The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1874-01-06

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buy thousands of acres Of the best
farming and coal lands in Pennsylva-
mia, extending from Milton to Louis
burg, from Louisburg to Sunbury and
Northumberland, no better than which
either for farming or mineral pur'
poses, is there, even in that State OF
fabulous mineral and farming re-
sources. Him and his brother adopt
ed the tenant system, and now you
may travel mile after mile in The coun,
ties of Union, Luserne, Northumber-
land and Wyoming, and meetNnot an
owner of the soil-they all belong to
Simon & Brother, and the State is
fast drifting into the hands Of a landed
aristocracy--the existence Of which is
a curse to be deplored by the nation
where it prevails, and is curse 10 the
State, and an evil and sore affection
upon any people.
\ PARALLEL.
AS parallel case, except, perhaps,
in the Winnebago matter, in our own
State, we may mention the name OF
the Hon. Henry 6. Davis, U. S. Sen
ator elect from West Virginia. On
what meat this, our Cesar has fed OF
late, that he has grown so great, is
more than your correspondent can di.
vine; but, certain it is, that he and his
amiable brother, are fastening to all
the valuable wild lands within reach,
buying both large and small tracts,
until, we are creditably informed
their acres now number one hundred
thousand. These lands lay along the
Black Fork Of Cheat and its tributa'
taries, stretching across to and along
the North Bank Of the Potomac, con,
tanning some Of as fine farming lands
os there is in the State, and as fine
mineral and timber land as there is in
the world. Coal, iron and other min
erals are here without end.
A THOUSAND HoMEs-How THE SET.
TIER CAN BUY THE LAND.
Here is land enough to make a
thousand homes OF hundred acres
each, held by one bold and daring
speculator for future rise-and this
man our national representative
while the papers and people of the
State are grooming and whining be-
cause emigrants and industrious men
of other States do not come here to
utilize and make fertile the uncultiva-
ted lands which are within the grasp
of greedy spectators. Send one OF
your unsophisticated German settlers
to the Senator to buy fam. and the
colloquy which would ensue would be
to this effect: Senator, / under
stand you have some land, and wish
to purchase me a small farm OF a hun.
dred and fifty or two hundred acres ;
what do you ask for it have land,
sir, which I will sell you for three or
five dollars per acre, according to To-
cation, but I reserve the right to the
timber and minerals. After they are
removed. the balance is yours" This
don't enter into the German settlers
notions of ownership; if he buys land
and understands his business, as most
Of them do, he buys from the centre of
the earth up. He is not favorably i'm
pressed with the tactics Of West Vir-
ginia spectators, and turns his atten-
ton toward Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa,
Minnesota, Michigan, Missouri and
Texas, where he can purchase Of less
greedy land-sharks, and goes on, add
ing by his persevering industry and
skill, to the strength, wealth and i'm
portance OF the land Of his adoption.
THE BASIS OF TAXATION.
The case of the Honorable Senator
is no exception. There are thousands
of acres Of land in this section Of the
State, owned by spectators, who re-
side in Pennsylvania and New York,
and elsewhere, that would support a
population of thousands, and who IN
turn, would add millions to the resour-
ces OF The Commonwealth by the re-
suit Of their industry, could these
lands be thrown open to settlement.
Take you the trouble to step into the
Court House Of Tucker county, and
you will find these valuable lands APP
praised at from twelve and a half to
twenty five cents per acre, which
makes the taxes merely nothing; while
the real settlers, who have spent years
of toll in clearing up and settling up
their lands. and making roads for the
benefit of these nabobs, are made to
dance to the full extent Of their ability
on the tax roll.
THE REMEDY.