Thereare not fifty thousand acres of surveyed public lands in California today that are suitable for agricultural purposes. I defy contradiction of this statement. The provision of this bill specifying the kinds of land that shall be surveyed is very proper. and I hope it will be adopted. but to stop the snrveyof the public lauds in California. to take away t lc inducements to immigration which our people so much desire. to refuse to throw into market those seventynine million aerems of unsurveyed public landsto deny the people the ehane to purchase them and pay their money into the Treasury of the United. States would be a most disatrous mistake. On this question I speak for California.
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