Show I Change Land Laws Jn In the hope of checking emigration emigration emigration emi emi- gration of American farmers to the Canadian Northwest important important important im im- amendments to libe liberalize liberalize liberal liberal- alize al- al ize the public land laws lawser were er favorably reported b by Senator Smoot from the public lands co committee The enforced term of residence residence residence resi resi- dence on a homestead would be reduced from five years to three and a homesteader would be permitted to absent himself from his claim six months ev every ery year Senator Bor Borah h and others who stand for far liberalizing the laws have declared in the s senate senate sen sen- nate n- n ate that a n very desirable class of American citizens were bei being be be- t. t i ing lg driven to Canada at the rate of a a year by the stringent land laws |