The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-03-23
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trust for the people as custodlans. II
we boast OF a free country, let 1t be
free. Don't let it be controlled BY
| monopolists and!combinations which
are striving to control the public do
main In some manner for their own
selfish use and benefit and against the
| welfare OF the people and the progress
of the country. can safely say there
| is 80 per cent of the business men OF
the country deceived by the combina-
tion which Is striving TO control the
public domain. It Is one OF the best
organized, most far reaching and
smoothest working combinations
which has ever existed in this country
and the most dangerous since our
Civil war. They are organized from
the Atlantic to the Pacific and know
what happens from one end of the
continent to the other in a few hours
time. This combination has been
working for the past five or six years
to control all the public domain. 1t
cares little by what method 1t can ac-
complish its ends as long as 1t can
take all of the public domain out Of
the market.
The Real Land Grabber.
"The men who are talking about
the monopoly and land grabbing are
the very men who are the land grab
bers. 1t is not the Timber and Stone
act that has taken up the public do
main to such a great extent. For the
last five years the lands were taken
up by first setting aside forest re-
serves.
Grafters Galore.
1.-THE people who advocated the
same were the people who received
millions upon millions of acres OF scrip
from the government inside OF the
said forest reserves. know OF over
200, 900 acres of land taken up in one
day in the state of Idaho by the same
people that are flooding the country
with literature and printed matter
crying out against land grabbers.
They are the land grabbers them
selves. That is the way they take TO
further their own interests and de-
ceive the public and business men of
the country.
"As I have stated 80 per cent OF our
honest, intelligent business men are
deceived by the deep laid plans Of this
combination. 1t takes setl1e study TO
uncover the main object OF those who
are trying to control the public do
main. Who pays for the literature
mailed broadcast over the United
States, to every newspaper, to every
banker, to every business man OF note:
1T is not true as published that
there are millions of acres taken UP
under the timber and stone act by tile
large land owners. The large land
owners are not in favor of the timber
and stone law because they cannot
control the same. It is our best citi
zens, college graduates, school teach
ers, farmers. clergymenEof all denomi
nations and others that take up l6'
acres under the timber and stone act
who pay the government $3.50 an acr'
and use the same for their own specia
benefit.
$50. OoO. 900 Recovered Annually.
"There is now about $50, O00,0 re
ceived from the sale of the publ
LANDS which has been set aside for tn
benefit of irrigation under the re
lclamation act, TO. be used for irri
eating purposes to help to open a
| the arid and semi-arid lands. Thi
sum is increased every year largel
from the sale of the public domai
under the timber and,stone and til
committed homestead Jaw. It woul
be a dangerous move to stop the re
venue of the present fund for irriga
| tion by repeating the timber an
stone law. The irrigation is ney
movement which requires close a,
| tention from congress In the matte
LOT expanding the moneys receives
from the sale of our public lands.
| 1.-THE dav may come, should til
public domain be taken out OF tn
market that the business men of tn
country will have their eyes opened t
the workings of this combination
Then 1t may be too late to remed
matters.
'All I would say to the averag
business man Is, study the PROPOSE
tion. Look into the millions OF do
lars which the combines have receive
from the sale of scrip during the las
i've or six years. They are now re
ceiving from IS 90 to SI0.0 per acr
for this. The issuing OF scrip Is no
repeating the law as IL was suppose
to be by the last congress. Any ma
can get all tile scrip be wants toda
IL lie has the money to pay for II
Look carefully into this matter b,
fore you repeal any OF our presen
. land laws"
To Ship Soon.
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