Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-04-17
Prosperity Of Morrison County.

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ents expresses himself as opposed to
issuing bonds to build bridge be-
cause the people are so poor, and for
other reasons, while Mr.. Richardson
brings up the poverty of the people as
reason why bonds should be issued for
railroad purposes. We heartily dis
approve ofthe people being represents
as poverty struck wretches, living in
squalid restitution and misery. Mr..
Richardson even represents that their
misery is so great as they toll and
sweat in the bottom Of the ditch to
secure the necessary nutrlment to keep
their souls and bodies together, that
their creator exhibits his mercy by
putting an end to their existence. If
our Eastern readers believe this, they
will Immediately begin the collection
Of fund to pay the railroad fare of
the people of Morrison county to some
place where death is not the only
possible relief from the pangs of utter
restitution. The people Of the East
would be devoid of any charitable
feeling, and be reproach to The relig.
ion they profess, if they would not
generously contribute to aid families
to leave country where it is necessa~
~ for people to deprive themselves
Of every comfort Of life to save money
enough to pay their funeral expenses.
Capitalists reading such a pathetic ac>
count of the awful restitution prevails
ing here, woald not be induced there's
by to invest money in this county.
But the fact is, and the people of this
county will approve of the assertion,
that there is not shadow of reason
for representing the existence Of such
a poverty stricken condition of affairs
here. 1t Is our unqualified belief that
there is not another tract of land on
this planet, equal to Morrison county
in size and population, where there is
less want and restitution than 10 this
county. It is true that the average
wealth is not as large here as in some
other places, but the poorest people
here generally cultivate land, either
rented or on new claims, and are COM
fortably situated. Whenever a case
Of restitution becomes known to the
County Commissioners, that is any,
where near as severe as is common IN
the mining and manufacturing dis
trlcts Of the East, ample and abund>
ant aid is at once extended. The
poor fund is liberally,,paid out but not
withstanding this, the County Cons
missioners have from time to time
turned over large sums of surplus poor
fund into the general county fund.
And although there are many valua>
BILE farms in every part of the county
upon which money can be borrowed,
very few Of the farms are mortgaged.
While nearly all our exchanges are
crowded with notices Of mortgage fore>
closure, we have only published three
or four such notices since the Trans
cript was started nearly three years
ago. THE we attribute to the Super
Tor ability Of the people Of this coun>
ty to pay their debts. We know that
merchants and others find collections
hard here, but debts of that character,
unsecured, are hard to collect in any
place where the law exempts thous-
ands Of dollars worth Of property from
execution in each case, as it does in
Minnesota. The people are not hum
cry wretches with mouths wide open
to catch stray crumbs from the tables
Of capitalists, and we don't believe
they like to be represented as such.