The Red Cloud chief., 1879-10-09
ENGLISH
4 Talk With ~ Party who ARE Going q" set
tie in Texas.

tie in Texas.
From the New York Time. sept. 10
Close upon the heels If the British
Commissioners who have been sent 10
inquire into the condition IF the a%rj-
cultural classes in this country. and To-
discover, If possible. in our agricultural
methods some remedy for the depressed
condition Of agriculture in England.
comcs a large party Of English fJrmcr,,
men who have for years been struggling
against fate and ill-fnrtunc. aud who
have at last determined Ia fully AMI fair
" test the experiment Of farming IN
America. This party came from Liver
pool on the National Line steamer Hell
vctia. which arrived in the Lower BAY
on Saturday night. and was brought tn
IN anchorage neal the company wharf
Oh SUNDAY. The steamer Will not come
To- her dock for "A day or two. and the
farmers will remain on board until
Thursday, awaiting transfer (" on" III
the Mallory steamers, la bc taken To-
Galveston. Texas. \ reporter of the
Times went on board the llclyciia oH
Monday, and had a long conversation
with individuals who came from two
widely separated localities in England,
and had an opportunity Z" -"
that the men of the party were
strong and wcather-hcatcn, and I'M
q~ucStionablv familiar with hard work.
Only half i: dozen of them come from
London or its ncighborhood, while
about 30 Of them hail from the vicinity
of Durham. They came in the >tcrrago
of the vessel, choosing to travel cheaply
and use the funds with which they are
provided in buying utensils, material.
stock. and other ncc~c>SarieS, with which
Ia gain a foothold in their new homes.
Conversation with these men. who have
been for years acquainted with all the
difficulties that tenant-farmcTS have
been compelled to encounter, made IL
plain that they had decided Ia abandon
their English homes only because they
had found that they were fighting "A
losing battle with circumstance which
they were powerlesS To overcome. They
have no e~xtravagant expectations Of
success, but say they are resolved To-
give the new land a thorough trial. and
To do all that can be- done by indu,tri-
Gus. careful application, la achieve in
dependence, if they do not accumulate
wealth. They are by no meal likely
Ia become dependent upon charity. for
each farmer i supplied with means be-
vond the amount he has spent in ac-
quiring land, and with enough ready
money To keep him comfortably until
he can realize something from his own
efforts.
Robert A~pplegarth, N of the party,
replied To a number Of questions with
entire candor and willingness, desiring.
a. he said. To have news of the mDye-
ments of the party communicated to
friends ut home through a public medi-
I'm. He i a tall, slightly bent man.
with good features, somewhat bronzed,
A sparse beard growing on his checks,
and 4 full, brown mustache and whisker
covering his mouth and chin. He was
roughly clad. and when addressed was
playing draughts in the steeragc with
one of his companions.
..How WAS il that you came To- IN
bark for American" said the reporter.
"WeIl. sir, Won see the gi>t of it j
this: The best land of England i now,
and il has been for years, held by the
gentry. Such land a. they a do with
out, that they do not wish 10 pre>ervefo
hunting purposes or for their own FARMS
they rent to tenants. These tenants are
generally men whose fathers and grand
fathers have rented and cultivated the
same lands. With them. the task has
been one of constant effort 20 make bad
lands productive. The contest has been
; laborious that men are living, and IN
this party. who know that the tenants
are no better off now than they were ~
wears ago. Some of them are poorer
II has always been my belief that 10
spend money and labor on bad land that
was not naturally productive at the first
must end in loss. At Durham, from
which l and many Of my friends in this
party have come-and they are nearly
all from the North of Engiand-we have
been thinking of emigration for years
Still, We heSitated to break up our
homes, hoping that in time u land
lords would reduce their rents. that the
crops would improve, or that other en-
cumstances would make the outlook
brighter. We have found IN recent
years that while we could raise good
crops of straw We could not produce