Bulletin of the University of Wisconsin, Vol. 9
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Excerpt from Bulletin of the University of Wisconsin, Vol. 9: Economics and Political Science Series; 1918 A well-known English writer, Mr. Percy Alden, says that the history of a nation is in large measure a history of its land system. One of our own pioneer builders, Mr. James J. Hill, says: "Land without population is a wilderness, and population without land is a mob. The United States has many social, political, and economic questions - some old, some new - to settle in the near future; but none so fundamental as the true relation of the land to the national life. The first act in the progress of any civilization is to provide homes for those who desire to sit under their own vine and fig tree. A prosperous agricultural interest is to a nation what good digestion is to a man." America has had the wilderness; whether or not it shall have the mob depends upon the intelligence and the ingenuity with which it develops its system of land tenure and encourages the growth upon the land of a large body of plain but capable and industrious rural folk. The most significant event of the nineteenth century in America was the passing of free land, the transformation of a vast body of public wealth into private property. Just as the acquisition of this spacious domain gave vigor to our industry and color to our fancy, so the generous and beneficial use of our heritage will give virility to our manhood and stability and strength to our national character. Although the task of disposing of our public lands, especially for agricultural purposes, seems to be nearly completed, the problem of the landless man is no less serious than in any previous age. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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