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Ing ivill contribute greatly, if not as 1 maintain be 

 sufficient in itself, to solvr every other problem- 



Oiiee the business oi' farming is put on a -o-,ind 

 basLs, and it is demonstrated practically tliat it is high- 

 ly profitable, not one year or two years in five .nit all 

 alontr the five regularly, then all propaganda in favour 

 -of extending enltivat ion, for the implanting of eoloiiies. 

 the establishment of homesteads, of the advantages of 

 side products, of the needs of fixed tenancy, etc.. etc., 

 would fall on willing ears, for farmers would be In a 

 position to put them into practice- 



The steady profitable return on money advanced 

 for agricultural purposes will influence more capital 

 neinj? invested: it will mean greater movement, more 

 people employed, and would provide the solution to- 

 wards peopling the land, not alone by immigrants but 

 .by the people already in it. 



Colonisation and the peopling of our land are the 

 themes of ^ endless discussion . 



POBLAR ES GOBERNAR. 



The U.S.A. is busy trying to remedy the state of 

 affairs regarding immigration ; she fears that after the 

 war all immigration will cease. 



Under the new immigration laws, in order to ob 

 tain sufficient labour for the railways and additional 

 labour for the agriculture work, the immigrant on ar- 

 rival at the port will be secured work by the State, and 

 part of his salary, automatically deposited in a bank, 

 will be returned to him on completing the harvest or 

 when he leaves the country. It is hoped by this change 

 in immigraion policy to secure labour which is need- 

 ed, and by measures of supervision obtain that no per- 

 son should leave the country without having enjoyed 

 -certain economical prosperity. The assurance of work 

 and the tuition of the State, it is hoped, will overcome 

 /agricultural labour shortages. 



HOMESTEADS. 



The interest of the State is in creating a rural po- 

 pulation, and this can only be done by creating a de- 

 finite interest in the place they reside. The most power- 

 ful adjunct to this is the home, but not precisely that 

 class of "rancho" with which the average camp dweller 

 has to content himself: something better must be aim- 

 ed at. 



