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Show CcrmsTTar Eooth-Tctkcr's Pksi. " Booth-Tucker, commander of the Salvation Army, has embodied his ideas on the colonization of the arid lands of the "West, expressed at the Irriga-' Irriga-' tlon congress in Ogden last fall, in the form of a j&ill, which has been offered in Congress. His plan .Reserves consideration, for out of it some good may lome to the West. The bill creates a colonization bureau in the In-. In-. terior department and provides' that the Government Govern-ment shall advance money to actual settlers on the ubUc 'domain for purposes of improvement. It is proposed that a commissioner of colonization be appointed, ap-pointed, at a salary of f G000 a year. A loan of f 30,-000,000, 30,-000,000, raised by 3 per cent gold bonds, is proposed, ft'he sum of 1500 is to be advanced to each settler who takes advantage of the law, the Government to lake & mortgage on thie farm at 6 per cent. v I The plan proposed by Commander Tucker has teen in operation in New Zealand for eight years. That colony has given f 8,000,000 to colonists for purposes of settlement; and, It is said, has never lost a cent, j " ' The purpose of Commander Booth is to settle the reclaimed arid lands, thus relieving congestion m the cities. If adopted Vy the Government, he yould take large numbers of people in such cities as 2few York, Chicago and St Louis and establish communities, com-munities, little1 towns and villages. j Commander Booth says that just before the Heath of Senator Hanna he had conferred with him, 3.nd that Senator Hanna had promised to introduce 3he bill. . Z I . . - |