Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-09-16
TODAY'S THEME; COLONIZATION
Continued from page one.


have encountered have been valuable
education 10 US. ana we are now I'm q
position to handle the largest schemes
with self-sacuncing and expert managers
10 direct the SAM, and Wth practical
code OF regulations TO quart ne rom lhc
rocks on which 80 many similar enter
prises have been wrecked,
"Our three colonies are located In C0lo-
iado, California ana ONO, anu comprise
nearly 3.UD0 acres Of land on when ABOUT
iyJ men, women and children have been
settled. On the FIRST tNo colonies every
fanny f. entirely SET -supporting ana lne
repaymCnts have amounted 90 CONSIDER
ably more than SlltW
ION the California colony last year me
settlers averaged n c0sh income or R1)
per family each 2j-acro farm being WORM
with It's improvements about NVW, inc
Colorado farms are worth IFom WV 10
300 according 20 their lOcAllon ana iin-
provcmenis. On the tuwnste have been
established some ~ country stores, most
OF which are operated by colonlsis A
commercial club has been formed Tor Inc
development Of The business ln'H,i.sw on
the settlement Their turnover last year
amountd about $4,000, while me fall-
road received some $4,000 for freight from
our little country depot.
IN CALIFORNIA,
ION tho California colony a 20-acro tract
has recently been sold for 1850 includlnE
orchard farmhouse and other improve
ments, being az the rate OF $i35 an acre
for lard which cost US some I'VE Years
previously $50 an acre ! mention these
facts To prove that we were not over
sangiilnc when We argued that lana thus
thckly settled would, by its own tapd
increase Ia value, amply protect tht M
weston against loss. Thus even tupposlhb
that the colonlst himself could not or
would not pay, the populating OF inc land
would 80 add TO its value thol ~ tut
course Of few years " could be spld tQt
sufficient sum To- cover the colonlst7
entire Indebtedness ana leave him hand
some margin with which to make new
start.
''rhe further extension Of colonization
Will depend, not on iand being available
nor on the ability to secure colonists' bnt
on the supply of capital. That TINS can ~
safely invested we think we have SUM
ciently demonstrated
"That there IL land In abundance admir-.
ably suited for colonization no one WIN
deny. We have ourselves under oiter TWO
most generous donations Of land, IN one
case 5000 acres OF land. IN another D,WJ
have been placed at our dlsposal az
eft. but 1t would require about $4,000 m
the one case and $4,000 In the other 70
establish a suitable colony. Win this
money we could place about 20gl settlers
Including men, women ana chndrgnl' up-
on either tract OF land. which would then
be worth from $50 to 500 per acre. Hence
II will be readily seon that the security
for loan of the above amount would De
ample, since. IN the one case. the value 81
the donated land thus settled would be az
least two.nnd-a-half million dollars ana
IN the other case not less than one mil
Hon. There are also vast stretches u
rich irrigahlc land near our California ana
Colorado colonies while the new lrriga-
tion protects now ON foot Will make avail
able immense regions With fertile sou
and salubrious climate suited In every
sense TO be converted into yoritablo
poor mans paradise.
RELIEF FOR CITIES.
"what a magnificent outlet IL here ar
forded for the lamentahle congestion 81
our great cities. How unspeakably snd,
nay how incredible must II appear. thal
IN this great rich, prosperous country OF
ours no less than 100000 Of our fellow |
cltlzens--men, women and chlldren-at |
least 80 per cent Of them agrlcult urists-
should be 'cnblnned, cribbed, confined IN |
the unhealthy tenements of our cities, |
while there exist at the very gateways OF |
our civilization these boundlcss prairies |
with their invigoratlng breezesl
what our American poor ask for Is not |
charity, but opportunity. Let this con-
gress then throw wide Open before our |
working classes that door Of opportunity |
Let II place within the reach Of the land. |
less man our nnnleas lands' Let u speak |
with a voice which cannot be misunder- |
stood and let II thunder az the doors VI
our national capitol and of our state leg
islatures III colonization IS made as
much an imperative and practical quea.
ton OF the hour as hy rs brilliant and
persistent efforts irrigation has already
become The association OF these two
powerful factors irrigation and colonza'
tion, IN the welfare OF our nation. Will be
well-nlgh Irresistible, and with these
mighty levers this congress will mt from
the nations pathway the lightweight OF
poverty and congestion which has OBJ
struced our national progress, created IN;
terneclno struggles between capital and
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