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Show ROBBING IIOMESEEKLIRS. I The policy pursued by one or two land companies and some of the land agents in this state in selling tracts of land upon which there is no possible chanco for the production of any kind of crop Is 1 more detrimental to the state of Utah generally than all of the shafts aimed at this state from the outside. One settlor brought to this state and plantod on L tlkali noil will produce a crop ef diMHitisfaotion the j aeede of which will be scattered clear across the ' continent. It may bo well enough for the agent who sells the ground to say that the purchaser closed the deal with his oyes open, that he saw what ho was ' ' purchasing just as plainly as though he had gone Into a store, inspocted tho goods and takon them off the counter. But the shameful truth is that 1 some of the land promoters, aftor getting a tract H of land, put out roseate literature, scattering It W across the country, and claim for tho land many fine qualities which, worse luekr it does not possess, Seme of the land is good, some of It is bad. The land should not be sold under the pretonso that It Is productive If it is not productive. There are abundant fertile acres 'in Utah. The states Is peoulIarly.blesseuVwith. rich, farming; land, some that has not been developed, and muc.hthat 'st&nds'as- a tostimbrfihil' to'tha value of Utah! soil as - i t "o --produoer. Eastern men who find good land J- tah are 'tffiten too bujyy making 'It pay to write --1 chome andte71 of 1t8qttalitiy; Itsi surf oundlngs '"-and tlie adVanChfees tlmuaccruGfrom'-resIdence In this grorfe dill sfate1 Those-homo&eekerstwho make f their, first paiunenf, on. a traofc of" ground that couldn't raise anything but Hados aro quick to spread tho message of tholr discontent, to the over-lastiri'g over-lastiri'g Injury of the state. The fraudulent promotion of poor soil Is not a pastime peculiar to Utah, by any means, nor Is It a general practice, for the legitimate land proposi- 1 'tlons so far outnumber the fake schemes that tho state has built a reputation for fairness In dealing .with homcseekers. Yet the few who ply their nefarious trade of locating good farmers on bad soil are striking at the very root of an industry that is yot in its infancy. The state administration should have the power to supervise land agents and Land promoters, Inspect their propositions and compare com-pare tho actual goods with the claims- mado for . them. If a settler make complaint against the pi'acticos of an agent, the state should be enabled I. to Investigate and to see that the outsider brought jj( into Utah is given a square deal. H No other state In the Union has greater oppor- W . tunlty than has Utah for farm development; this state should jump to the front rank with a guarantee guaran-tee to every settler that he will got honest treatment treat-ment that ho Is welcome, with all the word Implies. |