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Excerpt from War, Peace and Reconstruction We of America have been spared the horrors that have come upon the people of Belgium, France, Russia, Servia, Rumania, Poland and even England and Germany; but while we face a different situation, and our problems may not be as acute. Still the readjustment that must take place in the United States after the end of the war will be fraught with very grave peril to the Nation and will call for the highest statesmanship. The President. His advisers and others, with the good of the country at heart. Have given and are giving very earnest thought to the future. Secretary of the Interior Lane is plan ning to ask legislation by which the arid lands of the West, the cut-over lands of the Northwest and the swamp lands of the Middle West and South can be reclaimed, and the returned sol dier, sailor and war industry worker be given a preferred status in the allotment upon easy terms, with the opportunity to assist in the construction of irrigation projects and so on, thus being paid for his labor while developing his farm. Much of this land is in private ownership, and non-productive at the present time, from a variety of causes. Legislation not only upon the part of the Federal Government will be required, but also by the states. Before the plan in view can be put into full execution. Cooperation will be necessary between Washington, the states and individual owners of land. And in addition, there are the more fertile acres held in great tracts by wealthy owners, and uncultivated. Will this be tolerated further in the face of a crisis? 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.