6 Soiling. 



well, work for their board and clothes. Farmers 

 themselves are largely to blame for this state of 

 things. They should demand through their repre- 

 sentatives at Washington that the Government put 

 a stop to the giving away any more of the public 

 domain, until there is a demand for it at $10 or $15 

 per acre. 



No other business men would put up with such an 

 infringement. The United Workmen said prison 

 labor must cease, because the State was setting up 

 laborers in competition with them, which it had no 

 right to do, and prison labor ceased. The United 

 Workmen said to the United States Government, 

 " Put a stop to the contract laborers coming to this 

 country to compete with us," and the law was 

 passed. If an immigrant is engaged to come to this 

 country to dig a sewer, the Government at Wash- 

 ington sends him back to the country from which he 

 came. The same United States Government says to 

 the same immigrant and to every other foreigner, 

 " You come over here, and Uncle Sam will give you 

 one hundred and sixty acres of land ; that is to say, 

 will set you up in the farming business." 



" Come from any nation, 

 Come from any way. 

 Come along, come along, 

 Don't be alarmed : 

 For Uncle Sam is rich enough 

 To give you all a farm." 



So goes the old song. When the country was 

 new, this could be done without injury to any one. 



