The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-04-07


these IA!les'
AJAX with Farmer.
va h,d an Interesting conversation
eth an Ohio county farmer yesterday,
,so came in to talk with US in regard to
n, Dcvre,y Of selling his farm, which Is
1o,,b ;6j per acre, in order to emigrats
,l.shere in quest Of more and cheaper
Ind for bis growing family. He had
h,,yb, his present farm soon alter the
vyu;i) per acre, and had put $500
rorh Of improvements on II, so that 1t
.ool him nos 5000. lie thought that
hsvp,suing along very slowly-too slow
b,Imin Of Advancing years-aud ought
10 ,set some locality where he could do
better.
We suEed hin to follow US In few hg'
prs and questions, In the 10 years dur
jpsyh.ch be had owned his farm be had
p,id of 800 due on it when he had pur.
chased it, and had, ss he said, put $500
worth Of improvements (buildings) on 1t.
10 addition, he had accumulated about
34Q worth OF stock, and had partially
uAre,! aud educated family Of six child
Nn, dve Of them girls.
On the basis Of this statement oi facts
vsMked Why he complained Of not hav'
irg done well in Ohio county as
farmer We cited him TO the fact
hlthia original investment was but &, 800,
Gll We asked him what he considered
The annual cost Of supporting and ed
uca,ing each member OF his family. He
conceded that it was 500 per head, In.
cal.ul himself and wife as two members
oIGhe family According to this he had
earned 500 per year in the way Of sup.
port for bis family, plus the yearly pro
na tor thirteen years OF the $500, the
!iOADI tue 500 which he had madsoutot
its AnA aud expended upon 1t in the way
dliltsued payment, and in the way Of
Improvements and accumulation OF stock,
TeugIBg .2it per year making with the
tS0sso,al Of 81 ,OIB per annum, or about
Il per cent per annun on his original
capital
This calculation seemed to be a new rev.
tltion to our friend; he had never
though! Of the rearing and educating Of
bis family in the way Of a profit on his
Cipial and hal l0oksi only to the 500,
Ihei!jOO, and the 400, as the sole repre-
,sntAtIvel Of his thirteen. years ownership
Of his farm.
Ws'ail to our friend, suppose you had
la7ested your f63OO in one Of the manu-.
h:tnrjns Establishments here and lived
inAr'n;el house with your family, would
you not consider seventeen per cent large
earnings Ior your money? lie admitted
'aNhe gould. Suppose, We said iurther,
you bad Sona into business Of some kind
With yourcap,M running through the de-.
Pfessions ana yie,asiuies Of the last few
years, would yon not have considered II
per cent good profit for your labor and
Jour investment? lie had to admit that
ne could hardly have expected more Of q
fAtsrn than seventeen per cent.
Beside, said We You would have run
the risks Of bad debts, the decline in
values, and the possible loss Of your entire
capital, Such has been the experience Of
many business men during the las. few
years, and it might easily enough have
b'sa your experience This he also admit.
ted.
But, slil we iurIaer instead Of the loss
d yol'r capital you have to-day a farm
Worth va per acre, after having gotten II
PET cen; per an7um on your investment
10 IT. Now you want to sell your farm and
90 on the hunt Of theapet land, on the
ground ih'tithas not aid. Well, there
are several points to be c, nsi,lered In con.
enPatih1 such change. You have now
iAim IN good condition aid we'll i'm
proved, Aal YOU arc ccmtonab. v situated
pua surrounded, You have zoo 4 neigh
Uo'hood, the people are intelligent al
"'0uM you YOU have good health, and
l0O have the advantages oil good rosd,'
1'Ou 'choois, ready access to the
t"V' and live close to a railroad.
'Ou Aaow everybody and everybody
Ia''s I you and your family. Your chill.
,, gsa nave disadvantage CT good associa.
syn'' and will probably settle in life "a
p'eNs you Contrast all these advantage.
% "e ''lnH The iancied advantages Of {
@ y"anSe, Iou mIy make a change for th,
, I've w. he there not very many fiskl
10 run You may make a great mistake
Ou' i'Isrd remarked that he had nsve
.u1usA' Of the subject in this light before
S-u expressed tho pleasure he felt in hav
.ns called IN 10 have chat with us on tn
sa'9e1' lie weh,avay apparently think
ns'good deal more Of his Ohio count,
A'm ltan when he came in. Seeing tha
,n',''end wv bad b'enthus pleased, and possi
% o.y benefited, by these scattering thought
W matter that go much interested hin
sIs 90, only him but others In like mar
ia'naiei EC concluded 10 make III
SI ~, hole u them Tor the benefit Of lhot
'nom j: might concern.
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