The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-09-07


close relations with the Indian he is
dealing with. The time and money
thus necessary to he expended Is
charged MP to the Indian to be taken
into consideration In the final settle
ment. The result will inevitably be
that, when the day of settlement ar
rives. the Indian will realize nothing
of substantial value and his land Will
be gone.
Furthermore. under this system
| the rewards of ultimately owning the
lands which can be sold from time 70
| time will be enjoyed only in the most
instances. by those having the inclina-
! tion to maintain their influence, by
questionable methods. over the more
| ignorant and susceptible of our people
| throughout the years preceding the
arrival of the time when title can be
| given.
Again. aside from the conditions
| above set out, in the sale of the lands
| i'm the small and disconnected tracts
! permitted by existing law. the real val
| ue of the land cannot be commanded.
! The largest tract that can be sold by
! an allottce. Gnder the law as 1t now
! stands. is one-fourJh of the surplus
| lands. one year after the issuance OF
! patent or forty acres. II this land
! could be- sold in areas large enough for
| farms the highest pos sible land values
| could be commanded "a the hands of
actual settlers. who would food our
country with money for homes and
| with laudable ambitions 10 do their
part toward the development of the
country, if permitted TO acquire lands
| suitable for their purposes
BY thus disposing of their surplus
lands at fair prices and receiving the
| money therefor in substantial amounts
our people would he enabled to inn
! prove and develop their homesteads
and thus the highest purposes of the
| government would be attained. The
surplus lands of our people would pass
for a fair value, not into the hands of
the spectators and grafters, but to
those who would develop them and
thus add TO the. wealth of the future
state and what is of more importance
TO Us. our people would be relieved
from the clutches of those who seek
10 secure what they have by pandering
TO their vices and weaknesses. ana
made Independent and self-supporting.
The act of Congress recently pass
ed providing for the removal of re-
slrictions of adult citizens of the Five
Civilized Tribes has been of no bene-
it to our people II has, rather. been
tn" means of incr asing the power of
those who would plunder them Under
the preteXt of assisting them in hav.
ing their restrictions removed, render.
ing services and paying expenses in
/ connection herewith, the spectators
and grafters have been enabled to fur.
ther entangle the more ignorant of
our people and to thus force them in
: To further uncomfortable contracts
| designed to ultimately acquire their
surplus lands for practically nothing
If present conditions continue the
alienable lands of our people viii pass
| from them in driDlets and they will
r have nothing when it is gone. If Their
, restrictions. as to their surplus lands,
are wholly removed, their lands will
, pass into the open market and be
; bought and paid for by actual settlers
I and our people will be freed from the
power Of the CRATER and specuator
| earnestly recommend that you EN-
body these views in a suitable memo
+ rial. addressed to the Congress of the
. United States. urging that the restric
tiOns upon the sale of the surplu;
: lands of our adult citizens. be wholly
removed.
| Repeal Of the Cattle Tax