The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-05

Special Correspondence of the Globe.
LONDON, Aug. 23.-Apropos of the
present discussion of how much prop
erty English subjects own in America,
1 am enabled to give you some anthem
tic facts and figures. In truth, the
holdings of the queens loyal Britons
is surprising, and it is no exaggera-
ton to state that if the land owned by
them were divided into three-acre plots,
there would be enough to go around
among the residents of the United
Kingdom. The aggregate, based on alb
solute facts, is known to be at least
20,000,OOO acres.
Naturally, the names to which these
holdings are nearly all accredited will
be found in Burkes Peerage, Here are
some of them, the majority being the
property of syndicates:
The largest of all is probably the
Texas possession of the syndicate which
includes in its membership the Dukes
of Beaufort and Rutland, Earl Cadogan
and the Baroness Burdett-Cou The
total amount, of land held by this as
sCciation is 100000 acres. 1t is, as is
the case with most of the Texas land,
range country-that is, land that is bet
thing else. On some of it it is possible
to raise certain crops, but the majority
is covered with Buffalo grass, which
never grows long enough to cut for
hay, but is superior to all other Varie-
ties of grass for making cattle fat, and
at the same time hardy. On such a
ranch, or chain of ranches, it would be
possible to Craze enough cattle to sup
ply the beef market of the United
States for three months. From this
comparative idea of the vastness of
the holdings may be gained.
Cattle and wheat are what the Eng
lish investor seems to think money
should be made in in the United States
That is why the syndicate represented
by the English capitalist Vincent Soul
ly owns 100000 acres of land in Ne
braska. Iowa and Illinois. This proper
ty is situated in the heart of the wheat
growing section. To those familiar
with the crop characteristics of the diff
ferent states, it will be easy to under
stand that in Nebraska wheat is king
and in Illinois the popular agricultural
tendency is to corn rather than wheat.
In Iowa there is a combination of the
two, for the Iowa agriculturist believes
very strongly in diversified farming.
What, then. could be a better combination
than these Englishmen hold? This year. too,
when that millennium of the farmer, the day
mand for grain that Is almost unprecedented,
is it any wonder that the American, who,
less thoughtful than his English brother in
the matter of investment and the wisdom
of waiting, groans when he observes his lost
opportunities? The amount of money which
the Scully syndicate will bring over here
from America this fall Will be of a proper
ton in keeping with the acres they hold
Two American girls who now wear by vir
tue of their marriage to English peers two
of the highest of British titles-the Duchess
OF Marlborough and Lady Randolph Churchill
are interested with Sir Edward Reed in
syndicate that owns 2,000,000 acres, situated
in Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico This
is purely cattle country and on 1t range
thousands of head of live stock While. as
stated the country is practically a cattle
range a good-sized section serves as graz
ing ground for sheep. The day Of prosperity
for this interest which seemed far dis
tant as the millennium, now appears to be
near at hand. So here is another piece of
English good fortune.
There is another syndicate which includes
among its members no less a person than the
Earl of Dalhousie. as well as Viscountess
Cross, Lady Hamilton-Gordon, the Marquis
Cholmondeley and several others Here Is
a holding in a still different part of the
country for the lands of the syndicate COM
prise 100000 acres in Mississippi, including
cotton plantations, acres and acres Of sugar
cane and enough swine to stock a thousand
farms Think of this, woud-be land holders
and see what joy it is to be member OF
a syndicate.
AS Americans say, howev T, there are others
Lord Tweedae is a syndicate in himself, and
owns a clean 100000 acres. Like most in
diyiduaI land owners with large holdings, his
property includes vast territory which, like
that of one of the syndicates spoken OF, in
cludes immense tracts Of grazing land. Near