The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-16
FAMILIES ALWAYS MOVING.
REsTLESs TES1ERy FARMERS UHO
THINK THEY CAV 10 BkTTER.

ttOn Ia knnsns.- nOOmiux New Countries.
Tho average Western farmer 10 eager 10 get
away from place where ho has lived great
many years although poverty il not tho only
evil which inspires men to remove from one
section OF the country to another. In many in-
stances man Ia justified In moving because
his section Of tho country may have suffered
from drought. or n crasshoppor plague; his
orops may havc boon failures for years back:
taxes may be too high. according to his notion.
ard he might not like his neighbors. At any
rate. whatever the cause when a Westerner
Gets dis. ntsfled with his surroundings he 10
going to move. and usually does not lore any
time In moving. lie reads n glowing descrip-
zion OF n new section further west. said to be
flowing with milk and honey. ind, out all he
cnn about II. and. packing M what he cannot
soil, takes his family nnh small hoard OF
dollars md Zoos to II. To most people OF the
East this pnnse OF lie 10 nexpicable. but II
they travel extensively In the West they will
soon roalize that the average American is tho
most restless person on earth. Col. Sam
Wood, n no,od pioneer OF Kansas. who was
killed recently because no could not acreo
with ano her man ~ To thu proper location Of
aeounty seat. once told the writer tina! most OF
the people In his county spent 'nno months Of
the year kicking and the other three moving"
That. OF course. Is m exaggerated Wow Of tho
situation. but there Il \ great deal OF sub.
stantal logic and fact to justify such con-
clueion III pnrt ioor crops. poorer politics.
NM tue Workings OF the rroh'hition law COM
bined have probably driven more pcorle away
from that State to those further West than any
osherinunences 10 10 taken into consideration
An observer mar board train sneediGe
westward from Kansas City or Omaha any day
In mo Year anu ace hudh!e IN the emigrnht
cars with Italians. Swelss. Germans. and
Poles Mt Toast two American families. II is not
unusual to see D." troop OF tow-harei children
cl'nsinR to the skirts vi n wonan or rinyinc
about tbs knee OF staiwart' black osarded
farmer from i''inos or hen.uesy. An ont
grant car' such as forms par. Of Almost every
us'n run w"'' o. Inv M', , 's VI onra'
construction. PLAN and sparse in "rpoint-
mrnts The rev. woodwork is o. s nne WITH i':as
s" Aue oet''S uo'',,,A M ,., nm nm"
,ha suns .I oS. =" nhSn :. snas, an, covr,,
ss.lusion. Three lamps susr.ntod a, inter.
the ventilation OF the car is no. more sn,isiao-
tory than the illumination of il.
m is bot dous to become with
into conversation and dem ,ns,rates in a short
fine hat he Knows GOOD ,oni ahou. national
sOs bad "n
rates Of taxation. He has remedy or ali The
evil. He argues against the election to Con.
srss. Of lawyers and politicians as means 19s OF
securing oes.o, law v, anu snss,s,s mo ,,,en,
.s1 , walcn most d,ree.S ahss.s MS in s,
naI ,ntfr". nc wants s'stem OF sioge
"'a n e'p pase IKE aoms ss hs
.nss. s the S o. rs ss silver "w "ad
and 20. money enour 10 carry him over hard
~ viii Us, Talk Ear into sne night
81: e s.m nov cv.' tho 5 and si ,Sss
could not shake 4 on: how hl; pntient wife
tie se uomany am
az e BIZ ~ ; ss h1s ssa sSs
sSsp, be says when The time SSan to dsp..!
over says and S s5y
thai she viii iiEe n Sig Bend country il
Ths se OBI HS n iaSe wa. sold with the household
nonn 10 sna s n NJ 10 n
Knows y, / there will not DO n"y, p the il;st
Il. hs will bs nbio to pui through. lie Is Dig and
otrUnx and his wife wei she's been poorly
for n time" no says-Wiii be- abie to puff
through. TOO. perhaps We've Eot to make
sscriliess. yon know he explains. and then
IS saneulne because he knows many men who
is hound. and ali have prospersd. He de-.
soribes in the minutest detail the conditions
are Tose-colorel. and there Is never a. regret
All men who leave their old homes in search
Sauippsd rs tho ' one Ssscrlbed. The ~ writer liter
formed tho acquaintance. q one in an emil
surrounded by bundles and bags They had
one ooraer OF the ear to Themselves, because
travsi was light and the car NOT 50 crowded rs
smigrant cars usually nre. The man was
sud wa,ery blue eyes. His Wife q large.
familiar terms with hardship for a long time.
The children lu.,y chaps OF $ and years re-.
level Of the Snake Eiver in Idaho. through the
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