The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-03-27
wnAT auIanD Tan FARMHas,

The most stirring event Ia our soma
t0rlal fog bank during tho present hes'
sion OF congress was tho speech OF htn'
Ator VOORHEES,, Of Indiana, on the quea'
ton why farming IL now 30 depressed,
ana why farm lands afe depreelatllg
in value,
Senator Voorhees, rightly attributes
tho present depressed condition OF
farmers East, West, North ana South
Ito tho no called Protective tariff, Ito
gives ua SONS statistics worth Temem
berlng, and soma conclusions aa 70 tho
cause uf the present low price OF farm
products, that ara irrealatlbe, His
hlatlatiea OF farm mortgages, after over
q quarter OF century OF tarlit dehtTuo
tiln, aTe startling. lie shows that tho
farms OF Ohio afe now under mortgages
20 the enormous amount OF HdOOODOOOO
la tho state OF Illinois things are no
hetteT, tho mOrtgageh in that state
amounting 10 siO2U0OOOO Twenty
three per cent, OF the whole face OF the
state OF Illinois iA under mortgage,
'fhe state OF Michigan was still worse,
Forty seven per cent OF tho whole sur
face OF that state was under mortgage,
la the states OF Indiana, Kentucky
Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska and
tho whole northwest from 70 % 90 per
cent OF tho farm lands were under
mortgage, NJ such rates OF lntereht 40
tho farmers could never pay out OF
their crops, 10 say nothing Of the pfln'
oipal. The farmers were thus brought
face 10 face with the loss OF their
homes, with ruin aud hundreds OF
thousands OF them ara standing In that
attitude at this present day aud hour.
Nor we're the farmers OF Now England
different In that respect from those OF
ths western states, There wis the
same deOadenee Ia Vermont and New
Hampshire, where there was u move
ment 10 reeolonlze them with soandl'
nayian immigrants aud whore farm
lands could DO purchased ~ from ei 10
es an acre, In tho face OF such appal'
log facts who, he asked, would enl0gize
the workings and results OF u ayatem
OF tariif protection which had iOr CON
tinuOua term OF twenty eight years
accomplished nothing save tile e0ncen-
tfAllOn aud Amahhment or wealth IN the
hands OF a few protected people, II
the improved farm lands Of the United
States were put 10 hale to-day, under
tho mOht favorable circumstances, they
would not, no said, on y general aver.
age, realize more than twO'thlrda OF
what their value had been twenty i've
years ago,
Then Senator Voorhees, ayerted his
eagle eye from the deplorablo farm
landscape OF dehoatlOn " the palaces
OF tho great Protected Lords who have
grown luAty In their greed, aud who
have absorbed into their capaciOua
bellies all the fat OF the land. lie
spoke OF the recent Carnegie banquet
IN Washington, given 10 President
Harrison. lilo read home OF the news,
paper headlines, such 40 Like Old
Luoullua, Gorgeous Dinner That Out
riYaled AN Ancient Roman Feast, A
Menu Which Almost the Whole World
Furnished That banquet brought 10
hla MUD that other historical feast
which Boahaazar the king gave 10
| 900 OF hia lords aud when the king
saw the llngera OF mans hand write
on the wall, "Over against the candle
stick" tho "Mene, meme, tekel, uphar.
ain" Ills earnest prayer aud belief
WAS that tho handwriting on the wall OF
tho Carnegie banquet would preaage
the overthrow OF a systom OF extprtion
and robbery more Wicked In tho sight
Of God and man than all the sins. OF
Babylon, when her robes were scarlet
with inlquity,
And yet wo have farmers In this sec.
ton OF our beloved land-men whose
farms are mortgaged, who have no
moro sense than 10 shout for more rob
berry by law, and 10 calculate cheers
when the so called Champion OF Pro.
lection holds up 10 Wow the calcimined
aud painted haflot.