The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-08-12
- aENERAL I'D oEFIoE. !

Tf4E GENERAL LAND OFFICE.
Report OF ComulissioneF Carter-Ife Flre-
= shOt at His Fredseesaer-yForir Of the
once.
-VvAsHIvaroN. Aug. 8.-The annual
report to the secretary of the interior
of Interpretations of the general land
Office for the fiscal year ended June 30
1892, was made public today n care
full reading Of this report says Commits
sioner Garter, viii demonstrate that the
liberal and just policy towards the set
tiers upon the public domain- adopted
by Secretary Noble at the beginning of
this administration, has been produc-
tive of very satisfactory and bcnehcent
results
felt justified in predicting In M annual re
rort Of last rear that with the force thea at
command The basincss Of This bureau would be
brought Up abreast with the current work ny
ths cad o. the dscal year 5ust CLOSED It Is
gratif fing 10 me now to be able TO rtp9rt 70
you shat literal fuldil mont OF that predi, ton
has been fully rousumma-cd- IN cfIer mat
tho magnitude Of The work doae during me LAST
/ fiscal year may readily be coraprehcnded aud
the results accomplished fully appreciated ]
feel warranted in referring 10 and discussing
briefly the policy that goFeEle1 an soi' llLsa
the business of this ONCE under the lAs- l-HIil.u-
is;ratioR from 1885 20 i-sS.
Commissioner sparks In MS annual report
for the fiscal year Cniing june 81, 1850 s1td;
Al the outset Of ny admtuist ton was CON
rronted with tho overwhelming evidence that
the public domain was being llcc q prey OF IN
scrupui0us speculation AMI the worst forms or
land monopoly through sysiemldc fraud car
laws"
He further stated IN the same report, in dts-
GUESSING the subject Of commutei homes leads,
that the proportion OF fraudulent entries
of this kind could be more nearly csti-
mated NJ the whole number OF such en-
tries than in ANY other manner tit-i
mo average proportion OF fraudulent pre-
emption filings 10 the total number OF ullusd
made and rslinquished should be estt
mr.. tod In md
cent and that % per cent OF al timber culture
/ entries were fraudulent Having become 81 ronG-
fully fmbued with the idea that nearly al, or At
/ least very large proportion OF en- fles mace
upon the public domain were fraudulent and
/ that the great body Of wei disposed settlers
/ were INSCRIPTIONS speculatorS 70 Is not sur
/ prisiuR that Commissioner SPARKS on april $
I 1885, issued order suspenuiug action on an
entries Except on certain scrip loca ions ana
/ on private cash entriesi in the whole OF Colo
/ RADIO, except the Ute reservation, and in all OF
/ Dakota. Idaho. Utah, Washington. New Mex
| leo, Montana Wyoming and portions Of Kan
/ as, Nebraska and MinuesCta-
| The detrimental effect Of this AM other
! impression and policy when prompted mem
I upon the business Of this Oflcs was very
great and as consequence this admins IRA
! ton on assuming the reiGs Of gpVeraIna nj II
1889, confronted b. land once greatly
demoraIiZed in all its rlmihcltiols Unjust
/ ice denial Of Justice undo- the machinery
| Of the law was its dominant feature. The
. settler who had honestly and laboriously and
! ut much hazard and heavy expense comp piled
/ In good faith with al the requirements OF the
] laws outraged and in lignaut at tho multipleI
| injuries inflicted on him By maIadministrato on.
demanded patent title TO the land ne had
By settlement cuIllVlllon anu coiilzl-iAtile VI.
/ the law fully earned Thus by reason Of his
| erroneous and mistaken policy the legitimate
channels OF business IN tAlS once hlH become
/ clogge1 and by reason OF wrongful dCllT q vast
| amount Of work had accumulated, there being
/ at the close OF tho fiscal year ending juno 20,
! 1883, 35o, 0a3 entries OF all kinds pending OF
| awaiting Considera tiou. Under thcso CircuIn-
stances q change OF policy was deemed ueces-
] afafr 7vr aft !. ID
] admins trative policy, based Oa "a liberal and
/ enlightened Interpretation OF the public land
| laws, was adopted b7 you and has been con
/ tinued during tho intervening fiscal years
! Under this new policy settlers are presumed
! TO be honest and we'll disposed toward the
/ government and laws, and pubic business mas
] been expedited " IN marked benehcent results
Ga March 3, 1891. law was pissed entitled
| An act to repeal the timber culture law and
] for other purposes in which CONGRESS mani
/ tested its approval Of the policy. Under
! and by virtue Of section OF that law large
numbers Of cases long suspended on the meresi
| suspicion Of fraud under harsh technical rul
iugs, have been and are being passed TO patent in
manner which, while greatly facilitating bust
ness, also supplies ample safeguards against
all possible fraud
In virtue OF this marked and beneficial
change Of policy and under the favorable leg
islation mentioned, the large number Of ac
cumU1ated entries above stated, together will
addition of 21s,Ol5 entries, received since
the present policy was inauguraled, had OF
Juae 30, 1872, been carefully considered and prop
er action taken thereon
GOT11ftIaE pies accom- Nilt
report show an excess during the foul
fiscal years ended June 30, 1892, ove1
the four years ended June 80, ISsS, il
the number OF acreage of agriculture
| patents issued of nearly 145 per cent
substantially clearing the docket anC
leaving the office on July 1, 1892, vir
tually free to attend to current bushes
rs it arises, AS to mineral and Goa
g patents, the report shows IA excess
under a similar comparison, in th
number OF mineral patents issued, O
9S per cent, and in the number of coa
, patents issued of 224 per cent
clearing the mineral and Goa
dockets and passing to the pee
i. | pie and states and nation millions @
n / permanent wealth. During the periO
: from 1850 to 1892 there were s, 425, 81
: acres of the public domain surveyed q
. against =, rs, 800 during the precedin
: four years During the last fiscal yea
Il the cash sales according to the repOI
aggregated 1,5Tl, ATS acres, ne principe
N stem of which was 913, 19s acres whic
a were entered under the Pre-emptio
A law. The total acreage disposed {
q during the year was Is, CG4,OI9. Thre
% thousand two hundred and fOrty-tyy
l. mineral site patents were issued durin
/. the year, as against 1,592 during I'll
a year 1885,. The report shows that ii
Il vacant public lands in the United Stat,
n aggregate 56T,56s, 7s8 acres
isxcursIonists ia a CoIitsioa.
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