It was obvious that if the Government continued to reserve these lands from sale, some form of tax or royalty on their products must be resorted to as a measure of financial policy; but this would have involved the same political anomaly as the policy of leasing, and the same failure.
Julian discusses the financial implications of reserving land from sale and the need for a tax or royalty system.
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