The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1911-09-22


done and what should be done.
First of all, let it be known that
1t Is the man on the land who in
terests me. If you understand what
that means, you will understand nv
position as briefly as l can state
IL.
1T is the man on the land who
Is essential. 1t is he that builds up
the country and develops the re-
sources and produces wealth and
makes everything else possible for a
community. believe that YOU
should make it easier for him to
get the land. And l believe Just as
hard, on the other side, that you
should make it harder for the man
| who holds the land and won't de-
velop. but just waits so that he can
get a higher price from the man
who Is the actual settler and is the
actual man on the land.
II say plainly that l haven't any
regard for the interests of specula-
ton. I don't think speculation does
country any good.
And, Furthermore, l want to say
that and my department, while /
am in it, will do everything in our
power to accomplish the realization
of these two principles: Help the
man on the land; make it harder
for the Spectator.
II think that we should give the
settler title under the reclamation
act as soon as we give the man on
the land title on the homesteads. I
think the settler should get title to
his homestead just as soon as he
has shown good faith and has con-
vinced the government that he sin
cerely means to develop the land
and help build up the community.
don't believe in making him wait
and wait for years.
New Thing in the World.
1--WE are engaged in an expert
ment. The United States has start
ed out to do a new thing in the
world-to open up the public do
main and bring in settlers and put
water on the land. The law is an
experiment and we find in some
places that 1t doesn't work right
and we will have to make some
notifications to suit the conditions
but the thing to do now is MOI
to waste any more time in f1ghtins
over the past and criticizing. Let's
do things now!
LET us find out what changes we
want in the law-then let us &C
down to Washington and get then
that's the way you should all lool
at this question. We all know
there are things in the law thai
aren't good. But you shouldn't
blame the reclamation service.
can tell you that I know that ever
the ultra conservatives among tht
reclamationists don't defend thii
law, and they admit its bad points.
Where Wrong Rules.
Here we find that a man comes
on the land, puts his money int
necessary buildings and sheds, ant
buys implements, then starts t.
clear his land. He comes in goot
faith. meaning to do everything tn
government asks of him and nj
works ahead and pretty soon nj
money is all gone and he Is VI
against it hard. There's no mere
for him. He faces ruin and the los
OF everything. His hard years o
toll and effort and sacrifice and pri
walton and struggle have nette'
him. what? Nothing! Tell m
that's right? Tell me that's Just
} say no! It's wrong, dead wrong
: and the fact that the United state
} government does It and allows thi
, sort of thing to go on, knowing tn
terrible Injustice OF It, makes no oil
| ference to me. I've come that I"
To the western view.
The Payments Too High
w say that the payments are to
high, The fact is, the settler ha
! too great burden to bear In tn
; arst place, during the early year
. The government should only wal
yuarnntee OF continuous and pr'
gress,ye cultivation. The law Shout
only require what should reasohao
be expected from an ordinary ma
nut I do think that before ne se
title the government should mas
him show that he intends to stay
" ~ have no sympathy for the ma
dy pioneer who sits In MS ma"o
any chair in his Office in Chicago
= New York or Cleveland and tai,
! about the awful hardships OF {