LAND MONOPOLY. 



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the value of all the corn produced in five years at thirty- 

 five cents per bushel. The following table will show tl.e 

 amount and value of five of the leading staples produced 

 in the United States. 



Total Value $1,783,261,984 



It will be seen by the above table that the entire value 



of the above leading crops, aggregating the immense 



sum of $1,783,261,984, is not near sufficient to pay 



the annual tribute which Shylock levies upon the 



industries of the country, and to meet the deficiency more 



farms and nomes are being mortgaged each year. This is 



no overdrawn picture.. Immediately after the war the 



people were practically out of debt except public debts. 



Instead of continuing the currency then in circulation 



among the people, it was converted into interest bearing 



bonds, and prices fell with wonderful rapidity. The value 



of money, bonds and all forms of indebtedness increased 



in the same ratio. The increased indebtedness in the 



United States represents that part of the interest which 



the people were unable to pay, and compelled to mortgage 



their homes to secure. This was no experiment upon the 



part of the capitalists. It was a premeditated conspiracy. 



It was the policy of England. It had reduced Ireland to 



want and Scotland to despair. In the city of London 



alone are 600,000 buildings standing on leased ground. 



The annual rent of England and Wales is about $550,- 



