Daily globe., 1878-10-21
HOWL OF THE PINE RING
TI0LENT Assault ON scRURz BIZ
WAsHBURYis 0RaAY.
The Pine Ring Thieves, smarting Under
Prosecution, Fall to Abusing schurz-
These Are the Men Who Are Bleeding
for Washbnrn
minneapolis Lumbernan, Oct. Ill

Minneapolis Lumberman, Oct. ILL
The Pine Land Ring-Afore Threats and
Neao Orders from Sehars-Hoao the Spies
are Kept,
More than two years ago sohurz and Will
hanson, for the time being in charge of the
land department. at Washington, came out
before the public of America with the an
nouncement that the lumbermen of Mime
sofa were pack of thieves, who had stolen
many millions of dollars worth of pine from
the United States by s'organized and system
atic'' robbery of the public land, and that
the heroes who announced the same had the
undisputable proofs of the bottom facts in
the cases, and were ready to show the
SAME to any court. commission of
roosters were sent out at SIS per
day, payable out of the United
States treasury, Of which Brother Jones, a
patriot, who had earned from Commissioner
Williamson place by assisting in bringing
that small individual into public notice in
Iowa, was put at the head of the said COM
mission; and after he had assumed the func-
tions of his Office, and kept score of paid
spies and informers on government pay, he
paraded before the court tacenty-Sege,a smaN,
Insignificant cases Of trespass, where there
had been few trees cut over the lines, and
in all, save one case, by poor laboring men
who had for years cut on government lands,
and paid the stumpage, and did not deny
anything in the charges, and in most in
stances were the informers upon themselves,
by going and offering to pay for all
timber cut. The cases went on, and
of course the government got judgment for
whatever the department. and it's worthy
representatives in Minnesota were willing to
put on the timber, and subservient, plant
district attorney would name in his com plant
Six dollars per thousand feet was the small
sum which let off the lumbermen. The
commission, however, not having any visible
means of support at home, could not afford
to be discharged until another public teat
was vacant, and so MIR. Jones had to be con-
tinued as a spy on the lumbermen. There
was no appropriation to cover his expenses
and salary, but, as he must be kept, Com
missioner Williamson and Herr Sclurz kept
him, and paid his salary out of the pension
moneys in the United States treasury until
this time. few days ago the announce
ment was made that the mountain having
Ae3coAoo3 td0 LhouoS WGS coming INTO the
world, and that there was to be another raid
on the lumbermen, SO grand and magnificent
In its proportions that it would include with
IN its vice all prominent men who were, on
even had been, engaged in the lumber bust
ness IN Minnesota, without regard to sssex or
previous condition of servitude.'' Gen.
Schurz, with grand flourish of banners and
trumpets, orders the district attorney to pro-
ceed to business al once, and without fear,
favor Or partiality, and Mr.. Billson (the said
district attorney rushes wildly before the
public in the newspapers to announce the
said fact, and to give notice that, under in
spiratlon of new orders from his political
superiors, be is going through the ssbig fish y
He modestly intimates that some vho de-
sired to aooid publicity, Fave been settled
with, (who are theyD but now will all be put
through.
We do not wish to alarm our readers. Lay
down and take your rest. Mr.. Jones must
make his board out of Williamson; Billson
must obey schurz, and no matter how much
noise they make, they intend only to draw
their salaries and keep up the hoax of pre-
tending to have vast secrets in the back
ground which would overwhelm a people if
they were to escape their custodians Out
upon all such shams and lying frauds.