The Great Land Slide

The following officinl figures f-iiow how the publio Unds havo been disposed of daring the past ten years down to last November. Acres. Uuder tlio Homestead lawa 10,-.1 Granted to soldiere Ol,W itioual Qlven to Btatea Glven to companies...... 11,11 Por canala 1.' For wagon roada Torallroada 1820 Total 402,890,934 All of this, oxnept tbe 13,301,980 acres urider tho Homeetead lawa to nctuul selllers has been a awindle of tho laboring clns?cs, who alone have a right to the public inds. Here we have 30'),088, noro t'iat have jrone into tho Intids of speculutors. ri'he lands given to eoldiers ns well as to edneation, eanol, wagon roads, etc., liare nearly all pnrc the sarr.o way for soventy-fivo centn, in Btead of SI. 25 por acre. iSoldicrs should have been paiil in cash. Thore were last Novombor, exclusive of Alaska, but 1,086,756,663 acres left, of which one-half comprise tnotvntaÍDS and deperts, loavingbut about 600,000,000 of frood land to disposo of. Oí' this about 00,000,000 aeres have beon given to the Northern Pacific Railwuy and probably oooagh to other Bp'eouUtore to make it a round 100,000,000 leaving but 400,000,000 for pnrobaae, settlement und douations to railvvays !