The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-12-12

"There seems to be but one remedy
and it must come q change Of own
ership of the soil and q creation Of q
class of land owners on the one hand
and of tenant farmers on the other,
something similar to what has long
existed in the older countries of Eu-
rope"
FACTS AND FIGURES.
Between 1850-1S7O Congress gave
away to railroad companies two hum
dred and eight million three hundred
and forty-four thousand two hun
dred sixty-eight acres Of public lands.
The following were some of the larger
appropriations:
Texas Pacific, twelve millions.
Kansas Pacific, six millions.
Denver Pacific, one million four
Central Pacific, eleven million one
hundred.
Oregon Central, one million two
hundred thousand.
Southern Pacific nine million, five
hundred and twenty thousand.
Northern Pacific, forty seven mil
lions.
Cairo and Fulton, two million two
hundred Thousand six hundred and
sixty -seven.
Wisconsin Central, one million eight
hundred thousand.
st. Paul and Pacific, four million
seven hundred and twenty-three
thousand and thirty-eight.
Atlantic and Pacific forty-two mil
lions.
Oregon and California, three million
five hundred thousand.
i Pensacola and Georgia, one million
five hundred and sixty eight thousand
seven hundred and twenty nine.
| Mobile and Ohio River, one million
four thousand six hundred and
forty.
St. Paul and Sioux City, one mil
lion one hundred thousand.
| Iowa Falls and Sioux City, one
million two hundred and twenty-six
thousand one hundred and fifty
three.
St. Joseph and Denver City, one
million seven hundred thousand.
Missouri, Kansas and Texas, one
million five hundred and twenty
thousand.
McGregor and Missouri River, one
million five hundred and thirty-six
thousand.
Pacific and Southwest Branch, one
million one hundred and sixty-one
thousand two hundred and thirty
five.
Burlington and Missouri River, two
million five hundred and forty-one
thousand six hundred.
Atchison, Topeka and Sante Fe,
three millions.
Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw, one
million and fifty-two thousand six
hundred and sixty.
, Missouri River, Fort Scott and
Gulf, three million three hundred and
fifty thousand.
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
one million two hundred and sixty.
, one thousand one hundred and
J eighty-one.
, Cedar Rapids and Missouri River
one million two hundred and eighty.
> eight thousand seven hundred and
thirty-nine.
New Orleans, Baton Rouge AND
!, Vicksburg, three million eight hun
e bred thousand.
8 Illinois Central, Mobile and Chica
: go, two million five hundred anc
1 ninety-five thousand and fifty-three
: Of these, two hundrd and eighty
e millions three hundred and forty
e thousand two hundred and fifty eight
: acres, estimated at fifty-two millions
: five hundred and seventy five thous
/ and dollars, only thirty-three mil
: lions and ffty-two thousand five hun
+ dred and thirty acres had been pat
s ented up to June 80, 1875. Is any
n action possible to reclaim some por
t ton of these grants ?-Moses Hull, il
n Irrepressible Conflict.
Our readers will recognize the fac
that this includes none of those vas
n tracts given away recently.
u Uncover the Ulcer.
!, While the Mulhalls, the Citizens AM
Levys have recently been perpetrat
ing their statistics to show a condi
l ton of increased wellbeing amont
;, the people and steady rise of wage
y among the workingmen in England
and while their productions hav