Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-07-31
PUBLIC LANDS GIVEN AWAY.
Thu Entire Domain of the United States
Absorbed by Generations.

Absorbed by corporations.
From the United States Economist
The element of viciousness in the
policy of dispersion, and the land grant
and subsidy system which has been en-
ployed to effect it, is that unless revers-
ed it must soon have repelling effect
upon lmmigration-as soon as the fact
is virtually known, which we now pub
lish for the first time, that the public
lands are virtually absorbed already y
and eventually put an end to it altogeth-
er. Yes, the public lands are absorbed
already. Despite the reports of the
Commissioner of the Land Office, and
the trans continental railways, who evil
IDENTIFY influence him to conceal the
truth, despite the marked absence of
important data from his report, and the
continued trumpeting of the subsidized
railways about the boundless extent of
our public lands, the truth is that sub
stantially we have no public lands left
and the following facts, CLEANED partly
from the meager reports of the Land
Office, and partly from other sources,
mostly official, but quite disconnected
until brought together here, will bear
out this rather startling conclusion:
The entire domain of the United
States, exclusive Oh Alaska, which is an
ice-bound and sterile region, utterly I'M
fit for cultivation, consists of thirty
seven States and ten Territories, aggre-
eating 2, 1913, 200 English square miles,
or l, 902, S54, 400 English square acres !;
and this domain is disposed of as fol-
lows:
Square Acres.
Total area of the United
states OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. l,9O2, 900, 4VO
Water surface. .....-....... SO,OOOOOO
Uncultivatable consisting of
mountains, rock and lava
districts, salt plains, des-
erts, &C. ............-.. .S32,OOO,UVV
-- A2,OOO, 900
1,4sO, 1854, 400
Seacoasts, deltas, and other uncutivat-
able area ......... 10000, 900
1,34O, s54, 400
Estimated quantity to be reserved IN
| der existing laws for States yet to be
erected. Observation-Disclosures. 100000 900
1,2N,854, 400
Private titles In States in which there
are no public lands ...... 437, OOO, 900
| Disposable public lands ~ 500, 1854 400
| DISPOSITION OF THE PUBLIC LANDS OF THE UNITED
STATES TO JUNE 80, 1872, AS
| CERTAINED FROM THE CONFUSED REPORT THE
| LAND COMMISSIONER.
Square Acres.
Sold.- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1913, 136, GA
Entered under Homestead law of May
! 20, 1862, and its supplements of 1864
and 1866. ....................... 25,s ,161
Granted for Agricultural Colleges act
of July Q, 1862:
Selected in place 1856, 429
Located With scrip. ............ 6,S69,044
Swamp Manifestations by States I'M
der acts Mar. ., 1S49, Sept. %, 1850,
Mar. T. 1866, &c.......... 62,428, 413
| Granted for military services ...... 2,115, 202
| Concessions for canal purposes, West
4,lU0
Granted for internal improvements. II 403, 054
Schools Observation-Disclosures. 67,933, 922
| Universities. Observation-Disclosures. 1852. $3.50
| Located with Indian scrip. .......... 1872, 165
Located with float scrip. act March IT,
1862. ................... 15,29t
Ship Canal--NIicligan and Wisconsin. 1,45O,0OC
Salines-Western States. ............. 514, 49,
Seats of Government and public
buildings-western states......... 1868
mainly Oregon ............!...... 2,4s2, So
Deaf and dumb asylums. ........... 4,97l
Confirmed from old land claims-old
Spanish claims i'll California, Flori-
da, sc, ..:................. 1s,696,94
Reserved for companies, &C., &c,
mainly Ohio. ..................... 1885, 49,
Reserved for benefit of Indians, mainly
Mississippi, Alabama, Utah and Ore
gon.....................:........... 1s,2sO,7
Treaty reservations for Indians-lands
secured to them in fee forever by
various treaties, mainly in Dakota,
Montana, Indian and Colorado Ter
ritories.-Cong. Globe, 1871, vol. 3
p. 26O. Observation-Disclosures. 137,S46, 81
Granted to railroads, mainly the s'Paci-
fc railroads. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. 2l5,971, 90
Total OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. S0I,9o7 81
Thus it will be seen that substantial,
there are no public lands left; and tina
henceforth the emigrant who come
bither tO till tho land of anv of on