Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-09

predominance of American power an
control in that part of the void A."
to find real cause for regret ~ ing
lands remoteness from the fed q
some future contest for the CONNIE
cial and political domination OF to
world.
Similarly. this school favors Me-
Brunswick for the British settlers as
second best choice because Of its NJ
iantic hinterland. 1t is pointed oIt thH;
New Brunswick is terribly short o
young men. the vast majority hafln-
been attracted west. With a climate
very much like Names. land can h.
bought ridiculously cheap, Offering q
splendid investment for Woodworking,
permanent settlers on the land,
Perhaps the most interesting or the
various proposals comes from Austria
liza. terribly ~man-hungry as il is. and
possessing millions upon millions OF
acres of un~occupied land. The govern
ment has done a great deal of work ia
making settlement possible. and in
tends to do much more after the war.
OF course, il is not work that eau Ice
done without money, and that question
may hinder the government to q con-
siderable degree but 1t is not conceiv-
able thai such an obstacle can della,
the work for long, inasmuch as the re-
turn is sure and the need is vital. Tha
Hon. J. q. Jenkins. eX-premier of Souir
Australia. tells of the spending by his
government of millions of pounds IN
ItpuItlldSlHS IdTSc ITatlS ol btSlf az
land that had fallen into The hands %
a few settlers.
81 have in mind" he says, "a station
which we purchased which practically
had as occupants about four families
only. At the present time there are
from SO to 100 families on that stsi iof.
all of them making a good livelihood.
or a population of probably nearly 900
people. In disposing of government
land to the people we have always
given the most liberal terms-lonr
leases with right to purchase. generally
speaking. at a very low rent. la the
case of purchase we allow Il settle"
from twenty-one to forty-two years ir
which to pay for his land. charging q
small rate of interest. We lent IN
them through our state bank depart
ment money on improvements at con-
siderably less than they could obtain 1t
from the ordinary banks. which enabled
them to pay off a portion of their capi~
tai with the interest on their land dur.
ing that long period.
in addition we have established a
produce department, and. if requested,
we tax possession OF the produce OF
the small grower as well as the large
grower; we have his meat killed, froz-
Ell. shipped and sent to this country for
h:m-no; for love, but as = purel:-
business transaction"
What has the mother country to offer
its returning manhood in open cofnpe-
tition with the offers of The grr At Do
m%inions? viii love OF home. ties Of
family. the strait jacket OF loi,g Gus
tom or the fear of the unknown ont
weigh all the Ohy GUS adNa uta yes of
the new lands beyond the restless seas.
The writer thinks not; rather that tf..
period Immediately following the greet
war will see a flood of i~mmigraticu
from Great Britain that will bleed her
white and will leave her, for "A time. at
least. fsorely crippled in the coming
bitter struggle for the worlds trade.
Copyright, 1915, 10y Curtis BovE.t