WHO OWNS THE LAND IN AMERICA ?
Who own« the laid la the lETnltrd Stateß 1 Why, the oitfz na do, or bhoo d —would be the natural reply. But unfortonateiy it (a not altogether co. So ma f the b^oft lands In the country era >wned by alien landlords. Nsafiy 22,000 000 ftores of land are owned by men who own elleglacoe to other governments. To be exact, there are 21,241,900 tores of land under the direct control »cd management of thirty foreign individual* oc oompanUu. There are 2,720,983 aotea of land in Maiaaohacetts, bo thst the men llrlug in other ooctrlei, and 07>tng alegtauoe to other powers owa land enoagh to mak> about ten states like MwßHchusettß, more than the h Ie £ New England, more land than some Kovornmeat; owa to support a king. The largest amount of land owned by any one man or corporation ia < waed by a foreign oorporatlon oatied the Holland Land Company. Talk abont alien land lords in Ireland! Theie is tw:ca as mnoh land owned by aliens in the United Stat38 as theie is ownad by Englishman in Ireland. Think of it in more than 22.000 aores of land owned by men in Europe.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2325, 10 January 1890, Page 2
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201WHO OWNS THE LAND IN AMERICA ? Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2325, 10 January 1890, Page 2
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