The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-15
MISSOURI FARM MORTGAGES.
Labor Commissioner Hall Makes Leng g M
Report-The Report as Boils 4 Down.

| LABOR Co missioner Hall Makes n Length,
Report-The Report as Boils Il Down.
Labor Commissioner Hall of Missouri
has made lengthy report on farm
mortgages in this state. Among othe,
things lie says:
For the sake Of convenience. as we'll as for th,
| purpoe Of deductve remarks. six tables art
| submitted divi ling the state into a. ms ny sub
divisions. each Containing an squsl number o.
| counties hsvflg regard to establi shell geo
graphical distinctions. and as near "a possibls
without further dividing. grouped with refer
| erce TO the products that distinguish them.
Table No. is northwest Missouri. composed
| OF nineteen counties: Atchison. Holt. Nod.
! away. Worth, Andrew, Gentry, Harrison. Mer'
Ger. Grnndy. Livingston. Carroll. Buchanan
DsKalb. Clinton. Caldwell, Platte. Clay, Da.
viass. Ray
Tab's No 2 IS northeast Miseouri composed
OF niact sen counties: Putnam, Schuyler. Scot
land, Clark, Sullivan, Adair. Knox. Lewis. Linn,
Macon. Shelby. Marion. Charitoa. Randolph.
Monroe, Rails. Au Train, Pike, Lincoln.
Table No IL central Missouri, composed Of
nineteen cUu tics: Jackson C7ss, LAFAYETTE,
johnson. Sa'inr, Pe;t:s. Howard Cooper Boone.
Monitnau. Co'e, Callaway. Usage NJ ,ntgomery.
tf1sconafe, Warren. Franklin 81. Charles, st.
Louis
Table No. Z, Is southwest Missouri composed
OF nineteen counties: Bates, Henry, Benton
Vernon, st. Clair, Hickory, Cedar Polk. Bar
Ton. Dafc. Jasper, Lswrerce. Greera, Newton
Mcdonald. Barry Stone, Christian. Taney.
Table No. 5 is southeast Missouri. composed
OF ninetesl counties: Jefferson. Iron. Wash.
lngton. Ste. Genrvieve. ST. Francois. Madison,
Perry, Bollinger. Cape Girarleau. wayn,. Car
Ter. RiplCy, Butler, Sto lizard. Scott. Mississip-
ri. New Ms:lrl Psmiscot. Dunklin
Table No. ia south central Missouri COM
posed OF nineteen counties: Morgan. Camd an
Miller. Marins, Pulaski. Phelps, Crawford,
Dent. Reynolds. Shannon. Oregon, Howell,
Iexhs. Daila., Lac'eie, Webster. Wright,
Douglas. Ozark
Total III counties.
summary, table No {. shows that during
the years 1880 and 1921 IS ,37i tracts were mort
gagged. besides thos, that were placed on record
anu aft"rward paid of within the two years. rs
IS explained Inter. covering 52t .0s0 acres. rep
rrs'nfing in amount S4lC65lI or this amount
slp,C15.'D or NOR. than one -fourth 1 plsced
in northwest Missouri. clmpos,d OF ona-sixth
oi the counties: containing Is per cont. of the
population. Whenever reference 10 population
Is made st. LOUIS city Is eliminated.
Four Of the counties show a d,crels, in pop
nlat:on Of o. 49, 3Is and lis persons respec-
lively. In Ona u! the counties. No iaway, the
amount OF mortgages for the two years IA ST.
a@l,s5S, which is greater than that Of any other
coulty IN tn" state. anl besides Saline and st.
