Daily Yellowstone journal., 1892-08-16
THE RIGHT POLICY.
Has Been Pursued Towards All
Settlers on Public
Lands.
Report nf EXC commissioner Car
ter Showing Work he
Accomplished


er Garter N v.l.uiuou- utI tilt brisf !
synopsis has hten fur,i~iitu th+ Irt:*~.
hut tlnt little t-ho"s thut by Intelligent
hn,n labor the ntlice wA~ brought
as,rra-t with current uu-in+s+ befure |
MIR, Carter rt-'Eueu.
"a turt:ul Trading nt this :tl,ort' 'nas $
T. :un1i>.iCner Garter, Twill demon.
>trate that the Liberal and just pnlicy
toward the settlers upon the public do"
main adopted by Secretary Nnhle ut
| the teglnninx Of this administration
| has bee.i productive Ut very sati.fac"
tory and bent ticia| results. felt JUS
tilted tn predicting III my annual re-
| port Of last year that with the force
| then ut command 'he huriuess Of this
bureau would be brought up abreast
with current work by the enh Of the
tisca! year just closed. It IL gratifying
to lie now to be ab1e to report TO you
| that literal fultit1ment Of that pre-
diction has BEEN fully contaminated.
In ord, that the magnitude of the
work done during the last fiscal year
may readily be comprehended and the
results accomplished fully appreciated
| [ feel warranted it, referring to and
discussing btittly the policy that gov
erned und contr lied the hustne+s Of
this ntt1ce under the last administers
tion from 1885 to 1850.
! Commissioner Sparks, in his annual
report for thr ti-cal year ended June 80,
1855 .aid: t1he cuttet of NY udnlin-
jstra,iuu t WAS confronted with the
overwhelming evidence that the puh-
he domain was nrihE u1nde II prey of
interruptions speculation nnd the
wu,st torln- Of monopoly thr ugh ryH-
ttmati: tr4.ld carried on and cj4-.sn,-
nln1ed uuder the public land laws !"
lie further stated III the tnlle report,
In discussing the subject Of c,n'1nuted
hu1tes eAhs, ttIht the Proportion OF
'rauuuteat en- <ies of this kind cnuld
he u,ure nearly estimated at the whole
number of such entries than in Aty
other nAut.t!; that The AvelnEe nro>
portion at fraudulent pre.emptinn tiI-
iugs to the total number If such tn-
tries than in any other manner: that
the average proportion of fraunuleAt
pre-emption filings to the total NUM-
ber of filings mAd- and reltn4ui>hed
should be estimated IN round uunlbtrs
at exactly leu per ceut, and that 30 pc.
cent of all tinber culture entries vert
fraudulent. Having become wrong
fully inlbued with the idea that nearly
ali, or ut least very large proportion
Of entries made upon the public do
main were fraudulent, aud that th'
great body OF wei; disposed settler
were unaorupulous speculators, 1t i
!. not surprising that COMMISSIONS
Sparks Oh April 8,l885, Issued an or
der suspending action on all entrie
, Except Oh certain scrip. locations au'
! On private cash entries) In the who|
of Colorado, except tn the Ute 1e.er
IL walton, and in all of Dakota, Idaho
Utah, Washington. New Mexic*
Montana and Wyoming, and portion
OF Kansas, Nebraska and Minnesot.
The detrimental Effect OF this All
! other sweeping orders, and of the ni'
\ taken impression and policy wh:c
prompted them, upon the business 1
= this office, WAS very great, and ss
consequence this administrat &
assuming the reins of government
1889, WAS confronted by land Off,
greatly demorallzed in all its ramiflc
tiona. Injustice, or denial Of justic
under the machinery of the law, W
tts dominant feature. The settler wi
ut had honestly and laborlously and
ic: much hazard aud heavy expense cor
piled in good faith and with all the r
qutrements Of the laws, outraged al
indignant at the multiplied ipjuri
inflicted in him by ymaladmintstratio
demanded patent title to the land
had, by settlement, cultivation al
compliance with the law fully earne
Thus, by reason Of this erroneous a
non mistaken policy, the legitimate cha
%oo nels Of business in this Office had
;90. come ologged, and by reason of wloI
ter ful delays vast amount Of woIk b
accumulated, there being ut the cl
ave of the flsoal year ended June 80, 10
$50, ,953 entries of all kiuds pending
awaiting consideration. Under til
circumstances a change of policy Y
deemed necessary. Hence, shor
after March 4, 1850, a new administ
cap tive policy, based on liberal and
the lightened interpretation of the pu1
land laws, was adoped by you, and