Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-01-02
CAPITALIST HAS NEW
SCHEME TO AID
POVERTY
Pearson of Winnipeg
Offers Backing for Trans
planting and Grub Stalking of
City UnfortunateS,
tBy Morning JOurna, spec-n, Leased wIrei

tBy Morning Journal SPECIAL Leased Wirel
Chicago, Dec. 26-Backing has
been offered for the conquest of pow
erty, now costing in futile charity in
the United States a billion dollars a
year. in accordance with Emerson
Hough's plan of ~transplanting from
the cities the efficient unemployed,
educating them in the essentials OF
agriculture, providing land and lend
ing to them at current rates of in
terest the money necessary 70 reach
the sel%f-sustaining point. Not only
has a philanthropic Canadian capt.
talist and land owner, William Pear
son Of Winnipeg. signified his decision
to personally aid the process of trans
planting. which Hough's book, The
Sewers" has made a topic of discus
sion throughout the Dominion, but
Mr.. Pearson also is personally enlist
ing the support Of statesmen and phil
anthropists in the United States and
England as well as Canada Of the
plan,
The proffer Of this support, which
at once changes the matter from an
idea to an approaching fact, was made
In a letter In which Mr.. Pearson said:
Il am ready to say now that am glad
to associates myself with the move
ment and assist it financially and 9TH
erawise in anyway possible. The plan
outlined in the book provides for COM
petent training for those to be helped
before setting them up on their own
steadings, Canada contributing direc-
tion and superintendent, as well as
the field for the experiment, the cost
to be borne directly by the govern
ment or BY the government, assisted
by private or organized philanthropy.
This makes the matter one Of indi-
vidual, as well as of national import
ance. and viii result in the near flu
ture in an organized effort to test out
the plan proposed for the conquest Of
poverty.
on best authority 1t is stated that
Mr.. Pearson has taken up h execu-
ton of h plan with h Sage Foun-
dation, ccrtain other philanthropies
IN New YORK and ,philanthrop!es m
| Chicago ana in England with Lloyd
I George. Winston Churchill: Asquith;
Duke of sutherland. Sir Robert Perk-
/ es; Charies Brlghtman OF Watford,
| England; General Booth. John Rurns,
! Lord Stratheona M Lord North
| cliffe.
The known interest and views held
| BY statesmen in England upon the
| growing problem of the army OF the
1 unemployed, which has totaled con-
| %tinuously IN London $4,000 to 100000
| during recent years. gives promise Of
| speedy response TO the definite pro-
! posal of Mr.. Pearson, the plan pre-
| scented in 1.-THE Sewers having been
| given wide attention in the British
! press.
The press comment shows how SER
| iously this proposed remedy Tor the
1 growing poverty in cities is being con-
| ,idered. In a review of the book DR..
| ;. T.. Lang of the Manitoba Normal
I school has written his endorsement Of
! the project and refers 10 IT, as an edu-
| cational book OF value. Briefly stat
| ed. he says. Mr.. Hough's proposal is
4 that an educational experiment on a
! very large scale should be attempted
| on the clay belt lands controlled by
| the Canadian Northern and Grand
| Trunk Pacific railways. He proposes
1 that steps should be taken to provide
| training in agriculture for hat very
| large class OF immigrants who come
| from the cities and towns of the old
| country and who. owing TO the char
acter OF their previous occupations,
are more likely to fail in Canada than
| TO succeed"
Col A. -. Davidson. known through
I out Canada and the western states as
/ one OF the most success ful land OPP
| orators in the world. AMI whom MIR
| HOugh calls the e.~iiscovercr OF
western Canada" givts testimony in
| The Sowing" as to fne type OF man
| needed in. and the type created by
the conditions OF the Canadian west.
and on this side q the boundary
line. 10Th In New York and Chicago.
the public spirited men are support