The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-09-26

sooner or later. Until then universal
prosperity will be impossible Pres
ton Republican.
To this we say Amen, most heart
lily. It is the true foundation of f.
nancial soundness and prosperity
that the nation should furnish it's
own currency-and keep it out of the
bankers clutches, at least on original
issue.
New Hampshire's Deserted Farms.
A speaker at a meeting of the New
Hampshire State Board of Agricul-
ture recently, said that by persistent
work OF the commissioner for the
past year or two, 145 abandoned
farms have been sold and 16O others
leased to tenant farmers.
This makes 3O5 farms occupied,
out of the 1912 abandoned ones in
the State. When it is considered
that over 1000 abandoned farms
remain, all, we believe having tenant
able buildings upon them, the ''per-
sistent work" of the commissioner
connot be regarded as great sue
cess. Even those farms that have
been occupied, it is understood,
have been taken mainly by a poor
kind OF immigrants from the north
Of Europe. The speaker saw one
hopeful sign in the fact that wealthy
men had purchased a few of the farms
and turned them into deer parks!
This problem of deserted farms in
New England deserves more serious
study than it has yet received from
economists and statesmen. What is
the cause? What is the cure ?-Bos-
ton Globe.
The Chicago Tribune gives list of
two hundred Chicago millionaires,
with an aggregate wealth of six hun
dred and six million five hundred
thousand dollars, most of which has
been amassed since the great fire in
that state. The list is headed by
Marshall Field and Phil. D. Armour
who are put down for twenty-five
million each. Will the Tribune please
give us list of paupers that haye
been made in order to make these
millionaires. Will it please tell us
how many young girls are wearing
their lives away, dwarfng their men
tai and physical being in factories
and workshops in order that those
men might accumulate their millions?
Will it tell us how many young
women are driven to prostitution
yearly through the same cause? Will
it inform the world how many west
ern farms have been mortgaged be-
cause the Armour gang of millionaires
have cornered the market and organ
lied gangs for plumber and robbery?
Being millionaire is prima facie
evidence OF being scoundrel. We
do not assert that such is always
the case but the burden OF proof rests
with the millionaire to prove his
innocence. Christ knew what he was
talking about when he said that it
was easier for a camel to go through
the eye of a needle than for a rich
man to enter the kingdom of heaven.
|-Creston, Ia, Industrial American.
Why should farmer pay Is per
cent interest on money to a man who
gets it of a bank, and the banks get
it of the Government without inter-
est; why not the Government let the
farmer have it without interest, like
it does the bank? If he can give as
good security-and he can give the
best in the cOuntry-why should he
pay any interest? The govern
ment is run in the interest OF that
crowd and against him. That is the
plain reason. Then why should he
continue to be robbed and act with
the robber? That is the hard ques-
ton he may ask to himself and take
a year to give a sensible answer
The Alliance Herald.
Power Of Interest.
We desire your careful considera-
ton of a most important fact which
we now submit.
If one dollar be invested and the
interest added to the principal an
nually, we shall have the following
results, as the accumulations for one
hundred years:
81 1OOvrsat prct.$ 2 IS
i" 1" !" B g" 10 25
/" :" 6 $40 33
i" i" 6" 8 1908 90
=" :" 9 5543 90
i" i" 40 1880 90
=" " "12 S4,O75 90
" !" "15 1,174,4O5 90
4" "1S " 15,147,0OO 90