Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-11-05

/ It's crimes, It's starvation when the days
wage stops. But you do not want that.
You want to lay here a foundation,
broad and deep, for an entirely different
condition, and the laying OF that found
alton has been begun as a result OF the
achievements Of grand old man, Sena-
tor Paris Gibson, whom the people OF
this city I'm days 10 come VIII revere
and honor as one OF the greatest minds
that The west has ever produced
FARM ACRE COLONIES,
"The movement Is already begun 20
establish farm acre colonies where men
I'm the east who fave a little money
can come out onto an acre Of land
and live there Tor a year or two years
and be taught how TO farm. Then they
will be cOlOnist farmers worth having
and this win relieve too, the congested
centcIs OF the east. There are thous-
ands and hundreds Of thousands OF
such men IN the east, and every i've
community In the west should plant
such q farm instruction colony. The
work has been begun in Arizona and
when Its good results are seen the
plan win be adopted by every western
section, for Il viii appeal TO all classes.
II Mll appeal TO every western man
who desires TO see his country settled
by thrifty citizens. 10 will appeal to
the merchant II viii appeal 10 the man
who has land TO sell.
III q man intent upon accomplish
ing the most with large tract OF land
had 100000 acres, and 1t were possible
for him 10 have a prosperous family ON
every five acres, would ne divide II into
farms OF q square mile on of "a quarter
section? with small farms come good
roads The dreaded isolation Of the
old farm life gives way 10 nelghbors ev-
cry few hundred yards.and all the COM
forts OF modern civilization become
possible.
GREAT NATIONAL RESOURCE,
"Tho land is the greatest resource Of
a nation. our public lands should d.
securely held for the real homemakers
There are men In the west who have
acquired, as was never intended by
Congress, great tracts OF thousands OF
acres Of land, without settlement, and
without the building Of q single home
These laws are still upon the statute
books. Moreover the great livestock In
terests and the spectators are intent
upon keeping them there and even upon
attmptIng to secure new land specua-
tive legislation.
ATTEMPTS TO GRAFT THE Ma.
TlONAL IRRIGATION ACT.
II the National Irrigation association
had not insisted upon eliminating the
use Of the desert land law, the commu-
tatiOn clause Of the homestead law, and
the timber and stone law, under the
national irrigation law an the lands 10
be reclaimed by the government would
have been seized by spectators and
national irrigation would have become
a stencil In the nostTlls Of the Amerl-
can people.
II the people Of Montana desire ma.
tional irrigation, with all Its magnlG-
cent possibilities for the state. thew
must stand firm for the repeal of ain
land laws except the homestead law.
The faith Of the west has been pedgei
TO the east and that faith must be
Kept The west must provide homes
for the many upon the lands to be re-
claimed, else the east will spew out ma.
tonal irrigation as a graft and a hid.
eous evil
We would rather have homes FOR
men, than coTals,' he said, "and we
are prouder OF the best products OF
Montana, the finest people ON earth.
than we are Of the latest sheep or the
latest cattle
'The National Irrigation association
stands for a rigid land policy that viii
balk the gratis OF every land grabbing
scheme. II wants the title Of an tim
bered lands TO remain with the gov
eminent and the stumpage sold, but
the land to remain In the government.
80 that our watersheds shall not be
ruthlessly destroyed II asks that every
man who gets title from the govern.
ment must be an actual settler ana 10
show his good faith by living upon the
lana I'VE years You can not expect the
east to donate millions to reclaim lands
that 80 into speculative land scher,ss ~