, 1881-10-21
FREE sUIL F0a IisELAND-A DANISH
EXAMPLE.

l
Fnir allotment Vt tni'd ln'ta over III HUI
Thu ott,er shareholders WIRE co'hpe'Ie'l to
bear thelr s'aro Of thu rost "l 'naStls
tho partition; ilU ngrer'nei,t ngailist us
so!yIMg II laut fellowship WIS Ulll!lllis'
nmi It was nntle Illegal 10 es1'"'.sll
any now fellowship Ill tltlHi. THIS WIS loo
years nE,. EIrl,el'elal as thu abo'e'o' ei
community nwHcrsstIp i'll nrnole las"t WIN
agriculture did lot improve becallse ol ''.e
fe,nlnl tellure wh!cl, existed. Farm litiits*
wcrc nut tho frcclo'd pl"pcrsy OF tue cut
iyntorst who were subject tn tlte neoitrafS
will If tla landlords. ntlt wcsc obllsel 10
make cunIpe1isAlis'! for tho use VI tlio lal'l
III thu slluje Uf rcnt aud labar III clilsalil'e
t!., landlords i,lunorinl IelI!esne IllcS
weYc mi In ssIcl, control nrcr tho soil, 't"f
liver t[er Ow,l tiine, nll they lneked sect'f'It
ti,at they would ever e1ljoy lilo be1lcllt ol
their uwn tal,or Atul outlay. Tlie .lonla'ltl
for their Inbur nrtl ye!stcses was at tho very
seusui,s uf see.l-tiiiln aNl harvest, when TIC
tcnhnts desired IL intend to tfeir own tarnls'
THEY wcre a!sn oppressed with cSactlolls III
tl,c form Of titles md Eame laws. Alter
lung mt vigorous aEtatlon t''eS nave se-
c1,res,, si,,cc lS49. tho abolition OF tofcc'l
labor, the tttles llAye been committed. game
laws hnye been reformed, a1Nl there are Die
few faru,s lIuw left which have not bcco'hc
tho frccliDhl property uf tho ncclipierS.
'rlw DaNisl Legislature recogtlzcd this
truth: "AlIkelpoM soclal alni upnil econo'l'-
1cu grounds IT IL mast tlisavAntnEeot's thas
tho l,ul1; of the sull should bc cultivated by
ntllcrs tlali those WHO own IT," afltl lloteFll
legislation III tint country taa occ'a 1Fasl1ca
upon that principle. The process Ut this re-
fnrl!, II described by Il nnttve writer 1T re.
cent li,tnbur nr The IonInn FDrtntuhtty Itt-
ric,e, from which wc gather tic Following
facts;
Lands belonging to tile Slate Or to public
institutions nlid corporations wero dealt with
ilrsi, al,tl no .itliculty was had In selling nia
transferring tllrln tO l'castss't uroptlctots.
Vl.ey wc1e offered fur salo to the occupiers
1T reasonable prices. alnl. II mt taken by
them, wcsp disposed Ut ut auction rs soo' ~
thu tern, OF tho occupants expired. Ceriai't
advantages 0r preferences ware reserved to Il
purchaser who WIS n relnsiye or representa-
tiyo Of Il .teccasetl 0cciiper. III THIS WHY tlle
lu1Mts owned by tho State, by tho university
and by ecclesiastical MID ot!ier corporations
were transferred.
trnusfurrrtl with rr,,atnr difficulty because
I,.u .4 ..,,,tu
the estates Were liestI HhteI GltallS ti! ltustS
fns fin ,nn Is 1,w leIt( III lrelR!stl}. l;y the
va a4o ' s".,' " ..'t,, .,,a t,I,, ~ NM, forr,
| terms Ut LILO ells;lis tle sl4o VI H's i"'"'
| lands was prohibited, nut In 1851, tic ill.,
,,..,,,.,. ,,r,,,t,,,a ,,,,t tno ,u,exnas-
| tlohal tts'slAtilte tto'taeN t'l''' ''1o p'''sn7
urs pt et,tA1ctt intltls might sell tIlcln 10 Lie
| .,,,,,r, o,,d In 1sta, 1fn rrnntlD Ion ff 1,t,N
| occ"lHc1S, "'". -. '""' ~ "'1 .., -,
entails WINS forbidden. I}y thus removing III!
1 ,ffs,sr sItr,ts1 q
| "stt ''ups"'''-s w att
| substantial Inducements 10 canscIL thd't
tn,.,,+o 1utn frcc1,ot,arss this Er4.ut nErarIutI
ar,.a'.7 , .teI '.aa.' - ',,.nn.,.,.,,.,,n,I
relnrhi llhs necll slccoiaE4's''e'''
Itu. rnfur1n In tl,tt lRs,(t tEntirG OC Denmark
,.s. ~, 1auL Il, tv.,, ,,1ns.,rnn,tns 81 frrc
'elt ttlc I"'I1 III WV 1'''''"s"su''f
| uurtll" Hlltt "lillfrtG Cnrtij." FIGE cnrtl
| r,,J, ,,,,,,,,iol ,u,, ,r,n,,n inuL n,1r1,,u III
Hlc4u!eS "t''o'".' "'t' E,sua 4.'s's'' ~ - '
occupied by mobiles, aNt( hhtl various prlv
| i,.,, n,,,t ,x,,urttaus ,,ov MI ul,ntish,d
!eEca ''''" e"'.''''o"'' '' ~ ...'t", ~.
| UnfreD earth Is peasant !nnu occhptu ~
fnrrors mr. rultiyn,nrs. this ,,as been subject
M, ~ vayous lcral restrictions Dnulsl
y.r,n,,rs I,ntonv tn twn rlnsses. first. thust
,ul" ,,,v,, t,,, ,nmf t,ov cultivate. nnd. .seroutl