The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-05-16
LAND REFORMS

The cause OF the war in Mexico may
be stated I'm one woTd-I eonage4
There are individuals in that country
who owned landed estates that COM
pare in size and extent with whole
states in the American union. On the
other hand there are I'm Mexico hun
dreds Of thousands of persons who are
so poor that the entire amount that
one receives In the course OF n year
would not pay Tor a decent snit or
clothes. az tss.. -
1t was the, Hiah OF Francisco Madero
to establish o constitutional form OF
government which would d.require, the
owners cc immense tracts OF land TO
partition them off and to sell portions
to the poems to be paid for In INSTALL
mants. either by the month or by the
year. Madero was honest and sincere
In his intentions, although he was the
richest individual in Mexico. perhaps.
but when he. got into office lie found
so nuch to be done that he did not get
to carry into execution the plans for
"a constitutional government, which
is in effect democracy, much like
our own That is the reason why
jealous felIow-rebeIs against Diaz rose
against him. That is how he hap
pened 10 fail q prey to the willy
schemes OF Huerta.
Mexico In the cracihle Of time and
in the course or years may be- ground
down int6 q awond dsi.Elt country. IT
cannot cdIae ii IS iay we have re !.
Gently ieafpad 81 m experiment. that
was triea vim isuGceEs in old En-
Gland. by Ffeh osgners OF large es-
tates permit d their tenants tu ac-
quire the 6f their homes.
It 3hna trhRsso that section. we
believe that M tnis plan siSs the rec.
tlamation fIifaf Sou .aroilna.
Have u eeinHl ID Il Y center sjid ss;sur ],
rounding Il sh hoties of i tliftft hkp4
py people. no longer dependent upon,
negro labor to produce cotton.
Anderson county cannot realfge the
need Of this kind Of thing for there
ara an FAR In tiai1 ss4..Et.s ..sl1<4
have not now good start In life. But
ia some sections OF; the state there Is
need for 3 system Of rural credits
that Will permit d eottager to buy his
own home. Fifteen years trial Of q
strange system OF land reform IN the
little village Of Vvintefslow, near Lon.
don has proven the snecess oe it least
one plan.
In 1893. q. or Isocre, father Of the
DuehebsSo.s aniltoil, secured posses
ulpp Of otfthsg1id village and some OF IT'S
eHsiroalIs re-esta ahiisline 4 local goy+
ernrnent, practically identicsl 60 that
Cs the saxona there q Thousand years
aeos At the Inning og the seSp 81
raeiit the me 5tor schose for the, person.
nei Of this sachemn persona netss usns,ee!l
for industry than for wealth y Saxon
yiilage hundred waH choseg. and this
prlrlisiye iegisIatsfe aIlkSed land to
heads OF families tID 4ers contracts
whereby the paynenty4 for the land
could be extended GjYer b period of
s.ss.... sa alss.s Is 20 u
These plots slsEe ,lnd q lar8e coIalnoK
which beIenssJo the village ana the
gresirEt rIEbs of which Is held Ia per-
petulty Oy the villagers.
Die Village Is now q seif-s staining
community and what was etarted as
more or less of charity, has proven
aucceasful merciallyg All or the
Villagers are free men In the old SaS.-
on sense the term and the social and
stelltIeal life Of the place Is baaesi on
this assumption of equality. The pro-
nndters have been chagy OF publicity
ics$ fear thai the plan might not have
proved sncesss but Since shisi has
been kssursd trey have i4ylted tlla
headers OF tlee government land reform
stbenies to inspect the ecmm1aity.