The Forrest City times., 1890-12-13
WAVERLAND. 4 Tale of Our Coming Landtordss DY SARAH MABfE BRIGHAM.
 Copyrighted. 1886.
CHAPTER XIV. CONFINED.

I located these lands. Then was far in ad- vance of civilization, but now it has gone way beyond me. If Lord Sanders had not come with me should never have got pos session of so much land all in cue body as have 1t now"
 'f was just going to ask you how you got possession of so much land
 There arc two classes of land open to settlers: railroad lands and government lands. The railroad lands bought by the section. was told that no foreigner could obtain lands from the government in any form, but Lord Sanders understood the ways of tho land office and helpcd me. There are three forms by which government land can be obtained, home stead, pre-emption and timber claims. Homestead laws give to each head of the family right to enter a quarter sec- don by living on 1t Ave years and then proving up Tho preemption laws re- quiro the applicant to till tn. soil and pay from one dollar and twenty five cents to two dollars and fifty cents per acre, ac- csrding to the location. And the timber claim allows quarter section to the quail ned man or wcnian who pays fourteen dol lars and breaks five acres the first year, eultivates it the second and plants either seeds or cuttings for timber until he can show some six thousand living trees on the land he claims"
 Well, you could not comply with any of those requirements could you,n
 That is where Lord Sanders helped me We thought of every name we could and then went to tho land office, and, with the aid of good bonus, we had names enough entered to take up the alternate sections Then, as soon as my tenants came, sAch one was plaed on the desired quarter sec ton and began to cultivate it. When the time comes for proving up 1t can be showr, that the lands have changed hands and are in the hands of actual settlers. shall enter it in each tenants name and pay all the fees and rent the lands to them, while they transfer to me the fee simple"
 Now sec how you n.ahagc it. But should think the American people would object to foreigners coming here and hold ing so much land"
 They are always glad to have foreign. CTS come and make actual settlement and my tenants will qualify just a. soon as possible; then there can he no objection to them. And the railroad lands we can buy as much rt as we like; though some wild fanatics are making fuss about itn
 'i understand that Englishmen now own about twenty million ncrss in tho United states
 ''I believe that is true We are gaining the lands our fathers lost without fighting any bloody battles for them
 "l remember reading in an English pa 1..fx lAFt what course Congress may take to prevent 1t, the inheritance of the American people will yet come into the possession of the English nobility Now I sec what it meant But some are working 10 defeat your plans"
 II do not wonder that the American people arc waking up to the truth of the situation. English and Scotch landlords already own as much land in America as the entire state of New York :"
 Here Is a piece of ground that must have been under cultivation before you saw it, l said, as we came to an old log cabin.
 Yes, Waverland, that I bought of an old man who had lived here number of years. When 1 fenced my property he found himself without a highway"
 But you had no right to do that"
 ''The COW boys had here her,iing my stock made him feel little uneasy"
 Then you forced the old man to leave this beautiful piece of ground where he had toiled to start n homer asked.
 T bought hum out said the duke winctng under the word force,
 Did you pay him for his improve mestsl"
 No, could not afford to do that. paid him the same that 1 paid for railroad lands"
 Then his two or three years hard work went for nothing"
 He had one or two good crops from the land"
 Il think oe equal rights to all clause in the American constitution has been abolished and might makes right has been inserted in its steadn
 You arc right in that. Waverland. The boasted liberty of America is only in the name. when they submit To being gov. erned by money, backed up by physical force. Just look at Jay Gould; he counts his wealth by the hundreds of millions, When he wants to steal anything by law he finds plenty to help him. Liberty, in. deed, It's all bosh.'
 II do not wonder that we hear of riots and strikes. No one would object 10 his great wealth if he would allow fair wages to his employees. But when month after month, he cuts down their wages few cents at time. until starvation is at their doors, am not surprised that they rebel. Then have heard that his men are com, pelied to pay a monthly tax to establish and maintain hospital fund, under Mir. Jay Gould's finely organized system oi tyranny" 1 said, AS we started for our little boarding house after long ride in this dukedom
 Thus riding and chatting from day to day, sometimes on horseback. sometimes on wheels, but always in hunting suit; with game bag, dogs, servants. and guns, we spent two weeks on the dukes great estate. lt Is in extent about twenty-fi miles wide by fifty long. equaling in size about two counties of the common size in Kansas, Illinois. or Nebraska. medium principality in Germany. or small duke. dom in England. It is s huge joke on the American theory of liberty and equal rights.