Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-09-07

gother with the free aud romantic Iir.
OF tho carly West. has hccn The suhi.c,
"f much sentimental Language The
discovery that bocfstoak was a, mo
sn,ua INN. .i..
80" '' az
"u' 'he "ea!'hN' gay" IA" subject a
much more pressing ana personal APP
peal I, makes m. o,,.s,ion ~ n,,.
~.
''''' ''"N - N"'"~ '' we ichce' ON"
"i immediate fmp"rtauc" to every one
OF rs
&c corc,.to,., ,,.t.i
mn
'l"Ea|'h" aftIH."S nav" abundantly
shown. the reason thcr. IS no longer
enough b.,r To 90 aro,rd q. ,H., 49,,
'''''' ''"E' - u" '"'iR"f "'E enough
!" 'ais" IN" necessary number az cat
tie Much has bo.u snia ,h,u, ,bs
,,
'"'''e !" 'he
H""'h eating itSh ana peanuts instead
Of meat. raising poultry in the back
yard aud n,h.rv.{s. ,,t.j,- .r i,,,,
,s -
'""N' i'"' '"' ih-' remains
mat IN" range lands or the West are
the biggest cattle producing mar, q.
ia. c,,,,,r. ~ ,,y,
i'"ht" Tor y supply "t """t- futihef-
more, they M" entirely capable ~ pro-
d,cjnp 1nurh moro ha.f ,han ,ba,. n,y
'''''' y" -" wv "'' '"''' ''""
rightly used they are also capable
"i supporting more people.
THESE facts hay" Dccn realized hy
Western rhhrhiueu ana western Con
f!esSm'n Tor long time, and they
nav" bee" sieI"iiN ""rHinS ~ me
pI'bl''h 'ut inc genera! Hn"ilc' IN
,,ri 800, -, ia
Ther. M. ,wo vrincipal schools or
thought on the matter. Each of them
knows wha, i; wants and thinks +,
ourbf 10 -, II and each has SOM. CON
,,..esro, and Senators on lis sill.
'rr. hrs, Of ,hss. n.rties is mad. O.;
TIC small rauchcrs. who rails. fcw
cattle and live on their own ranches
rhcy want Il grazing homestead law
which means q law allowing any free
.i,;y.,, of ,no i-uita5 states t,yenty-nn.
ya,rs ola "a ,aL. M tina, many acres
of rrazirg land ana 10 own ii after
he has lived tli.re q certain number OF
wears ana made certain improvements
Tb. urcseu, homestead law allows =
,r,n only roo acres ~ o-rICul,ural
land or 40 acres Of arid land Now
nc lGn-ncrc-rtrm homestead is ali
rirb,. Inn, man cannot raise many
cattle on 900 acres. on the other hand.
If u. had $50 acres. or a fun section
no could RINSE quite herd
.rbn o,I.r side nr ,hc uuestiou Is
L., no large rot,l. men
,b,. CONGREGATIONS who own great tracts
~ Iaud ana avn herds tina, number
thousands ana lens Of thousands
'rncy wan. - law which viii permit
,,-c,, 20 lease from Tho government
.,o,, ,ron. ~ mo uuhIic lands anon
L4, ,n.,. c,r oray. ,b,ir herds 10
no nv,lueion or an others
,,x
r"""H'''" " " -.
Now the theoretical merits OF these
'w" propositions are SO OBVIOUS as 10
u"cd no emphasis. II the GraHiht
homestead biN becomes law. any anu
ali OF US can 20 out West ana take mp
little ranch The land VIII support
just as many people ana as many cat
Tie ~ il possibly can provided II is
possible t" make living "r 1t square
mile Of range at all
II the leasing bill goes through IN
stead "f HON" on every square ihi'c.
there VIII be perhaps home on every
hfty square miles: whiic the men VINO
have leased the range. having plenty oil
1t: viii not be at such pains I" produce
all the cattle they possibly can. In
other words, the grazing homcStcah. IL
~ proves practcabi" AZ all, VIII give
"'crNh"iN chance. make homes iof
the greatest number of people ana
produce the greater number Of cattle
10" the country AT large.
which OF these bills becomes law
'",Fcl'H Ii'h'"r!iN "', lne pc%p'" IN" ma
nw'',T w '"' ~ 80 '" ~, ,l,.,,
~" nv CIV ~ 'c', ~ W. ne
." nv '''r' r"i w me "cHt' ne" J.!
''' - 81" 80" h"' - ~ -
',' I"'' "h' W'h'H Hr""'''s h"h'c
9'"" Nv" >" ne can Sc' one OF ne ~
I'lh ~" ""h'S 'cdSihs III" so ne can
""i'F"l u iot oi rahEc' or clsc ne Is
'''c' ~ 't'Sc interests IN any case
~" '""h"t oi,'n'e MN ne IL hcrclS
~ ,nE 10 Srina ms own AK, Just as an
80 "S "!n, 'nrrciorc' II Is UP 10 you