LAND MONOPOLY. 673 



ACRES. 



St. Joe & Denver City 1,700,000 



Missouri, Kansas & Texas 1,520,000 



Pacific & Southwestern 1,161,235 



Burlington & Missouri River 2,441,600 



Jackson, Lansing & Saginaw 1,052,169 



Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific 1,261,181 



Cedar Rapids & Missouri 1,298,739 



Missouri River, Fort Scott & Gulf. .... 2,350,000 



New Orleans, Baton Rouge & Vicksburg. . 3,800,000 



Illinois Central and Mobile & Chicago . . . 2,596,053 



Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 3,000,000 



Of these 209,344,233 acres, estimated at $1,674,000,- 

 ooo, only a very small amount has been patented. This 

 list has been carefully compiled from the records of the 

 general land office, and is considered correct. 



In addition to this the Pacific roads received six per 

 cent, government bonds to the amount of $64,623,512. 

 While the government was fighting to retain eleven States 

 in the Union, spending millions of money and the best 

 blood of the country, it permitted itself to become a party 

 to robbing the people of a domain equal to more than the 

 whole of the seceding States. This amount of land in 

 one body would be almost equal to the thirteen original 

 colonies. It is larger than the whole of England and 

 France combined. In addition to the above there are 

 millions of acres held by foreigners, and foreign and home 

 syndicates. The following table comprises some of the 

 European land owners with amount of land owned: 



ACRES. 



English syndicate, in Texas 3,000,000 



Holland L/and Company, in New Mexico . . 4, 500, ooo 



Sir Edward Reid, in Florida 2,000,000 



English syndicate, in Mississippi 1,800,000 



Marquis of Tweedsdale 1,750,000 



