Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-01-03
URGES Working
Of COAL Fields
WOULD HAVE DUE ADHERENCE
10 CONSERN ALTON IDEA.
NEWLECISLATION NECESSARY
Consumer Must Pay Too Much--Com,
missioner bennett Wishes
bonded Clerks.

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Washington Jan, development
OF the coal fields both In Alaska and
the United states, with due adherence
to the principles Of conservation" IL
strongly urged by Commissioner Dem
nett, or the General Land OFFICE. IN
his annual repor, 10 the Secretary Of
the Interior made public today lie
wants the coal delivered ~ the bins
OF the ultimate consumer at the
cheapest possible price, nut at the
same time wants legislation which
would prevent the fields falling into
the hands of the monopolcs
1T Is imperative he said, that
new legislation ha passed covering
the disposition Of coal lands in Alas
Ia and In the United states The in.
adequacy OF the present laws IL uni
Nersaliy conceded. This proposition,
therefore, needs no argument The
! progresses Of advancement I'm the
West Is being retarded under present
conditions by the difficulty in tho
successful opening NJ new mlucs un-
der legislation az It exists today.
! Competition has been checked. The
consumer is having to pay.therccorc,a
greater price than It would be rea-
sonable 10 expect he would have to
pay II II were possible to open new
mines under legislation which would
encourage the development Of this
resource
Legislation, however. Witch would
] moi Ynintn la
/ right of supervision over the market.
Ing OF the product, would be mis-
take he continues 80 throw this
resource open 20 that the coal de-
poslts would ultimately pass into the
hands OF the monOpolies and trusts
would he to render the conditions
worse than they are at present. Con-
gress, therefore, should carefully
guard the enactment OF legislation,
and see TO II that the requisite con-
/ troll Is retained IN the United States.
that combination for the purposes
OF unjustly advancing prices can be
checked through government super
! vision"
The abolition OF the positions OF
register and receiver In the local land
offices and the creation Of one post
uoh In lieu OF the two, IL recommend
ed. This course, he says. would re-
SUIT In considerable saving NJ well as
better administration. Under the
present SYSTEM both officers are re-
sponslble for tho work Of the office
| The substitution of bonded clerk
/ FOR the register aud receiver II urged,
which. with the difference between
! his proposed salary and the salary
now paid to receivers would amount
( In II saving To- the gvernment of about
1lbO.O0a according TO the report.
/ The only reference In the reprt 10
the Rallinger-pinchot investigation 4,
contained IN the paragraph declaring
that the amount ~ work performed
during the past year
The total cash receipts from the
| snles VI public lands, including fccs
and commission on both original and
llnal eutrics for The fiscal year 1910,
were SS,3f 1873. tho report says Mis-
ceilancous receipts were Az follows:
From sales of indian lands Ss.O31,-
sol; reclamation wster-risht chargea,
si1o.bSG; depredattons on public
lands. aud sales ot government
property, and copies ot records and
plats. 4lSfliS. making the agsre-
gate total OF cash receipts OF this bu-
reuu during the fiscal year 1910. Sill.
1892, q decrcase " St5s.49t from
the fiscal yeur 1909.
The aggregate expenditures aud cs-
tlmlied lighllties of the public land
service, including expenses 81 district
Land originally cntered during tho
iard Offices, wore S8.t79,SgS: leaving
a net surplus ~ tS.2Si,55o.
The total are, NJ public and indian
fiscal year 1910 Is. according to the |
report, Hs,S9l,s69 acres, m incrcase
OF 6,i0S,7g5 arres az compared with
the area entered during the year
1909 THIS large Increase Ia due 10
The great number pf entrees made lr |
the Northwest. principally IN the state
Of Montana, whore. at one office,
Great Falls, there WAS approximately |
as much land entered during the past
fiscal year namely. 2.0st.502. as
there was IN the whols state NJ Mon
tuns during the fiscal year 1903.
The area patented during the fiscal .
year the report SAYS IL tO.qS3.15O|
acres. decrease of i,S25,Gsi acres
rs comp7rcd with tho fiscal year
1903 The number OF uatents issued
during the fiscal year 1910, however.
exceeded that OF 1909 by 2.18S OIL
this area 7.404,5g6 acres we're pat
ented under the homestead law.
Urging a change IN thc place of talS-
iug proofs from before the register
and receiver or limited 5tstcscommis-
sioner which entails largo expense
upon the applicant. who with his
witnesses has to journey t. their Off
cea Commissioner Dennett Gays:
Apart from this expense Of tho
claimant tho procedure Ia not salts.
factory The work OF special agent
Is largely That of investigating cases
whore false proofs have been made
Il IS respectfully recommended that
more expeditions way. and one
whero there would hc less cost 10 the
claimant would be under Il system
allowing proofs to he taken upon tho
land llsclG before a gpc0lai agent dea-
isnatod TO yilit tho land, who should
he authorized 10 collect from the
clnimant a fine The amount OF which
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