Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-05-27
FARM MORTGAGES : RUNNING Ac-
COuNT6

Nv experience has taught me that the
cruiit system has much Ia do With ein-
harras.ment of the farmer. u causes
him to become careless aud Inconsider-
ate. lie runs an account at the store
from spring until he can sell his crop In
the fall, pay Ing more In consequence, aud
q. he has not Ia pay az be buys he gets
many thing. that he and his family could
do without. In the same way he runs
an account with mechanics, aud conse-
quentiy be pays for many small Jobs
that he could Just as we'll do himself.
ili. piow, mower or binder bceis repair I.
they are forgotten or neglected until near
the tlmr they must be used. lie takes
them "a town for repairs, and the me
chsnlcs are .o driven With work that the
job .. delayed until th. crop suffers.
lIeuce, q tool that would do service for
some year. vet With three or four dollars
worth ~ repairs Il laid aside, and debt
l. contracted for new article. so debt
Aftrr debt accumulaies until u becomes
ncce.ssry To mortgage the farm to pay
them OF.
Thi. l. no gue.. work With me. have
had experience. There wAs tim. up io
ten years ago that ran an account At
the .tor-., aud when came to settle W
In the fall I was always surprised at the
amount. What SUPPOSED Ia b. s'a
would often le siD or si3s. Then by
helping others inior.ing their paper, !
found an indebtedness ~ about si,"D:
consequently q mortgage. J struggled
under II Tor long time until ! had an
opportunity to .ell ~ scrrs ~ my loo
acre farm. n cleared me oui 10 debt
ani gave me si,Oo besides. ] felt Ike
q bird let lco.e from q cage. ] could
brraih the pure fr-.h air, which lmpro,-
81 INV health. for I had mn worrimcnt.
I soon bought ~ acres more, aud paid
the money down. ! nov have all the
lsnd wAni, ,snd can have morr leisure ani
fewer carr. have something Ia sell every
month and moncyt Ia pay Tor everything
I need. For the last twrnty years have
paid q. have bonght, and fud M dit.
hculiy In so doing, notwithstanding ]
carried that mortgage dft-cn ycar..
Nov II the mor,eagc-burdsned farmer
will .eil of psrt 10 hi. farm sni pay hi.
inieb,-ine.., or N he csnno, ell part,
.sll N. whole, aud hay . smaller farm
that be- can paw for. ! will warrant b.
will never mortgage again. In the early
.sttlrment ~ wl.con.in. the grc"i Tor
morv land caused th. ruth 81 many farm
cr., Who otherxi.. Nigh, have b~cn
wealthy. notice farmers Who 60 Ia
tosn. do thrir business aud ~ home,
thrive much better than those that 90
to town In the morning. xiv. their
horse. dinner of "post meat and stay
all day. Their team. always show what
they arr fcd on si noon.
Mrmb~r- of Congr--s ar- casting
a,.out Ia Ind .om. plan by which they
can rrll.,. the distressed condition ~
the farmers. Taxing paper supposed
to represent grain anil pork, hut In fact
representing nothing, l. all very well,
and no doubt will AFFORD som. relief. bat
they overlook and entirely ignor. the
fact that few capitalists are smss.ine
fortune. by pa.turing vast numbers of
cattle, .he'p and horse. on the publlc
domain free of charg-, thus embarrassing
the farmer. who own their land worth
ssO "a sl.l or morr per acre, Tor when
the farmer counts the tax-s aud the In
t.rr.t on hl. capital hr Ia. nothing lefi
from q herd 81 beef cattle. la justice
"a the land owD-r. the gr-ai heri.men
.hoald b. made To pay for pa.iuring.-
Country Gentleman.