The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1871-03-02

Div and solely from the ''eternsl
htness q things" were not oblv
strengthened By the interesting
and eloquent debate on this SIT
TO which 4 listened wish 80 muo6
pleasure the other day, bus insen.
sified, If possible, as I read over
this morning the GvoIy eolloouv
which took plaea on that occasion.
I win ask the indulgence 81 tba
House while / read
Anew BHON1 PASSAGES,
which sre suf8cieat, 81 nv iudO.
ment, 10 place the merits 81 t6s
great enterprise contemplated II
the measure now under discussion
beyond all possible controversy
The honorable gentleman from
Minnesota Mr.. wilson,, who / Be.
lieve is managing this bin, il
speaking Of the character Of Tie
country through which the rail.
road is to pass says this:
We went 10 have ti4e timber
brought to us as cheaply as posi-.
| bile Now, If you tie up The lands
in this way, SO that no title can bs
obtained to them-fog no settler
will 60 on these lands, for he can.
not make a living -you deprive
us Of The benefit Of that timber.
Now sir, I would not have IL by
any means inferred from this Chat
the gentleman from Minnesota
would insinuate that the people
out il dissection desire this tim.
Der merely for the purpose Of fen
cling up their farms SO that their
stock may not wander OF and die
Of starvation among the bleak hills
Of the st. Croix. Laughter /
read it for no such purpose, Sir,
and make no such comment on il
| myself. In corroboration Of this
statement of the gentleman from
Minnosots, End this testimony Civ
en- by the honorable gentleman
from Wisconsin, [OIr. Washburn.
Speaking Of these saiae lands be
says:
Under the Bill, as amended BY
my friend from Minnesota, nine
tenths Of the land is open TO &C.
tual settlers at 80 so per acperthe
remaining one tenth ID, pine -tiui-
bored land, that is nob fit for SET
element. and never wilb be settled
upon; but the timber will be cut
/ off. I admit that il ID the most
valuable portion Of the grant, for
most OF the grant il not valuable,
| II is quite valuelessE and If you
put in This amendment Of the gen
lleman from Indians you may as
we'll just kill the bill, for no man
and no company will take the
grant and build the road
4 I simply pause here to'ask some ser.
+, tleman better versed in the science OF
mathematics than am to,tell me itthe
timberod lands are in fact the most vas
liable portion Of that sectionohcounsfyr
and they would be entirely yalGeioss
without the timber that Is on thenr
what the remainder'of the land 10 WORTH
which hiss no timber on IT at Al'
(Iiaughter.)
But further on / iiud . most sn1e,
tanning and instructive Interchange q
views between the gentleman from g.
kansas, (Nlr. Rogers,) the gentlesll IS
from Wisconsin, lMr. Washburn, sl9
the gentleman from Maine Mr.. fe9ets,l
upon the subject Of pine lands gene..a.EE n,
} which will tax the patience q ~
House TO read;
''Mr. Rogers VIII tho gentleman =
J low me 70 ask him a qaestiont ~.
''Mr. Washburn, Of Wisconsin,
tainly. III, Il.
ssAIr. RoQers-lAre these pine lahs' =
tirely worthless except for timoeFi ~,
s.Wr. Waahburn, 81 Wisconsin lls
are generally worehless tor any o's
nrrp0se. / ana personally samlll'al. n. ~
thnf subject. These lands arc ~
nabla for purposes Of settlement. a..
ssAgr. Farnsworth- They will ~ ~
: enc timber Is taken on. "A
sNfr. Washbnrn. Of Wisconsin