THE BONANZA FARMS. 55 



But I was pleased to see that a Sunday service was 

 held on the Grandin farm, conducted by the book- 

 keeper. 



Throughout my tour it was noticed that there was 

 a great abundance of unemployed labor. The morn- 

 ing I left the Grandin farm there were at one time 

 thirteen men at the office door, soliciting work, a por- 

 tion only obtaining it, the others tramping onwards in 

 further search. On one of the forms I inquired of one 

 man what pay he was receiving. He replied eight 

 dollars, but was promised more during harvest. I 

 then asked him where he expected to get employment 

 after the harvest was over. He said he did not expect 

 to be able to find any before the next spring's work 

 commenced. The answers appeared so natural, and 

 so like what all must have given, that I did not re- 

 peat them. 



To well weigh the economic effects of the develop- 

 ments here considered, it must be remembered that 

 they are yet in their infancy that they are mainly 

 the growth of the last half of the past and the present 

 decade and must make some effort to estimate the 

 probable future development of the same forces and 

 effects under the present rate of acceleration.* All 

 parties engaged in these enterprises concurred in the 

 statement that great numbers of capitalists who are 

 already large holders of agricultural lands, as well as 

 others who have not yet obtained any, are only wait- 



* Since my examination of these operations the development 

 and extension of bonanza farms has been marvellous. For sta- 

 tistics of this matter see chapter on " Growth and Development 

 of Tenant and Bonanza Farms." 



