Show PREVENT MONOPOLY FAVOR SETTLERS dac n ei will odou DO what lands alt ale olivial and nature of soil the department of tile the interior Is going to mno many ol of the obstacles from the way of me bona fide honie and help hm him in eveia way that it can to become sue fille and at the samo same time goo that tho the public lands do not fall into tho harida hands of monopolies said franklin K lane societal y of the dehait alit of tho the a few days daya ao ago while on a visit to tho the west tho the purpose of my trip through gli the west said secretory secretary seem lane haa been to get acqua acquainted with my job aad tho the conditions of the countey I 1 have united utah wyoming I 1 montana idaho washington oregon california and colorado and have talked with the upon reclamation matton projects trying to find out what awe e can do tomake their 1 burden lighter and tile tho people more prosperous I 1 filhe land reclamation and indian problems are the throe three gica gi latest test problems pro blema that the N est is concerned with I 1 think chink that one of the chief causes for the feeling of dissatisfaction on the part of the people toward these departments is bea beatice tise Is in too much red tape connected with them ta lem and the people have felt as though they have been too far komov td cd from washington since having baving come in intimate contact with tho people and have learned theli ideas and despies dashes desi ies I 1 have come to tile the conclusion that we an overcome most of the objections and difficulties jl ji would be a pi I 1 thing if the west could show the membris of congress the possibility of making now new homes by the expenditure of money for irrigation projects the united states government already has satt 80 roo 0 on U irrigation projects and haa to spend 47 61 moroto more to COIn complete pleto what it has haa started arted at it Is possible that about will be spent ift id this work within the next few years of the amount will come from the fund provided by the mat last ad ministration from the projects themselves and 2600 per iper year from the sale of the public lands tile the people of the country are to realize that the simple irrigation projects only are taken up by private capital and that they have to fall back upon the government foi the projects which are remote aiom water there at aie e millions of acres ot of land in the west which are as good as any in the aho ahoi id it if water can be carried to them the department of the interior will remove the call obstacle aiom the way of the every mau man Is entitled to the land which hv he uses and develops por for many years yeara there have bave boon a great many people leaving the farms farma of the united states for those of canada but while I 1 A an in montana I 1 learned that the tide ha tur ed and that many of those same people are returning to tho the united State but in I 1 the majority 6 61 than when they went there tho the government ought to be able to shown show the prospective settler what lands landa are open and nature of the soil in the different 4 localities as all well as the of the lands and thu records should bo be kept in this part of the country la Is nothing in the way of such aplan a plan except the lack of funds bettt la is possible that some day con iress will provide the money tor for this much needed work |