The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1870-12-15


ia the new States should be
continued, when an appropriate provi-
sion shall have been made for the
objects. Isubmit question worthy of
serious consideration, whether the resi-
due of our national domain should not
be wholly disposed of under the provi-
sion Of the Homestead and Pref nption
Laws, in addition to the swamp and
OVERLOOKED lands granted to the States
in which they are situated. The Iahus
taken under AGRICULTURAL college acts,
and for internal improvement purposes
under the act of Sept. ISL, and the acts
supplementaI thereto, there hal been
conveyed up to the close Of the last fiscal
year by patent and other equivalent
evidence of title to States and corpora
tions n, 1886, 257 1900 acres for railroads
canals and wagon roads. 1t is estima-.
ted that the additional quantity of ia,
s35, 723 acres is still due under grant for
like uses. The policy Of thus aiding the
State in building works ofinternal i'm
provement was inaugrated more than
forty years since in the grants to lndi-
ana and Illinois to aid those States in
opening cana.s TO connect the waters OF
| the Wabash with those of Lake Erie,
and the waters of the Illinois with those
of Lake Michigan. 1t was followed
7 with some modification in the grants TO
. Illinois Central railroad. Fourteen
/ States and sundry on claiiCl Lave
! received similar subsidies, in connect
ion with railroads completed or in pro
cess of completion. AS the reserved
sections are rated at the double mimi
mum, tile sale OF them at the enhanced
price has thus in many instances indem-
nified the treasury for the granted lands.
The construction offs ,cle OF these thor
olghfares has undoubtedly given a
vigorous impetus til the development Of
our resources and the settlement of tie
more distant par:> Of country. 1t may
however, be well insisted that much Of
our legislation in that regard has been
characterized by ndiscriminate and pro
fuse liberality. The United States
ehoCld not loan their credit i'll aid Of any
enterprise undertaken by States or cor
porations, nor grant lands in any
instance, unless the projected work is o:
y acknowledged national i.npor-
lance. am strongly inclined TO be of
the opinion that it is inexpedient and
unnecessary to bes;ow subsidies OF
either description, but should Congress
determine otherwise, / earnestly rec
ommend thatthe right ofthe settler and
of the public be more eftectually secured
and protected by appropriate legisIa.
ton.
During The year ending Sept. 80, 1870
there were filed in the patent office, 49,
al applicants for patents, 374 caveats,
and loo applications for the extension
of patents; 1922 patents, including re-
issues and designs were issued, LILO
extended aud LOSE allowed, but a lot
> issued by reason Of the non-paymcut of
the fiscal fees.
The receipts Of the Offices during the
; fiscal year were Sl3, $500, 42o, in taxes,
assets and expenditures.
The work OF the Census Bureau has
/ been theoretically prosecuted, tie pre-
liminary report containing much infor-
: nation Of special value and Interest.
: and will be ready for delivery during
the present session. The remaining
: volumes will tie compiled with all the
despatch consistent with perfect accura
cy in arranging and classifying the
) returns. We shall thus, at no distan,
day, be furnished with an authentic
1t will, doubt not, attest the grow.
. ing prosperity OF the country, although
| during The decade which has just clos
G ed, it was 20 severely tried b. the great
/, war urged to maintain its integrity, and
r to secure and perpetuate our Tree insti
buttons.
During the last fiscal year the sun
paid 10 pensioners, including the cost o
, disbursements was S2.1s OSl, and 75s
: bounty land warrants were issued. A
> its close lao, 1886 names We're Oh the pen
. sion roll. The labors of tie Pension
: Office have been directed to the sever,
f scrutiny Of the evidence submitted il
favor OF new claims ana to the discover,
;. of the fictitious claims which have been
i heretofore allowed.
The appropriation for the employment
, Of special agents for the investigation o
, frauds has been judiciousiy used, a. tn
results of it have been of unquestiouabt
) benefit to the service.
, The subjects Of education and agricul
% ture are OF great interest to the success
Of our Republican Institutions, happl
ness and grandeur as a nation. In til
y interest Of one bureau has been c-taD
y lished in the interior Department il
\. the Bureau of Education, and in til
Interest Of the other Il separate depart
- ment, that OF agriculture. briir '
e great general good il TO flow from III
r operations Of both these bureaus, if pror
y, erly fDstered.
y ! cannot commend to yodr carefl
is consideration too highly the reports
IN the commissioners OF education and
ID agriculture, nor urge too strongly sue
~ liberal legislation as to secure the
., efficiency.
ed In conclusion, | would sum up Il
as poi"y of the administration to be
u thorough enforcement of every law
oe faithful collection Of tax provided 70