Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1888-03-30
TIE TAX BURDEN of the FARMERS.
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COUNT Whb CalCUlNleu NJ tne low TNte VI
Elk per cent, while in fact the average an
nual Interest upon farm mortgages IL sew
EN- per cent, beside the original discount
exactcd for the loan accommodation. At
seven per cent. the interest amounts to
sol 10000 This sum was alluded to ~
dead capital, which in fact II il because II
drcvS out Of the enrHers' sight before IL
can he Of service. But while dead to the
men who pay 1t, 1t represents an enormous
capital which when actively employed il
rnllicient tu move the wheels II commerce
uf this sum which tie farmers OF Ohiu
yearly take from the soil, he the sensons
good or brd. S2l,OC000O are equal In
value to over 300 farms Of lG0 acres each,
nI Sld0 an acre. The sum equals 2l0 900
horses worth 500 each. At $i5 head
thus vast amount of money would purchase
AGO 6G6 head Of cattle. Ii would buy zoo, 900
cook stoves or l 900 900 good sets Of dishes
1t equals 100000 moving machines. 1t
would build 10, 500 dwelling houses at So.
600 apiece. 1t would purchase 1850 600
sheep at "a head.
Now here is good place to stop aud
think a moment. Four dollars a head for
sheep is good round figure, but at this
price, the interest alone on the capital
which the farmers Of Ohio have been
obliged 10 borrow TO keep the wolf from
the door-from the flock il you please
would purchase 1000 more sheep than
the total number now owned by all the
farmers of this state. What q text for n
tariff talk If here presented. The taxes
have forced the farmers into q corner.
The monopolist proteclionists have cal lied
this sturdy, working, undeceiving class
into the belief that il their wool is protect, d
they will prosper; aud while throwing this
alleged crumb of comfort to them the taxes
have been piled up mountain high in other
directions, until the farmer, crowded to
the wall, has been obliged to borrow, bor.
row, borrow. Mortgage after mortgage is
added unit! the colossal sum ot $500, O00,-
900 is reached, aud the interest alone
amounts to more than all Of their sheep.
which they are tod are protected, are
worth. This is not taking from one pock
ct To fill another. 1t il paying over that
which will never come back. The soil
must yield its proportion oil this amount
The wool sales, the cattle raisIng,the hogs
the chickens, everything which the farmer
raises must contribute TO the everlasting
drain which runs into bitches of silvei
lined with gold INTO the great unfathom'
able pool to the credit to the money lend
er, whose mortgages upon the farms rep
resent the muscle of The toll OF the bus.
grangera Of this state. This is the tariI
blessing which we read about. This
the tariff curse which the farmers Of Obi
are beginning TO realize.
The vastness OF the compulsory interest
: tribute OF the farmers is almost beyon
comprehension. 1t goes, and j, must e
for il is 30 nominated in the bond whic
they were obliged 10 execute. And afte
tins enormous sum has once passed fror
the earners' control the moon wakes an
wanes only thirteen times before anothe
pay day comes around, and 80 the drai
continues. The Seasons seem to roll alon
more rapidly when a man owes money ic
which he must struggle to pay.
So this comparison might extend 10 a
the divislons of the farmers necessitie
e and aslonlshment would multiply at eaC
9 specification. But the consideration shoul
l not rest with necessities. Every farm,
|. who tolls and improves his opportuniti
can earn more than living. II lie do,
, not there ia something wrong, someIhii
. previously out of joint something whiC
e needs correcting, something which cri
T alond for reform. The person must
clothed, the body must I've fed; so too, Il
mind should be improved. The tamil
can he instructed without interfering wit
the daily toll, and books needed to be pm
chased, the walls decorated, the mantl
4 and the house supplied with neat Iitt
- articles as the fancy or the good taste
E the housewife may suggest. All OF til
o costs money which the surplus earnin
= might supply. Why, think OF IT, the N
. nuai interest which the farmers Of o
- are paying would purchase 200 librari
II each equal To the great Ohio state libra
If at Columbus, and there are 10000 volum
It in that very superior collection. Al t,
\. dollars volume il would give TO each
!. los 900 families 100 choice books. !
: this and more too would the interest viii
ct the farmers yield purchase il they h.
Of this amount for their own use. II
rs they could slick up the place, how til
could improve each year, how they could
wealth aside ior Investments aud to ht
s, against q RAINY dav, or TO set up the chi
ie ren IN life as they grow to mans estate.
y. Under natures laws, untrammeled
:, wrongful restriction, the farmer is entii
no to the blessed privilege of having mn
i! for lie earns much, and Of doing wi
all hest serves hiS purpose with his own.
ne il not waNeful; no person ever accused
=, farmer of that fault. IIis habits Oi eca,
a' my are acquired by the traditions Of
or vocation, and every acre OF good farm l,
rk represents more each year lhan the N
ar extrayagant home expense can of
4, The natural laws Of toll aud comrensat
=, earnings insures a surplus. and when 81
dy snrplns is lacking there rs fault hey,
no llle DlHine VI TIE tlueT VI TIE SOIL. Tar
re. ers to-day are ms industrious as were Il
-. forefaihers. They have improved inn
'"' ments aud can do more in day Il
De could their ancestors, and they should
ess able to make the most Of every condil
To and every situation. Yet with Il
- heaven-bestowed habits uf industry
On ua these golden opportunities the farmer o
@ on day realizes that lie IL not accumula
n0 S0 M rapidly as did his father on The NJ
III farm. The soil is the same, The sea,
o oat have not materially changed the harry
nc nc come with productive abundance, but
's wealth yielding blessings do not foil
mr., There il n cause for this failure, and
70 musl be looked for outside ef The faru
tIa home, away from his granary filled ,
'ess golden ears Of corn, away from his &
, n stacks Of hay, away from his waving Il
ess of grain, away srOm his finely kept al
Of The home and conditions seem favors
sod IeHllh la vouchsafed unto him and
or family. Industry is the watcllwOrJ of
um efforts, still the income in many,
IL many inslapces, does not equal the OF
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