. Review of reviews and world's work . retary *for the investiga-tion, irrigation, drainage and development ofswamp, arid, waste or undeveloped lands, forthe purpose of providing employment andfarms w^ith improvements and equipment forhonorably discharged soldiers, sailors and ma-rines of the United States. The accom-panying land bill is much more extensive,providing for cooperation between the UnitedStates Government and the individual states,creating a Soldier Settlement Board, anddealing in a detailed way with various phasesof a situation that has been studied with suchcare and thoroughness
. Review of reviews and world's work . retary *for the investiga-tion, irrigation, drainage and development ofswamp, arid, waste or undeveloped lands, forthe purpose of providing employment andfarms w^ith improvements and equipment forhonorably discharged soldiers, sailors and ma-rines of the United States. The accom-panying land bill is much more extensive,providing for cooperation between the UnitedStates Government and the individual states,creating a Soldier Settlement Board, anddealing in a detailed way with various phasesof a situation that has been studied with suchcare and thoroughness that those who areurging the plan cannot be accused of beingmerely enthusiasts or theorists. Contraryto the opinion of some people, the Senatorsand the Members of the House of Repre-sentatives are very intelligent and able they have a tremendous amount of pub-lic work to do, and, except under the spurof war necessity, it is hard for them to takeup a wholly new subject and act upon itquickly. Congress is more likely to see the. A PICTURE WITHOUT WORDSFrom the Jersey Journal (Jersey City, N. J.) THE PROGRESS OF THE WORLD 123 merits of the proposals of Secretary LanesDepartment than are the legislatures of theparticular states; yet there is no other onething that could be proposed that would doso much to revive agriculture and stateprosperity along progressive lines, especiallyin the Eastern and Southern States, as theadoption of the plans w^hich Mr. Lane is nowurging. The present moment is one of greatopportunity for the utilizing of land re-sources and the settlement of young Ameri-cans upon our unimproved acres. Nextmonth we shall deal in a more extended andstatistical way with the basic facts. In thisappeal, we are asking Congress and the coun-try to give open-minded attention to the op-portunity, and we urge prompt action. The Men ^ Surprisingly large number , Are Eager returning soldicrs are ready toenlist in this land-improvementcorps, as is shown wherever the
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