Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-12-18

ana IClrHOrlgS-the population numbers
but one to every SiXty-eight acres, while in
the East there is one person TO every seven
aces. Different trade unions and Knights
Of Labor, ms cad Of pooling the" coutr-
buttons to support those OF their number
Nho ale out Of employment and who can
not he tally employed in their old depart
McIIS OF labor for years 10 come, should use
their money in hel ping the idle to buy land
and make homes Tor themselves in the great
West
Facts Verifying HIS Statements.
Are these statements 4 matter OF specu
IatiOn? asked the reporter "Or are there
specific facts in support of them?'
We'll, said Uncle Rufus, 81 could give
you thousand instances which have come
under my own observation to verify these
statements. Perhaps one will suffice, re-
gardlng my o,d friend, DR.. K. p Lane, OF
Rockford, Ill. He owns number of farms
in that State, the land originally costing
him from 81 30 to $40 per acre. according
to the proximity TO the railroad. These farms
yield him annually from $ to So per acre.
If you can name any other business as
safe, which giyesa larger return on the cap
ital invested, and shall be glad to hear OF
it. The railroads that have large land
grants should sell their land on 10 years
time at ) per cent interest the first pay
ment 10 he made in four years after posses
sion is given, and the buyer to contract TO
break up and cultivate one-tOurth of his
land the first year one.eighth the second
and so on. Thus, at the expiration of the
first tour years, he would have al least half
II .hn nd
reads had adopted this policy Years ago
their earnings would have been double or
triple what they are today. Another argu-
ment in favor OF tie prohtablenesS of cuIp-
vatin, the soil IS that everything the
farmer needs 10 wear, everything
in the way OF tools, everything IN
tie nature Of luxury IS much
cheaper than il was formerly so that his
bushcl of wheat a, fifty cents will brnr
more IN return than it once would at 81 per
lu,hel In addition 10 this. labor is Ger.
,airy going back to Democratic prices
Wages will be cut in two and the tirmer will
be- able 10 hire his help at greatly reduce
prices. bringing the cost of Cultlvating his
acres down 10 = instead OF 81 or 81. IN"
price ot labor in Germany France and the
uired kingdCm-where so large = portion
| Cd. the population is engaged in manufacture
my. mining and mechanical pursUits-.S
less than 10 per cent Of what it is in this
country. In many instances the emplOye
G.lng any public position he receives ouIy
cAe gratuity tip. For instance, the guard in
] charge of the train running from London to
Paris, who does more work in day and
works more hours in a week than is called
] ~ b no
month. i skilled engineer across the water
! is obliged tc work ten hours day If not
| running his engine hs must work IN the
shop, and his pay is less than half what our
| skilled engineers get. The ordinary engIn
/ Ger that runs the Geight van gets 81 - per
/ day for 10 hours work in England and
/ less than that in France ,and Germany |
remember when a locomotive engineer in
. this country received $50 month for
| DAYS work covering 100 miles, and he had
/ TO take care Of his ENGINE. The fireman
! got 81 a day, and the baggageman got
| $40 per month and the brakeman got
/ so per month. The particular road that
. have in my mind ran from Portland to
Portcmouth in lS4j. 1t is scarce worth
/ While TO argue on this subject OF overcrowd-
D cd Eastern cite. Thousands OF men and
/ womon are living in uIheal,hy tenement
. Ealfthe time on STRIFE or O2t OF employ
men. from other causcs-rearing their fam
! ,r,s to uu,crty and disgrace, drinking 10
. Grown their SORROWS or taking their lives to
! ,..rc responsibilities which they dare not
| lace TLr,e same men and women migrt
owu their own homes, enjoy the blessings OF
I n.,lth. hrin. un sturdy children, out OF the
r,.aeh Of the temptations and crimes com
T " 70 ci'irs, and save money. The sum
n ing up Of lie "hoIe question is this: They
| caurot make q decent living East, they
! can make one West, and become indepen-
dent.
You are then Mr. Hatch, unfavorably
7 impressed as to matters east OF the MISsls-
; sipri and the great lakes"
Not at all quickly responded Uncle
Rufus, quite the contrary. Two thousand
million bushels of corn and jj0,0O0,OOO
/ bushels of wheat are wealth, and these are
/ the figures touched this season. Our en-
| ports are large, amounting to over 2,OOO,-
| uu bushels Of grain the first week in De-
/ e., mher Exchange is at such point that
| .old is flowing this way. The banks hav"
! "A surplus reserve OF SlO,G00,OOO. There Is
about SoO.OC0. Geo to be paid out here during
/ Il G month OF January The stocks and Sc
G, rites dealt in on the Stock Exchange
/ i've declined over S5oOOQOOOOO in the
/ last three wears. They are trading in con-
Iocts ut the present time, and securities are
| gradually being absorbed. Some day there
/ VII he a sudden awakening to these facts,
and investment will be resumed in anything
/ that can pay per cent per annum, when
I priccs are so low as at present.