The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1916-04-07

t'rurd-l mean those people who /
take No. land with the intention Of
making it their home and gaining u |
living thyryirum has been conn |
pi't,d says pr Mcclure AN the |
good lands arc gone and there re-
mains only the scum, re only for the |
grazing uf live stock.
Good Lands Are Gone.
I'm the eleven Western public hand
states there ar, at the present time
approximately two hundred seventy
uy, million acres 1T public lands.
aud out of this total there are not
NOR, than live million acres of land
suitable fur agricultural purposes or
un which a man could make his home
aud living. We hear constantly the
,r, fur good roads IN the West and II
is 70 just ,rN but under tho present
sirtvm uf things u is u burden IN the
people cot che Western States Co build
these roads. The day ut settlers in|
the West be- over The good lands are
guu, and it b. shame a. bring men
from the East aud locate them ON
these desert tracts and tell them they
can make living 4 single proof of
thi. b. he the sad results uf the clarion
colony. where settlers Htriyrd for five
years g. build themselves homes only
o. throw 40 their hands ~ the end ot
that time with unlN u burden uf debts
for their five years lahors.
Points To- tile solution.
THE solution uf the public lands
question aud the means 1T preventing
| the remaining vacant lands from TALL
l ing into the hands ~ the few, " for
the United States government tn sell
these lands e. the men who are now
using thrm-thv rtuvk-raiHrtH. This
/ land IL not worth more than $50
under any condition but II should be-
appraised hy board ~ experts after
il has been classified 10y the depart
mrnt uf the Interior where tracts
are found that are suitable for hgri-
cultural purposes. then civ" them Ca
the homesteaders. hut not more than
fy, million acres IT such lands, In all
the two hundred Hryrnty-fiVe mili"n
acres ~ public lands In the eleven
Western states, viii he found
The proceeds from the lands thu'
sold hy the government should y" u
the states In which IA" lands are ICES
Gated. after the government has re-
lIl.y.d the farmers On ~ several irri
CATION projects of the debts INQUIRE,
In the building ~ reclamation pr"i
I,rts. These men. ut the rnd of TWEEN
Ity wears allowed them 10y congress
In which e. pay for the building Z"
ines. bitches. viii IN the main iin'
,h.ms.ly.s. a. they did 40 IN" end a.
Oy. wears. unable 60 pay. and IN
government. through the sale nt thes
pubiir lands. should free them oi I'M
unjust burden
States should Iicnrfit.
Nor. than four hundred milli"
Id,tlars would be realized 10y the fed
eral government from the sale
! th,s, lands. and after paying the c"'
! ~ irrigation projects now hangin
) over the heads Of the farmers
! these tracts the balance should
! turned into the treasures 81 the state
! An which these lands are located
! Fiuy Der cent of the moneys ot sue
! rund should be- used for the COT
! st,u,tion ct good roads the halan'
1 f,r educational purposes, Whil"
! am NOT prepared at this time 20 "a
4 iust how much the state ni lth
! would receive from such source
: certain that the amount W"uld ~
into millions, --,,.,. o..
4 Instead of making IL possible 70
4 mig business a. build up Immense q
a ,,t.s IN. system I have advance
a ,ro,,ld. i'm TACT, work Just the opp"fll
a Tn. lands would go a. the men VI
a ,re nav using them. For instan'
a M th,re Is little stockraiser u"
= Ittuizing small tract here the X"
a .rnm,n, would award him that ira
a and NOT permit the big fellow 10 con
: In and gonble Il up
= Points 90 Gragc pangcr'
DUnder the present system 81 "a
a ,,i,istration of public lands Il Is Pc
a I'M. i'm a few years time for the m
a yitb funds 20 secure control OF all |
a rsraining public lapAs. NineD-nl
a ,,a, cent OF the homestead lands tax
a m today and Il Is getting more a
4 more so every year, are taken up OF
A for the purpose of selliag Ma
a bomesteaders hold their lands Oh
long enough Co get title ana theh :
F. nut This means that IL Is possl'
il for persons with sufficient funds su
"a as the larger live stock corporate
m 10 eventually gobble up all such Ian
ar and in a fully legitimate way un'
ne the existing laws.
"a These men sell their homeste'
@. because they cannot make Nv
In on them, although the lands are :.
H. able for grazing purposes. The I
Its sd States bureau OF Statistics mas