The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-04-04
THE MORTGAGE AS A BLESSING.

THE MORTGAGE AS A BLESSING.
In the Senate was agreed one day,
To reckon the interest aborers pay.
To count up the mortgages held Ger homes,
And note the distress which from usury comes.
For rumors have risen Of shame and of wrong
Which the people demand shall be righted ere long,
From railroad extortion, the bankers fierce greed
And a host of sad evils they ask be freed
Said Senator Paddock Nebraska's bright son:
mo poverty is there in my state one,
The mortgages there do but indicate growth,
The people are happy and prosperous BOTH
And otherwise senators stoutly averred
VI mortgage foreclosure they never had heard.
That the tale of farmers distress is fraud
They are living like kings their bread
These tdings oh farmer must give you surprise
You will feel in the world to have taken a rise.
NO doubt you will hasten your farm to improve
Or weary OF country to town you will move,
Else partial to travel on journey you'll go,
Just charter a tran;-rich do
They say you wealthy, do you please,
Iwere novelty great, you should live at your
That mortgage proof Of your wealth is they say,
Tho it's harassed your nights darkened each day
1t has gnawed like a canker-worm into your SOUL
And chained your ambition with deadly control.
lou nave pictured your children prey to grim Want
Or wandering homeless msgivings avaunt
No fear OF the sheriff. the mortgage shield you
Consider the revenue great it will yield you.
When the interest is due, then mortgage the CATTLE
Keep up the good work till you cover each chatte
you pile up the mortgage sufficiently high
You bankrupt the banker, perhaps by and by s
Though you shoulder his taxes as your own
And his interest is nearly much as his loan
Theysay you rich, do they covet your place.
They swallow your portion with very poor grace
Why these politicians should SO distort facts
samystery great the mlionaire's tax
nsuppof OF their interests their fasehoods RISE
Or they We mortgaged their souls to the father OF lies
The farmer they deem without wisdom and blind;
Never fear that flaw in their statements he'll find
tie will serve as tool to work out their sweet Wills
And they'll rob him at last of the land that tils
All surely, the mortgage the farmer ensaves
To free his home from it, all hardships he braves
1t robs him OF comort,-no peace can he know
His loved ones victims well, to the foe
It's a dreadful opponent ell never prevail
And the sheriff his struggle shall end with a. sale
An unfailng of sorrow and toll,
Is that greedy incumbent, lien on the SOIL
Why the with a web of deceit
The plea Of the people with sophistry meet,
By falsely asserting the needy have bread,
starving community ne'er be fed.
We are ruined by Usury power to Cypress,
And now to rulers we look for redress
It's justice, not charity, labor demands
That they Tighten the burdens imposed by their hands
Think they their extortions we IL suffer for ave-
Come there warning to them of the day
When the people they re driving madness or death
Shall rise and confront them in Judgment and wrath,
Our homes should be sacred as palace throne
Our children are dear the mllonaire,s own
Our homes must in the end to fall,
While vainy for food shall little ones call
But these terrible vultures beware
The people have borne all the people will bear
United in action for freedom we'll toll
And our victory herads the fall
farmers arouse you have traed long,
The foe you must meet hath grown subtle strong:
No small band though valiant win in this fight
Let workingmen join in defense of the right
Will Congress the rights of the people uphold?
Its members have thought but for party and gold,
They not whatevis their laws do create
And their apathy hastens their fast coming fate
We have in numbers whose grandeur and STRENGTH
Shall give them the helm of the Union at length:
With such members rulers, power or for gold
Shall the right of the poor prosper be sold
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