The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-07-10


should have control Of the money affair
of the country than TINT they should b,
controlled by two thousand banks and
wildcat bankers who nfe responsible
TO no one but themselves.
The Foreign Land Monopoly.
Our natise born monopolics are bad
enough, in NIL conscience, but those
That are conceived in foreign countries
and foisted upon our native lands are
very much worse. All things com.
bincd, monopoly on land il, perhaps,
the very worst kind OF monopoly. Il
is monopoly which, il il becomes snf.
ilcicntly extensive, puts IL entirely be
yond the power Of tho people to op.
pose any monopoly. As We are all
very we'll aware, there il fello " fccl
ing between oil monopolies which in.
dnccs them 10 stand together rs agains:
the people. Already some of our most
extreme land monopolies are intimately
connected with our railroad monopoly.
But what We call land monopoly, rs n
general thug, dccs not signify per-
manent ownership Of tho land It is
the posse sion of lnrge traces Of land
that are sold to actual settlers, but Il.
a much higher price tlan they should
be asked to pa. for IL. lit SO long rs
our people nrc enabled in any way to
get homes for Themselves, they will he
independent, and can protect them
selves from monopoly, il they will. But
tho land that is held by foreign ca. it'll
lists, and Ivy some OF our own capital.
lists, too, is not open to purchase, and
never will be. AT present some If this
land il used for era ing purposes But
that will not always he the case. AS the
country nlls up, this land vii become
too valuable to remain in its wild state.
and will be III demand for agricultural
purposes. But not foot oil it can be
purchased. 1t will be rented rs tho
land in Ireland il rented and the land
lord will grow fa. while the tenant will
grow poor. Our own children will be
the slavo.tenants Of foreign landlords,
and no ono who is familiar with the
history of Ireland will think that the
term slase.tenant is ut all inappropri
ate. As our laws arc ut present, land
lordism in the United States is much less
restrained than il is in Ireland. Here
the tenant has no rights whatever that
the landlord is bound To respect. In
Ireland he has some. OF course We 10
not feel this state Of affairs l.. the eoun-
try Mt large now, because we have
plenty OF cheap land which prevents
the landlord from applying the screws.
But in tho cities it is felt. Tho tenant
in the city must sign away all his rights
under the law, and even give the land
lord the right without the slightest no
tice to kick him of the premises, when.
ever he feels inclinc,. The tenant
agrees to pay tho rent in advance; to
pay 1t even il the house burns down, il
the landlord chooses to rebuild: TO
keep the premises In good repair, and
the lease says that the tenant has eS-
amined the premises anu has found
them to be In perfect condition; he
agrees to hold the landlord entirely
harmless from all damage from
whatever cause he agrees to
forfeit all right to notices or
to exemption Of property from eS-
ecutlon; he gives general power OF
attorney for the confession of judgmen.
against him, and authorizes the land.
lord to come inta the house and throw
him and his gools into the street So
far the Inv does not bind the tenant to
vote any particular ticket or to attend
any particular church, but it may when
our landlords get few lessons from
or foreign landlords WHO have had
Their training in Ireland Certainly
there is nothing III our laws to prevent
almost any coalition or requirements
from going into the lease.
Now, then, with such laws, what max
he expected Of a foreign land monopoly
in this country, or, for that matter,
from home land monopoly. Tho
tenant will have his mouth closed rs to
complaint against any monopoly. The
railroad will then feast upon the fruits
of his labor with none to demonstrate.
He will be ute ly helpless under the
conditions Of cut.throat law which
will cover everything and make him a
slave. There certainly cannot lie room
to doubt that this sort of monopoly
must 70, Surely this people will not
suffer foreigners to come here, and alb
sorh immense tracts of the public lands
and then 20 home, leaving their agents
to manage il while the owners patiently
wait for the time when they can Ireland.
ize this country. The United States is
open for bona fide foreign settlement.
1t will welcome every foreigner who
will come. and become one of MS, and
stand by his own and our liberties.
But tho gate must be shut against this
foreign monopoly Of land, and agains,
home monopoly, too. liestern Earal.
Ten. A. N. West.
The gentleman whose name heads
this article is a native of tho State oi
Alabama, yet spent his youth and early
manhood in the county of Holmes,
Miss. Indeed, he is as much identified
with tho county as il he was to the
manor born. When quite young man
he represenscd this county in the
Legislature; afterward he represented
tins district, composed Of the counties
OF Holmes and Snnilower, in the State
Senate. He was member OF the frs,
Board of Directors of the Mississippi
Central Railroad Company, and as such
greatly distinguished himself in build
ing such road; subsequently he served
several terms MS President Of the sam,
road, and did as much as any man i,
the State to rebuild our broken.dowr
railroads after the wars desolation