The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-05-06
Plan Of Secretary Wilson
Would Provide Altern-
alive Employment
c1aeral Colonization and Devel-
apment Planned, Including
Agriculture, Settlements,
Mining Communities

Community life, rather than need
4 ,.ss rural isolation, for the returne
.oldier is the end aimed at by Secrt
\ ..r William B. Wilson, of the d.
o.rtment of Labor, in his plans fo
,.eonstruction and development Q
~ Nations natural resources, a
sntline of which is given in an articl
4 employment by eBnton Mackay
X the forthcoming Monthly Labo
p.yiew for April. The communit,
;dta has been carefully worked on
i the bill introduced in the last Con
ness by Representative NJ. Clyde
Kelly. Of Pennsylvania. The bill will
i be presented by Mr. Kelly agair
vhen Congress convenes in extra
session
he provisions of the Kelly bill
would be carried out under the direc.
lion Of national board to consist o.
tAe Secretaries of Labor, Agricul
ture, and the Interior. A United
Z States construction service, organic.
d by the national board, would have
charge of the projects provided for
\ ID the bill.
A program for general colonization
and Development is planned which in
iudes in addition to agricultural set
tIement, permanent forest and coal
mining communities, as we'll as the
buiding Of roads and public i'm
6foyements in connection with such
tevelopment.
In the plans for agricultural de-
wiopnent effort is made to profit
v tie lessons taught in the settle
nent Of western lands under the
Aoaestesd laws after the Civil War.
4 4 3ufr rosed, therefore, to establish
eor1muni,ies of ready-made farms on
\ Ind which has been determined by
<ptrt survey and analysis to be
topabIe of profitable farming.
Its Secretary Wilson's belief that
~ prospect of pioneering on raw,
/ oproyed land will not be alluring to
\ le returned soldier, and further,
~ be shou!d not be required to is
s.ase himself in his efforts to win
Z home, especially as the more at
snetive plan gof community life on
lfpvet agricultural land is entirely
kasible.
4 i recognized that one of the evils
atlsadant upon the soldier settlement
nSstment following the Civil War
~ the tide of speculation and in
n - of;lsnd values which set in at
! same time. In the Kelly bill pro-
Snsca = made, to guard the settler
ninst TIE consequences of manip-
.eaoa and speculation. 1t is pro-
.1lad that the fee simple title to ali
fsserved Or purchased for pur-
- Of community settleent shall
d forever in the United States
= eAe particular State that makes
eerchase. Farm lands shall be
p "a n areas sufficient for fam
- and during such period only
: settler shall continue to re-
- and use such land.
"a operation Of the old home
n. with its grant of fee-sim-
= the pioneers Of the West
greatly through the opera
g SPECTATORS and boomers"
we became an object Of barter
nerce and where it did not |
sssM the original locator to the
sof. u frequently enabled the
g exact unreasonable rental
q the land from a needy ten
al cases the alienation of
.lsm the Government tended to
aevelopment and proved Of no
& % the settler.
sosony or community settle
20 On individual fee titles is
q the start It is only
Ct time before it disinteg-
70 individual estates. The
preserve its integrity and
= Uniform system Of indi-
"a = tor the colony itself, Or
g hold the fee and thus
~. g Individual use. Individ-
espendent on use is the VIE
y me Secretary's land poli-
oa = made for payment in
= - The United States to
= community for land coll
1ef the bill.
- Of lands for commun-
woald furnish immediate
u Constructive work
y sarplusase. Such en-