| Show d w LAND REVIEW L I 1 afy for extension of surveys 1 in increase orease of clerical force in i i general liand land office 4 feature ture of commissioner stocks report which will be com aled d by toe the people of the laud land p 8 in which public surveys are 0 mp lete Is the recommendation 0 increased creased appropriations lor for tying ng public lauds lands and his bis i irks s in this connection tending to imbat hat good work cannot be done g ae pricel prices 7 to 8 1 per mi lenow ed for surveys g act at of march 3 1887 directs that i grants snail shall be adjusted within j delay lay aud and much fault hasteen has been d fj 1 A with the land office for M te parent laek of energy in al it seems that con B in a its wisdom or lack thereof li rough ugh the carelessness of men r i agthe the matter in charge does dods not 14 0 that t it is utterly ims sible to abt the e largest slants grants tor for the rea that t millions of acres ol of lauds lands ve hip the granted and indemnity 10 and no ampro lon has been made to meet the 0 i kase of the surveys absolutely in dispersible in the Nd adjustment ot of the grants by reason failure to survey the lands in these grants the companies are permitted to hold the lauds lands without taxation and reap the benefits ot of the increase e I 1 in a value while the people along tue line lined are c impelled la ie carry the ifie entire burden ot the local government 10 this is outrageous discrimination in favor avor ot of the corporations discouraging to the would be settler bottler and detrimental to the growth of communities and improvement odthe of the cou country coultry itry practically defeating the dialects for which the grants were man made it to ie to be doped that the very seq sensible sIble eions of the Commiss commissioner ioder on the subject of surveys will be by the secretary ot of the interior vind and acted upon by congress at the next session the adjournment ul ot congress Con Kreus on saturday without having passed either the general land bill or we the bill forfeiting rall railroad road grants f fu lalla the pred predictions ic eions made in the first of this series of lettes letters 0 10 o which reference has one once or twice been made since it is I 1 iu u be hoped that the next session of congress will be more productive or of results in tola tais re the presidential election will then have become a oz 01 the pa aud and legislation for the good ot of the country without reg regard u tl tu effect upon political organizations or the prospects of candidates tor for office aty be enacted the suggestion of the commissioner that the force of his office should be increased should be seconded heartily by all persons interested inland in land matters the tact fact that final entries oeva rio rious as classes lug before the land aple office aad that with its force atie 0 office C q can dispose of only obly about acres per annum is bent argument to prove the need of increased force and a strong effort should be made by the people ol of the land states slates and territories to impress upon the minds of their representatives senta tives in congress the importance of their interests and necessity for inore prompt adjudication ot of laud land cases HENRY ri COPP |
