The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-09-17
100000
90,0O0,00O

1t js not claimed that aleu-
syndicates own IN fee simple
this 100000 acres bnt thro'
mortgage assignments absolute
~ control it and thereby keep
1t out OF market at any reason
able price. The New York
World, iii commenting on the
above, says:
"Ihere are many reasons why
aliens, living III their own coun-
tries, yet desiring to benefit by
the prosperity OF this, while not
sharing the responsibility of
citizenship, are anxious to own
land aus houses and reap the
benefit OF our countryman's toll
and industry. CHEF among
those reasons is the desire for a
permanent and safe Investment.
especially for the future, There
is no longer either honor or pro-
fit in being q landlord in Ire
land, and those who could sell
their properties have done 80.
The land restoration leagues Of
England and Scotland have
reached such proportions that
the future holding Of real estate
is Of doubtful value, while the
social Detnocra is, who seek the
establishment Of g social repub-
lie, are enlIsting the working
men and poor of both countries.
and d generai uprising is ouly u
question Of time. Il
There is nothing under the sun
80 sensitive as capital. Those
who hold it forsee coming disas-
ter afar off, and desert thes;nh-
ing ship before the others liz q
an idea Of the proximity of
danger. Thus the capitalists of
the old world have sought new
and sure fields in which to in
vest, AMI the United States fur
nish all The requirements desir-
ed by the most careful money
lenders III the world. x
Their Willingness to own land
to invest in business ENTERPRISES.
to possess the patent rights Of
machinery, to run breweries, to
tunnel orbridge rivers, to build
houses, to work mines, or to op- |
crate railroads, is not from auv
love of this country. Tt is alto
gether that they may lay every
man, woman and child under
tribute-not only the present, |
but all future genera tons that
every one here who tolls NAV |
pile up for them riches to be
spent in their own countries;
that they may perpetuate here |
the conditions against which /
their own conntrymen are about
revolving. They would fastent
on the people of the United |
States the curse or "absentee |
landiordism."
In orde" to obtain these hold |
lrg the most corrupt practices I
have been resorted to. Congress
men have been bribad, govern
ment Officials sile1ced, witness
es suborned and perjury resort
ed to. Millions of acres OF the
pest farming land in the nation
have been stolen, and hundreds
OF thousands of acres of mag
forests have fallen into
lheir bonds. Let those who be-
Ieve in America for Americans
study the above figures and act
accordingly.
ALIEN MONEY INVESTED IN rup
UNITED STATES.
10 railroads, Sl,50O,00O, OOOI
Ia orswefles, 43,500,OOoI
Ia industries, 100000, 900
LII mortgages, 750,0o0,0OO !
Total, S2.793 5oo Onot
Ii is believed that alien in
in railroads far ex
seed the above amount, as the i
'ofal railroad indebtedness ,
amounts to S9,6o7, 900, 6O00, and ,
: is known that they own some
u our leading trunk lines en-l(
Ire. The amount invested inf /,
oreWeries was made at a very /
'ecent date, and the cry is, still | {
ney are negotiating for more; 1
{ is believed that within six !