Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-17
To the Ta1-Payers of Jhniata
Comfy.

Put the money You pay for poor
tax at interest. You ask how car we
do that = The problem is easily solv-
ed We saf purchase d good farm,
build a good poor house and have it
well farmed and you will then have
your money at interest, Just as every
land owner in the county has his
money invested, with this difference
In favor of poor house farm, You
will have that farmed and kept in or
der by those who would have to oc-
tcupy the buildings without having to
Tpay for the labor, which Would be an
advantage over the other farmers OF
the country. Now let us see the diff
ference between countie that have a
poor house and Those. counties which
! have none
Juniata without poor house and
a population of only 1880, pays a
S4, ,42 poor tax and pays for tramps
In the jail ths sum of S7O43O. max
ing in all SIS, 1859 for poor pur-
poses and which is a total loss to the
taxpayers of Juniata, no interest do
we get for that sum nor anything
else in the place Of it.
Let rs now turn to counties that
have poor houses. Franklin county,
with an almshouse and good farm,
cay worth $4,000, and population
Of $4,000, has only expended $15,-
1852. %. only S615.9S more than Ju-
niata with a. population of only IT,
$50. Franklin county maintained
and supplied 321 paupers, and lodg-
ed and fed during the year 4.443
tramps and the number of meals
furnished 10,11S. Now we will tell
you what they raised on their farm !
and what was made in the house by the |
womeh- They raised ON their farm
1885 bushels of wheat, 625 bushels |
of oats. PIP bushels of corn. in the
ear, us bushels of potatoes, so bush |
els of beets, Is bushels of green
beans, 8 bushels of soup beans, so |
bushels of tomatoes, 90 bushels OF
onions, 40 bushels of cucumbers, |
1000 heads of cabbage, 2G loads hay, |
and Is loads of corn fodder.
OF goods manufactured and work
done In house SO mems and bows I
coats, l42 mems and boys trousers, |
3S vests, 2lS shirts, 143 women and
ehildrens' dresses, Isl womens' che
mise, AZ infants dresses, 2 womens'
bonnets, 195 aprons, 45 women and |
childrens flannel shirts, Ga cotton
shirts, 53 women and childrens sacks, !
"a comforts, 60 b-d spreads, 80 pill |
low cases, 62 chaff beds, so feather
pillows, 45pair stockings, 13 shi ouds,
90 pair womens drawers. You may
now see the interest Franklin county
gets for her outlay of S60,000.
Miffiin county, with a poor house
and population of something more
than our own, and the poor house in
the worst possible location it could
have been put for economy and safe
ty, expended out S11,16096. And
they raised on their farm HOO bus.
wheat. 1000 bus. oats. 1900 bus. corn
ears, 125 bus. turnips, 400 bus. pota-
toes, 10 bus. soup beans, 25 bus.
beets. 30 bus. green beans, 20 bus
peas, Il bus. tomatoes, 10 bus. clov-
-erseed, SO loads hay, % leads corn
fodder, 4500 heads cabbage, 1000 TBS.
pork, and 1900 lbs. beef.
could give you the statistics of
other counties, but / will give you
but one more and that is Perry coun-
'ty. with her poor house, and popu-
lation of 25,i57, only expended for
poor purposes the sum of $500,
which is S9,3i63 30 less than our own
expenditures, with a population of
iS,06f greater than OURS.
And they raised on their farm 425
bus. wheat. SO bus. rye. 1OO0 bus.
corn ears, 693 bus. oats, 100 bus. tur-
nips, ii bus. cloverseed, 400 bus. po-
tatoes, 30 bus. sweet potatoes, 26
bus. timothy seed. They slaughtered
5999 TBS. pork, 1888 TBS beef; and
29S Tbs. veal. The clothing made
was Sc pairs paltsloons, IS shirts, so
chemise, so aprons, IS dresses, Is
sacks, 5 bonnets, 13 skirts, 7 gowns,
. vests, 65 pairs stockings, 10 pairs
mittens, &c, and kept S5 paupers
during the year From the statistics
l have given you, judge for your
selves, which of the two ways is the
cheapest to keep the poor. More
anon. l.. BUHcHFIELD.