Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-09-17

the toilers N all branches Of human industries
should have some means OF approach to the
government Of which they are The chief sup
porierS.
In the time q Louis KY. system was Taught
that those ODly increase the wealth OF
country who dt sei0p the resources Of the earth,
such as the products of the vegetable and
mineral Kingdoms. Whether this IS broadly
true or not, It is % nearly tue chat it should
command wider recognition. Bbe simple truth
Is that farming IN conventional ciIeie5 snd So
called polite life, g not exactly respectable.
Inc country blmpks. has always ccen the butt
Oh MS cry COUSIN; our thCGters ssdlrize the
farmer, and he is Rever fairly or truthfully
represented any more than is the New Eng
lander by the stage Yankee The CITY has
never furnished a fair set of to the country lad
until the dude was evOl fed, and yet I believe
the average country hoy would exchange places
win MN; l remember when the unbound
slleetS ol the agricultural reports weTe sold
for waste paper ia Washington city and Old
Isaac Newton, the Commissioner of Agriculture,
was regarded a good ~ atured old oarnacle
and bis department a sinecure-a sort of vcge-
table fungus on the political body 1t is n little
better now, but the farmers OF this country,
through their agricultural societies, and by di-
Feet eliort- should demand that they no longer
be made 10 delve in the soil ahd develop its &c
sources without the direct Gid and encourage
meut which the Government owes them The
farmer Is Sought out periodically by the poiiti
elan, himself generally city man he is fat
tered by call ut his house once in these inter
yals of the politicians hold UPON Office; some
Interest IS shown i'll his croIs- but great deal
more i'll his vote this class of voters have al
ways been the err at conservative tOsce Of the
Irc,St- ~ v;sicT, 70 ece ~ -" ,,.a,,t ~ tb
nation. If were in public life IwoH!d deem
Immortality secuTe, and Il would I'll the cup Of
3i!soi,iI,i ~ .io - I,S,,y - d,,,,,-t
merit, with scope and means to properly repre-
nnday Tho LII ,5.,,T,;,7,, %. tr,icsIt,rs
80 N,'--'''7 " -'e
SMALL FARMS
I have already spoken of the desirability
OF cutting up cur great ranches iet me
n n -ib bof III IN oir So % ,hi. ~ S
f,,,ns Iitb a tool scr.e,-. ef j,t ~ n, n76 of
which ebof,t ~ 6di1 G6j Serrs Iccre }nrroycJ
Frnro iSil In tse, ,y had rriy a,.fii toour f,rTi
1orla otont ( g,si q 4, ar-es ana Sefi iYrreesed
~, ,,r,y , t ti '''', s,T, a1,oyrt
~, -, -. ~ -, -, ii,i ~ IA, t,.,t.-
wears m5tsrjaliy decrease. Il VAS 465 acres Il,
Isfn er6 10 .c-,s in 1ss1 In $50 va i,ad IN
GsT i,rtne 49, i11 a.r,s % - C,r 16G .,,,
AMI I,,i. sen -, 80 gC6 - Ii - ,l
d60 ar-ea ard . +si oTar 1S5 acres Tcsnty.
ei,, Stt ~ ~ ~ -, Li ',C 80 -
Cirr,io IA a tii' i'Ii' naa @ aig1s I'it
10, a ,,,,,,', 49, = = - - - :, 100 - ,',i;i
nnr SiatS had Fi ,,,ns ' ot oi md ,
tbc ,-seot -, it .'.f t
mnEh ISes n'I,T,ber iijirlis ftJ 20 rnlija,S
~ T,tr, efi i-o,,s,g ~, t,t.',-,,,t' 80
hr,si.a rs ma mi 5,i,,. ~ ~
1ari,n l. fl III, -. - -, l
rrn,ob 1,'far1s reI,, mi tylat ;. ,,s+Is =, -,
or STinnSS0t9 iinrr,ae ,,1s,. trg,,.i ~. ,C,'r-
in ono iiraciio,, on Is1G 81 Il i,,s,,, o,yr,cr-iir
fInra n tow fI,Cucar,l orrs is ,f, ,..ae,torof,f
large farm I'm ISs0 only Cfaen efSf5s heS !,
~. -. rre. If T,,l I1r iir-i., Lf 10
,,-C',.s ,f,,, y ,, 80, - - ., -, 49,
az @ M, ~, ~. re- .ti.s ~ ti'l lsas
lo,f -, ,CIas ,,.l,ile e.t, +ii b,',,, IN, ras
0ni, ten .rir1ls 80, ~ ,I IT, ,ti ,l -, 49,,
f,r,,e = 1s-1eiy. i-IfG,is fntio", ir,o L.,
tncsy Tfci,iG., t1iSsorr pe%p%yIT.''ie' GLio
Ev, V,,rl w.. MN fta
'il ri1,i,1,I - tI+r $50 ~ ~
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t Sttl'.e - -, & ,i ~, isv - g ~ - - %
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LANp iAhS AND LAND ACQUISITION
do not suppose my views upon this subject
will receive the ready assent OF our great edu-
Gators the ncWsparcr press: and vet helieyeI
shall state the true interest OF the homeseeker
III this country
We have several general laws under which Ii
tie to public lands not mineral NAV be ACQUIRED
the homestead Pre-emption Timber Culture
timber entry, a ID Desert Land Acts Under
these various Acts it was possible, but not gen.
