Gunnison news-champion., 1907-03-08

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Gssssd drawing tighter sad tighter
the ssrWs under which trscts may
he segr~sssed frow the ofen dosa~ia
until now the poor settler for who~s
benefit the original laws were drawn
fnds II next 10 impossible 10 comply
with the regulations. The rssslts are
that the ipOR AREBEING TURN
ED FROM THE LANDS AND
THEIR ACQUISITION MORE
THAN EVER RESTRICTED To
THOSE WHO HAVE LEAST DIR
ECT USE FOR THEM, but who
can best acquire them for exactly
the purpose Washington sought TO
prevent; that ls, 10 make money oSt
Of them through their suhseq uent
sale TO those who ns<d them.
Between the new homestead laws
and the government reclamation
bureaus activity, the desert land
laws and the restriction for bring
ing water TO sSch lands, it is the
syndicate. the combinstion Of capi-
tai and tie governmsent itself WHICH
nos control the opea isHds oi the
Wsst. Sssk ing 10 shut out the
synAicaAs, tAs Osssssasss lsss naAe
tie sysdicsss s~asAer Of sks sitSs-
tioa. A poor nsan no longer dsrss
take Hp dessert land claim. The
work reqsirsd 10 Of y nature that
can only be accomplished by capital
Therefore, the syndicates take up
the desert landa. water them, and
instead OF the sctsal settler getting
govsrnment lands At from 80 cents
to el.25 IN acre. the syndicate gets
them At such pricea, puts on the
wster aud rssells 10 the settIer ut
fron &s5 to ESQ an acre. Or the
government waters the land and
charges the settler the same price.
between them they nov rule the
the great body Of the unoccapied
lands suscepsible to future irriga-
ton.
Through the forestry regulations
and in connection with the reclama-
ton work the government has with
drawn from entry almost the entire
area of its Western lands. Except
isolated and detached tracts little
land remains in such sections a. the
possible settler might pick a farm
with any degree of assurance that
he would have q market for his pro-
ducts within his own lifetime. GOV
ERNMENT AGENTS, RED TAPE,
GOVERNMENT FEES AND
WASHINGTON'S Suspicious
NOW HAMPER AND CONFINE
THE SETTLER OF THEUNUSED
LANDS until the unsuccessful for
whose particular benefit the origi-
nal laws were drawn confronts such
a maze of bnriness ENHANCEMENT
that he. usually child in business
methods, is frightened from his in
tent TO enter lands, or having enter
ed lands, and settling upon them
abandons them in fear and tremb-
ling after brief experience. The
syndicate comes then and takes
what it wants; it is not afraid of
business methods, knows and can
rise to them.