West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-10-23

sources and vast cultivation, tho showing
rs 10 her farming lands ana iArminc hl-
terests il still darker and more disastrous
A recent n0mbcr Of tie Bankers Maca-
zine commenting on the report of Mir.
John ). Lord, chief of The Illinois bureau
OF statistics, points out the facts that the
private debts secured by mortgages of
record In that State exceed S402, OOO, 900.
IL is also shown that of this lnortgare
indebtness $751;, 600 coo is outside of Cook
County, the fam indebtness, exclusive of
mortgages on chattels and town lots, be.
ing Sli2 GOO, 600 with an annual interest
of A,9l9,0OO. Taking the entire average
OF the State, ~ per cent of it's whole face
~ under mortgage Tho Bankers Maya.
zine chaIacteIi1cs these fgafes ms stupen-
dous and alarming, aud yet there are
other States with even worse records OF
debt and financial distress than Illinois
or Ohio. According TO the last report of
the labor bureau of Michigan, over a. per
cent Of all the farm lands within her
borders are under mortgage. During the
last Congress the able and accomplished
representative of the Harper's Ferry Dis
trict of West Virginia made the following
striking ana uncontradicted statement on
the tleor of the House:
40 not wish e make any statement that Is mol
relort OF the labor bureau OF the state of Michigan
Michigan farms and which presents some stfikine
figures l stand here to-day and cay that have not
Industrious ns hari.work ina a. intslligent a. ti,c
grmeT In any other colntry and yet this
valuation Of the farns are norIgaged Compare tic
,onlition Of the Unprotected Michigan fefmcr with
We condition Of the projected owner OF thU conner
mines Ia Michigan, The latter pine up divi3,'nd
egc granted him by Coneras io "a Suh oi Wy ~
ths country. while The foruor Is working early and
upon lis ssis a hS wy S hsS amer a
non tho money 20 come here and bcsiego Congross
pillow, % their daily labor. They cannot come herc
% n nDs'r in.f 9Nn Interests; but Tie owners VI
protected aud Subsidized here NJ an tinrs In sr
'onme'' urging measures Tor their own benefit.
In Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri. Kan
slsb Iowa, NehlaskA, and indeed through
out the whole Northwest, from 90 20 80
per cent OF the improved farms arc Gov
cred by mortgage liens az such rates of
interest as farmers can never nav out of
the proceeds OF their crops, much less also
the principal They are thus brought
face TO face with the loss of their homes
with ruin, and hundreds of thousands of
them are standing in that attitude this
day and hour. If, however, il is retorted.
az we constantly hear, that the deplor-
able condition of Western and North.
western farmers is local, exceptional. ne
culiar 10 themselves, growing out Of their
lack of thrift and skill. and not due 10
the general policy of the Government n
viii only be necessary TO turn our In
quiries in another direction In order 10
ind that the decay of values in farm
lands and in farm productions has been
even greater and more ruiBous in the
older Eastern States than in the West.
Sir, New England is the home of high
protection; the busy brains of her people
nave been engaged from the beginning of
the Government in devising tariff duties
Tor other people to pay to the manufac-
turing classes, and she has placed her
privileged few at the head of the money
Of this country, If not OF The world. Put
IKE the boomerang as weapon of war.
New England's high protective tariff
policy Is &c last returning against hero,Vn
bosom, and carrying widespread destruc-
tion to her farmers in their homes, in
their lands aud in everything they DOS
sess' We are Informed by Biadsfreeps
reliable journal, In an article on stats.
tics, that depopulation I'm rural New
England is something to create wonder.
