West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-04-21
"No RENr, IN SCOTLAND.

tstion IN Scotlsud-news of which
comes by cable--is very signincant
fact. 1t begins on tn, Isle Of Skye,
but it is reported to he spreading
rapidly. Lord Macdonald having
sent summocses TO twenty OF his ten =
auts on the island, the process server
was seized, the pIocesses taken aud
burnt, aud the Office warned not to
set hls foot on tie is and again.
During the past quarter OF century
rents have been Idisel on the isladd
to double, aud 10 some cases to Z ore
thau double their former rates. IN
addlJio" TO thus there are restrictions
AZ to improvements on the land aud
a. TO tenure. les on fouS than those
OF Ireland p;ior to the Land act, but
stlll very oppressive to the tenant
itls highly probable that concessions
will promptly b. ma ie TO the Scotch
tenantiy, 50 as 10 cheek the spread
OF the mo reut" movement. Yet
the discussions over The Tcish
land troubles, aud the Iu5h Land
act, have educated the agricultural
Glasses IN knowledge of their dlss-
o:hues.aud save prepared be ground
for rapid spread Of revolutionary
iirs- as to the tenure of Land. 10
England this subj ject is no. confined
10 the 10 yer clssses. Tne evils Of
the present tenures OF Ianl in Eng-
aud have been profoundly sinilei
by the grest,Ft pG.pical economists,
Lawyers aud sts;esnsu. CJnssrva-
usm simply hollis back ies ing hat
when the changes in the land law
begin Lobo Is knows where they may
end.
Ia Scotland the evils Of cousolido
ton IN landed estates haYe been car,
ried to'a rulnous pitch There are
eleven men who own very large
part Of all the land Of Scotland. The
estates Of aoble dukes are measured
by tho hundrsi square miles. Twelve
hundred cottsgers were not long ago
eviCted from the lands on which
heir fathers aud remoter ancestors
were born, the cottages demolished
and the lands turned into aheep
pasture. The high rents levied upon
the land enabled The land logds to buy
mp sdjo.ning little estates, and the
process Of consolidation is still going
o., the lsud-ownius power and
wealth becoming more concentrated,
and he yeomAn class icing reduced
to day laborers, or driven into the
cities or TO emigration. The same
evils, to less degree, exist IN Eug-
and. Yet it ls possio that dislike
OF Ireland may binder the spread OF
land agitation At present. The
landlord interest ~, hUgeVer, very
Towerful in ParlIsment, and the
English peasantry are not without
affection for the landed nristocracy.
vt the dis sterg reeentiy attending
British agriculture have been sucn ~
10 prJince a profound dIscJnteut
among the fsrners. American com
petition as t" beet. pork, wheat, but
ter, cheese, trd and other produce.
has put down prices 81 thst tie
Englsh farmer cannot pay the high
rents Of lormer years. For sevsra.
successive years, dlsaatrous spells Of
vet weather ruined the grain crops
and The nay, and damaged the root
crovs aud uelrut, an caused a deep
encouragement that still prevails to 4
considerable extent. though thinz
lock rather better now.
British patriotism and prejudice
prevent any warm sympathy with
the Irish ~ their present agitation
But 10 must not bo forgotten that the
Liberia victory which brought Glad
stone into power was due largely To
a recognition Of the l4ct that the
IrIsh land troubles should be rene
died. Gls1slons felt tnsl bis FIRST
great duty wa9 to remove The source
Of Irish distress by bringing in To,
Land act. The Liberia sentiment o
Euglaal sustaine the Land act and
though the Duke Of Argyll was to,
conservative 10 eldorse 90, yet Con
servatism has bofnsIt pretty we'll
/ But there is a fesIIng that Eaglsnd
and Scotland nesd more thorough.
I going land reform, and this 20.
rent agitation that hss star eI ii
/ Northern SCatlani nav BE- ths spafl
| mat viii kirdle toe w0ole QusgIo.
INTO blaze
TIE high proe Oi fresh msat
ought TO lmu at d come lugsu,o
buteber TO fabncate bo.Yg t..