El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-12-14


] for repayment The payment Of the prin-
I cipal ana Interest will cover period OF
! 20 years, and the soldier will get his
Z title 20 the land IS soon as the loan
Y IS paid This Canadian act provides for
! the employment OF farm hands to assist
Z the soldier. and also for i1srructtng OF
/ the soldiers wives and families IN domes-
( tic and household science. The date for
Z filing applications under that act was
/ last July. and within a week thereafter
! 3. 900 acres had been granted TO Isl sol
] diers- Il is now reported that lO,Oyu
more acres Will be cultivated by the SOL
diers this year. The government has
I advanced 100000 IN loans 70 coo appli-
/ cants-"
/ Tell me what is going On IN the Ca
madam provinces"
Every one Of them IS alive to the need
I Of the returned soldier" replied DIT.
Z Mead. Ontario will open up the clay
! belt. an immense tract Of fertile land
south OF Hudson bay. which extends west
ward from the boundary o. Quebec 1ar
a distance Of 400 miles This country IS
already crossed by two railroads. The
soil Is a rich clay loan free from rock
and adapted TO mixed farming The On
tario government has appropriated So
000, 900 for its development, and the most
OF the sum viii go 10 the soldiers. each
Of whom Is to have 100 acres free OF
charge OF that tract 10 acres are to
be cleared at government expense, or II
may be cleared by the exsoldier, and the
government VIII pay him liked wages FOR
the work Every man viii have the right
TO a loan OF $500 for housing. machin-
cry. tools and livestock. and this sum is
to be paid back within 20 years at per
cent interest. A soldier can get a title
TO the land within five years after he
begins work upon It, and II he is en-
ployed upon government work he VIII re-
ceive wages also.
In British Columbia the settlement
board is authorized TO create settlement
areas where good but uRdeveloped lands
arc avallable. and TO eNpend $500, 900 for
buying private lands. In New Brunswick
lands will be sold TO soldiers at 10 per-
cent cash and the balance in 20 years,
payable semi annually, with interest That
state has already set aside 10000 acres
for beginning its settlements Each set
Element is 10 accommodate from 100 Of
$50 families"
What Doing In England
What has been done in Great Bri-
VERY little a. vet" replied Dr.. Mead.
advanced By the county councils to pur-
chase lands for such subdivision either
under lease or as freeholds- The as
sistance to soldiers has taken the form
OF colonies. and four OF these have been
established TO date Each colony IS to
accommodate about Zoe families, and
each soldier IS % have from 10 TO Is
acres. according TO the character q the
farming. Two OF the colonies viii let
out their lands on a 80 year lease. and
in the other two the lands are TO be
what Is the situation in New Yea
land2"
New Zealand passed its first act about
three years ago. and in 1917 tracts
amounting TO 2T5,o08 acres were set apart
for the soldiers. and about 100000 ap-
propriated for advances to them and for
making roadWays through the lands so
appropriated The lands may be either
bought on long time OF taken out on
5e year leases, with a perpetual right
Of renewal at the rate OF 4 percent on
the capital value Ct the land So Tar
about 1900 soldiers have returned from
the front and only ga have taken Up
IN the Island Of Tasmania the gov
eminent gives the soldier $500. and
lands can be acquired either by pur-
chase or lease Firstciass land may be
bought In 200 acre tracts OF S. per acre.
and poorer lands at as low as S1-z5 per
Il months, and no payment Of the prin-
eIpal until after the first four years"
How about Australia % asked
In Australia
The question OF the land settlement
Of Australia IS not a new one" replied
Dr.. Mead That co1tinent mas been
taking large tracts and dividing them
Up into small farms for the settlers ever
since 1901 Up to the time OF the war
Australia had purchased and subdivided
more than 10000 acres and sold this
out az about SIS an acre, and> during the
five years preceding the war II had
loaned more than S6S,009.000 Cor such
improvements. Last year the common
wealth. which Is the federal government
Of six Australian states, advanced $780,
600 to settlers, and II expects to increase
that amount to S1900o.o00 during the
coming year
THE government has now applied its
experience in creating Subdivisions for
incoming settlers to It's work for soldiers,
and It contemplates an expenditure OF
sIoo oo0. GOO on that account This Is
based on the number Of men in the army
who have expressed a desire to take up
lands II the United States does as much
in proportion 70 its population It will ex-
pend s2.00o.ooo,ooo upon its homes for
the soldiers.
an addition to this" Dr. Mead con-
tlnued. each Of the Australian states has
Its own arrangements for the soldiers.
New South Wales will give them lands
70 be paid for over a period Of IS years,
and will advance $4,000 per nan for max
ing improvements It is now preparing
1000 farms Of 80 acres each IN the Yanco
irrigation area, and It has purchased this
year IS great estates for subdivision Vic
toria has bought more than 4 half mil
lion acres, which It IS selling 70 settlerS