In each case. at $1 an acre. and the syndicate that bought the land bought about 40.000 acres at about that price. They paid a little more for tracts that they were desirous of getting to adjoin others that they had purchased. Now. here has been this condition of emigration flowing into the country. a great demand for land. and. fortunately. conditions that have been favorable for farming. and high price of farm products. and so forth. until at present there is such a demand for the land that I do not know whether the price helped the value or not. I am sometimes inclined to think that perhaps it is inflated somewhat. But to come back now to the question asked by the gentleman from Illinois. if this land was to be disposed of outright and there was to be no requirement of settlement and there was no limitation as to the amount that a person might acquire. as to what it might bring.
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