The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-04-25

by his employer and left with ram
|,ly on his hands to feed, and no
means to buy food or pay rent until
he finds another job. On the farm
there is no danger in losing his job.
This gives man courage, SELF
reliance and those moral qualities
which 20 to make up good citizen
ship. without the private virtue OF
the individual citizen our republic
can not rise to its great and honor
able destiny. Let US get back to the
land. Let us improve the roads that
lead to the farm and from the farm
and give the farm greater attract
jyeness because of its accessibility to
the towns and cities.
The Value OF Small Holdings.
THE French revolution was due
TO the abuse Of the unrestricted land
holdings Of the nobility, from which
vast incomes were derived, thus
leading to a great extravaganza of
the land-holding class in the face OF
extreme poverty and misery of the
unemployed andless masses. The
landhoders were so rich they did
no need to use the land in full, but
devoted very large areas to game
preserves, while the poorer French
people. who had also been brought
into the world by the hCnd of the
Omnlpotent, were denied access to
the land by the landlords, who pre-
ferred to see their estates used in
large part for purposes of amuse-
ment, as hunting parks. The French
law. of course, sustained the French
landlord until the corrupt extrava
gance of the landholding class and
the abiect hunger and misery Of the
multitudes led to the overthrow of
the laws which permitted this con.
dition, and the bloody French revo-
luton followed.
THE revolution resulted in the
subdivision OF France into small
landholdings, which, under the laws
of inheritance, was still further sub.
divided.
"The result of this subdivision has
been intensive cultivation and great
agricultural wealth from the soil OF
France, making it one OF the richest
nations in the world. The reverse d
this policy is seen in Spain and Mex
leo. where huge estates have beer
permitted to exist, with the un
avoidable result that the productive
capacity Of the land has not beef
developed, and where the extremes
of great wealth and abject povert!
are in more marked contrast than IL
any other civilized country
The United States should pursu
policy of small landholdings, ant
the state of Oklahoma has led tn
way by passing laws imposing pre-
gressive tax on large holdings o
land. for the purpose Of stimulatin
actual home building, of promotin
the greatest productive capacity O
the land, and for the abatement o
the nuisance and danger Of larg
landed monopoly.
"The smaller subdivision Of Ian
will lead, therefore, directly to 1t
intensive cultivation, and just in d.
gree as the lands are thoroughly we
cultivated. just in that degree wi
the value of farm lands increase, an
with the increase in the value
farm lands, and the growth OF the
productions, Just in that degree wi
city property and suburban propert
increase in value.
Likewise, this will lead to tn
building of good roads, and to tn
increase of the liberty, Of the ind
pendence and Of the personal happ
ness of all of our people, both on tn
farm and in the cities. Our cite
are sadly congested and millions {
people could be led to the farm, bot
to their own welfare and to the az
vantage of the nation. The pimp, tn
cadet, the white woman slave woul
be much more useful and happier d
an honest plowman, gardener an
milkmaid.
"There Is a Charm About the Farm
Under proper conditions nothin
can be more beautiful or more a
tractive than the farm life In time
past with bad roads and mudd
: weather, and fields too big for tn
farmer to cultivate successfully, me
; have often worked themselves dow
have grown weary, have made then
selves poor by ill-directed effort, an