Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-04-22
RICHMOND ENQUIRER
',yEnyEsnAY MORNING, APRIL 20, 1903
,,,rc,N,, ,Nn TIE PUBLIC LANDS.

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VIRGINIA AND THE PUBLIC LANDS
{ Th Ero,;rrr ndmils that the present prices n lane
1--WE ,hrsr lands would bring into our treasury The sun,
s. $50 UuO We leave il 10 the people To drciae
, -, afford in their present state Indebtedness,
.iin heavy and increasing load Of taxation on tiei SUI
3icrs to dcspise and reject the sum OF TWO millions ,h mi
ana of dollars. We will not argue thr ales' hav.
contemporary whether this amount OF money 20 ,ss Ee
: ma II is purely matter of taste, and about "s'e' "
IAN be no dispute , .ort
So saws The Times II is the easiest thing III 'he
g. make good argument J., begging '''' "'' ,,;,
contested. The above is only t' seco"u 'I ,v fac,
the Times has done that thing IN TWO u"S ;, >,
- disnu i . yalue of the lands proposed I" DC s'''"
Hyirgina. h,. claimed
Tn, Eocuir,r made such concession as Is i'''' :
~, u; assumed that the quantity oil land pfop"s.A "
ut 10 B.nnett's Bill 10 Virginia was as c'"''"'.
"a, ooo The Enquirer admitted that the present p, y
nd wurraa,s while there Is no especial giu' u INC
4 h,ut one dollar per That is the price 'o "' ''
p covering lands that lie 1oihin the STATES wv -.
which The Bill proposes TO surrender IN gross 'o
ia S,,es !, which they lie That is The price oil warrants
that NAV be located in Michigan. Iowa, lhoia''a'
m the Mississippi Miami, Scoto Arkansas 'i'c's' w -,
,,, The preut Illinois ail roads on the h"rdcrS OF
he great navgat,d lakes; over The 'eaa mines u
= Mnneso,a in the midst Of organized society under Inc
#agis of established government "ie'e ''0 "o''s'
4 md the Canlanches prowl NOT
s rr, 80, a., Lands which are The subject oil land
secu.,ious; and these the lands possessing oil
,c;,I civil and political advantages and elements o
vaIue tbat now command The telling price OF 81 10 luo
acre, The lands which command under these ia'oiao
md necular circumstances, this brave price, are 'ho vel!
Bands which the Wing party of Virginia PROPOSE III n'
&ne,s Bill 10 donate gratuously 10 the oa'es III '''N''
#lie in the quantity Of THlnTroSE MILLIONS "i
81 no ali the lInds left within those STATES WHY" -"
Iadv received EGAry.rouR MILLIONS OF ACRES BESIDES.
These lands will thus be brought by The o'aes e'''''
Hthcm suddenly and abruptly, into The inafhe'' " q"
q .ate quantity of something less than oSE hop""'
Il rvrs uu,,os. or ACRES What will then be The STATE
LOFT the markel2 VIVA, will then be the current price
Taods-eveu Of these very lands lying irithn Tue
,b;n the limits of civilization, which will have come ''
ba n,ssasson of their owners without The scratch o PEI
Aor the clink Of dime! ;. , -
q wber. win vireinas quota OF 255OOOO acres ne oe
hand IN. limits of the States, in The domino" VI tux
aCirsy Bear the Prairie Wolf, the Camaneh'' Tue ' 'u
:, o.. roo, and the Snake. What will those lands
H.,o9 What will they be worlh7 lfands east OF the mis-
within The States be worth 50 TO 100 cents per acre
lin imedy supplied market what will lands lying 'eyoh'
the Mississippi beyond the jurisdiction OF organized govern
Hment be worth guttcd state OF The arReti me Enquire
a;d il woul be most atlerng view of their value 10 say
hey would some day other produce oO cents an acre 10 I'M
Estate treasury Upon admission the Hhtg and Time
,,d vim rayenous delight and proclaimed 81 275 uOO a.
Aour concession 10 the Virginia treasury from tins wonder
8lv 6na WING transaction in the public ands hnt on
xcoremnorarcs were rather hasy Concecins mat ines
Asr o lands would some day be worth nifty cents an acre
the question s sccus hen will the purchaser show nm
Ssef7 VII! our contemporaries tell MS VIII hey 'aKe IN
scase no like and tell The people rhe Ih'I 'Apec
Ehese WILD CAT LANDS will bring fifty ceGte Per acre
The Register the Virginia Land Once is Tins day grant
p thousands Of acres Of warrants which may he locate
S vryniu-sra.is II lands in the State OF Virginia ma
his day be had Tor asking by the thousands 81 acres
rav ell US pray tell The people Of Virginia when they ma
xpec, 10 realize fifty acre for the lands proposed
ay her WhE statesmen and Pcrot I" be surrendered 10 her
Ewing somewhere between The alissssippi river and III
! moon.
why should not The land Of The Wing party OF virgins
scal Worlds Congress al once, and have paice"in.
out OF Sahara Virginia might gel million oil acres iheie
which al one dlar and quarter per acie, would "H"c
25OOOo for our public looks and 10 rs'ets ardfIon
Svou allow them 10 beg the question Of price they VIII mas
&, very brave exhibit This operation TOO won't 'h'
Wings propose it, if for nothing ese Just Tor political cA
Stal2
We want no Logging OF the prices. what ale me VII
81 AT LASD1 1uIlh per aIir