Show SMOOT T RURAL HOME I BILL OF INTEREST TO S Vital Need of Just Such t Legislation Is Evident I SpeciaL I Washington Washing March 21 l.-Hom l. leck- leck era cre and those interested in the reclamation reclamation reclamation mation of or arid arlel and swamp lands with witha a view of or bringing about an exodus of population from large industrial centers conters cen con back to the farm arc are dally urging their United States senators and congressmen congressmen con con- gressmen to insure the SI p passage O lS-O of the Smoot rural homes bill now under consideration consideration consideration con con- In the tho Senate Foremost In championing the tho measure Introduced b by Senator Smoot and now no before tho the SenT Senate Sen Sen- T ate Is George O o II Maxwell laX I executive c I Ie e di dl- dl rector u. 01 or no as as- sedation Mr Maxwell lax ell Is la in constant communication with will Congress and hohas hohas ho hohas has been delc delegated by the th association of oC which he lie Is la the head and also tho the American society to lo bring to the attention of oC Congress the vital need of or Just such legislation as Senator Smoots Smoot's bill provides In addressing the time members of or time the thoI national reclamation service Mr Ir Maxwell Maxwell Max Max- I well urged upon them tho the necessity of taking taking up up an individual labor Jabor with their respective senators ami congressmen congress congress- men and thus persuade them to lo their point of view Already ho says Senator Senator Senator Sen Sen- ator Kon on of or Iowa and anel Senator Owen Owenor of or Oklahoma two of the tho most Influential influential leaders In ip tho the Senate have hae ex expressed ex- ex pressed their willingness ness to aid the passage of ot the tho Smoot rural homes bill biU Mr Maxwell lax eU says aR in Iii part There Thero is a bill now u under der consideration consideration consid consid- oration in tho the Senate J known as aa tho the Smoot rural homes bill which seems io to tome me mo to be of suc such Importance that It should have ha the most earnest cooperation cooperation co oper to al aid Its passage from Crom every ery everyman everyman man who Is interested in promoting stable social and industrial conditions It is not an exaggeration exas to sa say that the Smoot rural homes bill holds possibilities of or rural homemakinG on ona ona ona a larger Jarg-er scale scalo even than thai has bas been becu ac accomplished accomplished no- no under the he reclamation act and in all aU sections of tho the United States The bill is wide nation-wide In Its opera opera- t ions All All other bills to an any en enlargement enlargement en- en of oC the national policy of or homemaking on the land Jand b by reclamation reclamation reclamation tion or otherwise or providing pro rural homes for tor soldiers seem to bo be stranded strand strand- ed on the rocks of or the thc serious condition of or governmental go finances Tho The Smoot bill has the t advantage that It requires neither an au appropriation nor a bond I Issue suo to carr carry it into inti effect It enables the reclamation service to make the necessary plans for tho the reclamation of oC lands in private ownership ownership ownership own own- where the tho owner is able and willing to advance ance all aU costs of 01 making plans and reclamation and will contract contract contract con con- tract to sell seU tho the land to actual settlers and homemakers at a reasonable price to be fixed In advance I have havo studied the bill and its possibilities pos pos- in actual operation in the light of forty years oars of or observation and experience In that field and m my In Indorsement Indorsement In- In of or it cannot be made too stron strong It seems o o o mo me that in large measure it brings s to lo fruition the work vork that wo we have been carr carrying forward for 51 so many years ears with a view to buildInG building building build build- ing bulwarks of or safety aret against as the so socIal social social so- so cial upheavals alg certain to result If Ie the congestion of or population in large Industrial in industrial industrial In- In centers continues to increase Tho The Smoot bill has 1158 the unqualified indorsement of the tho interior department and the government bo reclamation sen Ice |