The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-18
I.sadforsiisra in America.

Attention. Azs FREE 95E.lF teen eaIled
IA tie pablie prinr. 0: ths United sss,ss
- tie ssgznt.e gratis by rzllrost conpe-
re. G. tie public doukin. and si.o q
ths tEoCszr1s et scrss constantly tSlsz
take. Up b syriiSs,ss. bon A-sriean
a1i f0gslgn. !. il stz,s1 TAT Darcy,
tie ng.grl1u. s.zr rOl;s-- "a sscur~4
tssses-sJn II New Asxioe G. , ssErif1:.
rfiy-eigh, miles lag .. iron twelve n
sixteen u4les vile. AID tia tracts D,
.snf ~4uall! vas. are t-.Ex DorSEs up u
tie wss. by foreigners, Wiz are r6t even
American citizens, All have no !nisn-
ton 9f becoming -.
Something slsoult b lone % stop tti-
wnO.s-a!s system Of and zTant4ng.
Izr3lordisrn q rhi. Character !. aiwsys
productive. .oone. or later, Q. mischief.
ear after ysas .hsusaE1s O. Immigrants
..Coa shroa4 and settlers from the ca.
tour into TIE west, -o1,E and southwest
o. the purpose 0. securing cheap homes
shsis they can provide shelter and .'is-
t-Esnrs for ths,nsslve- anf families.
Heretofore AID a. present, TIE public Do
main q the country has been the CHIEF
AE4A1A4N~ -. hiA~Sr $500
wishes, ani the main int1essnsn' that
the country has Lad u offer thrifty set
tiers 20 come aud add % the population
and increase the general wealth. Bu,
va, a. is still tile unsettled ror, On, ..
the country, the rate al which the Igb-
lie lard. are bsing pre-emp;ed, or Dough,
up by wholesale 5y.yndicaise-inany u
which, ACCORDING - papers Ia the Int
riOT Department. have obtained their
possessions by shameless frauds-prom.
les 70 speedily Consume the public do
main, and threatens Us, 10 the years :.
come, with all the evils tha. .nvaristiy
follow landlorlism and tbs ownership
o. lands by few monopolis...
Nor il this evil ~ be confined 10 the
west and southwest, tu. It has Teen an
nOunced already, on more than one o.
casi0n, that greedy land grabbers have
teen turning their attention to eligible
!Dcations in the south, with tile object o'
occurring tor themselves prIncipaiitie:
for speculative purposes. There can b
no reasonable objection 10 this when ih'
means u the syndicate or purchaser af'
invested in uninhsbltaUle lanf!s-as wa
the case, we believe, with the Disstot
land purchase in Florida-fOr the pur
If,.s o! retaining them and puttini
them on the market. Blu. when foreigi
companies buy up whole regions Of ell
igible lands with the object u holdin.
them and renting them IN ,ots to small
tenants, 4 cannot but eventually re
suit disastrDu.ly.
Under any circumstances landlorllsn
in America is fraught with future trou
bic, and i, to H. avoided II possible. !
cannot be- expected that this can b
prevented 30 long a. bona iide owners 0
lands sell them for fair compensation
70 bona fidc buyers. But this has no
been the case out west, and the genera
government owes IL 10 posterity TO se
that this alienation ~ its domain y
municipalities % land barons, or cattl
kings, for nothing, or nominal sums, !
stopped. The system heretofore IN vogu
il the fruitful seed Of contention, tfou
ble and perhaps revolution, in years I,
come, and il should be guarded agains
in time. It's one Of tho effects Of rad
icnl rule, that always favored the few q
the expense Of the many. ard should J.
, wholly discountenanced by Democratic
administrations -Savsnnah Times.