Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-08-02

and I for the eaftern hemisphere. A
new career of action is opened before
me, and l hope to unite my name with
new and great events, and with the
unrivalled greatnefs of the republic;
you go to unite yourfelf once more
with a people among whom L behoid
at once the fimple manners of the hrft
ages of Rome. and the luxury of her
decline: where fee the tafte, the fen
fibility and fcience of Athens, with her
actions, and the valor of Sparta with
out her difcipline.
AS a citizen of the world, l would
address your country in the following
language: every man and every nation
is ambitious. and ambition grows with
the power as the blaze OF a vertical
fun Is the mott fierce Cherifh there
your political institutions. remember
that armies and navies are of the
fame ufe in the world as the police in
London, or Paris; and folders are not
made like potters yeffels In a minute,
cultivate union of your empire Will be
but a coloffus of gold fallen on the
earth, broken in pieces and the prey
of foreign or domestic Saracens. If
you are wife your republic Will be
permanent and ah! perhaps Wafhing-
ton will be hailed as the founder OF a
glorious and happy empire, when the
name of Bonaparte fhall be obfcured
by fucceedirg revolutions.
~
A MISTAKE OF THE DRAWING.
[Sioux City Tribunel
Mr.. Dooley could write an interest
ing article on the Rosebud prize draw
ing, touching upon the great need OF a
farm experienced by some OF the prize
winners when they registered. The list
OF those who have gathered in 1000
farms were printed yesterday, and IN
each place where prize winner re-
sides there is gossip about his person
atty and standing. 1t is to be noted
that a generous proportion OF them
are we'll off in this worlds goods, one
confessing to the ownership OF $4,000
cash and farm of 100 acres. II he
had possessed 40 acres more he could
not have registered. But farm OF
120 acres ought to be quite satisfying
these days, especially after it has made
it's owner rich. Others who drew
prizes worth thousands are known to
have money in the bank and own their
homes, besides having good business
positions.
1t Is acognition of the eternal
fitness situation that these facts
are ued. AS the Devils Lake
dr. the last that will occur. at
lear' long time, 1t Is too late to
avoid repetition of the mistake of
admitting those uncomfortable circum-
stances to the registration. There
should have been greater restriction. IN
order that the really poor and deserv-
ing might have stood a better chance
to improve their condition. That was
the avowed object OF throwing open
the indian lands to settlement. and the
object has been defeated to the extent
that several scores Of the farms go to
men who did not need them. and who
could have bought them at $40 an acre
outright without any inconvenience.
1t is we'll known that the first $1,000
is the hardest for any man to acquire.
and that after he has it he should be
able to place himself in comfortable
circumstances in a few years. In other
words, the man with $1,000 has q rea-
sonably firm hold in business or indus
trial life and needs no coddling. 1t
would have been just and sensible
rule to have excluded from the privi-
lege of registering all who possessed
81 900 or more in cash each. or prop
erty that could be sold for that much
1t is perhaps safe to say that at least
half of those who registered are ambit-
ous young farmers without dollar.
who would have been compelled to bor-
row the governments first fee OF STA
in case they had been successful in the
drawing These are the ones who
should have been given the greatest
possible chance. but their chances were
materially reduced by the large num-
Der OF wealthy men who registered.
In a few years the government will
have completed the installation of ir-
rigation on a few million acres of the
arid lands, which will then be as fer
tile as any in the United States. Pre-
these will be thrown open for
settlement through the lottery plan,
since no better one can be devised.
When the time comes the law ought to
provide that only those who actually
need farms can register for the draw
ing. This would afford the best guar
antee that the land would be used for
actual settlers and not held for COM
and sale to spectators. And
on top OF this, perhaps it would be a
good thing to do away with the COM
privilege and leave the con-
dtion Of five years actual cultivation
to govern the final disposition OF the
farms.