Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-11-30
HOW HUGEST REAL
ESTATE DEAL ON
RECORD PULLED"
PRINCIPLE SUCCESSFUL IN IRELAND
COULD BE ADMINISTERED IN THE
q. S. SPEAKER SAYS.
BRITISH GOVERNMENT BOUGHT OUT
LANDLORDS AND RES0LD PROP
ERTY TO IRISH TENANTS.

Chicago. Nov 3O.-IIow the hugcst
real estate deal i'm the history of the
world was conSummatcd by the British
! government buying out the Irish land
lords and rcSelling the property 10 the
tenants was told today Nv Secretar,
Charles W. Holman Of the National Con.
fcrcre on Marketing and Farm Credits
to that body. in session here.
How the principle 50 successful in
ireland could be- administered in Amer
ica was explained ~ the speaker. who
recently returned from Great Britain
where he made study of land legiSla-
tion and administration Holman urg,-I
the adoption bv congress Of that section
Of the report of the United States Con,
mission on Industrial Relations which
dealt with the land problem lie was in
charge Of the field studies made by the
commission.
In state aid of land purchase NJ
said. lies the immediate hope uf th'
American farm tenant. for Nv ih.'.
means only can We hope for n quick ac
tion to stem the growing tide of lanG
lordiSm"
Secretary Holman credited state ai,lri
land purchase in ireland with these b..n
rffts:
The industry Of occupierS has incrra,
ed: Farm houses and farm ont buillin..
have improved: the tendency .o sell in-
terestS i'm land has decreased: The ten
dency To sublet and divide holdings ha,
become almost dormant; the solvency 80
the occnpierS has improved: there j. \
feeling of contentmcnt: u prevalence ~
law and order that did not exist under
Ia ,uI Tenant tfnnS
What contrast thi SaffordS against
the American movement towards. tenan
ry." the speaker said. In Illinois iowa
Kansas New York. Ohio and P,nn>,l
vania. tenant farmers have increased
by III l67. while the number VI home
owning farmers has actually decreased
bv 62.9l5. But in Texas and Oklahoma
we find about the saddeSt dilluSionnien.
of American hopes for home ownership
Forty wears ago Texas had ~ iG> t'n
mt families. That number comprised ~ \;
per cent Of NIL the farms III the state
Ia 1910 the tenant farmers had Increased
. 2I9.51l. which made - per cent ~
I'll the farms in the state.
In Oklahoma SIS per cent Of The
state i in the hands Of tcnan. farmers
and in the a. counties where trnlnrv u,
Hi-Us-~l lHf runs NN-t-t
| IF We take the - most prosperous
states of the uninn-thc states that prr
luce the greater part of the cotton. -
dairy. wheat and the fruit Stuffs ot -"
nation. we may easily estimate , l00 an
homeless families who have not >uryivr.l
he competitive pressure for lnnd r"l-
| 'r>hip In these same states the ann.rl-
tration of land ownership L. lIrugr-s>iu"
u a top speed that IL no less than tra.i-
I'm the Southwestern states. the rate
Of tenant increase over the home owuiu.
increase is two to ono Tn the md.lle
Western states Of Illinois. Kansas. Ne
hraska. Ohio and Iowa the tenants are
becoming more numerous than home fvn
lrrS
! America cannot cvade this grnvia.s
land question The American pconI' M
recognize that ours is the last of ID"
firSt-class countries to recogniz.' ~
need Of fixing upon a sound land policy
How To rediStribntc the population r'l-
on the land. how To care for the ir ~w-,r
ming immigrants. how 10 readiuSt the -r
lation Of city 10 country must ~ '.r
great issues Of the immediate future