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HAT, to-day, is the state of the world, considered with reference to homes and a living for the people? Out of the twelve hundred millions which are estimated to be the number of inhabitants of the globe, it is supposed that nine hundred millions are houseless, homeless, landless. How can it be otherwise, when such gigantic monopolies exist? For an sample of which, take the following:

Acording to the Westminster Review, twelve men in Scotland, own nineteen millions, five hundred thousand acres of land; and one hundred and fifty men own one half of England. As if such things were worthy of imitation, our own country is making long strides in the same direction. For instance, the Hon. Geo. W. Julian, in his speech before the U. S. House of Representatives, January 21, 1871, upon the subject of Land Monopoly he stated as follows:

"The entire aggregate of Lands sold by the government, since its formation, is over one hundred and sixty million acres. Of this total amount, I believe it would be safe to estimate, that fully one half, at the date of