Mr. President. this is not an act to encourage immigration. There is no element of that nature in the suggested legislation. But by limiting to 40 acres in all cases the area which may be acquired by a purchaser. it will become an incentive to migration. so that thousands of persons now living in hilly and mountainous regions and in the semiarid regions will leave their present places of residence and all seek homes within very limited areas. thus complicating the task of the managers of the Corporation. As I have previously said. there is much which can be urged in favor of maximum and minimum limitations which would give opportunity for the exercise of a reasonable measure of discretion respecting the subject.
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