The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-19

produced 81. 800 oo 900 OF gold and silver, and IN
tn. Cpur q Alene mountains OF that STATE. that
were thought worthless less than seven years
ago except io- the timber, ara today producing
over 10 per cent. of all the lead produced IN this
country.
Aontsna, not taking into consideration nef
great fiocks and herds, Ia producing from twenty
to twenty hve millions of precious metals per
snnum. In twenty years Nevada poured ia.o
the treasury OF the United States almost sJoo'-
oOo,ooo OF bullion. The output of Colorado 10
90 per aanum. Wyoming, 70 say notn-
Ing OF her great catile and stock ranges. has I'M
menss deposits OF valuable minerals. wash
ington, with her vast timber interest, wnicn W.
H. Sc ward has said would make her the snip
builder OF the world, with her coal, iren, sufer'
ieac, wneat barley, oats, hops aud irui'ss ne,
patriotism and her civilization, stands seuIinsi
upon the rock-bound coast of the Pscihc
Are not these great industries, these people
entitled to consideration? VIII this committees
oy Its action in making appropriation vlrtuaiAy
deny people SO energetic SO patriotic, so IN
custrious, sufficient means with which 70 sur
vey taeir lands, in order that they may sscurs
title thereto? The item for surveys. OF course
will be increased in the Senate. The men wac
compose that body ars not ambitious TO pose
before the country in Transparent role OF mn
ancial folly. No iair-minded man need De toIo
that this is but a bypocritical pretenss OF econ
omy based upon demagogy. The governments
must meet its obligations This Is pam
proposition, thers Is no way to AVOID AZ anu IL
might be- added that honest men are nos LOOK
ing for way.
Not Gully is the amount In this bill for surveys
inadequate, bu. the amount Of $4,000 Tor the
examination OF surveys in the field Is, Deyohu
any question, too small With small amount
for this purpose it is often two, three and tour
years before the townships surveyed can Do
reached and the surveyors in the ted receive
their pay. This always delays the setter IN
making his filings and entry at the local iana
Office aud in every way tends to confusion ana
injustice to the settler, placing him under great
hardships. Unless adequate sums are provided
for these examinations the surveys must remain
In allegiance. TO the great Inconvenience OF she
settler and 10 the Unquestiorab,e injury 10 tae
government and TO tina settler, AID OF irrepar-
able damage TO the states who desire ct the
earliest opportunity to select the lands grained
to them for educational purposes, and which
can not be done unless adequate appropriations
are made for surveys
desire to inform the House that there is
pending at present bill having for its purpose
the reservation OF the townships es surveyed Tor
a reasonable time in order that the new states
to which grants of land were made might have
en- opportunity to make selection. The state l
have the honor to represent upon this floor is
much interested in these lands. I am in re-
the state of Washington, who advises me that
unless bill or sufficient appropriations can be
passed our state will lose millions of dollars In
the value of its granted lands. He says cruisers
are now picking up all the 40-acre tracts which
have been lett by the settlers. The governor
and the state land commissioner have done the
very best under existing circumstances, but
have been enabled TO secure only q little over
$1,000 acres A good portion of this has been re-
iected On account of prior filings
The only way it can be adjusted, Mr.. Chair
man, Is for the congress of the United States to
make just and reasonable appropriations for
these surveys, not in an extravaganza sense, but
in a just and reasonable sense. Appropriate
what the government actually needs for this
purpose. and not try to run the government like
railroad wreckers. What is economy? It is the
expenditure Of government money for honest
purpose in SUMS that are needed. VIII anyone
affirm that an appropriation for the survey of
public lands, I'm order that the honest settler
might acquire title to his land WHOM he has
faithfully and honestly complied with the law,
Ia an extravacant expenditure of the govern
ment funds? Will anyone state that the appro-
priatiou of an amount sufficient TO carry on
these surveys Is not an honest, necessary appro.
priation? Will anyone say that the sum which
shall ask this bill to be amended to Is not
needed?
We have heard many expressions upon the
nOOf OF tnlt c0amDec from members INC u1rlng
in what way they could benefit the farmers. In
crease these appropriations to proper amount
and you may then convince them of the sim
certify of your words. Can any better use OF
the public funds be made than by giving lib
eral surveys and the settler his home? Under
the law only agricultural lands can be surveyed,
and the townships must have at least seven
bona fide settlers who will make affidavit of
their settlement before they can be surveyed. 1t
II plain that there must be settlements to cause
surveys.
Are not the settlers upon the unsurveyed land
OF the United States entitled to as much con-
sideration as the geological bureau, for which a
large appropriation Is made In this bill? Enor-
nous sums have been expended year to year in
this alleged scientific project This without a
pretense of value, while the surveying and ex-
aiming of public lands is entirely forgotten.
We make large appropriations every year to
give the geological bureau an opportunity TO as
certain the variety and number of butterflies,
and to stow away in dusty volumes the result Of
their examinations into prehistoric times and
report whether the birds that existed in tha.
area lived with or without teeth But the
home builder. the settler. that Is developing
new country. building towns AMI villages, turn.
ing vast prairies into huge granary. building
an empire on the other side of the Rocky
Mountains for you and me, is almost totally
neglected. There is no question, sir, of the ne
cessity of the surveys OF pubic lands Settlers
are put to no end of Inconvenience and hard.
ships; nor is this all. States are injured, as
have shown, almost irreparab,y by the failure
OF the government 70 locate the lands which
have been granted fox school and other purposes
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