orally practicable, to obtain title by one per
son under nearly All the Acts. aitbougb not
simultaneously.
the pre-emption Acts in various forms have
been in operation since 1901 ard under their
beneicent provisions millions of acres of the
public dnnsin passed into The ownership of
@ctuai settlers and much of our most valuable
land i'll the United States has its title founded
IInOn these laws The Homestead Act under q
broader view of the relation of the settler to the
GOVERN was passed in 1862 and a fresh in
centive was given to people to occupy our broad
&c res and bulld lid homes This law which re-
0uired actual settlement for five wears was
amended so as to permit a purchase after a six
months residence much the same as in the Pre-
emption Act
The other Acts followed along and were the
ou;growth OF various conditions and necessities
and were all wisely conceived and bencfcent in
their objects OF all OF these late Acts at this
moment perhaps the most obnoxious the Desert
Act in my Judgment is the wisest With
widely-separated exceptions desert lands can
not in their nature be reclaimed under the
Homestead or Presumption Acts combina-
ton OF interest and capital must precede settle
mcnt and these caunot be brought about with
s~af..
land reclaimed other than bv actual settlement
on small tracts Ii is certainly desirable TO set
tie up these vast arid tracts. and with large
ditch enterprises and flowing wells this can
gradually be done.
The mber-culture law never had much ap-
plicaton west of the eastern slope OF the Rocky
Mountains while the Timber-entry Act found
its origin III the necessities OF the country west
of the Rocky Mountains as did the Desert Land
Act chiefly
The conditions which made all these laws of
crest value to the peoplc have not materially
changed They are all rs necessary now TO the
proper aud adequate development of the couu-
irv as they ever we're
NOW what is the present policy of the Land
Department? II is nothing snort Of absolute re-
peal of all laws Tor the acquisition of title to
public lands except In the single instance of
homestead after five VearS' actual residence
What brought srout this ATTEMPTED sweeping
annihila!ion OF these humane and salutlry
laws?
In some Of the Territories combinations were
made and Government officials were bribed in
the interest Of StOrkmcn, and muuy fraudulent
entries were made uader the Prc-esnDt on and
Homestead Acis ia other places IL was found
that occasional entries were made in violation
OF law Similar combinations were made
to obtain title to timber laud-notahly the
redwood venture On this coast There was
Eotbiug IL all tuis 20 warrant the repeal OF the
laws It was simply n ;silure ON the partof Coy
eminent officials 70 perform their dIIy aud that
only in certain and ofir.s j close inspt ctiou
aud watch over these offices aud a suspension
ofentr-Cs IN which proof of Iraud existed was
the plain remedy. it was a confession of ina
biiitv To administer cur land DEPARTMENT to
suspend all entries OF certain classes and 70 en-
dcayor even TO s,spcnd the operation OF the law
all over The couurrv Every Land Office in the
Union was rIsced iludpr The ban. n swceuing
charge Of rdrrlptiou md lr7lud AGAINST hi iaud
oilicers ana most persons seeking land was
made. fha holder uf a iinnl recent given
anon duui rronr aud fhc DurchaSer Of
land iron, sii,rh holder ,r,re sIi told ibeir
titia ,..as sIi; ,t -, f,e r1;,rict of me Snt Com
missioner. entities mace ana cornnIeted and
ready fnr natent woe held f,r eanceilstiou. and
,,,,rs ,sr ,,oiGed 10 e,,r,a,r ara sho,v csnsa
yrhv er,ch entries shor Il not he cancelled. unon
ey ma no rernrfs nf ;Ioafiu.- Government srents
SettIers fnnnd themselves Inyolved in costly in
yestigations. state Tides based upon State
patents TO lands listed 10 the state by inc United
States were ripped omen by our over Jealous
Land ,nmrissinner. the corntrv WAS filed with
spias and detectives and agents of all kind: the
ppil,x and iruccpnt were made fo lasS under