, 1870-05-06


under cultivation and. production. Here
the lind granting system ought to have
stopped With free land to an who would
take it for purposes Of cultivation, the gov
ernment o9ered all the Inducements which
healthy and prosperous extension of set
Element required. But this was not enough.
The policy of creating a market for lands
actually surveyed and offered to settlers a
reasonable time without being taken, was
changed, aud new policyt-thzt- Of forcing
settlement in -spite Of enaigration--was
adopted. Beyond the organized States and
Territories, extending. from the British
Possessions to the Mexican boundary, and
from the. Missouri River to. the Pacific
Ocean, wasan e1tant. OF land which it re-
quized no prophet to foreten would, N
time, become valuable, and be the seat Of
industry end production. To secure this
land has been the constant aim Of organ.
lied binds Of sha1iipers md Spectators, and,
already, nearly 500. 600, 900 aclss havs been
granted, in advance Of survey, in advance
of Gales, and-n advance of the slower
\ movement Of actual settlers. This. land
has been seized by ginnt corporations,
whose. advertisements of their property are
to be found, printed in every Language, and
circulated in every country of Europe.
These grants do not follow, but they
| precede, actual settlers; and, when
The Inter come along: in time, with
their: wagons and their families. they
ind that every eligible piece Of land Is
held by some chartered company, to whom
they haveto pay large sum per acre. often
rs much rs is asked for ordinary: land IN
more civilized and less remote paris Of the
country. In this way the public domain is
hitte1ed yaway.- -What'w We do. not give to
actual settlers We give to railroad corpora
tons OF, nstead of offering Inducements
to settlers, we are authorizing private COR
porations to tar them for the Land. The
government has ceased to receive any rev.
enue, and actual settlers are compelled to
pay from 22 to o$6 pH: acre: for the land,
which, by ssztuse, we nommally ask them
to take for nothing. We build the railroads,
and then give away the. remaining: lands
The Northern Poetic Railway has a;grant
Of 1900, 600 acres of land with
the free use Of all the coal, iron, stone
and timber that may be found along
the 1onte, and the Senate yesterday passed
F.. - t!sns,, ~ - .,,,nosHu .'sno'sS0 saaa pota-a
~ ro.hs,e Pc. p.o5 = .o,o.1atoa tta
tat.1 - ~ zo ooo m on,as -, ~
5n,1;oe+a7 a. ;n+a,sact7nn roo5a md ,c+n,,
..tt1. a. ua..a.+.ad 1o-,- VII y,
aT.1naed. .f-,n, ona .ho1f ~ tba .Ebo1a ragion |
fsnced hv these roaaz NJ comna]1ed 10 mr.
chase land of the 1ailroad cornpanies. The I
Government cets nothing by the operation. !
Il 10 said and br men visa and e1neri-
eneed enonch TO know better. that these
lands are now vslue,ess and TINT the true
policy is to get nd of them by donations to
these who xi1l bui,d railroads fhrouel, them. 4
Tb;sis a mistake-the mistake of suppos-
ing that everything pertaining to the pres
ent and future of this country must be
done nov. and by the men. who are
now in Office. There is policy |
known amonp railroad men az tssliu-
ming the road :" that is, by SO running it I
as to eet the greatest amount Of immediate |
revenue from it to the neglect Of the road !
way, the deterioration of The rolling stock, !
machinery, and all the substantial property
Of the company. This answersfo while,
mill II K discovered that An nnsafe and
hrorar track d;7anidataa cr,lv,orts ,;clefv
bridges crazv locomotives. and insnfficient
,,,r ~ ~ 1o,,or sorrcas NJ ,arsn7,a and |
th,t ,ba co,a,n;tiea thev occasion eoat no,e
IN +ha and Than WIS accumulated 1rnf1er the
st;nn;n, 1,noce,s. So the Secretary of the
-e n,.asa-.s, :. .1sn7~ u, .o,-,,+-r- 1,aa- 80
ao1,,.;,n +ba+ ba :, fha aren't. annointed lv
D;vin. wisdom tn nav off the public debt
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