Classic U Timber Sale

Author : William Welsh
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780428025328
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (253 download)

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Download or read book Sales of Indians' Pine Timber (Classic Reprint) written by William Welsh and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-06 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Sales of Indians' Pine Timber Timber by Agent Smith to F. P. Clark, was made honestly, equitably, and as a necessary measure of relief to starving Indians. There is certainly room for grave questions as to the honesty of a sale made under the following circumstances: Agent Smith did not allow time for the purchasers to examine any portion of that for which they were asked to bid. Your Commissioners assert that publication was made in the newspapers for nearly four weeks I am informed that it was advertised only seven times in one paper in Minne apolis, and not in St. Paul. The first advertisement appeared on Sunday, july 14th, and the subsequent advertisements Were from the 23d to the 28th of july; the bids to be opened at the White Earth Reservation, a very distant point, on the first of. August. The advertisement of the 14th of july was the only one that was generally available, as a bid mailed on the 23d would not have reached the White Earth Reservation until after the first of August. Eugene M. Wilson formerly member of Congress, and others, testified before the Committee of the Minnesota Legislature, that from the form of advertisement and the short time allowed, and other circumstances, they did not think it a eoimfia'e proposal. F. P. Clark went in person, and he swears that he was obliged to pay Lorrin Fletcher, the intimate friend of Agent Smith, $1200 to tell him the lowest price at which he could purchase the timber, and to secure the contract for him. Agent Smith admits that Clark paid $1200 to Fletcher, averring, how ever that Fletcher said he received this consideration for declining to bid for the timber. The contract was ex ecuted by Agent Smith, the price being per M. For the pine timber belonging to the very needy In dians situated on Oak Point, their consent having been previously obtained. If the timber had been properly advertised, time allowed for its examination, and then sold in lots to suit purchasers, it would no doubt have brought twice or three times the price for which it was sold. Subsequent events show that 1t was not disposed of by Agent Smith as a measure of relief to starving. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.