The sun., 1873-04-17
Radical Projects of Land Reform,

Al recent meeting of the Land Tenure
Reform Association at Exeter Hall in Lon
don. Mr.. JoHN STUART Mill took occasion
10 make an explicit stat, meut of the def
mite objects which the land rcformers in
England have IN view, and the means they
propose to use for the attainment of their
purposes.
The British land reformprs have two
grounds Of complaint against exist
ing laws and customs which are
peculiar to that country, and therefore
are of secondary interest to Americans
These are the laws of entail aud primogcu-
iture. and the practice of dividing the
common lands among the rich landhold-
crs TO the exclusion of the poor. The laws
of pIinogeniture. which are against the
spirit of the ancient common law Of Eng
land, were introduced by WILLIAM the
Conqucror. by the accumulation of land
IN few hands il was the intention to
create an aristocratic privileged class
which by its wealth would be able to keen
the people in subjection, and by its inter-
ests would he attracted to the support Of
the Crown under all circumstances. How
well this intention has been realized the
records of history and the flow of current
events abundantly show.
Tb. oonv.r.iou az ,,,,l,iio land 80. ..,.,,,
mons 10 private ownership. u, il has br.n
practised in England, is II wrong OF great
magnitude, and it il wonder that II has
been submitted 10 AT all. There was time
when much Of the land of the country was
not appropriated. hut was open to all the
inhabitants of the neighborhood TO feed
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ments iu,r.,sir,, tho yoIuo of,i. r,a,,,.,.
ne i h,.tlv entitled to tho hon.e, -, s,,,i,
increase. L,,t VIM, ~ l. or,,,, ,,,., ,.o',''
landlord .its stilI and wit. for ,h, ou,,.,','
the labor. and the eYn,ndituro of otI.,,
men 10 rai,. the volue af his nronort, nv
imurov.ments n,1o oconu, hir, H.,
Mr. Mn, and his follou.r, '.s.,r, ,h,, 49,.
creased vain. tbus oc,uirad .houId Rem,
the property of the public. This idea
they propose to realize by new system Of
taxation They demand the recognition of
the principle that the State has q lust
right to levy Il special tax which shall
take from the landlord the unearned