Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-05-20


gence and industry to cultlvatg1k
Capital. by grasplng and holdIng ~
land for hire or speculation, - da0oI
and Is now doing, more 70 deay ~
muneratlve labor 10 live By laboe ttlan
anything else, and could We haVo =
change in this respect. % thak -
price Of land would be brouehk coUo
within the range Of its produots -
kept there, orchards, and viney161S
and gardens and homes, woald 49,
en- ten-yes, . hundred lb1d. ~
rent is 30 high that Il does not - -
hire land, while the landlords aso -
orally Of the picayunish stripe. or -.
penny-pinchers; and as to buying -
that is out OF the question, u . nan -
poets to pay 1t OFF the land itself. .,
Politicians and office-seekers are ast1f.
and work is being cut out for the 6sllt
campaign. "Uncle Toby's" doleful pio.
ture of st. Louis would suit this Stato,
and I suppose every other In the Union,
very well. The great struggle ID for
Office and to make Office ce-holding pay.
The real and true interests Of the peo.<
pie are left out of the account, though,
Of course, great deal Of solicitude con-
cerning then is expressed BY aspir-
ants.
1t makes one feel as though he had
come from home, in leaving Iron ooun-
ty, when Emerson's and DIR. Farrar'o
aud letters are read; but there 10 light
and shade in every picture, and these
gentlemen, for reasons best known 10
themselves, are only touching on the
high lights. Whether one goes TO Iron
or any other county In the United
States. except, perhaps, barren plains
and mountains, he finds that money u
ahead of him and has taken pick and
choice for keeps where there r. any
pick and choice. Even from distant
New England and from Australia We
hear that labor is crowded from its pA-
tural prestige, the soil; and those who
would gladly toll IL they could enjoy
the honest fruits Of their labor are
forced into necessity, and necessity 10
the mother of crime as well as of iuvsu-
tion. No, there were many reasous
why we liked Iron county; but, on the
whole, we would rather get excused
from the stumps, the washing and the
winter-buiscuit. .Mf
I had almost forgotten when speak
ing Of politics to say our GreenbackG9D
seem to be making some very sensib1o
notifications In their creed. The
now insist that all money shall b &
sued by the general government.k
Most Of US could subscribe to that.
Then they are not particular about the
legal tender power Of notes, provided
no legal tender power is given TO gold
and silver. Now, ~ gold and silver do
not need a law to force y creditor 70
take them, and as most of us would ~
vor the non-collection Of debts at law,
there can be little urged by honest
men against q platform 10
framed. If they would incorporate .
few planks for the real relief and man.
omission Of labor, this new party
would soon grow to such proportions
that it would swallow both the old
ones. Some day common sense will
dawn in the minds Of the masses and Q
great and good change over the spirit
Of our nation. FARMER.
MAY 10TH. The storm continued
all night and IL is still raining at
daylight. During the night o storm
west Of the house / live In, throw.
ing the fences, and at the next house,
which lay right In the track, the fruit
and shade trees..are mostly wrecked, but
the building not hurt. In fence that
had to lay up this morning was part
Of sound shingle that had been torn
from rsof somewhere southwest Of
me.
1t is now about 8 o'clock A. n. and
another storm has just passed over.
Later.-Smithfield, or Alsey las IL 10
sometimes called), was blown to pieces
asst evening. +.