152 HISTORY OF THE WHEEL AND ALLIANCE. 



then that she was founded upon a rock, and was mistress 

 of the world; but in the course of her history, through the 

 monopolization of her lands by the few, through unjust 

 legislation, the homes were wrenched from the hands of 

 the masses, and when the dark death ford was reached, 

 upon which civilization was to die, less than 2 per cent, of 

 the people controlled the land; and it is said that about 

 1,500 men controlled the wealth of the world. 



' ' To-day we find in America millions of acres of her 

 fertile lands, bought by the lives and efforts of our fore- 

 fathers, which should have been held sacred for homes for 

 their posterity, squandered upon railroads and other cor- 

 porations, and millions more are owned and controlled by 

 domestic and foreign syndicates; while a large per cent, 

 of our homes are hopelessly mortgaged, and about 50 per 

 cent, of our sons are tenants. 



"This wholesale absorption of land by aggregated 

 capital must be checked, or it will finally enslave the 

 honest yeomanry of our country, and inevitably destroy our 

 much loved republic. 



1 ' The hope of America depends upon the ownership of 

 the land being vested in those who till the soil. 



"Give the people homes, theirs to improve, theirs to 

 cultivate, theirs to beautify, and theirs to enjoy, and our 

 grand republic will stand as the acme of modern civiliza- 

 tion and national greatness. 



' ' I would recommend that you demand legislation for 

 the better protection of the lands and homes of our people, 

 and a law prohibiting the alien ownership of land in 

 America. 



( * L,ands of America should be owned and controlled 

 by citizens of America. 



TRANSPORTATION. 



u As a means of developing the many natural resources 

 of our great and powerful nation and the distribution of our 





