In the Assistant Secretarys report. herein quoted. this situation is shown. and the judgment of the West. generally speaking. is unquestionably In accordance with that report. This bill is directly carrying out the timehonored policy of this Government to use the public domain as far as possible to furnish homes for the citizens of our country. As was stated in the report of this committee on this bill in the Sixtythird Congress: It takes homes to insure permanent taxpayers . it takes homes to bring schools and churches. it takes homes to build cities and towns that attract and support labor and mechanics. population invites railroads. which in turn bring more immigration and capital to develop the barely touched resources of this great semiarid West. Lands all over the West that were looked upon as utterly worthless 10. and even only 5. years ago are today good homes. Former Secretary of Agriculture Wilson once stated in a public address that every acre of land or rock in the West would be put to some practical use some time.
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