The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-09-12
ADDITIONAL TELEGRAPH.
ARRIVAL OF ExeLIsH FARMERS.


An Advance Colony for Texas-Drlyen
Times.
NEw YoRE, September lO.-Thoro de.
parted from here to-day n~inoty.iour pei.
sons, men, women and children, who had
come from England TO settle in Texas.
Among them were eight families, besides
those who were alone. Each Of the men
had in his pocket from $1,000 to 5000.
They were dressed like the ordinary
American farmer. They were from Not.
tnghRmshiIe, Yorkshire and Durham,
Two other bands Of farmers, from the same
country, are on their way here, Curiously
enough, too, there landed here on Sunday
q committee appointed by the House Of
Commons to investigate our agricultural
system, and to report some means OF allie.
waiting the distress that prompted the EN-.
tgration OF these men. Those who cam
In the first band are intelligent and we'll
developed. They spoke in the peculiar
dialect OF Yorkshire, have rudy faces and
big bones. They agreed that the chief
cause OF their distress was the renting sys.
TEN.
Robert Applegarth, OF Durham, was
one OF the immigrants, and had his wife
with him. He Is a country Journalist,
and a good deal Of a farmer besides, and
goes out for the purpose OF living In Texas
two years as q close observer, alter which
he believes he will be able 10 make nm In
telligent and Trustworthy report Of the
character Of the people, soil, Climate and
cattle Of Texas. Others In the shin say
that as he reports the farmers Of Durham
are certain 10 act.
There have been no good times in Dur
ham " said Mr.. Applegarth, "since the in
y%ention Of steel rails. Iron working was
the main industry there; and now that
iron. rails for railroads are superseded by
steel rails made by machinery, affairs
have been bad. The steel rails last nine
times as long as the iron ones, and but few
people are employed in making them; so
that, beside their own troubles, the gen.
eral stagnation is added to the burden OF
The farmers. There is no longer a market
for what we raise, yet our landlords, who
raised our rents in good times, have for.
gotten to cut them down." The immi.
grant wento to say that the sytem OF rent.
ing Is q great source OF the distress.
In his neighborhood the great land,
owners are Lord Eldon and Mr.. Millhank,
NJ. P. These men let their land 10 people
who snhlet It to the farmers. It is so
every where In Great Britain. The farmer
does not have his choice. The choice is
given to the favorities Of the landowners,
to retired armyoficersa and country gentle.
men. Ninety.nine times in a hundred
the farmers have to take sterile, had land,
They pay from ten shillirgs to 1--WE pounds
per acre for It. They are given notice to
quit whenever the landlord finds he can
gel. a shilling more than they are
giving per acre. Lately the wheat has
Jailed. AT present 1t Is as green as grass,
and will not be ready for harvest until
October. The land is SO peculiar that il
sometimes produces good straw and no
grain. Competition with tho American
and Hlssian farmers is out OF the cues.
ton, The potato rot seems i~neradicable.
Barley will not grow, and the tax on
grain Tor mating purposes is very heavy;
tutnlps grow in only one year out of four
and the year they do well the grain ialls''
In short. it is a rare thing for q farmer to
retire with meney enough to live out his
old age though he may have worked like
a'slaVe for forty years at farming, 'A'
The Texas Railroad Comr5n;os have
taken advantage Of the distressed condi.
9on o. the farmers to send their circulars
describing the advantages to be derived in
settling there. One OF the number had
been to Texas, and, returning to England,
had made a report which led to the emf.
grafton. At home these men managed
farms OF from 100 to 500 acres. They
seemed delighted with the idea Of owning
their own lands. They reached here in
the steamship Helvetia on Monday morn
ing, and remained on board until to-day,
when they were transferred to the steam.
snip City Of Texas, and were started for
their new homes.