President. to which I desire to refer incidentally. is that many of the States in the West have had. relatively. large amounts of surveying done upon lands whidh are not occupied. Several of these States do not require money for surveys of the public lands to the extent that other States require this money. and there ought to be some better method for the distribution of this money. I had prepared an amendment to offer on this point. providing that the amount thus appropriated shall be distributed among the several States and Territories in proportion to the amount of occupied unsurveyed land in each State and Territory at the close of the fiscal year ending I think it is fair that such a provision shall be adopted. but after consultation with some Senators from the States of the West. who have intimated to me that while at the present time their people are not suffering so much as ours are from a lack of these surveys. yet it will not do for them to agree to this amendment. because it might be quoted against them in the future with reference to the coming in of immigrants who would ask for surveys. I shall not insist upon offering the amendment. but I trust the committee will see fit to accept the amendment offered by the Senator from Idaho. The nation can not afford to be stingy and mean in assisting settlers to obtain homes for which the nation receives pay for the land. and taxes thereupon thereafter.
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