... the principle of three acres and a cow, on which the election of 1885 was fought. The principle was that the local authority was to have power to acquire land by compulsion for the benefit of the community, in letting it out or otherwise disposing of it to individuals... It was on this proposal that the great charge of Socialism was made; but we were all Socialists now.


Speech on the Labourers' Allotments Bill (11 August, 1887).

William Harcourt Quotes

The principle of three acres and a cow, on which the election of 1885 was fought. The principle was that the local authority was to have power to...

The principle of three acres and a cow, on which the election of 1885 was fought. The principle was that the local authority was to have power to...

The principle of three acres and a cow, on which the election of 1885 was fought. The principle was that the local authority was to have power to...

The principle of three acres and a cow, on which the election of 1885 was fought. The principle was that the local authority was to have power to...