The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-28
Will Help Home Seeker
Catholic Colonization Plan to be Extended
Society Will Have Headquarters in New York and Seek to Relieve Congestion in Cities by Diverting Tide of Immi-
 grants to Farms of the West Father De Vos Explains

New York, Oct. 28-The Rev J. E. De Vos, president of the Catholic Colonization Society in the United States. is in New York to make ar.
 engagements for the establishment ot
 an Eastern headquarters. He is the
 guest of the Rt. Rev. Mgr. D. J. Nc Mahon, rector of the Church of the
 Epiphany, in Second avenue near
 Twenty-third street. Mgr McMahon is vice president of the society. The
 present organization is a systematic development of colonization work car- ried on for a number of years by
 Catholic prelates, among them Arch
 bishop Ireland, who founded colonies
 in the West and the Northwest, per- sonally supervised the work of testing values of lands purchased, and watch
 ed the labors of the colonists, protect
 ing them from swindlers by securing
 unquestionable titles.
 In those days the prelates defrayed
 the expenses of the organization out
 of their own purse Under the more modern system evolved by Father De
 Vos and other Catholic priests, with
 the cooperation of the American Hierarchy, reputable land companies are to have opportunity to develop sections of the country that they con- sider fit for colonization. Their lands, is they desire it, will be inspected by the society's experts, who will make reports regarding their market value, capacity for production, and title. The companies will be charged a req sonable sum for this. investigation, property will be recommended to pr6s- pective colonists. The society is al- ready well known throughout the West, where it has numerous branch organizations working with the object of breaking up congestion in large cities. Here in New York it's of ficers will consult frequently with inn migration bodies and with prelates in the large shipping centers of Europe, coming tide of population to undevel- oped lands in the far West.
 'T ought to say first" said Father De Vos. 11that our society has been cordially approved by Archbishop Far. ley, who sent Mgr. McMahon to the meeting in St. Louis last May, where 8 reorganization was effected. The monsignor was elected vice president. At that meeting were Archbfshops Glennon, Quigley, Ireland, Messmer, and the representatives of other pre- 1ates who could not attend in person. The movement, in fact, is that of the American Hierarchy, and not of any one person. It is systematic en- deavor to break up congestion in our large cities and to demonstrate the op- portunities for healthier life by es- tablishing new towns.
 Headquarters of the society are in Chicago, but it is our intention to have an Eastern office here in order to advise the incoming stranger and make suggestions to men and women with large families who have lived in the city under trying circumstances. Ours as the Archbishop of Chicago re- marked, is to be a no profit organi zation. Our aim is to aid those who feel that they ought to try another mode of living than that of the over crowded city districts and to urge immigrants to pass by the larger centres of civilization and try the newer sections of the country. The executive officers are Messmer. of Milwaukee, the Rev J. J. Tannrah, Joseph Cudahy and E. s. Cary. Bishop Busch, Mgr. McMahon and the Rev. E. J. Vattman compose the committee on finance"