The herald., 1895-02-25
ALIEN OWNERSHIP

The Hatfield resolution amending Sec
ton II of Article | of the Constitution is
as follows --,-.--
Foreigners shall not have the right to ac-
quire, possess, enjoy, transmit or inherit prop
erty in this state unless they are bona nde
residents of this STATE eligible to become citl-
zens OF the United states under the naturaliza-
tion laws thereof.
This modification of the existing law
will not work u hardship on any citizen
and it will be an incentive to citizenship.
At the same time it will reserve to the
bona fide residents of California the land
of the commonwealth to the exclusion OF
foreign propretors and syndicates.
The extent of these holdings in the
United States is enormous. The Texas
Land Union is the holder OF 5000 600
acres. This is syndicate of the British
arstocracy composed OF Baroness Burdett-
Coutts, Earl Cadogan, II. {. Fitzroy- Som
crset (this is the Duke of Beautort), Will
lam Alexander Lochiel Stephen Douglas
Hamilton, Duke OF Beaudon, the Duke
Rutland; Ughtaed ]. Kay-Shuttleworth
and Eand Ethel Cadogan (maid in wait
ing to the Queen). This syndicate owns
whole counties in Texas and tens OF thou
sands OF persons pay it rentals.
Sir Edward Reid the Duchess of Mari
borough, Lady Randolph Churchill and
Lady -Kayne own 2,O0o,oO acres in
Florida.
Other aliens owning and controlling I'M
mense tracts of land in this country are
summarized in recent statistics as follows:
Viscount Scully-3, 00o,0 900 acres. His
iordship maintains all elaborate system
OF bailiffs.
Syndicate No. ii, 800, 900 acres. This
syndicate has all its holdings in Mlssis'
sippi. 1t includes the Marquis OF Dal-
housic, George Henry Howard Cholmon-
deley discount Cholmondeley), Georg-
lana, Viscountess Cross; Hon. Lady Ham
ilton Gordon and Hon. Lady Biddulph.
Marquis of Tweedale-1, 750 900 acres.
The Marquis is William Montagu Hay,
famed all over Scotland as the rack-rent
landlord.
Phillips, Marshall & Co., London-l 30o,-
600 acres. This firm has the whole peer
age for it's clients.
The Anglo American Syndicate, Lon
don-750 900 acres. The funds OF widowed
peeresses are largely invested here. The
lands are in the South and West.
Bryan H. Evans-70o, 900 acres. Mr.
Evans resides in London. His lands are
in Mississippi.
The Duke of Sutherland-125,0 900 acres.
This is the actress-loving, champagne
bibbing and rack-rent nobleman of police
court fame.
The British Land Company-320,0 900
acres. This land is all in Kansas.
William Whalley-3 80, 900 acres. Mr..
Whalley is the squire of Peterboro, Eng.
The Missouri Land Company-300, 600
acres This operates a Missouri domain
and has headquarters in Edinburgh.
Robert Tennant-230, 900 acres. This is
all farming land. Mr.. Tenant lives in
London.
Dundee Land Company-247, 900 acres.
Lord Dunmore-120, 900 acres.
Benjamin Newgas, Liverpool-10o,O 900
acres.
Lord Houghton lin Florida go, 900
acres.
Lord Dunraven lin Colorado)-60,o 900
acres.
English Land Company (in California;
English Land Company lin Arkansas)
30, 900 acres.
Alexander Grant, London lin Kansas
35, 900 acres.
Syndicate No. Clio, 900 acres. This
syndicate includes the Earl of Nemlam and
the Earl of Lankeville. The land is in
Wisconsin.
NJ Elfenhauser of Halifax-600, 900 acres.
The land is in West Virginia.
Syndicate No. 1.-50, 900 acres. This is
a Scotch concern and its land is in Flor
ida.
1t is claimed that fully 90, 900, 900 acres
of American land are thus owned by great
land owners in England and Scotland.
This does not include the Holland Syndi-
cate, which owns 5,000 900 acres of grazing
land in Western states, nor the German
syndicate, owning 1000, 900 acres in vari-
Gus states.
In the face of these facts and figures it
sounds like a sarcasm to advise our unem-
p Dyed to It'll the soil, =" or to "buy or
pre-empt farming land" There is not, in
truth, much good land available-the for
eign land owner and the railroads have
ltHCtu III lllOob VI OlAlo cSbblOil VI tllC I'll
and what remains is not fit for a goat
pasture.
Measures similar to that propose by
Mr.. Hatfield should be passed by every
Legislature III the Union, for the mere
taxation OF the holdings will not remedy
the evil or open these lands to native
owners.
In consequence of lenient laws regard
ing alien ownership of lands in this coun-
try, the rapacious practices of the English
landlord have been introduced-a ten
antry' class has been formed in free
America, and eventually there will be an
American peasantry to toll for the hulk
ing aristocracy of Great Britain, and vote
to preserve their privileges" under our
laws.
In the interest OF public policy and as
against inevitable agrarian out
rage, let the foreign millionaire who seeks
aggrandize nent in this country be placed
under the same restrictions as the foreign
pauper.
OUR OPPORTUNITY
The news from Sacramento this morn
ing is encouraging. There will be no