The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-09-03

left in the Auditors and State land
Office by Mr.. McIlrath are equally un-
satisfactory. There is nothing to be
found in that Office to show the amount
of timber cut by different parties. ex-
cept tabulated statement prepared by
Mr.. Hill lone of Mr.. McIlrath's clerks),
a copy of which is hereto annexed and
marked schedule sB." BY reference
to the certified transcripts of
the records of the Surveyors
General Of logs and lumber for
the first and second districts, which are
also hereto annexed and marked re-
spectively schedules SCI and 3D." it
will be seen that the tabulated state
ment referred to does not contain
a record of all the timber cut by per-
nit, and that there are many entries of
cutting in the tabulated statement that
are ct to be found in the records of
the Surveyor General. 1t will also be
seen by reference to the statement pre-
pared by Mr.. Hill that it contains moth
ing to indicate at what price the timber
was sold or settled for, or the amount
received for the same, but that in every
instance the price per thousand feet is
entered as mot known
Your committee had, therefore, in en-
deavoring to ascertain the amount paid
in each case, to rely upon the records
of the Surveyor General, or the testi-
mony of the parties themselves, nearly
all of whom were before us as witness
es. and produced their accounts. Your
committee have investigated the cor
rectness of all the entries of timber cut
in each of schedules ''B,' co. and SD"
and such other instances of
cutting as were discovered by
the testimony, and not contained there
in. We have made as careful an
analysis of them as possible, and the
result of our labors will be found set
forth in detail in the tabulated state.
ment hereto annexed and marked sched-
ule ''E." The facts stated in this
schedule are all found from satisfactory
proof. The amount of timber cut in
each case, and the price per thousand
feet, has been ascertaincd from the par
ties cutting,or the record of the scaleage
thereof by the Surveyor General, or as
set forth in the statement prepared by
Mr.. Hill, which we have assumed to be
correct, as Mr.. McIlrath in his testi-
mony has admitted that the amount If
timber therein stated in each case has
been cut and settled for
by him. In some cases for the
want Of positive proof we have had
to estimate the price per thousand feet
at which the timber had been sold or
settled for, but in every instance Of the
kind we have been careful to put it low
enough to avoid doing any one injustice.
This table is the result of much care
and labor. In many instances, the
stampage was not paid for by the par
ty who cut the timber and was named
in the permit, and thorough sitting of
the testimony became necessary to give
credit for each of the payments where
they properly belonged. This we are
confident has been successfully accom-
plished.
This table, showing in detail the re-
suit in each case, we summarize as fol-
lows:
| FlRST DiSThlCI
Amount paid to Mr. McIlrath for
timber cut by permit upon
school lands, $50, O35 "a
to the State Treasurer, es,s72 80
| Amount not paid over, 1882 "a
Amount paid to McIlrath tor tim
lands, ss,l4s %
Amount of same paid over by him
to State Treasurer, s4,s77 "a
Amount not paid over, 3,168 70
Amount paid to McIlrath tor tim
Der cut without permit on
school lands, 1875 10
to the State Treasurer, 1892 %
Amount not paid over, e,4s4 Is
Amount paid to McIlrath for tim
CLASSIFIED iii. d. O'A@' s'"'e '~''S NV ATS %
Amount Of same paid over by him
to the State Treasurer, 8l2 o.
Amount not paid over, 1886 90
SECOND DISTRICT.
Amount paid to NcIlrath for tim
Der cut BY permit upon school
lands $112,l 6
Amount of same paid over by him
to the State Treasurer s5,sis o.
Amount not paid over 1856 81
+! Amount paid to McIlrath for
timber cut by permit on uni
versity lands, 80, 583 "a
! Amount of same paid over BY
him to the State Treasurer, 2s,s2s IA
Amount not paid over, 1858 80
Amount paid to Mc1lrath for
timber cut without permit on
school lands, 1910 %
Amount OF same paid over by
him to State Treasurer, 13,16 81
Amount not paid over, a,52a s.
Amount paid to McIlrath, for
timber cut on State lands not
classified without permit 1871 IS
Amount of same paid over BY
him to the State Treasurer 1895 81
! Amount not paid over 4,esl IS
Amount paid to McIlrath for tim
Der cut by permit on swamp,
State and other lands &4,lsl u
him to State Treasurer COCO 90
l
Amount not paid over 4,l81 -
A comDariSop Of the tables embraced