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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (June 28, 1890)
Your committee uoerUlned, with reasonable cer tainty, that oertala noblemen In Europe, principally EnglUhmen, have acquired and now own In the aggre gate about 21,000,000 aorei of land within the United Bute. ThU alien ownerthlp will, In oonrao of time, lead to a lyitem of landlordlim Incompatible with the beat IntereaU and free lnitltntloni of the United States. The foundation of auch ijritem la being laid broadly In the western itatee and terrltorlea. The avarloe and en terprise of European oapltalUU have earned them to In Teat many million In American railroad and land bonds, ooTerlng perhapi 100,000,000 acree, the greater part of which, under foreoloiure aalea, will, most likely, be fore many years, become the property of these foreign bond holders, In addition to their present prlnoely pos sessions. This aggressive foreign policy Is not oonflned to the lands It has purchased, but la overleaping Its boundaries and has caused hundreds of miles of publlo domain to be fenoed up for grastng of vast herds of cat tie, and set at deflanoe the rights of the honest, but humble, settler. The bill would prevent any more abus es like that of a Mr. Scully, who resides In England and Is subjeot of the queen, but owns 90,000 acres occupied by tenants, mostly Ignorant foreigners, from whom he receives as rent 1300,000 yearly and expends It In Europe. The Bchenley estate, about 2,000 acres, within Ute olty limits of ntUburg and Allegheny, from the rents of which the Schenleya, who are subjects of the British queen, draw annually not less than 1100,000, Is another Instance of landlordism la Amerloa. A multiplication of the owners of the soil la a corresponding enlarge ment of the number of patriots, and every land owner In this eonntry should owe allegiance to the United 8Utee.-Vwn nport acccmfxmiing Reprtttntatim Oattt mHn pnUbU aUtnt from ucqvirine UtUto,or oumino. kmdwlMtVHUdBtaU ,st .' . sJ 1 J J r . tl f 11.! J t- f , V f '. 'U i- l-'r V kit NJ lMf '' ' I 1 ! I V V '.:;.., '."'.1 I f N' GRASSHOPPERS 'ER LOCUSTS," " WELL, MARIA, THIS IS WUSS