Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-05
ENGLISH In AMERICA.
WE PAY FOREIGNERS f5O,OOO,ooo
EVERY YEAR AS INTEREST.
A SERIES OF LAND TRUSTS.
These Vast Estates Are Often Otii-
lied rs Asyiums for the BLACK
sh.ao Of nritain's Tilted Families.
Many Arc Cattle Ranches.

ocorrespondence of the Dispatch)
LONDON. August 25.-Apropos OF the
nreaent discussion Of how much pro-
pertv English subjects own in America
] am enabled to give you some autheh-
,ic facts and figures. In truth, the hold
,nos OF the Queens loyal Britons are
,prnrisIng. and It is no exaggeration 10
state that IL the land owned by them
we're divided into three acre plots, there
would be enough to go around dinoHe
,he residents Of the United Kingdom
The aggregate. based, on absolute iacis'
e known 10 be at least 100000 acres.
Naturally. the names 10 which these
holdings are nearly all accredited VIII
le found in Burke's Peerage. here are
some of them the majority peins INC
property of syndicates;
The largest of all is probably inc
Texas possession of the syndicate whicn n
Includes in It's membership lhe OuN0
III beaufort and Rutland, Earl Cadogah'
and the Baroness Burdett-COults' Inv
t,tsl au,o,int of land held by this asso-
,..ron 40 2 900 900 acres. It Is, as IS tho
e... with most of the Texas laiiu'
l.r,.f,. comrosed Of what is called range
countrv-that Is, land that Is Det'eI
sdapfed for cattle-raising than anythihB
else. on some Of 1t 1t Is Posslpie ~
false certain crops. but the maJoii'y
covered with Buffalo grass, Whicn - -
uows long enough 10 cut TOT nay,
A r,nerior 10 all other varieties OF grass
TO- r,eLino little fat. and at the same
,l,,, 10 on such a ranch, or cham
OF ranches. II would be possible 10 graz
enough cattle to supply the beer ma
ket Of the United States for three
months. From this a comparative Ioea
OF the vastness of the holdings may
be gained -
Cattle and wheat are what the Ems
lish investor seems TO thlhk lnoao'
should De made in in the Oniteu oe".09,
That Is why the Syndicate representa-
by the English capitalist, Vincent ScuiiS'
owns 100000 acres OF land in NeDrasha,
Iowa, and Illinois. This properly
situated IN the heart OF the wheat-Sio~
Ing section. To those familiar WIN eiie
crop characteristics Of the oinelen,
States. IL will DO easy TO unuerstaiio
that In Nebraska wheat Is king anu -.
Illinois the popular agricultural tenoeh0y
Is 70 corn. rather than wheat. In Iowa
here is combination or the two' iol
he Iowa agriculturlst believes NoiS
strongly in diversified farming.
What, then, could be better coinp ,r,''
bon than these Englishmen hold? A ne
Nar. TOO. when that millennium OF snu
hrmer. the day Of dollar wheat. Is iu'l
bon US. with demand for gram ma
almost Unprecedented, is It any Won
.ff that the American, who, less tnonsn.-
n than his English brother In the NAV.
e Of Investment and the WISDOM =.
Waiting. groans when he observes bis los,
N9ortunities? The amount or MONEY
~tsh the sculiy syndicate viii prins
Over here from America this fall Will De
o proportion IN keeping with the acres
hey hold
Two American girls. who now wear ~
virtue Of their marriage 20 English peel
,No o. he highest OF BRUSH ueeSnene
Duchess Of Marlborough and Lady ran.
4oiph churchill--are Interested WIN on
toward Reed In a syndicate that owns
EcosD acres. situated IN Colorado, Wyo-
nihg, and New Mexico. This Is purely q
Us country. and On II gapss tA0assaas