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all. in our won country the british land shark has made his appearance. his ile clutch! which our "ore"athers unwrenched inthe stren#th o" their colonial #reatness! has a#ain been "astened upon our throat. the "ollowin# table will show the e$tent towhich the parasite has insinuated himsel" into our ital parts. let the #ood people o" this country who should know thatmonopoly in land is the death o" "ree institutions% that lar#e estates are the parasites o" republiccs and the death o" small"reeholders let the people read the "ollowin# table with the closeness which its #ra ity should inspire. the san "rancisco dailye$aminer! a leadin# paper on the paci"ic coast says& besides the millions o" acres belon#in# to railroad and other corporations!the amount o" land that is bein# ac'uired by "orei#n capitalists and landloards is "airly ama(in#. inreland is to day #roanin#

beneath the yoke o" oppression! and not many years will roll around be"ore the american tenant! upon hs kness! will also look up into the scowlin# "ace o" his master and acknowled#e his obedience. "ollowin# are a "ew o" america)s "orei#n landlords! andthe amount o" their holdin#s e$pressed in acres& an en#lish syndicate! in te$as the holland land company! new me$ico sir

edward reid! and a syndicate in " lorida en#lish syndicate! in mississippi mar'uyis o" tweedale philips! marshal co london #ermansyndicate an#lo american syndicate! mr. ro#ers president! london byron e ans! o" london! in mississippi duke o" sutherland british! land company! in kansas william whallay! m.p peterboro! en#land missouri land company! edinbur#h! scotland robert british land company! scotland lord dunmore ben*amin new#as! li erpool lord lon#htan! in "lorida lorddunra en! in colorado en#lish and company! in "lorida en#lish! land company! in arkansas albert peel! m.p leicestershire!en#land sir *.l.kay! en#land ale$ander #rant! o" londan! in kansas en#lish syndicate +represented by closs bros.,wisconsin ellerhauser! o" hali"a$! no a scotia! in west ir#inia a scoteh syndicate! in "lorida boysen! danish! cousul! inmilwankee missouri land company! o" edinbur#h! scotland total comentin# upon these startlin# "i#ures! the new york +daily,world! o" the best in"ormed papers o" the time says& the land #rabber is not a "un#us o" nineteenth century #rowth. he "irstcame amon# en#lish speakin# peoples o er centuries a#o. where er his has "ound a standin# place panperism and its se'uence!crime! ha e "ollowed. in the british isles he is known as an acreocrat. since he has e$tended his operations "rom his nati ecountry to our won "ree soil the land #rabber should be e$amined under the microscope o" history analytically! impartially!and truth"ully. the unnaturali(ed "orei#ner threatens us with other dan#ers than those which would be created by our indi#enous american land #rabber. the british acreocrat who owns real estate in this country belie es in the cancer o" en#lishmonarchy with its hideous annals o" nearly a thousand years. he accepts the tradition o" an hereditary house o" lords! a bodycomposed o" the e""ete and played out descendants o" the most tyrannical and pro"li#ate rascals which europe e er produced!

and he will remain an en#lish bluehood in e ery thou#ht and action! which cannot "ail to brin# about in "ree america and onhis own acres here the same po erty stricken class o" peasants as now curse #reat britain and ireland. en#lish upper tendom is represented in recent purchases o" american soil by duke! mar'uis! earls! a baron! baronets and members o" parliament. the

british duke wns acres% the mar'uis! acres% the earls acres% the baron! acres% the brace o" baronets! acres% and the pair o" parliamentary politicians! acres. in the rest o" the land purchased by our brand newimported lords o" the soil! en#land)s#o ernin# acreocrats! are lar#ely represented in their acres. much i#norance is a""ected in american society respectin# thehill shoddyocracy will wine and dine and today him! and perhaps "or his title marry him to some sweet! pure and #oodamerican #irl! whose li"e he herea"ter will be a pur#atory to hersel" and a mutual misery to both. but the land held by the"orei#ner in the united states is a mere ba#atelle. he is odious not because he is a "orei#ner! but the land held by therepresentati e! on the land! o" the odious land system o" the old world! and on the other o" those monarchical ideas which ha emade the #reat body o" the european people unwillin# sla es! reducin# them to the ery er#e o" desperation and star ation.archimedes e$plained! as illustratin# the ast power o" the "ulcrum! that i" he had a place to stand he could mo e him. the"orei#n land shark is still in his in"ancy. we ha e an indi#enous land shark whose maw is so capacious that the rapacity o" hisappetite in no wise keeps pace with its li#htnin# like di#estion. con#ressman william steel holman! o" indiana! o" the pureststatesmen o" these corrupt times! and o" the most thorou#hly in"ormed men o" the country upon the 'uestion o" eminentdomain! and the bestowal o" that domain upon corporation and syndicates! recently said! o" ht "loor o" the house o"representati es! in the course o" a discussion on the post o""ice appropriation bill& is it *ust and proper to re'uire the land#rantrailroads to transport your mails at per cent o" the rates you pay to corporations whose railroads were built by pri atecapital i think it is. i think it liberal and more than liberal when the cost in publicc wealth is considered in the buildin# o" theseland #rant railroads. i submit tables o" the railroads built under the land #rant system! compiled "rom o""icial reports! and they

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