The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 37
Small Freeholds
Small Freeholds.
If small freeholds were more frequent—if for every farmer of three hundred acres there were freeholders of fifty acres each, all the little villages would be more prosperous; every smith, carpenter, wheelwright, and miscellaneous dealer would feel the difference; and far more varied elements would be afforded for conducting common affairs.
(Professor Newman.)