Recent investigations by the State au-
thorities Of Vermont, New Hampshire and
Massachusetts show that an alarming
number OF farms la fair condition and
once owned by thrifty farmers are abau.
d0ned entirely and tuned over To lie
bramble and the thistle, untenanted and
uDrented.b
And. again, We find the following care
ful aud amazing statement recently made
public IN tho press of the country:
The movement 70 rccolonlze Vermont ana Kew
broot ~ ss wlb sehnGiaylan lmmigInta has
n tao lev fnsanp states Prom the siaie com.
mitipner Of Wrfutufe ana manufacturing INK ro.s
u q learned that gOod farming land il pfg on ~
occnpau2l' ~ The town At Reading Windsor
nave been IN former times good farfla ave cfIcr ~,
sale one haiiO these. says the cofnmiss loner are
win sniidings how gone, ana fsst growing ~ viii,
timber; soie oi lhs land isnsod fQf pagtnrGse ana
oi1 cellar holes and miles Of stone walls 70 etfy 70
such lands con be purchased NJ from one 70 two
eeii4fs - acre me commissioner teiiG ~ having
good soil ~ e township Of Cheisc1 Va which f,'n
- boughi for sl,l 10 he township ~ VofsEire.
uoua, or nearly 30, abandoned or unOfruoled wsfiv
yI tnte iarns iaysa far set of Duidinga on them
ena oine5s teula ye MADE comfortable with small
,g lti,{ q recent telegram in ne papcfs reported
w, 80 ~ nNfltah Immigrants bad been
= gentlemen in Japal1s, wlndham County. has
rom whlcn me staie commissioned lakes tiie ioll0
"a farld on o0 aores fair building eooe s,,os, ~.
ehara plenty ofwood sud TIMBER las been one of
ne De5i ln tlo town, lloicd 20 pin
frpt orchard and in good state or cuidfatiof sied
"a BARN ~ ~ aerts aoef fundin0s vosfpt anil.
2"e ear WIN hnlper eno'a on SOC piece 10 ny ~
- farm, o. 2 acres, god buildings. vacant ons
- nrm 81 Nacre fiod bnidlnis. sugar and frait
orclardg, GOOD lsr1l. iI.fel if f.4i.
- iafio n aen .ne idsh slate of cultivation.
- farm 81 la arlss. me dhea location In ne
town hes gof 20 be fuid f0r nhaf i ,fiIi bring
81. Ir Ner"nnf cnfinlseynrf Oven goes ~ ~ sae
ief lu l.cE Comfy tliefs afofif towns cslfafnrug
81 fli ncfff 0f 'and. 0u ahich fnffs are UrY if.
told DOT more lhaU nnrfn fHc.fY nfnfiIas ffa.e
are oe.rr.1ed q good lanas infs thaf a.ii 1safe
har HilrInt f0f I0iuo cIn.HHuni .n b, .fII.y a.tf
inf blt ihe energy the bone and fnuscle b clear
sf0 Nfuagk Caledonia County events gye f,rr,,s
only miles rom railroad can be- bought fgr s5t0ei
'Ih.s 81 oniya pariial report on ffe unoeurt,6
krpun ~ 900 clnfI -0raf flf fl.afe rs 100 rllt.
81 eloii LANDS l1 fue fOfvr on Wilmington
lhc.t Hfe .niiitHf teci emo wlsf 3 affirmed of
Nrw E1sitH1 siafes IlieneiYe ffacIs 0f Nod 1i,i
dotted Hi'H ltfm ioUn., art bow covered eI.H
Young f0feH ifHea ard hiauIIat
lhe ouiy espisnaHo1 offered 6y fhe vermont
rotnnIisslnef D. naf 0f tle people 1910 once of.rI
pea fhee fina Que tgfo died. other. ha.f e1fe
He.t anf otac Giles. end none have come 10 hu
In still another account 81 agricultural
decay aud desoiation in New ENGLAND
find the following melancholy facts and
figures.
vermont is Bad On md Kew rampsblre r. no
VIC InH. Ff"I seizure m tHH EfnfrUaHIfa
trlg.nte1 Af Hanhe.isr ~ defl.f means Isl sH,h
sad rt.,e fc.d. b. eaiftated ~ sst ost iefl,s
~ tNn raIl,s fr ~. % 1e eartilnE ln fta town
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