Speech #580019680

Frank Smith becomes Theophilus Baxter. Henry Jones becomes Philip Lingenfelter. and seven months later the syndicate obtains possession of 30.000 acres more of the best land in the State. And by and by the immigration of honest settlers begins. They push into this region only tofind that all the land worth having up and down that water course for a hundred miles has passed into the hands of this land syndicate. There is. at a moderate estimate. a space of 10 miles on each side of this stream and whatever tributaries run into it20 miles in width by a hundred miles in length. covering an area of 2.000 square milesin which no bona fide settler can find a foot of water front.