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WASTE LAND IN CHINA.
THE NEW COLONIZATION SCHEME.
Details have reached us of an extremely interesting and useful effort that is being made to provide for some of the many farmers made destitute by the floods of last year， by means of taking up and developing some of the waste land in this province.
On this subject a letter was written by Professor Baile， of Nanking， on December 17， to the Central China Famine Relief Committee.The idea is that a tract of land should be cleared， drained and prepared for dry farming by famine refugee labour working under supervision.When the land is ready， a number of the most suitable farmers would be chosen and would be put in occupation， tentatively， on farms of from twenty to fifty mow each with the prospect， if they proved industrious， of being secured as settled tenants and of being able to add to their holdings.
Assistance would be given them till the first crops were harvested， after which they would be expected to support themselves and to pay a reasonable amount of taxation.Provision， however， would be made for them to meet this claim by labour instead of by money.Proper arrangements would also be made to secure the management of the colony against defaulting tenants.
The numerous excellent points of the scheme briefly outlined above may be summarized thus：
1.—Permanent betterment of the families settled on the farms.
2.—Provision of useful labour for famine refugees.
3.—Gradual removal of families from a easliable to famine as the scheme develops.
4.—Consequent increase in the general prosperity of district dealt with.
The Famine Relief Committee debated the proposal and replied to Professor Bailie cordially endorsing his idea and promising a contribution of $5,000 to be paid when evidence was forthcoming that the land had been secured and the scheme was in train.
For the initial cost of the work Professor Bailie estimates that $2,000 will be necessary， but it need hardly be said that there is a strong hope that this amount might be supplemented from the funds of the Republican Government in Nanking.
A new committee has now been formed of all the most representative people in Shanghai which will work independently of the Central China Famine Relief Committee as regards the particular undertaking in view， but， of course， in harmony with the Committee.In order to raise the money， and as much more as possible， the Committee is arranging to give two gala variety entertainments at the Lyceum on February 12 and 13 for which it is hoped that the cordial support of the public will be forthcoming.We understand that a member of the Committee has guaranteed all expenses of booking the theatre & c.in the event of the second performance falling through.
At present three different situations are under consideration for the site of the colony， one at Lungtan， on the Shanghai-Nanking Railway， another about thirty li due east of Chuchow (Anhui）on the Ttientsin-Pukou Railway， while the third is the waste land inside Nanking city， formerly owned by Manchus， but never developed， which the Republican Government proposes to put at the disposal of the colonists， gratis.—North-China Daily News， January 10， 1912.
THE BAILIE
COLONIZING SCHEME.
Jan.10.
WE publish to-day some details of a scheme of famine relief which will assuredly commend itself to the business sense of the community.Even without more information than is already to hand， it will be seen that Professor Bailie's colonization scheme promises to be both self-supporting and permanent.Its accomplishment appears to depend upon but two essentials， the suitability of the land reclaimed and the practical supervision that will be called for at the outset.Of neither of these requisites would there seem to be any doubt， although the offer of waste land in Nanking must probably be subject to the future destinies of that city as the capital of China; and on the whole the Chuchow district would appear to provide the best site as being nearest to the regions most afflicted by famine.A certain initial outlay is inevitable.But this in particular is to be noted， that the same emphasis is laid upon the avoidance of pauperization that characterizes the whole work of the Central China Famine Relief Committee.With this， another point of similarity is the interest of the Chinese gentry which is being enlisted in the enterprise; while the readiness of the Republican Government to lend its practical aid by the gift of land is additional proof of the enlightened ideals which bid fair to inspire new China.Finally it may be remarked that the scheme is capable of almost indefinite extension.We hear much of the possibility of colonizing Manchuria's waste lands with the surplus population of China proper.Yet very little acquaintance with the interior of this mighty country suggests that there must yet be tracts， immense in the aggregate， which might be redeemed for the support of its teeming multitudes， and this not in comparative exile， but still within reach of their birthplace and the tombs of their ancestors.It is to be hoped that ample support will be given to the project gala fetes for the furtherance of so promising a scheme.—North China Daily News， January 10， 1912.
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中国抛荒的土地
新的拓殖计划
我们已经看到一个非常有趣和有用实验的细节，是向一些去年受水灾的贫困农民提供并利用、开发一些本省抛荒地。
就这项计划，南京的裴义理教授于12月17日写了一封信给洋义赈会。这一设想是，一大片土地应被清理并排干，进行旱作，聚集部分灾民在监督下集体劳作。当备好土地后，选择一些最适合的农民暂时耕种，每块土地预计20至50亩。如果他们勤劳，可以作为定居租户获得担保，并能获得更多的耕地。
在收获第一批作物之前，他们将获得补助。之后他们会自给自足，支付合理的税款。但将规定他们以劳力而不是资金抵付税收。也会妥当安排措施，确保拓殖管理机构不受违约的佃户的侵害。
上述方案种种优点是：
1.定居农场的家庭得到永久改善。
2.利用饥民作为有用劳力。
3.随着计划的推行，逐步消除易遭受饥荒的家庭。
4.促进相关地区的普遍繁荣。
义赈会讨论了他的提议，诚挚地赞同他的想法，承诺获得土地后赞助5000美元。
裴义理教授预计最初的工作成本至少需要2000美元。人们强烈希望从南京共和政府的资金中得到补充，但这很难说。
上海最有代表性的人物成立了一个新的委员会，将独立于华洋义赈会的工作，专门处理这一特定事务，当然，与义赈会协作。为了尽可能多地筹集资金，义赈会准备于2月12日和13日在兰心剧院安排两场晚会，希望得到公众的热情支持。我们知道义赈会的一位会员已经答应提供所有预订剧院的费用，以预防第二场晚会失败。
有三处被纳入拓殖地点的考虑。一处在沪宁铁路上的龙潭，一处在天津—浦口铁路上的安徽滁州以东30里，第三处是南京市内的抛荒地，以前归清王朝所有，但从未开发，而共和政府提议免费提供给开垦者。
——《字林西报》，1912年1月10日
裴义理拓殖计划
今天我们发布了一个赈灾计划的若干细节，一定会收到富有商业意识的社会各界的欢迎。即使没有掌握更多信息也可看出，裴义理教授的拓殖计划将是自给自足的和永久性的。它的绩效似乎取决于适合开垦的土地与最初的实际监管两个要素。这两个要素似乎没有任何疑问，尽管能否提供南京的荒地取决于南京未来是否成为中国的首都。总体上说，滁州离饥荒最重地区最近，是最适合的地区。一定的初始支出是必需的。尤其需要注意的是，强调消除贫困化是义赈会整体工作的特色。与此同时，另一个相似点是这一计划赢得了中国绅士的支持；而共和政府准备以土地馈赠作为实际帮助，证明政府怀有开明理想，这可能使新中国振奋。最后可以说，该方案几乎可以无限期扩展。我们听到过太多垦殖东北荒地可满足中国内地剩余人口的可能性，虽然很少了解这个庞大国家的内情，仍建议必须有总量庞大的大片土地能支撑大量人口的涌入，比较而言，这并不是在流放，他们的故乡和祖坟仍在近处。希望晚会得到足够资助，以进一步推进这一如此有前途的计划。
——《字林西报》，1912年1月10日