The Detroit times., 1916-04-06
Az CHARLES w. HOLMAN.
Secretary q the National Con.
ference on Marketing ana Farm
Credits.


ference on Marketing ana Farm
Credits.
While America is letting her pub
lie lands slip away from The PEG
pie. Great Britain Is making an e.
fort to find land for her isndiess
city workers
The leaders Of England showed q
spirit OF serious regard when parlia-
ment passed The great act Of 1907
requiring parish. town and urban
district councils 70 find land for city
workers. who wished 10 cultivate
small gardens as tenants OF the
councils.
But this spirit was shown mainly
BY the leaders OF the nation The
members OF the councils. npon whom
the responsibility was placed did
not tumble over themselves 70 find
garden spaces when the first 20 900
Applications rrured in The prop
ksltior was new enough 10 be start.
1ing, so the members Of the councils
before acting. consulted their Dan
ard their masters interests. tn
some places the response WAS spon-
tsneous, bui in others every possible
effort was made 70 block the good IN
Mentions ~ the government
" Property holder advanced tle
price ~ land TO eyo~bitant figures
except NJ the price OF compulsory
proreedines
The committee, headed hy Lloyd
George 70 look into The land qges
ef England s.e4-lA.ss41. -a.4 A4a-le
found deeply rooted widely spread
policy Of obstruction employed 20
prevent public bodies occurring land
for such purposes and ~ these
words scourgcs the distinctions
Land mononolx enables Landlords
10 extract excessive prices The
evils so caused are aggravated b.
certain special motives which actu.
ate the owners and tenants Of land
IN rural districts
~ another part Of the report The
committee declares
How 20 placnte this opposition
was now the problem Ru' tho Brit.
18Th government does not 20 bun.
hcadedIy about doing anything
where lis own citizens arc concern.
ed The government uses tho
tongue OF persua sion" aud tho ar
OF deiiyerancc' 10 obtain ifs ends
Opposition led 70 an inves tigafion
of some of-its roots II caused the
government 10 udUguraie an edUca
tional work among the councilmen
u was deemed necessary 90 do a
little expert gum shooting iol the
social good Somcboas must explain
10 the councilmen wis there is need
OF supplying workingmen with allot
mont gardens So in addition 70 tht
ismall holdings and ailo,mc com
rufssioners. another public body va'
entrusted with This particular mis-
sion
The public body selected was th,
Agricultural Organization society o
England which Is manly supporte'
by treasury funds and exists for th'
promotion OF agricultural oo.opera
ton AMI cooperative agficuliur
among the people of England TAi
society Is modelled upon the Plan %
the world famciis- irisE Agriculture
Organization society. which sir lIor
ace plunkett founded 20 years ago
And strangely enough. the hnalisi
society Is also headed by an irish
man
J Nugen, Harris ls\Ris name anS
be Was the man England needed q
,so Mis- ~'ofk A
Harris had already become inter
exted In the rv .eibility Of The co
operative allotment movement Win
quick intuition be SAW b. would b,
q great relief 30 The authorities II
N fNeS eonld rent land, compulfOrils
h acquired. 10 sncietles rather than Il
sandersakc bookkeeping and bailif