The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-11-20

sold, claimants can come in who. at the time |
OF the conveyance, we're "under age. in pri- |
son, beyond seas, mad, or unborn Hence. |
no one OF limited means can pretend TO buy |
land and make good the title; aud thu exist- |
enee of small prOpretors, such as the yeo.
manry, Is made impossible. Other difficulties
exist regarding leases, for frequently farmers
have No guarantee that they will get returns
for improvements, except in conditions not
likely to transpire In some of the details of
our statement it is not improbable that we
mistake some things, but the general ideas
must be accepted as correct
The kind of farming which is carried on is,
Of ITSELF indication of all these difficulties.
The main products are meat and bread, which,
siDgularly enough, correspond to the products
OF barbarOus people, Large estates are in
grass, grain, and turnips, and the greater part
of agricultural industry is devoted to the pro-
duction of beef and mutton; for, If we may
believe the statement, in England only 100, 900
acres are in wheat, while in Ireland there are
10000 acres. Meanwhile, with the pro-
ducts of their factories a vast trade is carried
on with all parts Of the world, bringing in ex-
change articles of necessity and luxury. With
the rural population so pinched and degraded,
it is no wonder that they seek relief in drink,
and abandon the farms, crowd into towns, pro-
ducing agitation and disorder, ending in riotous
demands for bread.
1t cannot be that this CHASTITY picture, which
is drawn from the English papers, gives cor
rect idea of England and her people, nOtwith-
stending we give the following from gentle
man in this cty:-This summer he accOmpa-
MED a shooting party on large English estate,
where thirty men were engaged in beating up
the game, and for eleven months these men
had not tasted meat In the towns and cities
| there must be millions OF men, decently
clothed and fed, who these pinching months OF
scarce and dear bread are deliberating how re-
| forms shall be established that the pleasant
days Of merry England may return. These
are they who, during our national struggle,
| hoped for the triumph of the right, and now
| we can do no less for them.
In our view of the subject and with the
| light bestowed by the occupancy and settle
ment of a new country, two remedies seem
| open and demanded. One is au immigration
on large scale of manufacturers and skilled
| laborers to the United States, where they will
| be doubly welcome; or to Australia, where
they are sorely needed. The other is a radical
reform OF the laws by which landed property
is held, and to such an end that small prOprie-
torships will be encouraged, and be considered
as the bulwark OF liberty. Nothing is more
| certain than that the system by which one
| hundred men own more than half of the land
| in England must come to an end. They will
| be wise if the end is not marked with confla-
| grafton and blood. We can all see now that
when England lost her yeomanry, she entered
| upon a course directly tending to the dire and
impending disasters of these days, and that
| the same yeomanry made America glorious.
| England can have no peace till corresponding
| class shall again till her soil, again plant
| orchards care for bees, and be proud of small
| daiIies and hocks, and thus bring to an end
the tyrannous, grasping, and cruel reign OF
| landed monopoly.