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

SURPRISING TIE FACTS.
The EnOrmity Of the Mortgage Debt Of the
Nation Not Yet Fully Understood by the
People.
Notwithstanding the unsuccessful eff
forts to slump ofsend belittls the re-
suits OF county Examinations in single
counties of the west the truth is be-
ginning to break through the crust of
falsehood and deceit The facts appear
In all their naked terror-that in ten
years more one-half the farm mort
gagged victims of this country will be
driven from their homes, and three
fourths of the farmers are such victims.
The government mortgage census
was obtained in an exceedingly lax and
imperfect manner. In the first place
it was almost impossible to get the GEN.
sus bureau to carry on the examination.
Thereafter 1t was only by the most Wig
orous assaults that the census officials
were compelled to get anything like
the truth.
After the record was closed the re-
suits were given in two states-Iowa
and Alabama So thrilling and start
ling were the results in these two states
that the plutocratic government of
America shut the census bureau up like
clam-and it refused to give any more
results
What was the book closed for? Aye,
"What for?" We will tell you clod-
hoppers what it is for, and then you
can gasp out your disbelief if you
wish We shall not divulge our author
lty for the statement-nor back it up
with any proofs" All the proofs we
shall present are the proofs of time!
We have the straight statement from
Washington, from a clerk in the
treasury department, who is closely
associated with a census official, that
the reason of the delay is to revise the
figures
And in accord with this, documents
are being scattered over the country,
in every state and county, by millions
and millions, to secure an account of
errors in the matter of overstatement.
And whatever be the result there will
be large reduction claimed and a new
total presented! That will be the re-
suit we have from person in whom
we have confidence, and it comports
with the facts that the most
prominent men in this country
have appealed in vain for the
figures on the farm mortgage debt
of their states. 1t was instantly seen
by the Wall street end of the govern
ment that revelations like that of Iowa
and Alabama would almost throw the
country into revolution! They would
demonstrate the truth of all we have
said on the matter of the overshadow-
ing cloud of debt which no man could
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census bureau closed the books and de-
clined to give out further statements.
What do you think is the reason of
this? Do you know? Do you know of
any reason why the facts as regards
two states should be given, and then
the books closed and the lips of the
government be sealed by fat from Wall
street?
And what of Iowa and Alabama?
Alabama has 66 counties, and a farm
mortgage indebtedness by this report
Of S95, 900, 600. And Iowa, with 80
counties, has farm mortgage debt of
$500, 900, ,000!two million dollars to the
county. She pays $4,000, 900 every year
for interest In every county it is
5000, 600. 900. This on the reported,
known, land mortgages alone? No, on
the mortgages made since 1880! 1t is
the record for only ten yearsl And be-
sides this, the chattel mortgages, bond
ed debts, taxes, etc. Great God, have
mercy on this western country-the
cloud of desolation which hangs over
it may well make us shudderl
But, says some one, within the last
two weeks the census bureau has given
the general facts regarding farm mort
Cages! Yes, after every alliance lec-.
turer In the country had informed the
people of the disgraceful facts, Porter
comes forward and publishes some
half-true, half-bogus general state
ments. He puts the total mortgaged
farms in the country at 2, 491, 93Oi Now
comes the almost criminal part of this
fraud: This includes only the mort
gagged farms occupied by the owners.
OF that vast number of farms occupied
by renters and mortged there is no
record-at least, scarcely a shadow Of a
record By the above number, with
the average amount of each mortgage
given by Porter Isl, 1881 the farm mort
lgage debt of the country is three billion
dollars. But 1t is not at all difficult to
show up the infamy of this entire farce.
Porter gives but $500, 600 farms mort
gagged out of the 16, 600, 900 farms,
(12, 500, 600 farms occupied by owners)-
less than one out of six mortgaged!
The enormity of this wretched lie is
apparent to everyone. There is not a
man in this country who is green
enough to be gulled by such nonsense.
Even in New York over one-half of the
farms are mortgaged, and State Asses
sor Wood says but a few years will
pass before not farmer in the state
will own his farm. In Minnesota and
Dakota, Iowa and Wisconsin we are
well aware that two-thirds of the farms
are already mortgaged, and in Kansas,
the counties already examined give evi-
dence of three-fourths
The method used to deceive the peo-
pie is to get only census of those
mortgaged farms occupied by the own
ers-and even this record is exceeding
ly imperfect. Great West
THE SUB-TREASURY INDORSED.