of
arid land each for the purpose of
irrigation and cultivation. These
lands are to be disposed of at low
rates, and every inducement is offer
ed those who are willing to endure
the brunt of hard work for few
years. In irrigation, Mr.. Smythe
said, lies the hope of making these
lands valuable, and it is the inten-
ton to establish colonies. Those
who go from Chicago in the first
colony will compose the colony of
Plymouth in the Payette valley,
Idaho, and the start viii be made
in August.
Continueing, Mr.. Smythe said:
"The recent labor troubles have
given thoughtful men an insight
into the conditions in which the
middle classes are living. There
is no more startling proof of the
slow descent of the middle classes
than the statistics showing
that over 70 per cent. of
the American people are mere ten
ants Of the land they occupy,a less
percentage than any foreign count
ry except Great Britain. We have
reached a period of stagnation be-
cause our early policy of continen-
tai conquest has been abandoned.
East Of north and south line PISS
ing through the center of Kansas
there are GA. 900 600 people. west of
it 100000.
"For many reasons Brigham
Young deserves to be ranked among
the greatest of Americans. He
founded a great commonwealth rath-
er than a church Irrigation was with
him discovery, and he grasped
it's possibilities. He saw it was
practically an insurance policy on
crops, and made possible the rails
ing on a single farm ofnearly every
thing a family needs. He founded a
state on industrialism, organized
with the best preventive of city
congestion-the farm village. The
Mormons have taken 1852, 100000
out of their soil, with an annual in
come for each of 1000 farms ofS1,
355.
Mr.. Smythe made comparisons
between the Mormons and the peo
pie of Pullman. The former were
landed proprietors, with increased
values accruing to them, and every
man a participator in the banking
system. The latter were hopeless
tenants, employees, and compul-
sorry patrons Of corporation banks
and stores.
Mr.. Smythe said $500 dollars
capitol would take a family to the
West, pay for the irrigation Of
forty acres and sustain them until
the first crop. If families had no
money they might mortgage the
lands in advance, and an effort
was being made to secure funds for
this purpose.
The Rev. Carwardine of Pullman
made an appeal for help for the
seventy Pullman families who want
ed to get away. Their plan was to
go South he said. NJ. II. Madden
of the typographical union also
spoke.
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Mr.. and Mrs. j D. Holiday, of
the Hot Springs, near Curtis, we're
in town Thursday. The Springs
are becoming fayorite resort for
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