Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 October 1881 — Land Laws. [ARTICLE]

Land Laws.

New York Son. . , Why is it that it is neaessary for the British Parliament top ssa lifW* regulating the rent of land in-‘lreland? And why is it that this Irish law is believed to he only the precursor of stthl-1 lar laws to be enacted tor Ku glaml and Scotland ? j The cause which has fufCed on this mighty change in British legislation is simply the swift navigation or the lantic and the introduction of,American beef and mutton isto the old: country- As Jong as the tenant farmers of England, Scotland and Ireland controlled their own markets, thfey got l paying prices for the beef, mutton and pork Wh Ch formed their principal products, and thus they were enabled to pay the heavy,rate*, of rent which were exacted for the land they leased. | But when, through increased speed df ocean transportation, it becambftprapI tical. to import beef and mqttoa from the UuitCd Slates, whether oh ‘the hoof or slaughtered, and to Ml the

same in the British markets at the nrl-1 ces of Texas and Missouri; addfhg'obly f the charges tor transportation and in-1 soranca, the British or Irish farmer, 1 with his dear land and high rate*,] found himself suddenly brought into | competition with the farmer of Texas j I or Missouri, where the price of land Is 1 I only nominal, and the rate of rent is comparatively trifling. . Hence, .the whole trouble In Ireland and else*' j ‘ .*2 i-SH- .Ztf. Such is the cause which is revolutionizing the tenure and the revenue of land in the United Kingdom, re 4) ducing its productive value, and rendering it necomsaryjpr the Legislature to come in and make new settlements between the land owner and the tenant. It is a great and ft* reaching revolution, and its extent atltt consequeuces have only begun to be appan^ eat- ■■'■vmk : ‘" r ‘ ;;