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Show HI 111 M1TI0 III' llll I.VMIS. Till, agitation looking to action by Cougriaa fur the reclamation of thu arid laudt lailonglngto the gavirmuint, ha lieeiilakinup in tho Wetleru Com-mcrclat Com-mcrclat Cungri, now In Mwlouat Kama City. A paer written upon the aubjret by M. il. Da Vouug, of tho Hau I'rancl-ro Chronicle, read Uforo that Iwd) , prvaenta aouie of It phatoa In a manner well calculated to arreit wl I apron I attention. Mr. IW Young Klvia, aianraUmate of the amount nf land, now wort lilrw) beiauau of aridity, but which might b reclaimed, fifty inllllan acruej and he kIvi a the tall-mated tall-mated coal of reclamation, five dollar ptracre. II udmlti that (Vd.00il,UiVllin largu turn for which to atU the Koverntmnt, but urge that Ihiioulla) wuull buunly teiurary,an I that even thla enurni-ouaauni enurni-ouaauni would ipitcltly l-e rvtiirmd to th national trraaury by thu rapid kale, at advanced prlcta, of Ihu reclaimed landt. Thu .'r recognlxra an objection ob-jection to the Kovtrnment engaging lu a tpcculallvo interprlw, but luridly argue that It haa a right to Iinptutu and enhance thH.value of II own property prop-erty by n jruptr expt-nJIture of tho Iublln rcvenuea. Notwlthtandlni;nll thai can beaald In favor of Mr. De Young'a Ian, ob-Jntlona ob-Jntlona will bu urged agaluatlt, of a character In Una Willi omu that havu been atated In o eltlon to tha propu-kltlou propu-kltlou fur a olat ttlegrai h, governmental govern-mental control of railway", etc. The l5..Uixrleiicof tha American ai-itohai ai-itohai taught 'hem the ueceaallyof avoiding tha multiplication of oppor-tunltlra oppor-tunltlra for Jobbery aud llllcal cor-ru cor-ru lion, which could hardly ba prevented pre-vented 111 tho carrlog out of Mr. De Young'a plan. The greed for land which so eminently emi-nently charactirlzea tho Anglo-Saxon race will lmwl them to a aolutlon of thl groat roblera, and the nrld, land of thl country will, In time, be reclaimed, re-claimed, w hither public, fuudi ahull be appropriated to tha )urpce or not |