The sun., 1897-01-18

bis wanting to be landowner he viii sufYer
for Il. However much the Governments pos
Soor peopI. % enjoy its Ssnefts. and however
anxious the poor people may be 70 avafl them
s' S .ss int IL o
desired result. Now, this Is. our plan. We
acres OF this waste land as near TO. the vii
isses as possit ,, ls Then we go to the he iand ,s1.
81 p.Ops aoo %
What. YOU want atty Of my fsmilic;i Never 81
caste. They. viii follow US: God Sles. you
ist ana ID says. Please don't do that You'll
srcsk f,a , up my village. alag rm let yon have the
ferrei to our village settlement to fll 10. and
the immediate result IL that not only thoy, but
.he people in the villages. also have more labor
and consequently more food.
Again. near every model village In India
arc considerable tracts Of waste land reserved
for urazins PURPOSES. Now when we ask land
say. twenty acres OF this land. But need il
for my cattle he answers: oh. siye, t.o
enough fodder on u. which we will give 70 you.
70 keep your cattle from starving In time OF
famine n;,ni Have YOU tank , on IT, so , re,
talk about II. We've been applying to the
Goyernment for one for thr"e. years. and It
get o. All, that's Because you can't deal di.
rectly with the Government as we can. Give
s sn s spe tSe
''rsis land will be divided into small plots
place. IL is believed that the proGucs Of such
allotment. added 10 the earnings Of tho &C.
GHps woqd spp hun VIII dR os ju 10
under the direct management Of the saliva.
tlon Army SO long as II was used for the. pur-
70 the village authorities from whom IL was OBJ
tained In case OF Its ceasing to be used by the
Freedom Of % Contract is the sen capse of india
The money lender is king Of the situation.
Nothing is much 'etter known by I'll. friends
bondage In which the usurer holds the bulk OF
the peasant population. The ordinary rate Of
fourth to onesSrd o, tEo anoan, sdpaneed. % a
In other words. from 90 to 80 per cent. But
II Is common Tor the money lender. with clients
SO arsent. to charge 60. 20. and even 100 per
cent Now We propose TO wine out this evil
shooa Rnwn 81 hs as ahs srGa en
many ard tho wolemborS in Italy; We have
embraced I,io,,s ihels % ,dea az and sdap,ed to the
oau.e IL Is only Intended for those withop.
obtain an advance cf money, however trnlng.
except by being plundersd In the lnerciless
manner n,a that prevails The success Of the
credible Il It we're not testified to by the most
trustworthy witnesses. and proved by stats
tici. the money lender In many districts having
become all but extinct. Some idea of the ex-
tent OF Its operations and tho value Of it's bene-
nts may be gathered from the simple fact
that in a few years the turnover In Germany
has been R450. .00o, 900. with only forty de-
fnulters. by this system we will bo able to
revolutionize the country and rescue the poor
from the claws.of the usurers without special
LEGISLATION. 1t Is admirably suited tU the
needs OF all gricultural people In every coun-
''It seems TO Inc that the distress in India
should appeal particularly to American peo-
pie. American missionary societies own mil
lions OF dollars worth OF property there. and
have under absolute rule at least one hundred
Thousand British subjects. Tho Government
Is most apprcciative and grateful for the work
done by American missionaries, for, some Of the
very best missionaries there come from this
country, and IL has subsidized them 20 the OK.
tent Of 100000 for educational and medical
work.