PRINCIPLES OF LAND SETTLEMENT 



States with a free, prosperous, and con- 

 tented people. The same lodestone is 

 leading thousands of men to the "Great 

 Lone-Land" of Canada and to the 

 "Never-Never Country" of Australia. 

 Of course the land should be good land. 

 If, in the long run, it does not pay a pri- 

 vate colonization company to settle men 

 on worthless land it certainly will never 

 pay a State to do so. It is sometimes 

 said that tenant farming is more profit- 

 able than freehold farming, but the ad- 

 vocates of the former system seem to 

 ignore the fact that a settler is far hap- 

 pier, and will work much harder, if he 

 has the hope of one day becoming the full 

 and free owner of the land he tills. 



The second principle is to secure good 

 men. It does not matter how poor they 

 are provided they are sober, industrious, 

 and honest. This is just where the 

 United States is hurrying blindly for- 

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