The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1873-08-08

But am told that the grangers insist
that the men who sell them groceries,
shall show this invoices, and they will
figure his little 10 per cent. for him.
This is "spunky,' but little "too thin
for this country. Another interesting
event is,
THE LARGEST cRors EVER KNOWN
In Kansas. The land literally teams
with grain. Everybody has wheat, oats
and rye. Everybody says "corn is made
and plenty Of it; and consequently ev-
erybody is happy. I met a man q few
days ago, who lives few miles south Of
this place, and who, in the course of con-
versation, informed me he was going
east. thought, Of course, be was tired
Of this country, and was leaving for a
better; but he soon put all such ideas as
that to fight. He informed me that he
had harvested his wheat, and that it had
yielded a little over 2l bushels to the
acre. That he had enough oats from ten
acres Of upland to keep livery stable in
oats for year, and that he had one hus-
dred and ten acres Of the best corn in
the Valley. and that he had q contract
to winter five hunded head Of Texas cat
tie, at 80 n head, which would dispose Of
his little corn crop and what hay he had
cut during the season, for the neat little
sum Of s4,500. That man was happy,
and could not be persuaded to "go
East" Reports all over the State are
encouraging as to crops, and there is no
one who need fear the wolf at the door.
FINANCIAL.
Hitherto in this letter l have only
given the bright side of Kansas. But in
order to be a reliable correspondent, a
person mus: practice candor. 1t is not
my effort to deceive any one, and |
therefore say that there are several
curses hanging over Kansas, which make
it little shady one side. For instance I:
The money market is always thronged
with borrowers at from IS to 36 per cent.
per annum. Even 5 per cent. per
month, or so per cent. per annum has
been paid for money in southern Kan
sas. The Topeka banks do not discount
for less than less tnan u per cent. per
month. Think of this-the capital city,
containing eight banks, and paying Is
per cent. for money! The reason i. OBJ
vious. We must have money. We are
all poor. We have no credit away from
home and man can not bring money
to us unless he is well paid for it. 1t is
the case in all new countries. And then
our exemption laws are SO infamous,
that capital gives us a wide berth. A
man can own one hundred and sixty
acres of land and all the Improvements
ON it, all household furniture, team and
wagon, feed enough to last one year for
his family and team, all musical instru-
ments, family pictures, ETC., and in a
city he can own one acre Of land, with
all the improvements thereon, live like q
6ghting-cock, and let his creditors whis-
tie and suck their thumbs. The trainers
of our constitution have made a good
thing for dishonest men, and honest men
have to suffer for 1.-THE just for the un-
Justly being at the mercies Of the
usurer, and everybody who lends money,
in this State, does so at usurious rates.
Another thing that adds to the shade of
our shady side. is
HIGH TAXES.
Taxes range from 2 per cent up to 8,
and occasionally as high as 7 per cent,
or 81 on the 500. My old Lincoln
county friends will open their eyes at
80 s ' "ao ass s'u"o'e ~
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- - .e '.e' ~ winch Is oniy e'''V
nn ~ " ''y A." y0"''"s s'oer'
A"ese ing. "s'es arc eau'e' ny 'ne
TO more than all other taxes,
except in such counties as have voted
s;d 10 ra;lro.d. In mi. lp.,I..n -.
,hs,e are 1oa ..ho0, d;.,,;o,s Os ,h;,
nsrhans Cav have vo,.S hoads
b bu;Id schooI-hou.s. wh;oh ill - .~".'
age in oo., 40 ooo Tnsn o.. ho.Ssa
;rdsh,sdnss. on .ooo,n, 90 .ohoa,ha.''s.
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