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Show 126 territory. California, New York, Vlshington--these and nation provided the section. cross from a Illinois, other states from all representation of the A number participate actively capable Arkansas, in the reading to ensure of the thorough a did not representatives is ines fact The hearings. of the corners Hearings, however, that Congressman Kent stood nearly alone in defense of his bill. One does nittee set. The not have to read far to discover that predisposed wa.s There is to the the Fergusson bill from com out the nothing mysterious about this predisposition. back-to-te-Iand urge, made the idea of then homesteading a rampant in America, had highly popular political subject. Naturally, wer-e hear-Ings this Interior, citizens who awarene ss farms A. wer-e in Cada. Public Lands Cornmi ttee On any number in his testimony before the of the of the rapidly accelerating in the nation. ownez-eh Lp the of the aware the members A. the of occasions manifested. coittee, Jones, leaving Here was demand for land spoke he dur-Ing exanple I Assistant Secretary of the number-of U.S. country each at home, For year to find observed further, ap numbering nearly 60,000 per plications for homesteads were year under existing law. Since the best land had already been taken, Was high. prospect the But, rate of fa.ilure Jones related, of failure was not among the even new homesteaders poor land and a strong enough to deter these aspiring |
