The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-08-02
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vance Of civilization. but now IL has gone
way beyond me. IL Lord Sanders had not
come with me should never have got pos
session OF 80 much laid all In one body as
1 have IL now.
IL was just going 10 ask you how you
got possession OF so much land
There are two classes OF land open TO
settlers: railroad lands and government
lands. ThS railroad lands bought by the
section. was told that no foreigner could
obtain lands from the government In any
form, but Lord Sanders understood the
ways OF the land Office and helped
me. There are three forms by which
government land can be obtained, home
stead, presumption and timber claims.
Homestead laws give 10 each head Of
the family a right 10 enter quarter sec
tion by living on IL Ave years and then
proving up. The pre- exemption laws re-
quire the applicant 10 till the soil and pay
from one dollar and twenty-five cents 10
two dollars and Atty cents per acre, ac-
cording TO the location. And the timber
claim allows quarter section 20 the quail
fed man or woman who pays fourteen dol
lars and breaks Ave acres the first year,
cultiyates IL the second and plants either
seeds or cuttings for timber until lac can
show some SIX thousand living trees on the
land he claims
We'll, you could not comply with any OF
those requirements, could YOU"
THAT Is where Lord Sanders helped me.
We thought OF every name we could and
then went 20 the land Office, and, with the
aid OF good bonus, we had names enough
entered TO take up the alternate sections.
Then, as soon as my tenants came each
one was placed on the desired quarter sec
ton and began 20 cultivate IL. When the
time comes for proving up IL can be shown
that the lands have changed hands and
arc in the hands OF actual settlers. j shall
enter it ia each tenants name and pay Mi
the fees and rent the lands 10 them, while
they transfer 10 me the fee simple"
Now see how you manage IL. But |
should think the American people would
object 10 foreigners coming here aud hold
ing so much land"
'',rhey are always glad 10 have foreign
ers come and make actual settlement and
my tenants will qualify just "a soon "a
possible; then there can be no objection 10
them. And the railroad lands we can buy
as much OF as we like; though some wild
fanatics are making "A fuss about IL"
II understand that Englishmen now
own about twenty million acres in the
United States
II believe that Is true We are gaining
Che lands our fathers lost without lighting
any bloody battles for them.n
II remember reading In AN English pa
pcr before | left home that No matter
what course Congress may take 10 prevent
IL, the inheritance OF the American people
will yet come into the possession OF the
English nobility Now I see what II
meant. But some are working 10 defeat
your plans"
III do not wonder that the American
people are waking up TO the truth OF the
situation. English and Scotch landlords
already own as much land In America as
the entire state OF New York.
Here Is piece OF ground that must
have been under cultivation before you saw
IT," said, as we came 10 an old log cabin.
Yes, Waverland. that | bought Of an
old man who had lived here number Of
years. When / fenced my property he
found himself without a highway"
But you had no right TO do that"
''The cow boys | had here herding my
stock made MIN feel a little uneasy"
''rhen you forced the old man To leave
This beautiful piece OF ground where he
had toiied 10 start homeSn asked
II bought hum OUT said the duke,
wincing under the word force.
Did you pay him for his improve
mcnis.'i
NO, I could not afford 10 do that paid
him the same that | paid for railroad
lsnds.'
Then his two or three years hard work
went for nothing"
land"
II think the equal rights 20 all clause
In the American constitution has been
abolished and might makes right has
been inserted In its stead"
"You are right In that. waverlnnd. Tile
boasted liberty of America Is only In the
name when they submit 10 being gov
crned by money, backed up by physical
force. just look at Jay Could he counts
his wealth by the hundreds Of inillioasl
When he wants TO steal anything by law
he finds plenty 10 help him. Liberty, Ia.
deed It's all bosh''
81 do not wonder that we hear OF riots
md strikes. No one would object Co his
great wealth II lie would allow fair wages
60 HIS employees. But when. month after
month, he cuts down their wages few
cents at a time. until starvation IS at their
doors, am not surprised that they rebel
Then / have heard that HIS men are com
PEELED TO pay a monthly tax so establish
and maintain a hospital fund. under Mr.
Jay Gould's finely organized system OF
tyranny" I said, as we started for our
little boarding house after a long ride In
this dukedOm
Tins riding and chatting fron dav 10