The state-line herald. (North Lemmon, Adams County, N.D.) 1907-1912, 1909-10-15

to reallza a ~ so. In tn,
light of the facts the appraisa
at $6 per acre may not be tot
much, but in the light Of thu
hitherto unbounded free home
stead opportunities of America
the proposition comes in a
ture of an unpleasant surprise
q move to be Stunned, as an i'm
position upon ur grand Ameri
can privilege of an umtrammeleC
grab at the ublic lands when.
ever We choose. T at that day
must end does not impress itself
easily.
Moreover, the homeseeker fig
ures he wants to make a little
mon He wants to ke his
money quick easily. He re-
allzes that a homestead costing
him q tie start thousand
dollars is not an easy proposition.
10 improve his Ian Is travel
Ing expenses y his mainten-
ance for the 1lrst year, his time
lost. and all such similar expenses
attendant upon the proper i'm
provement of his tarm cannot be
averagingly estimated at less
than thousand dollars. This
brings the cost OF his land to two
thousand. This is discouraging.
A homestead at the time it has
just been commuted j. usually
not i, lth more than that sum,
unless especially favored in soil
and location.
Land values increase but Slow
ly, and are not due SO much to
what the government has done
in the free homestead PROPOSE
ton but to what man does by
hard labor and effort. Whatever
the final value after the farm has
been properly titled and provided
with buildings and conVeniences.
that first thousand dollars will
ever be considered as the sum
total of the real profit over aud
above the individual effort and
its deserving remuneration.
This H. doubt Is tn. main
reason thai mas war; Il against
maklug the registration pnp-
ular move. EuJ there. Is ~ tnet
reason that has made r. iStrd-
ton less pos ular This = a-0u
is that the public has grown
and ep ital uvet
the governmental iotetN Ion
In fact. the publchaoc ma Ii Il
the plan as vlslol,als aut.-
worse. as pasiliV ly undi.nltied,
unbuslnes slikt, and we, u
retroactive ihe reglslratl ~ lor
the Fiath ad and ) okas lilu,
in showing registrations esprc
lvrly four, eleven ana lh,it..il
times greater than the 81 lv
impressed the lesson thai hook ed
at from the standpoint Of &c IL
nmy registrations are a h, avy
levy upon the public. Assuming
that only Loo Ooo people w.-r.
L. thu p' ndi : !. -, q
tior, and further -.u !u- u.
-acti person rel 1etiJG L
rificed in travelling -xp.ns. at,a
his own valuable tim an aver
tge $25, a total II two milton
and half dollars has been s,a-u
20 no plrpose by eight, per
-CIb VI tist ", iHdt
1 popular r. .gistraiion j. a fine
hing for the towns that get the
;roWd-but Eev.rthcis IS ill-
'acF remains that the Uax j.
away beyond r.,ason--cu,Id.mn,
ng tie plan n3sN Ia vcgu az d |
;lumsy ana unbu>istes>iike one. |
Everywhere this nlau ~ NV
)tlng denoilnct Il ny the pun'ic -
Tot To mention the argument !
hat the government has dis
Traced itself in ,lia ublic w.
or r.sor.ing to- lottery aud
gam bling srheint.s when tt Itself
Ia, pronounced Is fiat against
such things on The part of the
public.
These are soms Of the reasons
why tiils regis ration appears 20
D- less popular than those
nth "rto held As l., the Lem
hitia.rto held. A &, t, the leu
mon country W. have p' III. !
insofar, that h,adre,'s nt those
w t,l, "a a.,t fr. f.,rc. al ~ t.,t.,