The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-22

means of lifting the toiling poor of
Americas large cities from a life Of
struggling hardship to one of salts
fed prosperity. Miss Goodyear pro-
poses to transport the poor of the over
populated East to a gigantic farm col
ony which she intends to locate in
the finest farm district of the state of
Washington. So plausible have been
her arguments in support of the plan
that Gov. John r. Rogers, of Wash
ington, has written stating that he
thoroughly approves of it and is ready
to assist Miss Goodyear with advice
ard money.
Miss Goodyear who is an energetic
worker and can be relied upon to carry
out anything that she begins, has writ
ten for this newspaper the following
particulars of her scheme for the bet
terment of the poor:
"All have a right to life, life is de-
pendent upon products of land; the des-
titute unemployed are deprived of the
use of land. 1t is only fair that they
should be given the chance to support
life, if they are willing to do it, by till
ing the enormous stretch Of waste lands
in the West. Thus the wants of the
poor can be supplied by the wealthy
without loss to them.
There are attractive places in the
West where land can be bought at
from 81 to $40 an acre. In the eastern
or souther part of Washington 1 in
tend to procure 100000 acres of land.
With the land secured 1 shall send
twenty-five reliable men from the ranks
of the unemployed, accompanied by
two practical farmers and carpenter.
Upon arriving in the colony they will
first proceed to erect five log buildings
in the centers of five equal divisions
of the land. Each of these buildings
will be large enough to lodge temper
arily 200 men. Having erected these
houses, my advance contingent OF
twenty-five men will then proceed, I'M
der the guidance of the farmers, to
pillow the land and SOW wheat.
I'm course of time there will be gar
nered from the seed sown by these
| twenty-five, crops sufficient to feed
1000 men. Then my missionaries will
| select from the ranks of the unem-
ployed a regiment composed of 1000
needy men, who are anxious to work,
but cannot get work to do.
U the cOlOuy, Will It's i've COLllllc'
dious log cabins and it's abundant
stores of wheat, will go my LOCO men,
to be split up into detach-
ments of 200 men, and sent
to the various headquarters
of the five divisions. Taking up the
work that the twenty-five have so
faithfully begun, the 1000 can then go
and SOW wheat and build cabins for
1000 more, so that, according to calcu-
10 StY,ic in
ance with common sense, there will be
upon my farm colony, within
two years from the time
when the first colonists ar
rived, 5000 men, who, under the direc-
ton of 300 field managers, will cause
to raise in the barren Washington
wastes mile after mile of waving gold
en- grain and fiourshing fruit orchards.
1t is a splendid prospect and thorough
ly practicable.
This is only the outside of my plan.
To go closer into details. I may say
that in various parts of the colony
will be sections of land devoted to cat
tie ranches, where sheep and oxen
will be raised. With the wool obtained
from the sheep, and the flax raised by
the colonists, material will be OBJ
tanned which will be woven into cloth
ing. I am told that in Eastern Wash
ington stock can run on the range
the whole year round, except during
occasional severe winters, which occur
only about once in eight years.
Il intend to make the colony as
| nearly as possible self-supporting in
every way, so that there will be a
seldom as possible any need to go to
the outside world. Each colonist will
be required to sign promise to repay
in work all money expended in taking
him to the colony and fitting him out
when he arrives there. After that, he
will be at liberty to go ahead and
make all the profit he can on the sec
ton of land allotted to him. If he
works hard enough, he will be able
to purchase the land from the man
ayers and work it for his own profit.