Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-16
Then you pay the taxes" said tn.

anu Knows better than to improve his
lands and then we cannot even have de-
cent school to send our children to. be-
cause the agent will not permit us to vote
as we please. Oh, he's a shrew,i one is
that Lord Sanders He knows he can get
| just as r.,lch rent for that old shanty with
few poles and straw stack for barn,
as though he had good buildings"
What is the reason YOU cannot make as
much as yonr ueishho:r /! a,..:e,. Are
his crops better than yours
NO sir" sail TN. man I'VE rails,
bushel for bushel; we did last year of both
wheat and corn
".raen what l. tls troub.as" asked the
duke
We, sir. can oil you the trouble. He
could choose his owN time 10. selling nj;
grain, nai he received one dollar per
| bnshc' Tor his whea; and twenty-five cents
bu>ial for his corn / hui t, sell when
Lord sander, asaa dajaanacd the rent,
and sJt siXty cents ~. bi.jdei for ms
whc2' tli iit;est. cent, ior corn On tuc
Two yp1 cla SCI Gii,e n ,nrr5i;i for free
dom }eS, freedom am bond under an
aron eitl isasf. Alt. =. Siuli - d bill
of sail used To- be in slaycry. times"
i'n' y,u need mol stay here if the terms
do not suit you, remarked HE duke.
That's true Bun here / have a shelter
| my wife aud child are quite comfortable
III ] should leave here | might do ever,
| worse. SOME OF Tue tenant, on Lord san
t!eifs estate have a terrible struggle 10 get
along One day last winter whc. the
/ thermometer wa> twenty degrees below
zero. ] "ent 10 a tenants house and there
they were boiling Who'll" corn t. ker;, them
flom Starving Their tire vas made of
roots dug from the earth ten miles distant
and brought home 10 burr. t. keep them
from freezing. Oh, could tell YOU tales
oil sutlrrng- that would make Your heart
ache 1t there i any more sutfern. in
Ireland than right here On Lord sanders
estate. tod pity them! Here i'll this beau
ti!ui country where everything grows i'll
abundance Went round To the different
families ;,nr! gathered up provisions 10
Keep one family from starving 10 death .
w hat mad. The people 50 poor" asked
the duke.
Because they had TO sell all they could
raise In pay the rent. that the greedy land
lords may live in ease and l.xury in some
foreign city, where he cannot see or hear
OF tie misery he causes. Willie the thrifty
farmers. like neighbor Jones. who have.
their own homes must pay their own law
full taxes aud y portion for my Lord san
dcrS beside
Why man how DO you make that outs''
asked the duke ''Tour ueighbor has i'm
proved his lands, while Lord Sanders has
not. that makes the difference
THAT is just where the injustice comes
III. II Lord Sanders had TO pay taxes on
that naked land AID not on the improve
inentS. he would soon be willing 10 sell
some Of his hundred thousand acres. But
while he can ,!iirk ";i. OF the taxes ana re-
cciNes good rent he viii rot sell any oi
his broad fields, though offered five times
their real value"
Non are rather hard on the Land
owner" said the duke If YOU could
carry Your theory into practice YOU would
maxi Il line mess OF the finances Of yotir
country. 1t might benefit the small farm
er-. but il would be hard GA the landlords
who mold large estates
Well sir, we would be wiling they
should suffer a little They have blcd the
people long enough Beside. the lands Of
this country We're intended for the MANY,
not for the few. would like 10 see the
man who owns the lands live on them and
use hem himself, and not have the power
To grind the life ont Of the unfortunate
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