In time past only the minority comprehended the relation between industrial development and the rise in the value of land. and this minority took advantage of the opportunity and succeeded in obtaining large holdings. The wisdom of their aqtlons has been jusified. In the second place. the conquest of Nature has been carried forward with great rapidity. The stream of immigration has flowed constantly in and constantly toward that section of the State where farming promised most for the least effort. The rise in the value of land has been greatest in this section. The tenant question is now most pressing where originally farming could be started with the least immediate expenditure *of labor and capital.
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