Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 434, 18 April 1892 — SMALL FARMING. [ARTICLE]

SMALL FARMING.

u lt is valq io pretend that sm&ll farmiog oannoi flcmriBh in the tropu». The P. C. Advertiger. in its editorial Ust Bw.arday published the foregoiiig, and never were troer words epoken ih that paper. Small land holdiag« ib the only sure xneans of increa6ing the prosperity of the people of any country, and is especlaU y of more advantage in a emall one. One of the best instanceB on fecord to illustrate this fact k the case with France, and ehows how unsafe it is fora eoinmunity to have the land locked up in the handfl of a few, as it is a sure mean* of pro<lucing ]>overty aniong the..pop.olaee, niisery and discontent, >nd evcntually revolution. Tt ig an unnatural con<litipn to have the soil in tlie possession of only a few people. ?revi6us to the Revolution, t.he landed property of France was — owned by a few landlords in immenee estates. These estates were r«quired by law to remain undivided, §o that no heirs on creditors could partition Ihem. But revolation kt»ows no 4aw and in the anarchy that then reigned, the title« of the nobility were abolisbed, and their lands disposedof in smcUl pmred« for the benefit of the public excheQ»er. Th« historian thas rerecords this unique transaction:— u The confsscation of two-thirds of ihe landed propertv of the kmgdora. whieh arose from the decree 4 of lbe Convention again»t tbe emiclergy, and persons eonvirt—,ud &t tho rcvolutiouafy Tfibtmals nla<XMl famls worth above XTO<V'OO I OU<i sterling at the disposal of the government. ,r lii dispo§ing of her lands in small hoidings, thus encouraging settlers and tillers of theioil. cvery inch of eround i«made to vield.and thuß. France, heeame the nehes country in the world, supporting and amassing wealth from the prohersop/thatforits size. have uo equal in.the world. The sanie rul« is applieahle here and every where and with the same good re«alts. It ia the natural order ofland tenure, and all good government ia this country, should givespecial study to the mattor. Our goT.ernment should by all meana preTent the departore of people, whom it has «.ncourag«l to eome and ®ettle in theeo»nlfy at •ome ooei, by eflfcring ewyiDduoe. xnsnt to them tosUy. A Boa4 of Agnoolture shool<: be eetabUthed lo atodyout thebest and mostprofitable prodocts to cultivate, and ihe goremin«Qt should give the plaotere boonties to encourage whatever new mdustriee may de «tart»d. To nuke a start fr the govemaeot shooH aaaome the ose of the crown Lai«l« as eoon «s powibk, and lake hold of the matter in «ameei, and in that way demonstrate Io Um peq4e thdr sincerity And dfsiretohelp tkem, and aave

lUe country !n»m hoj>eless retiro* irro«i«inn and ruin.