LANDLORDS AND TENANTS 



American readers, but an eminent agriculturist 

 of Great Britain, Mr. John Speir, says this state- 

 ment "expresses briefly and concisely the position 

 here." The writer had no thought of minimiz- 

 ing the importance of landownership on the part 

 of farmers, but rather to emphasize that in spite 

 of the fact that tenancy is the rule in that country, 

 the agriculture of England is, in many ways, 

 worthy of our emulation, and that this advanced 

 position of English agriculture is due, in a great 

 measure, to an excellent system of adjusting the 

 relations between landlord and tenant. 



That Americans may profit by the experience 

 of their British cousins, should be evident from 

 the foregoing pages. That they will be willing to 

 draw upon the experience of the English, will 

 scarcely be questioned. The Americans have be- 

 come independent in thought and action, and have 

 become leaders in nearly every line to which they 

 have turned their attention, yet they have always 

 been willing to accept all that is of value in the 

 achievements of other countries, and we believe 

 that as America has profited by the experience of 

 the English in the development of factory legisla- 

 tion, so will she profit by a study of the English 

 agrarian legislation. 



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