New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-04-20
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Mt COBB We WI not dOhnt IN Bppl idl,h Jelisya
thus bill so Drawn as - restrict the beef9 Of tds oroE
fered reduction Of price 20 s,tag settlers and easy,
tors But 'be vital question is Does ne bll ee,sa
L" ~ secure t5is'" We say il does not. hi. o,s,,,
door through which aoy Spectator can drive coach.
ar5-six with perfect ease. Just consider that
J. There is 20 re ;tricton a. 70 .he amount Of lani
ercaoy owned by csim,ut upier this bn He NAV
have iiy thousand acres Of the best land west Of @e
Ohio ali paid for ond under cultivation yet he can
claim and secure hslf square mile more under THE
bill at sh Hing per acre Ind he is laid under no obi.
gation restrict with regard 70 rs use or dispoa
2 There is no requirement Of ACTUAL occgprncy is-
yroremtat or caitiTGtioq IN The BILL III that mani
REQUIRED TO swear 20 Is his inentiOn aud how can hs
be contradicted as TO that Suppose Spectator or
copitast in any Southern State wishes 10 mo1opoxs
all the unsod lands within thirty miles of hin na
shilling an scre-does this bill pJesent any obstacle to
bis doing so We say, Not the slightest aud we spe.k
with some knowledge Of the manner ia which large
tracts have hitherto been clu,shed All the specuatsr
needs TO DO in such case TO 90 tothe mex. viii ge or
cross roads end say Joe aud Bill and SAM aDi jack,
with knowing wink guess you might as well enter
such and such half sections o. laud at the Office now
that he priceis down to shilling an think
.. csn see how yor will God your advantage IN il;
" and will ,end yoI the money" They nothing 10th,
90 10 the Land Office with him, ard enter the lots In
dicaed by him and he pays tie money, taking their
warrants or patents or whatever their certificates Of
purchase nay be called for his security that they Will
rctay lin principal and interest within month or
two. Well the time of payment arrives and they
have no money and he takes quit claim OF tue lsaf,
end pays each Of them SlOsr 50. possibly 49, for
their trouble (Which has been precious little 10 tho
PREMISES Who does not zee that the Pablo LINDA
would very speedily run through this tunnel there be-
ing the strongest possible pecunary ndlcement for IL
co The one SIDE snd private or personal interest 10
counleract it on thcOther' We say, u,dOubtingly.
that any man having money at command may within
year secure TO himself City thousand Of good land
1T less than twenty cents per acre under this bill
should il ever become law AMI neither expose him
selfnor any of his accOmpces to the pans aud pen
" allies Ofperury'
3 This I'LL is unfair ald UOust in rs graduation OF
prices 1t reduces the average actual price Of the re-
naming Public Lands in Ohio Louisiana Alabama snd
Mississippi TO one-hafthe price of such lands in the
newer States and the Territories. Now we believe
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day worth as much per acre those ia the newer
States Grant that the most inviting in Ohio, Louis
ana &c have been picked out a0d bought up already
II must be considered that the unsod lands 10 their vi
cny are enhanced in value by this very Circumstance
tract of forest dear at 81 per acre when all the
wood on it had 10 be elled and burnt up at cost Of
SO to $i5 per acre becomes iotriDsicaly worth 81
to 800 per acre from the moment the timber can b
sod for saving or fuel for the cost Of cutting it o:
trle over So Of the erection Of mills schOolhOuses
&c, near the lands 10 question. Ia our judgment, the
first settlers in land district ought 10 have theirlaud
at quite IS low price the ist even admitting thai
the former select (ss they sometimes fail TO io b"''
Of the very best qualify
But we Will not pursue the subject We ask al
men familiar with the arts of Land Speculation to scm
time this Graduation Bill ard Judge whether it does
or does not provide effectively for the restriction Of il
advantages TO actual settlers and cul.yators We
msutsia thar i does not but tends TO facilitate sni
,gera7ate the rapid srd gigantic monopoly Of the Pab
lie Domain by the greedy and powerful few Hence
we sppretend that it win find favor in the presen
Senate aud that the Hor estead bill Is doomed 20 De
feat in that bed