The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-05


Most Fertile Sections.
LONDON. Sept. 4-Apropos Of the pres
ent discussion OF how much property En-
giish subjects own in America | am en-
abled 10 give YOU some authentic tactS
ard figures. In truth, the holdings Of the
queens loyal Britons is surprising. and II
il no exaggeration 20 state that II The
land owned by them were divided into
three-acre plots. there would be enough
TO go around among the residents or the
United Kingdom. The aggregate. based
on absolute facts. is known to be at least
- 90. 400 acres.
Naturally. the names to which these
holdings are nearly all accredited viii be
found IN Burke's 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 IN
clu6es in its membership the duke Of
Beaufort and Rutland Earl Cadogan, and
the Baroness Burdett-Ceutts. The total
amount OF land held by this association Is
3 ga, eco acres. II *, as is the case with
most OF the Texas land. largely composed
of what Is called range eountry-that Is.
land that is better adapted for cattle rais-
ing than anything else. On some OF IL II
is possible 10 raise certain crops. but the
majority is covered with buffalo grass,
which never grows long enough 10 cut for
hay but is superior 10 all other varieties
of grass for making cattle fat and NJ the
same time hardy. On such a ranch. or
chain of ranches, 1t would be possible TO
Craze enough cattle TO supply the beef
market OF the United States for three
months. From this a comparative idea of
the vastness Of the holdings may be
gained
Cattle and wheat are what the English
investor seems TO think money should be
made in in the United States. That is
why the syndicate represented by the En-
glish capitalist Vincent Scully owns 2,0a0-
600 acres of land in Nebraska, Iowa and
Illinois. This property is situated in the
heart Of the wheat-grcwing section. To
those familiar with the crop characters
tic of the different states. IL Will be easy
to understand that in Nebraska wheat IS
king. and in Illinois the popular agricul-
tural tendency is to corn rather than
wheat. In Iowa there is a combination
of the two. for the Iowa agriculturlst
believes very strongly i'm diversified farm
ing.
What then. could be better combina-
ton than these Englishmen hold? This
year. too. when that millennium of the
farmer, the day Of dollar wheat Is fun
upon us. with demand 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 host oppor-
tunities? The amount of money which
the Scully syndicate will bring over here
from America this fall will be OF a pro-
portion in keeping with the acres they
hold.
Two American girls who now wear. by
virtue of their marriage 10 English peers.
two of the highest of British titles-the
duchess of Marlborough and Lady Ran
dolph Churchill are interested with Sir
Edward Reed in a syndicate that owns
1000. 0o0 acres situated in Colorado, Wye
ming and New Mexico. This is purely "A
cattle country. and on IT range thousands
of head Of live stock. While. as stated
the country Is practically a cattle range n
good-seized section serves as grazing
ground for sheep. The day OF prosperity
for this interest. which seemed as far dis
tant as the millennium, now appears 10 be
rear at hand So here is another piece OF
English good fortune.
There is another syndicate which in
cludes among Its members no less per-
son than the earl of Dalhousie as well as
Viscountess Cross. Lady Hamilton-Gor-
don, the Marquis Cholmondeley and sew
eral others Here is holding In a stili
different part Of the country. for the lands
OF the syndicate comprise l. 500 90 acres In
Mississippi. including cotton plantations.
acres and acres OF sugar cane. and
enough swine 10 stock a thousand farms
Think OF this, would-be land holders. and
see what joy 1t is 10 be a member of q
syndicate.
AS Americans say, however. there are
others Lord Tweedale Is a syndicate In
himself. and owns a clean 10000 acres
Like most individual land owners
includes vast territory which.
Ike that OF one Of the syn
dlcates spoken OF. includes immense
tracts OF grazing land Nearly all Of this
immense possession Is devoted to live
stock and hay. That is. there are many
acres Of land subject 20 irrigation and
which are utilized for the cultivation OF
that prolific growth known as alfalfa.
Next TN the list comes one OF the very
best known of all British syndlcates-
Anglo-American. To the man familiar
with the 1--we stock Of Wyoming and Col
orado. there Ia no brand more familiar
than that OF the lazy II. Every stockman
IN Wyoming knows the brand and knows,
too, that every animal bearing Il Is
watched. The cattle thief steers clear Of
the lazy n brand because he knows that
tried 20 hair brand any Of the company's
cattle. Tne riders of the Angio-American
are old plainsmeu most OF them.
and a thief had better have the devil him
self after him than one of them.
Another service which these syndicate |
holdings perform for the English IL 20 |
serve as an asylum for the younger sons |
Of aristocratic families who stray a long |
ways from the straight and narrow path |
Il is astonishing TO note the number Of |
on these ranches who bear |
marks Of dissipation and who are de- |
lighted with the wholly untrameled ex- |
silence which the range life affords. The |
attic ranges have been the savings OF /
many an Englishman whose start on the |
downward career was excellent
recoliect several years ago Of aklng, |
IN company with the superintendent the |
Inspection Of one OF these tremendous |
-anches- The one fact which impressed |
tself upon me. outside Of the magnitude |
u the holdings. was the number Of young 4
mon met whom in after years have en- /
here as lights Of the pserage |
from none Of these have I ever seard |
other than praise for America, and many |
n them frankly admit that the existence
hey led there more than anything else.
made men 81 them.