New-York tribune., 1877-05-28
PAvAGEs on TIMBER lands.
THE COVE NMENr LOSING MILLIONS BY H-MR'
sCnrEZ 1EYING 10 SlOr IT.

sCHUEZ TRYING TO s1OF Ir.
WAsufNGToN, May 27.-The recent opera
taus II the Government against Gcpr.dttors uoou the
public timber lands u Minnesota. and more recently IN
Louisiana. VIII d0abtcss lead 10 legislation 81 li htNi
e.,i,u of CONGRESS which will enable thc Department
c1ectually to break mp tine present wholesale l"neHn*
Of timber The information obtained in regard to the
Calcaseu District Of Louisiana. where as weeks "Xteu-
ivc zues were made, is to he effect that the entire
coramunity occupying tie region extending from the
Sabine River TO within about SIX miles OF the
CaIc.siou River, and north and south about 90
miles, j. engaged directly or indirectly IN the
timber trade. with fGll knowledge that 80 per
cent or more Of the timber Is uniawlulI} cut
from lands belonging to the Government The popn'-
on Is sa 10 De- constantly receiving large accessios OF
fictiycs from Justice vino seek scclusion IN this section
The county judc, is mill-owner who encourages sucl
dcurrdItons by purchasing logs, and i son. ' SiiiU'
Is among the operators. In lc the judge, the sheriff.
aud c iurcs of this region are all epres uted To no
alike participants "a this branch of domestic industry
The lands have lt;lc value aside from the timer grow
inc on them; and a a general thing. the same i1ay be-
ead pna lnls i'm Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Mich;-
oap from which the Government timber Is being Illegally
removed.
Ia January last, IN communication addressed u" the
Secretary of tha Interior Commissioner Williamson Of
the General Land Once invite the Secrotarys attention
10 the derredatioas upon the timber lands. and gave
detailed statement of the attempts that had been made
10 suppress them. ii appears that I'D Jduua} l7'l te
Land Office was informed that several timber agents tii
been appointed hy tine Secretary 90 the INTERIOR lac
Commissioner NJ issued circulars To these agents
four IN nuLb.r-two IN Michigan, one In WISCONSIN, ana
ono in iow.,-nformiug tncm that beyond the u,trlc-
,i ,u tbel lrc y they could seize aud scll timber
t from, the public land indie pculen,ly Of the iars!a or
of l,elI process In Docombcr 800, Tho system was
GLANCED aud the diuo, OF timber agents were imposed
unon the registers and receivers OF the local land DIS
trrts.
Under that ARRANGEMENT there had been show Of ef-
fort 10 supprcs, dcprediton-, and from time 10 n De
ginning n 1860 COMPROMISES with tie assent oI tie
secretary Of the Interior had been made with persons
who had cut timber upon the public ands, q hei"ly
upon payment of 80 per 1000 fcet together Win
the payment Of all expenses Incurred Ia m''~inE tue
seizures. Subsequently "A reasohaNe s'"ht'Ee' "c-
corlng the market value Of The timber cur "l nh'
mum i'm no case OF less than - % per 1000 feet aud
costs WA, fixed an the basis Of compromise, which has
been the general instruction some years past so that
the whole practice had come % De coicct"n i"rc
stuDfaec, and tlcrc H reason u" p.itFt u,' No., ii'
Since lS72 annual appropriations have DreH mW'r oI
thc ruppre- ion of timber dei .i.'", 3; , ,,' '' %
he only 5000 cIfL year. OuI ol til1 '-'nS t'P"
tfl. it receivers ana register. have been pdd SINCE
1sjG. th" total amount oi money 's.c. - si.I 49,,
Treasury on account ~ Ch"'i lt'p,t go. ID
gg- JJ. and tls tui. .tl ANT pal 'i iv., -, i
eAph,'7 "",'nf % .r 14i, nm i,t.' if mo- approvrat,un
had been made, OF el5i.373 ~ .,..t,,..
The Commits says tlai III n wei ~ '',
. Guf .I W.xf.o ir ib. uinc region of Lake superior
and o uupor Mississippi, tne Pacific coast m, ~ ,ne
mountain regions OF Col, radO, UTAH Monti ', Nyu'iiN
and fI1hp no cutul and removal ~ timber nom me
uuic luts a BE- been very great. Large mills nave be'
supplied via TIMBER from tie puhlc iun hhu hu
lumber thus taken has been exported 2" tuH1
and Central America in the mining dl'tlcts N"'l
qulutty has been used In proppnr mines ahc mas p't
burned INTO charcoal Tor smelling ore, "h" 10 uthrl '
lilies II has gone into the usual chiihri o ti' ui'p',
trade to a very large extent. Ihc ainpdht ichl1t'
by the Government for all this loss - hetinbtole
given, IL little more, il any, than Tue Haihe
~ e.. ttf,.I,t D. ill. n "a
mere tBe compared with the value oi Tue umucr hctu
ally cut and taken. In view Of the unsatisfactory results
OF all far, the proposition ol Tie AohhH
sioner discontinue the system ana employ -I'tlal
agents was approved by Secretary sehuIz Under TINS