The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-10
there in various ways than in any other

acres and the Duke OF Sutherland with |
i2j, 900 acres; q Scotch syndicate, 800, 900; |
Lord lIoughton, 10000; William McCabc,
$4,000; William Little, 10000 IL. NJ. Grn- |
rode, 5000; Florida Estates Company,
London, 5000; Grenrcdc Il Ashton, 5000, !
L. b. Williams, 800; j. w. Williams,
$500; j. W. Phillips, 1000; +. II Ronalds,
1858; John McNichol, ssh acres total
OF ., 100000 OF acres
A dispatch from Pensacola May IS in.
formed the HoRds readers that the South.
ern States Land and Lumber Company
IAN English corporation) had purchased
property in the section aggrcgating five
miles, with 400, 600 acres OF yellow pine
land aud about forty miles Of railroad,
Tor which over million and
half OF dollars had been paid. This
respectable deal does not, however cover
all the holdings OF aliens in that State.
MISSISSIPPI INVADED ny ALIENS.
Mississippi, in common with other
States, has attracted the attention OF aliens,
aud the Delta and Pine Land Company is
the largest holder of land. This lisa Cana
dian company, and William Watson, the
principal s,oCkholder has taken up his
residence in the State TO look after his and
his associates interests. This IL only a
sample OF numerous other holdings, aggrc-
eating considerably more than million
acres.
Major 5. 4. Jonas, OF Mississippi, who
has been with the Assistant Secretary OF
the Interior for several years, and who Is
familiar with the doings OF the alien land
Lords in the South, says
"ln lazoo Delta, Miss, an English
syndicate purchased about u million acres
OF hardwood lands from the State few
years age and is shipping white oak slaves
extensively TO Europe. There have been
other purchases OF realty, chiefly hardwood
lands, in the lazoo Delta and pno lands
| In the south hall OF the state 10y English
aud other foreign capitalists, but 30 lar rs
| ! know their purchases were all from the
State or railroads or individuals. do not
know Of their having made any purchases
| from the public domain IN Mississippi, In
! Alabama English capitalists have been
large investors IN mineral and coal lands,
and ! think are deeply interested in coke
aud furnace property. ] feel very sure that
more foreign capital has been inv .'s,cd in
| Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana aud Texas
since the war than Northern capital
Lord Dunmyen, who hopes to carry
back with him the Queens Cup, which
the America won, has IN interest IN this
country even greater than the cup. lie "
credited with having GOOD acres OF land
In Colorado, and Secretary OF the Interior
Teller, in 1881, claimed that fraudulent
enirics had been made in Estes Park, Ct
In his interest. An English company
represented hy Close Bros controls no.
ODi acres in Wisconsin, the Missouri Lane
Company, OF Edinburgh, Scotland, 1000,
acres, and Mr.. Ellefhausor, of Halifax
Nova Scotia, Is said 10 possess GOO, OOl
acres in West Virginia, and other alien
property amounting TO nearly milioi
dollars.
I ALIENS SAID TO owN 3,v 900 Acnrs.
Bccanse OF the secrecy with which alien.
: M rule. do business IN this country, th
Q liz; of land owners living IN foreign cou1
! tries only shows 4 small proportion d
what il really held. There was prcscnic,
report to Congress ~ year ago II
which the following aliens were said 4
hold the areas credited 10 them. NJ loca
tons. however, are recorded. Mafqui
Of Twccddalc, 100. 600 Phillips, Marshal
( & Co., London. l,3OJ,OOG German Syndi
+ cate, l,lOO.OOl. Anglo American Syndi
cate. Mr. Rogers, President, 100000
William Whnllcy, NJ. T., Pctcrboru
England. $4,000. Robert Tcnnant. Lon
don, 100000; Lord Dunmorc, 10000
BENJAMIN Nrwplg, Liverpool lOOOOD
Albeit Peel, MP, Lciccstcrshirc, England
1000. Sir ]. l.. Kay, Yorkshire, England
5000 ncrs over five million acres Tia
Congressional report always claimed tia
about thirty million ACRES were held IN Ia
United States by aliens Leaving out d
calculation ihosc who have not beer
located In this country. but Of which thcr
arc few doubts, wo have tho locations O
7 about eleven million acres Owned by Brit
ish subjects. This immense area is mon
than equal 20 the combined States OF Mass
, nchuscits. New Jersey aud Rhode Island
which today support a population Of Owe
three million six hundred thousand per
sous, and which arc not by any mean
) fully deyclopcl.
AMERICAN ROADS OWED ~ ENGLANp.
II h. not, however, In land alone tina
the subjects u Her Majesty Queen Nic,o
ria have a large interest In tho Unite
States. They have more than sl,OOO,OOD,
I 90 invested in railroads alone. A. an cx
+. ample, the Alabama, New Orleans, icNn
, X Pacific Junction Railways Company
, limited, IL nn entirely Eng'ishcorpou,ion
| with sl2OOl,OO0 IN stock and bonds /
? operates the Nicksbuw & Meridian
I Nicksburs, Shreveport 4 Pacific, New
, Orleans aud Northwestern, Cincinnati
/ New Orleans & Texas Pacific, and Ala
. bama Great Southern, with l,l51 miles a
4 road. Large blocks Of stock and bonds o
y oycry imnk line In the country are he'll
IN Great Britain, aud immense amounts II
, diyiionis aud Interest arc annually trans
|, icrrcd 20 that country or nrc held here b.
u their agents Tor TcinycsimcnL In invcstl
i eating this branch Of the suhIsc, the ll0lh
u learned this that most ol the bankers VIA
I, are agents for Europeans are opposed {
d letting the extent OF their operations b
"a known. one would Imagine that the
belonged tD an oath-b0und secret ofganiki
j. ton whose purposes wcru 10 llccco the IN
r habilants without their knowledge or con
y sent. Tho agent Of ono Of thc Bntls
y banks admitted that their dealings wcr
n with aliens who placed their capital here
d and one concern had $500, 0O0and Wnothc
J. E3iDUlO invested Ia industrial enterprise
4 Ia the West lie spoke as II this 5000
a 900 was 70 small Affair No doubt II d
70 compared with the immense aggregate
Of investments Every ono Of the score
&. bankers SPOKE Of millions and hundred
b. OF millions us tho average citizen speaks
ie tens OF dollars.
W AurmcAN nREwERiEs gEcuRED.
"a Las. Angus. a movement was inaugt
In ratcI 10 acquire American brcwcrics, an
M Tho Henry Jlausrn & Son Brewing Con
n. pany and Flanagan, Nay x Go. were COT
a solilatcd and purchased by British cap
~ lal,aa. Tho capital stock u S3,O0O,0l
- apI "A d pcf cent. mortgage OF sl,Bj0,0l