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Show LAND DEVELOPMENT UNDER DISCUSSION Views of Delegates Clash in Immigration Immigra-tion Section of National Conference on Marketing Farm Credits. CHICAGO, Doc. 7. Frederick ('. Howe, United States commissioner of immifinttiun at Ellis Island, New York City, who advocated government ownership owner-ship of railroads and a straight land tax he 1 ore t he immigrai ion sect ion of t he national conference on marketing- farm credits here today, met opposing views as to tho tax from John J Hume of 11 ilwaukoo, Mr. Howe advocated land taxes which would throw a sufficient burden on undeveloped un-developed lands as to ronipol their sale to persons who would cultivate them. "It won't work in Wisconsin," as-go-Hod II r. Hume, "because, without, anv law to that, effect, unimproved la in Is in Wisconsin arc taxed as much in many instances as i in moved. Th reason is that the owners of cleared lands have the votes and fix the taxes. The way it works out in practice.' is that. :v lot of improvements are not taxed", as they should be umler the law, and tho undeveloped land a full assessment. as-sessment. ' ' Government ownership also felt tho ire of Mr. Hume. He alleged that fed-oral fed-oral officials who were responsible for alluring literature which sent would be farmers to failure and disappointment, i as ho claimed most of t hem were on government irrigation projects, ought lo . be in jail. "J feel the same as you do to that,'' countered Mr. Howe, amid applause. Mr. Hume said that most of thee farmers farm-ers failed because, after arriving at their honies'teads, they had no money to develop and to live over tho first oropless year or years. |