Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-09-30

ing 0ood work In keeping track OF
and making public tho changes in the
land loan market of Kansas and its
latest report il one Of the most valua-
BILE issued It is for the month Of July,
which Is not usually debt-paying
month with the farmer, and In this
case does not include any proceeds
from the abundant crops Of the present
year. But there can be no doubt the pros
pect of plenty had a great deal to do with
the better resolve to pay up" In sixty
counties there was net reduction Of
1881, 45s of ffarm-mortgagei Indebtedness.
The reduction was $3.50. e4S in twenty
eight eastern counties, S144. $40 in sew
enteen central, and was large In fifteen
western counties The total excess Of
farm mortgages released In forty-eight
| counties for the three and a-third
months ending with July was 81, 429,-
037, or 29K per cent, and IL La estimated
that during the whole of tho present
year total of fully $40, 900, 900 Of mort
gage Indebtedness will have been re-
leased in Kansas This In spite Of the
efforts and rulings of the Judge who
took six weeks course in the study of
| law after his election, presumably with
| the intention of finding out how best to
protect debtors from the just claims
Of their creditors"
A more cunning, internal lie was
probably never Matched out by the boss
liar of tophet, himself, than is embodied
in the above quoted editorial item from
the Tribune.
Even If it were true, there Is de-
crease of only SIC, 600. 600 per year.
This would take sixteen years there
being S160, 600, 600 Of Kansas mortgages)
to clear the state Of farm mortgage in
| debtedness
But the assertions themselves arc
false-and the Capital and Tribune
both know they are false. They are
published for the sole purpose of mis-
leading the people. They arc published
in the interest of the shylocks, who
propose to kill of the peoples reform
movement at any and ali hazards
| Now let us see what witness says,
| who lives In Kansas and knows what
he is talking about Bear In mind that
he is not now and never has been a
member Of the Farmers Alliance Re-
member, also. that till few years ago
he was "a staunch republican" His
letter bears on its very face the con-
vincing and unimpeachable truth For
| good reasons we withhold his name for
the present-but will personally vouch
for his reliability.
| The letter Is not intended for pub
lication, and it Is with reluctance that
! we use 1t, but 1t comes In so oppor-
tunely, SO forcibly and pointedly-and
w1thal 1t Is SO necessary that our
| friends everywhere should know the
truth of the matter-that we print it,
hoping that the wFiter will pardon us
for the liberty:
-, Stevens county, Kan, An
gust %, 1s9L-Editor Chicago Sentinel:
From 1872 to 's5 was a resident of
@, Wilson county, Kan. Some one
sent me copy Of your paper. Your
views on the financial question seemed
logical and reasonable. After carefully
considering the subject became Q con-
vert Less than q half dozen neigh
bors agreed with me, nevertheless I be-
Geved it talked it and formed a
greenback club, procured your paper
and other documents and We Aoen be-
came 'cranks and fat fools
1.-TWO years from that time we car.
ried the county. Since which time 1
have had no reason to change my poll
teal opinions.
Nov the Farmers Alliance has
stepped into tho shoes Of the dead
greenback party, and refuse to affiliate
with or recognize any body except farm
ers Yet shall always be found vet
ing my sentiments, and IL l can make
any suggestions that will help the
cause, will freely do so.
| GVTha adffnr ~ he T/r-.~Lo No-fk.1
(Aug. 16, 1871, leading republican
daily paper, devotes much space to
prove that the farmers of Kansas are in
a prosperous condition; not borrowing
a dollar, but paying OF their farm
mortgages at rapid rate.
'He quotes figures from the records
to prove what abominable liars the
calamity howlers' arc. He names
Stevens county, and that Is what wish
to explain, and what is true Of this
county, is true of all the southwestern
counties In the state.
HE takes the month Of July, 1891, and
shows how many mortgages wore fled
for record-none.
''In another column he shows mort
cages paid of and oanceled-(larQe
amounts).
''Now for the facts Ia tho case:
Long before July. 81, every loan
company doing business in this county
withdrew their agents. Not a dollar
can be had on any terms
"Then, again, the amount of cancelled
mortgages as shown Is nothing more or
less than the poor farmer, who was
threatened with immediate foreclosure
and could not meet his interest coupons
semi-annually and had waived his right
of appraisement (kuowinR the land
would not bring one-hal1 the indebted
ness, If sold at forced sale, would leave
a heavy personal judgment hanging
over him), reluctantly agreeing to deed
his cherished home to the loaa COM
pany. Many of them did not receive a
dollar; some few were paid ten or if-
teen dollars because Il was cheaper
than foreclosure.
Not single farm mortgage In this
county was ever paid OF by the mort
gagors.
'"This is the plan republican newspa-
pers and stump speakers have adopted
to deceive the people and perpetuate
republican rule In Kansas.
"This is not intended for publication,
but to throw light on Kansas politics.
could give you many other startling
facts If you desire them.
Excuse this hasty and tedious letter.
feel as though ] were, writing to an
| old frfau1 IL