has been suggested. It is well-known that there is.a considerable amount of vacant land in the country.south sinkiang, made so by the Taiping rebellion. The sug: gestion is, instead of feeding these paupers on charity and sending them home simply. to repeat at best the same thing. next year, to locate them as farmers. on. these now vacated lands, They would, of course, need. to be helped in moving, in building huts, in seeds, ete, but this would: be money spent in a much wiser way than in feeding A very. large majority of these people would paupers and thus encouraging pauperism. only be too glad to Gud some opening by which to gain a livelihood. To prove. that. the plan wouldbs feasible it is only necessary testate that there is already a sprinkling of these northern poor, settled on. these abandoned lands. Some of.them are fairly. well to do, while. the poorest, of them can manage by industry to. make a living,
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