64 THE DAILY NEWS 



" Three acres in each holding were laid out 

 with fruit, and the remainder prepared for 

 general market gardening. About a third to 

 a half of the original small-holders remain, 

 and these will be given an opportunity to 

 purchase their holdings. The remainder of 

 the property, if not disposed of privately before 

 June, will be offered by auction at Tokenhouse 

 Yard. 



" It is INIr. Fels' intention to devote the 

 money received from the sale of the property 

 to propaganda work on behalf of the single 

 tax in America, Great Britain, and on the 

 Continent, where funds for the purpose are 

 already in existence. 



" The Land 3Io7io2)o!y. 



"Mr. Fels, who only arrived in England 

 from America on Tuesday, told a Daily News 

 representative last night that the property was 

 now worth more than when he purchased it. 



" ' I am giving up the experiment,' he con- 

 tinued, ' simply because I am convinced that, 

 under present conditions of the land question 

 in England, no experiment, either public or 

 private, can assure that the cultivator, whether 

 large or small, shall get what belongs to him — 

 the full result of his labour. 



" ' I have come to a full realization of the 

 hopelessness of trying to promote agriculture 

 in a country, the land of which is monopoHzed 

 by a few ground landlords, who are beginning 



