Telegram-herald., 1890-11-02
AFOOT IN SCOTLAND
A Psrnieious System Of Land Laws
Dspopuiatlng ths Country
HIcsLAsDERS LESs THis RED DEER
Crsftsrs Azs az Lsss Aeosaat fh@a rafs-
Ftases saa aAs1ts-n 41a&- D~'-s'
A.ss Fa11asts ta@a fn~tf "sis~s
"a Fh.@..4ls 90 Eish-Asas~ss


eCogSrixaf 49,
Toauea. so0sl4.id. sept. -, lsso.--
On comiak face e. fxcs rlth tAs tact u
ths dspopalag.on of rural scotland,
Aud especially of ths northern snd
western Highlands, it = Astounding
th4g kny system IL i4nd Avs . per
nltssd to eust lich vii -ogx such
fatal results b. a .ountry. fnere must
b. 4 practical reason for AL this. you
feel. You d.g and delye for that rea-
500. and you are sll mere astonaded.
Inquire where you may, there q IN ef-
feet og.t Que answeg. "Hign.andsrs
are not worth to the great landlords 50
many FED deer. Croltsrs are Of less ac-
count than partF.dges and rabbits
Human beings Ia tne form Of scottish
Peasantry are iess valuable thAn thsT
weight N pheasAnts or dsh."
Not satisfied WITH assertions and gen
sfaAtles you dslve and DIG again. ls -
easy enough g dad proof Of dspopala-
ton. HutItis 4 ficult for the average
American 70 realize now land pFopri-
et0rs can hud adequats eompen-
satiou for tns loss OF population
aud Is labor which ordinarily
zloae gave the land the greatest
value possible for % 20 possess. Agents
and factors everywhere tell you that the
income from nunting and nshlng prlvl-
hges - more than repayiLg proprletOrs.
Tins seems So IneXphcaole that you
dclva and dig sgain, as l did, and tn
ally arrive at some most astounding
facts. The great overwhelming fact is
that e greater area OF land IN Scotland
Is nov devoted o. the exclusive pur-
pose u game preserves than IS occupied
by farmers FOR the exclusive cultivation
OF the soil. and that une-teuths OF all
land and Of al rods Of loch, brook or
river shores IN the kingdom are annu-
ally leased IN shooting and fishing privl-
hges 20 British sportsmen.
Naturally Scottish pesssntry are IN
the way Of game and fish. But passing
a discussion OF the effect of this land
policy upon the sociOlogic and econ
oulic cond itiOn Of Scotland, we Amer
cans have no conception whatever OF
the stupsndous sums annually paid by
British titled and gentlemen sportsmen
Az hAMAA AfW - 'AaA A0NA
and gun. The amounts received by
single owners for single privileges are
equally surprising. Mrs. Chisholm,
owner of the Chisholm estates, which
border Strathglsss here, must receive
Gl4,0C0. 1 hnd that for HIty-nlne
snoOtings and fishIngs the Duke OF
Sutherland receives rentals amounting
% f23 $50. As be has more than one
hundred for ease, ms income from
this source alone must reach go, 900 or
f40 900. In FOriarsnire, on one estate
belonging 10 the Tutors OF the Earl of
Dalhousie," these privileges, whose
rental prices have been able TO secure,
reach Ei0 400; and Of those Of the
Countess Dowager of Sesheld, regard
ing which information is available,
twelve snootings and hshings IN Elgin-
shire give her E2lsO; eight IN Banff-
shire, 1868; and fourteen IN Inverness
shire. E46O5; or a total OF ES360; which
u probably not One-third of her entire
income from this source.
As am quite certain the facts have
never yes appeared IN the public prints,
either ia Great Britain or America, I
have been % the pans of putting into
tsbulated form the actual rentals
known 10 be annually paid for these
shooting and fishing privileges IN Scot
land.