Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1885-04-25

inadequate conception. Ine grants o'
princey domains to railroad corpora
TORS. tins singular fatally attending eI-
fnrts in the Senate to dispossess such
corporations Of the immense land grants
which they h.ye legally forfeited, but
s,i.l retlin, the oppressive exa"ti"ns
prarticei by iand grant radro ads upon
ayricu! ure tad other public interests IN
return tor the princcly lihera!ity OF the
goyernme grants, aud in the last two
or thiee years the gigantic land monopo-
lies which have been extending through
the pick of the cattle hcrdjns districts
by combin ,tions of b.ybed wire and
cuwtoys combine to create ii situation
Of no little public interests The last
named phases Of tho Western land siiu'-
ton is exciting more resentment and
rancor than any other, because of the
license permitted by the Department OF
the Interior.
There is sulen acqulescence IN the
excessive prodigalty which the govern
ucnt has displayed in the grants to rail-
roads which have earned their land titles,
but the indifference of the Senate to Ell
forts to secure the cancellation OF tor
fciied grants OF tens of millions OF acres
is exciting thoroughly jusuhable sus
picion and resentment. The cattle mo-
nopoly outrages. however. overtop
all other land grievances ot which West
ern committees complain, on account of
their extensive ram'tications. and the
common devices of prc'emption and
fencing strategy, by means OF which un
der the shsitering wing of the Departs
ment of the Interior. the rdnchneh are
not only enabled to establish Themselves
on immense districts ot the most favored
lands, but also to extend their holdings
to any desired extent by driving out 9TH
,r settlers and small farmers. Tbs is
accomplished by means Of the device o;
cutting off the water course aud biGh-
ways, with wire fences. Tha general re
suit is Il growing impression that tbe
goyernmeGt has been corruptly induced
! 10 close its eyes while the arabic aud
graziog lands of the people are bein,!
nopO poiizea by syndicates of cattle
, baroDs, oyerspreadng the public domains
By p net work ut iordrly ticis. in con,e3d-
| ing with which tn. farmer is utterly helps
loss Thus the main objects to which
those imperial domains should have been
| devoted, the creation OF an unta,ling re-
| serve of small farms and homes tor the
Eastern Increment OF population, are be-
ing defeated to make way for the devol,
opmcnt on Western soil of the System OF
lordy landed m0nopohes which have
Ioag been the curse OF England and
Ireland.
A number OF Western newspapers are
publishing list OF twenty-nine landed
properties owned in the herding district
~ English and Scotch syndicates, which
alone cover litse more than 20 900 900
acres. al hoN-
ing Of about 100000 acres to each tract,
and some embrace 100000 to 4,5O0, 900
acres. he stockholders include very
pretty showing of baronets. earls and
dukes. Their serene highnesses, who
ARE finding the business ol laud'oriism
in England NJ longer as profitable as OF
yore, and ut the sanfe time taking hint
maybap, from, she growing demand for
lind reform in England and ireland, are
i casting IA anchor TO the windward" by
| pre- cmpu"n fiufs IN tn" West in advance
of the westward flux of our home popu-
latien. Such pre-emptiops to the ex-
tent of their development, will obviously
make such home and foreign land mo-
nopoists the landlords OF the future COM
muaities which arc to overspread those
regions.