Allen Landlordism in America.
The adoption by the Senate of Senator Tlumb'e bill restricting the ownership, of real estate in the territories to American citizens receives general endorsement east-~ ward from the prese. A similar measure v h*a been agreed to .already by the House Committee on Public Lands. An exanoina-<-4£on discloses the fact that more than '■30,000,000 acres of lUnd aro owned by foreigners, and by corporations composed • wholly of foreigners. London investors own -in Texas 3,000,000 acres, while the Holland - Company claims the' title to 4,500,000 acres in New Mexico. These two holdings alone , exceed the area of Massachusetts, by more than 1,000,000 acres. One man, the M*r- - -qvus of Tweeddale, has an estate of more •'than 1,750,000 acre?, or more than twice the size of Rhode Wand, while the Duke of Sutherland has 424,000 acres.
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Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 165, 14 August 1886, Page 5
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138Allen Landlordism in America. Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 165, 14 August 1886, Page 5
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