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ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG, OREGON. THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1928.
: Local Man Has Solution for
H i the Farm Relief Question
-An Interesting and somewhat , the Virgin Islands and become rich
tumorous discussion of Tarm pro!- tdoppins all this talk about farm
Iuii3 was given at the Aldrose relief. Thoae negroes are uuedu
grange meeting recently by Foster,' cat til. The land can be home
tttitner, local vegetable grower . shaded or purchased at a Very
feud shipper, who took as hfa Biib- small price. Instead of paying out
let "An Expedition to the Virgin Pnt freight rates to New York
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"J'r- ur 8am
choose my own subject. I know
that you are tired of politics. We've
bad a week of that at Kamms City
and Houston is soon to provide a ti
mber week. So I shall talk with
you about something new. I shall
touch upon politics only when It
cannot be avoided. Fifty miles mt
It Porto Itico there is n group of
i.H lrimU-n fin iho Vil-Lrlri
the v.rif in
Inlands. They were discovered hy
Cdlumbus in 1194 upon his Boeond
fan to the new world. During the
world war In l!(lli the United
P tut en purchased three of these
Islands, Kt. Croix, St. JamcH and
'St. John, from Denmark, paying
$2G,000,QUO. Wo assumed posses
Rion in 1!)17. The tnlitl area of
our three Islands Is IKK gtjuaro
Sillies. The population Is 20,000, of
which f)2 per cent are negroes, the
Temnlnder consisting of mixed
"breeds and a few whites. Tho cli-
-mate is tropical and the soil is fer
tile. Iteltig comparatively oloae lo
;niir Atlantic seuboard cities and
injoylng water transportation, they
- offer a wonderful opening for fruit
2tpd vegetable growing.
-V'Kastern capitalists, believing
that a great opportunity oxIhih for
3Xie growing of tomatoes, pine
apples, beans, cucumbers and other
"delicacies, are using every influ-i
ertce to create better living condl-
3jt,na on these inlands. And to
-iuing thia into effect they had a:
-representative at the Kansas City
-tonvetiliou . It so happened that
ji the very moment this represen-i
Ijtlve was making' his plea to the
-committee, the farm-relief parade :
, -marched in, demanding, to ho J
TWard. Now it is my habit to form:
jjpfiilons from observations nnd .
Jitudy. And the fact that the Vlr-j
-gin islands man bad no trouble In
"Jetting consideration from, tho i
.committee while the farm , relief
gitradu had to break in, convinces!
.we thot the Island, man was more;
"popular than tho crowd front Ne-j
'.fft-aska and. Iowa. This opinion is
strengthened by an Hem that ap
- peared In the Hoseburg News-He-T1((w
Thursday. A gentleman rep
resenting the land-settlement bu
venu of the Portland Chumhor of
-ftommrco .addressing our forum '
-luncheon at the Umpqua, doelared !
3 ill this farm ratiof talk daunted
..aim. ; Wliat a tragedy! How in-1
significant for thousands of farm-1
-ftvs to lose their farms as compar
T(! with a muu like that becoming
JulBgusted !
r "Now I believe., thai wo farmers,
TJn flowed with the experience of
uUgrlculturo and business hero on
the mainland, could emigrate to
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could use refrigerated steamers and
secure a belter delivery al a much
smaller cost. And there would bo
no duty on these commodities be
caused the Virgin Islands are just
as much a part of the United
States and. In soma circles, far
more popular, than the farm belt
on the mainland.
Alter our rruu aim vegetable
rn established, we
' CUUIU II1UJI UUrillC
' cuum incorporate a runruau line to
I ryo the iHlaude
1 1"'0""''' luH
Knd f'lars. We
l uia wuuhi vum
exceed fifty thou-
e could easily float
this for a million dollars. Then
we could Initiate a light and power
company. That would probably
cost twenty thousand dollars. With
u few high-powered salesmen we
could float that for half u million,
A telephone service would be
necessity. That, would cost, say,
ten thousand dollars and could he
floated for a hundred thousand,
"Then, without furthor expendi
ture or effort wo should send for
a muu with experience In the land-
settlement work of Oregon. Ilefore
his arrival we should enact u local
law making It a felony lo even
mention ruTiu relief. lSach and
every one of us should shout
"Prosperity!" and thus make It
eusy and pleasant for our promo
ter. He could never have reason
to become disgusted down In the
Virgin Islands under the condi
tions I have outlined. Ho should
bring In settlers by tho thousands
and our prices would go up. up,
U. F. And we should sell, SELL,
SKLL. Then we should Institute u
commission to re-value our trans
portation and public utility proper
ties. That would justify us in
doubling our rates and thus make
It easy to sell our stocks and
bonds. There are doubtless many
other npportunlt ies in the Virgin
Islands. Probably there 1h nil In
the Virgin Islands. Itut, regardless
of the fact that big money has
been taken from oil hero, on our
mainland, I do not recommend our
undertaking the oil business in the
Virgin IhIuihIs. I do not believe
those uucduc:4"d negroes would
stand for the oil business as con
ducted here on the mainland. Af
ter we had educated them fully
concerning how public utilities
should be conducted, Installing
our text books In Ihe schools and
by propaganda Informing all tho
ellizeiiHMiS to bow oil and utili
ties and transportation can best be
handled, wo could get by with al
most anything. I am not guessing
about this. Experience convinces
us that it can be done.
"Probably there are Home pres
ent, who, for various reusoiiB, can
not join pur expedition. To them
we extend our sincere sympathy.
This expedition offers tho hlggoHt
opportunity since Columbus dis
covered America. I shall ask all
lliOHo who Intend Lo go with us to
stand. The line shall form on tho
I right."
Ent barbecue nnuawTcnoB anfl
live forever. Brand's Road 8tap.d
Gill LEGAL FIGHT
A meeting of county judges of
the land grant counties will he held
In this city Krlduy for the purpose
of making further plans In com
btitllng the effort of the Hinlu of
Oregon to seine a portion of Ihe
money paid by the government let
the couutles. Thu stale has tost
Iwo rounds, one In the circuit court
and the other lu Ihe slate supreme
I court and now the case goes to the
; U. S. Supreme court for final de
j termination.
j This final effort will probably be
the last and the counties are vim
: dt'lermincd to make the best pus
j sihlo proMi'iilutlon of their case.
I Attorney John Cnrson of Million
j county and IHatrlct Atloriu-y ('or
I don of Douglas county, who lmvt
! carried lite work or Ihe Ic-kuI fluid
j so far, will probably be kIwh us
I Hoeltiio roumud in carrying (he
j cane before Die hlRher court,
. The land rniit counties hitvc
funned an organization and hirw
' appointed an executive coinmitlee
; lo bundle the work In connection
wllli Hi- l".:u fight imil It Ih 'llil;.
committee iluit will meet here Fri
day, together with other Interested
county officials.
MrCormirk binding t lite at
W liai ton Kroa.
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vetMlty lieRan recUterlnir earth
ipinke xlinrks nt r. : f.,t o'clock tiKliiy
anil coiittmieil to reRlster for four
Iioiiib. The filiockK ete of "eotislil
erahle inteusllt" iiacliliiK their
minimum al fi:,1n o'clock. I he ills
tauco away vas estimated ut
"oer 7.fiU'l uill."
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