The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-10-18
THE LAND QUESTION.
AMERICANA INDEPENDENCE is
THREATENED BY FOREIGNERS.
immense Areas of Valuable Ground Held
by Engli>hmen- Railroads. Hanks. Brew
cries. Newspapers. Etc. Controlled by
Foreign Capital and Foreign Influences.
Power of British Gold.

Power Of British Gold.
The American who does not shuuucr
at TIE amount ri foreign capital being
invested in this country. and the dan
ger to American independence, the
unique foreign influence that it must
involve, has certainly lost much of the
patriotism that was once SO proud an
American boast
Our best railroa Is are owned by the
British: SO are our richest banking III
situations. our most profitable brew
cries, mills and factories, and our
most influential newspapers. This be-
ing true. and 10 an extent far greater
than the people know. or are willing
to believe. We may well ask what is
left to Americans to own?
But. says tie Progressive Farmer,
this Is not all. The American hcme
ought to, he the dearest object be-
tween tie seas. and the means of MAX
ing American homes ough: to be the
one thing most carefully guarded.
But it is no. 50. Few things have
been more recklcssly squardered than
our lands, and foreign capitalists own
them in vast empires. This has all
been done in the rule Of the dominant
parties. who even now claim aathat no
her party has Il right to exist. AS
each campaign comes on these parties
promise TO 90 anything, and after the
campaign is over, they do nothing.
What do their speakers say on the
transportation question? What on
the land question: How can voters
be 1lnconcerned in the face on these
questions " which SO intimately concern
their most vital interests? From Il re-
cent edi; orial article III the Chicago
Times we clip the following. Read it,
and then make up your mind if it Is
more important that YOU keep on vot-
ing in the same way that you have
done for years. OF that YOU one time
register an expression in favor of a
policy that will reverse these condi-
tons. The Peoples party is the only
party that antagoniZes this foreign
landlordism and opposes the foreign
ownership of American industries
Immense areas Of valuable ground
are held by wealthy foreigners, most
of whom are Englishmen. \ recent
table, widely published, fixes the total
of such alien holdings at $4,000, 900
acres, distributed AS follows:
Names. Acres.
All English syEdicatc No >, i'll Texas .,,r Y, 20
The Holland Land Co. New \ urk. 49,. 10 ", " q
Sir Edward Red and syndicate i'll
Florida ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ........ go 900
\iscount ScullN. III !.linoS-... -.....-- $50 90,
English syndicate il MEsses. ppi...... l.sk,U Q
Mar lulS OF TWceaie ........... l.. 30 - u
Philips. Marshall x Co, London ..... i..S D.tUJ
German syndicate. :.Ib.tO J
o.
ers President, Lon,;on -..--.,.. 5000
Bryan II. Evans OF London i'll Mi>Sis-
. slppi: ....... ........ .u,.o o
Duke of Sutherland 80. -. ......... II.
iS,iu~h Land 60 kansas .......... 80 900
VIM. Whalley. VI. r., Pc crDoro, Eng
land 49,. .........--..... .-..... $1,000
Missouri Land O. Edinburgh. Scot
land 10000
RObt Remnant of London .....,. eco D
Dundee Land Co, Scotland .......... Pa go
Lord ituNlnNre Observation-Disclosures. i3itUJ
Benz Hewgas. Liy. rpool 80. .......... luhu
Lord Houghton i'll FLORIDA -.........- UUD
Lord DunraVen i'll Colorado. Gltto
English Land 60 in Florida ......... 5000
English Land Co. IN Arkansas ..WU
Alex Grant of London, i'll Kansas go
English synd cate. represented 10y
Close BROS W isconSln. ...-....-....- 10000
NJ Eilerhauser of Halifax. n. 5. in
West Virginia ........ ............ $1,000
4 Scotch syndicate. i'll Florida .DlOJJ
A. BoySen Danish Consul, i'll Mil
waukce ........ NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 5000
Missouri Land Co. of Edinburgh,
Scotland ....................-..-.. $4,000
TOTAL --.--.---..---. -2s.ooot'o