The Railroads of the United States
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Excerpt from The Railroads of the United States: Their Effects on Farming and Production in That Country and in Great Britain This pamphlet was prepared and printed several months since, bat its publication has been delayed until it should have appeared in England in "The Fortnightly Review." In the mean time several additional tables and other matter have been added in an appendix that might well have been included in the text had they been available at the beginning, in which case the pamphlet would have been in a more connected and better form. The July number of "The Fortnightly Review" contains the main part of the argument; but most of the tables were omitted, as well as the appendix. The grave importance of the questions treated cannot be overrated. If the system of landlord and tenant, under which almost the whole of the land of Great Britain has been cultivated, is approaching its end, not only are the incomes of individuals affected, but also those of universities, schools, endowed charities, and of the Church. In fact, it is almost impossible for Americans to conceive the difficulties which must ensue in the adjustment of the conditions of society to the new relations brought into existence by the railroad, the steamship, and the telegraph. It needed the revolution of 1793 to remedy the wrongs of the people of France, and to change the tenure of land. It needed four years of civil war to remove the oppression of labor in this country. Even the small concession of tenant-right in Ireland, which is given in the bill now pending in Parliament, has imperilled the liberal ministry so lately chosen. What will be the struggle when the land question of England can no longer be deferred? This is the question which the railway system of the United States has brought to an issue. The present condition of the land of Great Britain is nowhere more fully stated than in a recent work by Mr. Arthur Arnold, M.P., entitled "Free Land." (London: C. Kegan Paul Co., 1880.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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