Louis. Is the only one whose showing exceeds
sl.hD.O @. This county also shipr ed the great
est numb1 Of cattle and hogs in 1891. The
valu, ns tn, surplus agricultural products for
the last year amounted TO s2s3 SD. The sur
plus Tor the subdivision aggregates SCI 10, e3i
or little more than a fi'th of the total surplus
OF the state. Executing the coal from Ray, Is
altogether agr cultural
Table No. :, while not next in numerical
"fi r, comes next in the amount Of the mort
gHg's. S".49l 6's, covering sI7:s5i ac-es divided
mo 1.->S tracts. rrpr .scnin - per cent Of the
entire mortgages for the two years: the popu-
lati"n IL 5'30l5 or q per cent. four OF the
connti's hGvins decreased in il!iai itants 2,01s
AM distributed rs follows: -, 81 s33 AMI Ia5.
respectively
lhs srbiiT;s ems surplus is S3l i.9 IL. or %
per cent. This showing fer central Missouri
averages better than tho one preceding.
Northeast Missouri is exhibited in tal,la No 9
with Mortgages OF two years OF S. 81. ID or 2,
Ter cent, comprising: 9i6 Sal acres divided into
laS:. parcels Tt, population il u per cent
aI'.ol0. The surplus is So lGg la9, or IS pcI
cent.
The>H three subdivisions comprise the long
est se:u.i par. Of the stata dep ,ndiug for
wealth and development on the success of farm
'H ~ - ''ti tAA'iit OF tuTe9
remaining sections or ali Of them combined
Better equipped with railroads. no county but
wnat Els one. ami many more, with the Missis-
s l'pi riv forming the ea=terl boundary of
northeast Missouri. while :he Missouri river
l1ves the shores Of the northwest and divides
ire caHnties comprising the rrnter.
Table No. treats Of southwest Missouri
Mortgages for the two y'ars foot M s7Ig3542
or IL per cent: covering 81 81, acr.s OF 9,II3
tracts. The surplus * ssi.54.ils or 10 per cent.
Ths population Is ii1.3lS or Ii . II cent In pom
ulatioa It rank is next lowest that for north
east Missouri. being ~ per can't: northwest IL
per cent. and central il q per cent. This Sec
ton has four counties with no railroad or river
but the surplus is n per cant while the north
east Is Is per mt. central q per cent. north
vTSst 81 per cent. II the four counties undevel-
oped had the sIIne transportation facilities that
the more favore portions have, the southwest
would rass the northwest and northeast and
disput with central Missouri the right to the
first position in surplus.
As it is. it contains TIE county with the
largest surnluS. namely. Jasper. whose mag
n:icent showing Is s5Sll.33 Henry is the
Srror? in the stitc. SI6b,2l9. Bates is fourth
si2749l
Green" helps with s. C:j :s51 while Vernon.
Barton ard Lawrence cach show up with over
4 million. However III ratio of mortgages is |
Sreat!y in favor of the southwest in conjunc- |
lion with tht proportion sha bears in popula- |
ion al'l surplus. Her debt ratio for the wear |
40 and 1871 is Il per cent: northeast, 90 par |
'ent.: central. % rer cent; northwest, . per |
'ent.
Table No. > treats Of the unique southeast, Of |
which 80 li.tlc IS known by the majority Of |
hose of the other sections. caused by less inter-
than exists between the four |
Preceding s"ctioas. Her railroads running
north and south enl at ST. L1uis and tbos, |
-unning eas. and west have their terminal with 4
her b"r'lers. Her mortgags debts drop down /
y less tnan Ore-thirl that of the southwest,
md scarcrly more than n fifth OF the amount of |
northwest Missouri. II amounts to Salsi a03
n per cant, eli hrscing 500. acres. made up
u 3,'i2 tracts. Th' population is :.li 36D, or
'er cent The surplus SIS, 734. .0iI. or II per cent
Table No. deals with south central Missouri.
'opulntion 2l6,35s or 9 per cent. of the state.
'urplus s60l3,eSs, or 4 per cant. Of the state.
Mortgages 81 .s4.P4l. or 4 per cent Of the state
The ratios are not a5 craditablr as those for the
outheaSt. There tho population is per cent;
ere it is per cent. There tho surplus Is IL
'er cent; here it is PER cent. There the mort
ages are per cent; hers thy are psr cent
This section embraces the Ozark range, much
it well adapted to the production Of cereals. ]
II Of II excellent for grasses. Five OF the
ounties are entirely without 4 railroad