The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1916-12-21
THE WAY TO REDUCE
THE HIGH COST OF LIVING
Senator Boah Says Open the Reserves and Reclaim Arid
Lands, Thus Making More Homes and
Producing More, Will Do It.

Washington D. CNot embargo the shipment of food
sus Europe but greater development of and production
from the producing resources of America;
Further and comprehensive federal aid for the recama
ton of the arid lands of the west;
Federal aid for the development and reclamation of the
swamp lands of the country
Opening western federal reservations real homeseadng
These the suggestions of Senator Borah of Idaho
what the federal should do to combat the ncreas
ing cost of living in the United States.
In letter George W. Perkins of New York Senator Borah
says:
your discussion of high cost
of living and the remedy find myself in sympathy with your
suggestions was also much interested the presidents
geson to the farmers to raise crops In view of the
fact that the west in political way, has put itself upon the
map hope it will not be considered intrusion if it inter
poses itself into this economic discussion ALSO
Whie considering the wise suggestions to central mar
kes auto trucks and thorough system of distribution and
the raising of farm products would it not be well to
slider the broader and lasting remedy of providing for
farms and securing more farmers?
In the millions of of fine agricultural land
dedicated to through shorsghted policy of the gov
In the great south vast of fertile
lands awaiting practical constructive policy to open them
up anxious settlers If will study the figures showing
the rapid increase of population cities and proportion
ally speaking the startling decrease in farming population
he will find such figures to the happiness and
conentment of people, which ought to be our
every effort to avert
'here being brought about situation which system
of distribution however essentially wise may be- little
than mof And have been disposed to accentuate
through action rather than to lessen this ten
build retard growth OF
producing
"a few years ago. under the misnomer of conservation
tied incorporated into forest and other withdraw
ais millions of upon which nature tree and
of the finest agricultural lands Millions of the
still locked up During the five years preceding the
Europe lost each year 100000 homeseades who passed
through the great west and into Canada where they took
up farm land renowned their allegiance to this government
and allegiance to another in order to get that of which
had abundance but which, through mistaken policy
withholding from them They unwilling to be
subjected the surveillance and the persecution which have
visited upon the settlers of the west for number of
True have law by which, theoretically speaking settlers
go the forest and locate agricultural lands
But in its practical workings it amounts to inhibition
against securing such lands policy which wthholds dis
courages the bona de settler in taking these lands is
simply of folly it when measured by its effect upor
the welfare of whole people, crme-no other word ex
presses it.
Furthermore irrigation enterprises have been checked
of funds go forward M Lane in his first report
brilliant and instructive document secretary OF tn
Interior recommended the of $0000000 in the reclama
ton arid lands and stated in most conclusive way tn
necessity nothing along that line has been done
late.
''There large of agricultural lands which
settlers have been waiting for months and hoping tina
the would put water the land to enable then
reclaim it. We appropriate for rivers and harbor