The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-12-07
developments and and advance advance

antics, and expenditures %
the n obstacles should hlnuer
-5Dsl.'p,, and settlement OF any In
4. CcsA.l,f'-5.-- - take land in sever atty;
NliI..H.,---..5rv. the inclination 10 DO
i-e b.. stimulated at ali Tines
.lsb. r.. lUt there = no an hoilty
~tll.., Messing alloimeuis on some
q ~ i-- lions, and o. offers TIE
Z -l ~ provided Tor are so sLnall
,i..Ils5,t though lady and cs-
Isl lsrt1e down are not Wiling
.I1- srch small areas When thelr
.gs1gz t.;,rs contain ample lau9S 10
..ss. ',5gu LOmeSteads ot sullclent
-1i1. ~ meet their present auu
.r needs. These lleq uaiil'er
l-Ie IyI-rIug special laws ahu
q -.-.qtfgs could Oe coIieClSu'
-ll --rgr.l regulation on taAi SUI
~. t-orIa be provided 50 tIat 49,. voc
s-. -r rrss-iVe among llS I'u,a'.
I l8y be l5es cd o,t a..e
~. II example. ltscl o.-e
,.#9w. breaking away ITO
q. -rI.ts.lS and sucseilu. ~. Z -'no'.-
..----r.. lie .0ye OF 2u1e' lue !H- -,.-'.l,
i.-fsrlly; but they are nov .,. 49,
UlFe hrCo,ir- cNSI ubau.
.-- ,-r--.r- G:I>iDg nom the con
--r5au @ra cIeiatioI % 81. 90
- IN. OF the reservations
l--.' .sr.. .f tile and Tig"t OF uccG
--' -r e white PERSONS 10 some
49, 49, 'su. within other reseTNa-
u .-- --..rfr.. legislation for their hnai
mi The settlement OF Iles'
-vs.l remove many en- 1arTass-
49,. .,rr1..-g-s il the work OF lead
49, gIlfs = 20 the adoption Oh our
..- ...,.l.r- sud bringing them uhGeI
.l' ~ --..'-.-,ff.,u If Tie. Influence anc the
~ lion gf he iyeisal luWs Oh our
country.
LANDS AND TIMBER.
r--, recommendations CT the Score
- tTr Interior and the ComLnls-
--ls nj f-t. General Land once,
-, IN tie better protection Of pup
--..is13s and of the public surveys Ihe
--.--.--.-,-afi0n Of naliOual forests tnS
Fti--,cefion of ants 10 lOcatorS anu
---..-.,-afiorS of the public service are
Cooo---s.,-,s-,SaI TO the attention OF Con
- no secure the wiSest dlstIlOu-
- If ,-ubIic land IN limited qPahli-
80 sr,t,r,,, settlers Of residence GndcuI
,;yssjon aud thus make the greatest
,.,T1bsr OF Individual homes, was the
--imsry object Of the public land leSls-
fsfion la the early DAYS Of tnehepuollC-
mis- system was q simple one; II COM
neDcef with an admirable scheme OF
Dublic SURVEYS, by which the humOlest
CITIZEN could identify the tract upon
" ion be wished 20 establish his home.
IN, ice OF !apdS was placed within
Z leach Of sll the enterpTislng, IN
dus,riOus and honest pioneer citizens
Of the country. II was soon, however,
found that the object Of the laws Wss
perverted under the system OF cash
sales from = distribution OF land
amoug the pl ople 10 an accumulation
u land capital Dy wealthy auQ specu-
alive persons. TO check this tendency
preference right of purchase was
given TO settlers on the land, plan
waiCl eliminated in the general
uFe-emutIcu act of 1871. The
igGuGatiOn Of this system was
sctual residence and cultivation;
~ years later the homestead laws were
devised TO more securely place actua!
hcmeS 10 tie actual possession OF act
gal cu.tiyatOrS Of the soil. The land
and vas given without price, the sole
conditions being residence, improve
ment and CuliivatiCn: other laws
have followed, each designed TO
use OF land in limited inGivid-
I3l quantities, but ia later years
these laws, through the vicious admin
lSt-at!On Of methods and under the
changed conditions Of Communication
ami transportation have been 50 eTad-
Ell and violated that their bsneficent
purpose Is threatened with entire de-
feat. The methods Of such I
evaS.OnS and violations are 4
set forth in detail In the reports of /
-le Secretary of the Interior and CON- I
missioner OF the General Land Office.
Inc rapid appropriation of Our public /
ill 5 v itdCut iona Fde settlement or
cultivation, and not Gully without in
,-liul OI residence but for the
purpose Of their aggregation in large
holdings, 10 many cases in the hands of /
lorrl-ueTS, invites the serious and i'm
mei-,c attention Of Congress. The
energies 0i the Land Department have
ueen devoted during the present adj
llnis-iailOn 10 remedy The defects
-ue correct The abuses IN The
p0nAc land service. The results
vi These Efforts are so largely /
I'D s-e nature OF reforms in the process
4-a MetlOls OF cur land system as 10
prevent adequate estimates, but Il ap-
pears ny compilation from the re-
F1ltS o! Tue Commissioner OF the Gen
ga L2nd Office, that the immediate
1-SNt ID leading cases which have
-.-e 70 lual termination has been
.-g le>llTatlon 10 the mass of public
.--N> NJ -i."J,tJy sores: that 2.S-5. Co /
--lr> are embraced in the investi.a-
-.-, nov spending for the depart
-s-- 10 the courts, and that the
--.y- u congress Las been asked 10
--ll. --e restoration OF two. million
zen hundred anu ninety thousand
- -s -aulllOlal; besides which four
--....l4 acres have been withheld from
..sSs5l'ailon ard the rights CT entry
---4e9n maintained. recommend the
go u me Pre- and timber I.
-.--.e acts, and that tne homestead
-Hs .t so amended Is TO better secure
~ -- I-iance with and cultivation for
q PROD OF i've years from The date
= s-.Il without Communication OrprO-
--s.ll ioT speculative REIMBURSEMENT.
- recommend the repeal Of tie
--'Sl- L4ud laws unless Il shall be the
-. 80 -It OF Congress 10 SO amend
avs IS 10 render them less la
20. ~ aouSc. As the chief motive for
- --y el as.on 81 Tie laws aud the princi-
I-,;---.- e e OF THIS result in land distri-
- ~, us > me facility with which trans
-. - E L-.'le OF The right intended TO
"a --.,ilel 10 settlers, il may be deem
.--- ->@y!e 10 provide by LEGISLATION
~. -laldS and checks upon the
------lOn OF vested rights and lands