The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-14
Woman Finds Land
For JobLess of Citv
Rural Credits, Social Centers,
and Government Aid Are In
cIuded in Plan of PhiIan-
thropic League.

4 woHldH has found to the problem
presented by the jobLeSs man an
he man NTH a small capital.
She declares that their colonial
non can be accomplished Withou
exploitation or cOmmercialization
and in such a manner as to giVt
them chance of establishing self
supporting homeSteddS.
She is in Washington to ofel
the machinery of the League tt
the Government officials who dea
nth similar problems.
By KENDRICK ScoFIELD.
She is small. slight woman with q
sreat big plan.
ne factors of her problem were large
10 begin with They dealt in millions
collars. men, and acres. In short. she
ct herself to determine whether the
asst amounts of philanthropic money
which are available in the United
~tates. the hordes of the men unem-
dyed and men with small capital,
us the unused acreage which lies fall
wv instead of productivity fertile
"pmewhere in almost every locality of
asst and West, North and South, could
e so correlated as to give a result
vhich would mean help to our own job
ess citizens, q capitalization without
tXploitation of the poor man aid emf
rant. and sound. sane outlet for the
enthusiasm of philanthropicaIly Inclined
money barons.
So she tackled the problem. and found
"a answer. She calls it the forward
o-the-land movement" and she came
. Washington a few days ago to gain
ne cooperation of Government officials
her plan
She is Mrs. Haviland H. L0nd. a
estern woman by all her business
oility and aptitude in meeting and
ealing with the same problenl-that of
ding menless jobs for jobless men
hich has stumped so many economic
yperts. Incidentally she declares the
ason for so many signal failures in
past in dealing with this question
Rv in the fact that never before have
oSe who endeavored to work out this
after been able to divorce from it the
ctOr Of Commercialization-
Helps Men Forward the Land.
At present Mrs. Lund is a resident of
CIV York city, where she is secretary
e.. the National Forward-to-the-Land
league. an organization which has felt
.Ha influence of many of her ideas.
/ ne league has already afoot a very
Cefnite plan to the end of getting the
unemployed and the man with little
money back into rural communities
Yet IL has no land to SELL and many
prominent men and women have agreed
70 cooperate with the league in its
work.
among those men are Oscar S.
-rraus, Frederick c. Howe, commits
oner Of immigration at Ellis Island;
alvin J. Houston, commissioner of ag-
culture Of New York State; Mrs.
1oTnas VI. owen, of the Farmers
MON, of Montgomery, Ala, a daugh-
I.r Of Senator Bankhead; DR.. william
A. Evans. formerly health commissioner
Chicago: Terrence V. Powderly,
lief Of the Bureau of Information, Of
le Federal Department of Labor, and
any more.
But just at present the league is
roTking to obtain the cooperation OF
he Federal departments in Washing
n with the bureau Of information
uich the league has established. Mrs.
nd was in the city most of last week
planning the plans OF the league and
as assured that many of the Govern
cent bureaus could make use of the
fgue's Information machinery.
Back By 100000.
But let Mrs. Lund tell about it her
r. She says:
The league has the backing of
seven millions Of philanthropic dol
.ars- But before that money can be
put 10 its best use, the league must
trst know where the man with a
small amount of money may set him
elf up on d uliable farm. and also
Nhtre work can be given the unem-
p.Oyed Of the cities.
L Is astonishing how little at
rHuuon We pay to our own homeless
and JODless men. The only tine
they ever get into the newspapers
II when they mob somebody in des-
peration or rob poor box. There
are $4,000 such men in New York
city today.
The league has built up a ma
-hinery for distributing inforTna-
on concerning these men so that
no man without a job may be
nrought 10 the job without a man.
There are other sides to the ques-
ION also. II il usually difficult for
nc man with very limited means.
hich he wishes to invest In a farm,
-n escape the claws OF the land spec
atoTs. The imm' grant. too. often
rites 10 the Department of Labor
efOre ne comes to this country,
7sging where he can 20 and pur-
-nase good land at a fair price.
Vow. under the contract labor law,
The Government can give this man
10 aid in determining his destina-
ION IN this country. Such letters
ere usually sent to State commits
Q oners OF labor, and are rarely II
ever answered.
The league has, therefore. placed
- the disposal OF the Government
rre machinery OF its bureau or in
ro~uation Hereafter letters Of in
curry will be forwarded TO US and
a.s will answer them. We have the
freedom OF expression which the
Government has not. and also the
hacking not only OF reputable men
nd women but OF practically every
reIfare organization In the country
But the ForwaTd-to-the-I> and
League does not bug or sell land II
.uI. however. cooperate with any
group Of land sellers. provided they
-rHU meet certain hard and fast CON
Cfti1ns.
D. land-seIlIng company applies
cor our coop ration. A league in
-rsriOr is appointed by a committee
q FIVE membe OF the executive
...rd He must 20 To the section
of the country where the proposed
aafrIament Is located. and. at the
-,-re7er Of the owners investigate
The sDpl'c7n company must also
fg-usyh our agent with the serv-
ices Of an agricultural expert with |
d knowledge of local conditions
and upon the joint report of The
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