The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1892-01-22
One Behind the Scenes Shows the in
nsr Workings Of Things in Gen.
eral. Criminal Us Civil
Cases.
How the Attachment Of Reservation
Counties Works-.An Example
Of Paying off Mort
cages.
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The old party papers here are about
to resurrect their election roosters
to place them over tie columns in which
they are going to tell Tin the interest o
money lenders who have farms obtained
by foreclosing mortgages for sale) Of the
wonderful prosperity OF the people In
this county and that it Is the banner
ounty in South Dakota for the pay,
ment and consolation OF mortgages. Il
is true that about dozen mortgages
haye been paid IN the last thirty days.
will give the history of one, but it is
substantially the history Of nearly all.
About five years ago a farmer in the
foot hills paid $500 for bunch OF COWS;
three hundred dollars OF which he bor-
rowed at two per centn month from a
corporation that got it from the govern
ment at one per cent a. year. Since then
he paid on this property, taxes each
year $50, interest to the bank each year
$72, total for the five years taxes $50
interest to the bank $500. The use OF
this $500 government money for five
years cost the bank $15, the farmer
$500. This is q specimen OF what old
party papers and politicians ca the
best banking system for farmers that
the world ever saw and which one class
OF them calls democracy nall it's Jeffer-
sonian simplicity" This farmer and
his family worked hard, lived close and
this fall had in hand three times the
number Of animals they started with,
but last year their crop, including hay,
was a total failure and it took more
than their savings to purchase enecessarles
for the family and feed for the mortgagcd
stock. Seed and feed was very high last
spring and farm product cheap this fall,
the corporation found it's victim in a
condition to be striped OF all he possess
ed and to get 81 GOO worth OF cattle for
$500 debt, gave him ten days in which
to pay the mortgage. The farmer plead
ed for an extension OF one year upon
further and ample security, but was
given to understand that cattia wara
very cheap and this government money
very high to such as he. The other
money lenders in the Hills as usual stood
in with the deal and refused to make
HIM loan on any terms. His wife with
tears in her eyes begged to be permitted
to keep one COW to furnisl, milk for the
child she held to her breast but was in
formed that no provision for that could
be found in the mortgage, so the COWS
were taken and the mortgage cancelled.
Old party papers arc continually harp
ing on the wonderful prosperity OF our
people. but in this sense only corpora
tions and money lenders are to be con-
sidered people. These corporations are
entitled to the money and interest, but
while getting it they should not be
permitted to murder men in order to
collect, and it is murder to take from
them all OF the means whereby they live.
A large portion OF the land and
stock OF the Black Hills counties
is mortgaged. 1t is true that
the property SO mortgaged is worth five
times the sum mortgaged for, but these
money lenders have a corner on the
supply OF money in the western states
united as they are they set their own
price on the farmers property and the
laborer's wages and evidently they have
concluded to ioreclose a large number o.
chattcl mortgages this winter, for il
some counties special deputy sheriff.
have been appointed to go with thell
agents from farm to farm with replevir
papers prepared IN advance to take and
sell mortgaged property there found
Our farmers should meet and protest
against such conduct on the part OF sucf
sheriffs and while engaged in such busi
uess should extend to them no accom-
mediation. If our farmers would follow
the example OF our liquor rmerchants ant
money lenders in presenting a unltet
front for self protection these Officers
would not be SO anxious to levy on th
farmers property. They.have so mucl
respect for the liquor interests that the.
cannot under any circumstance b
forced or induced to levy on the propert.
OF any man engaged in that business
but for the man who lives by labor the.
have no feeling for, but contempt, be
cause the liquor dealers, money lender
and sporting men all vote the sam
ticket regardless OF the tariff while on
hall our working people vote against th
other half, thus leaving the selection {
officers and the making and enforcement
OF our laws in the hands OF the parts
OF the first part and OF course the off
GERS make laws to suit the
interests.
Meade County Notes.
Under existing laws number OF uno
ganized counties are attached to Mead
county for the levy and collection OF tax'
therein, and for judicial purposes. o.
news papers published here advocate
the passage OF this act, and after it b