Then we are besought by the holders of this scrip getting into various hands and channels to enlarge the purposes for which the scrip can be used to increase the purposes and the objectsfor which it can be sold. and in this way speculation is encouraged andinjury is done to the public lands and to the settlers upon the public lands. . I want upon the public lands actual settlers. men who will cultivate the lauds in small quantities. one hundred and sixty acres or thereabout. Instead of that large bodies of these lands go into the hands of speculators. and they are held at prices too high for emigrants or settlers. and the country is kept unsettled at a great disadvantage to the States and communities in which the land lies. I shall support the amendment of the Senator from Kansas.
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