Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-06

produce to market and Itself attends to
its sale. Here Is a scheme exactly In
accordance with Mr.. Haggard's no.,
lions.
1t will be asked. probably, why Mr..
Eaggard must come all the way 10
America to see the scheme in opera
ton. Are there no Salvation Army
land settlements in England? Verify.
there are. and Mr.. IIaggard knows
them, and has had long interviews with
General Booth about the work. But"
the Salvation Army in England has /.
put upon its settlements what General
Booth calls ''wastrels and scalliwacs'
of the great cities. men who have gone.
to the bottom. and must he saved in
spite of themselves. With such ma
terial it IS scarcely to be expected that
the English settlements will make q
brilliant financial showing. Given de-
cent. Industrious farmer-folk. such as
Mr.. Haggard wants to benefit. and the
returns should be much greater. Now
in America the Army is trying the eX-
pertinent with good material At Fort
Amity Col, Fort Romie. cal, and Fort
Ferrick near Cleveland. o.. they arc
putting the 'landless man on the man
less land" and choosing the cOionists
from the most hopeful class of city un-
fortunates. They prefer men who
have either experience in farming. or
are trained artisans. 1t is to see this =
fairer test Of the settlement plan that
Mr.. Haegard has come across the sea.
And what. YOU ask. has all this TO do
with South Africa Everything. The "
t.rclishman in South Africa does pre-
cisely as the Englishman in Great
Rritain-he abandons the Land AMI
hurries to the excitement AMI cnir ~
tie towns. Meanwhile. the i''"'r '"'''.
tinueS TO farm his land an'i make
strong his sinews. How serion., l. I.Is
matter in the Transvaal-in NJ. iia-
CARDS estimation at least is >r"'r -
these words: 81 am convinced-anL this
is a very important national aspect Of
the question-that most of our reverscs
during the recent war were due to the
pitting OF town-bred bodies and intcli-
gences both of officers and men against
country-bred bodies and intelligencc<.
We laugh at the Roer for his rude
manners and his rusticity, but therein
lies strength which. If he and his
people are wise, they will not exchange
for all the gold and gems Of Africa and
all the most exquisite refinements Of
Europe. II they can resist those
temptations (Which for our sake 1t is to
be hoped they will not do): II they con-
tinue to be content to live roughly upon
their farms and produce as many chill
dren as nature gives them, then l am
sure-unless we British change our
wavs-that whatever flag flies over II,
within two generations its Inhabitants
of Dutch blood WILL in fact, rule South
Africa"
Cecil Rhodes. with lis South African
experience running back over a quar-
ter of a century. saw that good rela- .
tions between i3oer ana RritOn cOuld
never be accomplish I'd while the land
remained divided against itself-thc
whole country population virtually .
Boer. and the commercial population
British. To better matters he advo-
Gated the sending out Of farm settlers
from the mother country. Australia,
Canada and New Zealand-loyal Brit
ish subjects 10 ieaven the Dutch lump.
Said he: The gravity Of the situation
must be brought homo to the public.
namely. that 10000 prisoners must be
Drought back after the war: the ma
jority will returl to their farms with
know by this time their temperament;
and unless we mix our people with
them on the soil ! say. Look out!'" !.
Mr.. Rhodcs's remedy is the one
adopted by animal trainers when they
desire to break down the antagonisIn
between savage beasts. Chain in the
same cage black bear and a polar
hear. force them to lock upon one an
other every day for weeks, to eat to-
gether. to sleep together: ard. however
fiercely they may snarl at first. they
will end by lying down together in har-
mony. So with Roer and .Britisher.
Cecil Rhodes tried what has been
called laboratory experiment in
South African land settlement in
Rhcdesia. He contrived to buy up a
dozen farms and developed them. put
ting in as managers young English
men. who employed Dutckmen as thei~
foremen. So friendly were the rea-
tons between the newcomers and the
old stagers. til at amicablc intercourse
went on even after the declaration Of
war.
Before the war, the question OF get
ting land on which to plant colonists
might have proved a stiff one. for the
Boer farmers lcOk upon sale to the
British as an act OF treason. Now.
however. the English have come into
possession Of consid( rable tracts as
successors Of the late Government. A
portion Of this is arabic. Again the
impoverished Beers will be obliged to
sell off some OF their acres in order 10 :
got themselves UP in seed and livestock.
If not enough land is offered in this
way.the Government will resort to ex-
preparation.
The land. then, will be found. And
we are assured that colonists OF the .
right sort will be forthccmin But g,
what is to prevent these new immi-
grants from following the example or
the old. and .rekkiEg to the cities?
The answer TO this question is that the
earlier immigrants were OF the adven.
turous type; they went out to Africa :
on a chance of success, and they
naturally went where the chances Of
gain were the greatest. =
On the other hand, the type called
ht,1 ~ SevNn