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Show 84 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN APFAIBB. Mr. Jennings promptly deposited the money for the logs, amounting . to $211,600, and, so far as I have heard, the delivery of the logs was accomplished in an entirely satisfactory manner. The result to the Meuomonees of the season's logging may be stated as follows: Ctross reoeiots ................................................ $211,600.00 Expenses: Salary of su-perintandent ........................ Salary of assistant superiotendeut .............. 491.66 Foreman ........................................ 291.00 Advertising ..................................... 158.66 Scaling. ........................................ 1,382.25 Miscellaneous.. .................................. 215.68 4,411.25 Net proceeds ............................................ 207,188.75 Of which there was paid to the Meoomonees for their la ...b.rob0 $68,216.88 Placed to their credit in the United States Treasury one-Eftb of net proceeds, to be used for their benefit st the discretion of the Seoretary of the Interior, as required by the act ......... 27,782.38 Balance placed to the credit of the tribe to bear5per oent inter-est, sneh intereat to be used for their benefit at the disaretion of the Secretary of the Interior, as required by the act.. ..... 111,129.49 201,188.75 This is a great improvement on the planfollowed x-ith these Indians sonie years ago, of allowing them to market their dead and down time ber only, and placing all the proceeds, except a small percentage for stumpage, in the hands of theloggers; it was soon squandered, and the other members of the tribe received little or no benefit from it. Now the workers receive fair wages and a sum is accumulating in the United States Treasury to the credit,of the whole tribe, which is only just, since all have an equal interest in the timber. Still some of the Indians are not satisfied, claiming that the rite per thousand feet al-lowed for banking is too low, and that they should be allowed to sell a greater quantity than the 20,000,000 per annum. Several efforts have been made by them to save Congress change the act, but nofinal action was taken by the last session of Oongress upon any of the bills pre-sented with that object in view. Last;September it was reported to this office that several of the Me-nomonee loggers had realized but little on the previous season's work and were in needy circnmstances, and that they had an opportunity to sell the butts and tops of the timber for shingle bolts. Thematter was called to the attention of their agent, who replied, September 22,1891, as follows : There is considerable timber about all logging camps salable for making nhingles rhich is an incumbrance to the ground where it lien, and I would certainly favor permission to sell such of it as wouldnot, mnnTliot with IoggiKg. |
