TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES. 



"PHE National Horneseekers Association in annual convention assembled 



1 sends greeting to the people of the United States. Of recent years 



tlie crowding of people to the centers of population has been more pronounced 

 than ever before in the history of our country and the increase in population 

 in the cities, especially the larger ones, has been as disastrous as it has been 

 wonderful and our foremost statesmen and thinkers concede that it is detri- 

 mental to the best interests of the American nation. Three-fourths of the 

 people of this country are today living in rented homes while millions of acres 

 of land are awaiting the touch of human industry. 



No nation can hope for continued growth in the material as well as the 

 higher attributes of civilization which is not founded upon justice and equality 

 and which is not sustained by the sturdy strength of sentiment of its citizens 

 at large. 



The National Homeseekers Association aims to arouse a sentiment in 

 favor of : 'home owning." It aims to inculcate in the breast of every man and 

 woman and child a desire to possess a home. It aims to advocate a national 

 policy, comprehensive, and statesmanlike, to harmonize conflicting opinions 

 and to find a basis for a just compromise between extreme views. 



"We hope to inaugurate a new era of industrial development and material 

 progress by turning a stream of immigration on to unused, unoccupied, fertile 

 agricultural lands, believing that in this manner hundreds of thousands of 

 people will become home owners, independent and prosperous. The great 

 end in view is to utilize vast tracts of land now lying idle for the employment 

 and sustenance of a large population under conditions guaranteeing industrial 

 independence and a greater measure of human equality ; opening new avenues 

 for the profitable employment of labor and capital and offering secm'ity and 

 satisfaction ' o both 



The National Homeseekers Association is purely philanthropic in its pur- 

 poses. Its motto is ; 'Homes for the People." We are dealing with problems 

 involving the prosperity and happiness of millions of people, the welfare and 

 continuance of the government and the evolution of new and better social con- 

 ditions and more advanced forms of civilization. 



The work of this association has been faithfully carried on in the past by 

 the unpaid but patriotic men who firmly believe that these problems are of 

 national importance and involve our national destiny, and the time has now 

 arrived to present conclusions from the platform and through the press. 



The National Homeseekers Association invites the aid and active co-oper- 

 ation of patriotic citizens, associations and industrial organizations. 



JAS. GUNN, President, Boise, Idaho. 

 MAKCUS P. BEEBE. 1st Vice-President, Ipswich, S. D. 

 FRANK H. DRYDEN, 2nd Vice-President, Pocomoke City. Md. 

 GEORGE E. GIRLING, Secretary and Treasurer, Chicago, 111. 

 REV. DR. JOHN RUSK, Delegate-at-Large, Chicago, 111. 



National Headquarters 112 Dearborn St., Chicago. 



