Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-09-08
The sAme Wfiitf fufthef SAYS .

NufAltt uNt Ml4t run. tutNflhk Ah-
Questlonab'y through the AID OF The land
grants. come the land monopoiists. Who
seize upon the lands that were len for The
people The wilderness l. opcnci up. not
10 ihe a1 So settler. whose labor would
make me land fruitful. but 90 the foreign
iani-haron And land llbbcr. fcw have
any lics of thc vast amount of land held hy
individuals and syndlcAiss In The Old
Word. Who are ia our couuiry solely for
their own aggrandiftmeut
Toe following are few OF The forVign
landlords of The United States, And The
am11nt of their hoiilugs expressed In
acres
rte Holland Land Company In Nos
ErrIish .yndIcaic ~ a. On TcKas. a.ooalooo
Eflis sTnlicste. in floriia. ltAoQl
lng.lsa syndicate ~ {, in Nissif. -
u.fsa.s % ruos.iaie. i..io.so
ThIUlrt. aarstal a 60 of London, .l'i
egrmau syniioaic Ithai of Herr ". -
us-rr.. Anrio American srniicsio 1iao,'
u n tFanscf iouinn, in Mississiu
pise of Sutherland. snoo
British Land co in hanslh .el
wa wnaIicy, NJ reierooro. "a .
N..soaf. isai CO. of Eilnbars. is,s0
81 Trlllli of Inndun. .utN
dundee tand 90. oi scotland. stfn
lnri nInmurr. ltifN
n NcsEts of Liverpool, lt.el
Inri uuHEltnu, in tlpriia. wln
tur.l u1HraFen. iu colorado. tNei1
Hngi.sn and 90. On tlnrita. tl.a,N
b. iiun Mr. Peel. a., il.en
Aisx Grant of q |ondou. in Kansas. aolo
taElsa syndicate ~. l. in WILSON,.
~ Ilehalser Of nanias. ia wesi
.,oieh syndicate. in Torii,. i1ieoo
A hoyrrn. usnish tonsli. iu WI
rnuslns 800
Total. u,'U.eo
A. j. veil known. these lad grants
wefc made Coz the purpose Of opening up
the coanify. aal enabling actual settlers
o. obttia lands az reduced rates thus
.srriog the double purPose q aiding
those Who needed help and were willing
% work Coz themselves and u rendering
these lands produciise-ihus returning
revenue 20 the Government How far
our homestead lAw. have worked as ii
was intended they should, aud hos far
they have been abused by crafty and
scheming individuals and corporations,
may be learned from the following
SAYS NJ Potter "Yoa may travel for
hundreds OF miles even In DakotAh, and
although yoa see no human haoitat0u,
YET al ls seized, and not an acre len Tor
The settler
Ant thc land grant system was % enable
the settler % reach the paolic lands The
homcstoai law Is become a mockcry, and
90 wonder there Il cOyctOusness Tor The
Indian reservations Aud the forfeited lands.
40 wonder that senator Dawes nnds the
Oklah0ma boomers with some show OF /
right la thelf claims. a. ! see by recent
iournaL
with the public land exhausted 10 few |
years. a new era will begin. ireland j. To- /
day gr0anlrg beneath the feet Of oppres' /
sion, and not many years hence the Amer /
lean tenant will DO a. bis Irish brother i /
dolug-up0n bis knees, look up into The /
scoWling face OF bis master and Acknowl' /
rise Ohedlence. 10 is absolutely certain /
that Ia a vast region the plow viii not DC /
In the hani OF lts owner. bat landlord an1 /
teant. great estates aud sqlAlli poverty /
Wlil curse the Land.
Not very long ago heari a gentleman /
talklug a50at thc hopc-inspiriug iunaence /
OF the great public domain Ia the lives Of |
our people. THIS gcntleman said
Did you ever consider this innneneef |
Follow the weary workman into bis cheer /
less tenement. furnished with The bare ne
cessltles Of life /; sec him A. be sits modify /
AZ the dreslic With his poory-elad And |
scantiy. fcd wife and children around him /
how dreary and cheerlessi Bat in TIE |
midst OF his hopeless dependency lei the /
oli hope revive, hear him talk OF the on /
considered plans. by saving and serimping /
year after year Cheese pairing, II you /
please. even on the bare necessities OF lifcl |
10 raise means 10 emlgrate 10 the nelds OF /
the West and see how poverty aud wretch /
etness vanish and hope rcyives, while Wis
lons of A blessed homestead, with is cheer |
fal Ore. an honest and manly freehold, /
with green fields and lowing herds, give /
new courage % the man, and bring CLEAN /
OF gladness 10 the weary heart OF the care
worn wife"
The concentration Of very large tracts
of land under one management Is an,ag- |
onisiis 10 the principles Of republican |
form Of government. and must work great
evil. both from is tendency TO invite for
eign capitalists and i,s positive hindraree
10 the actual settler. The good Of the |
whole county demands ,hA, the owner
Of the land shall work IL. That the
oversight aud practical labor shall come
under bis immediate supervision. Not
that immense tracts shall be Owned by |
men who have no in,eres, in them exeep, |
to wiring the larges, possible amour, OF
rent from them. ou, Of those who work |
them for the produce alone, and wiihou.
the hope and pride that come from actual
ownership.
IL has been well said that nothing 80
inspires a man with real in bis calling.
with a manly self-respeei, as an actual
ownership Of even q small piece OF Gods
free earth from surface 10 centre. 50 u
follows as q seq uenee. tha, small holdings
Of land will always aid in carrying ou, |
the principles Of free government.
We give our readers table showing |
the larses, holdingsof land by Americans,
together with the total number Of acres
Of public lands; and ask them to CON-
p.re the two tables and ascertain for |