The Redwood gazette., 1894-04-05
CONFIDENCE DESTROYED.
A Correspondent Talks About Bus
mess TriCkery.

A Correspondent Talks About Bus
mess TriCkery.
Through series of unwise proceed
ings of which nearly every man in our
county is cognizant of. we have de-
suoyed the confidence of man in man.
This, with the national pulse in state
of unrest, has created distrust in ev-
cry State, county and city of this ma
ton between man and man; and hence
the men of this nation have put the
money under lock and key and to-day
it is scarce. Money not to be had.
But what care we here in Redwood
county for the outside world as long
as we pay them for what they get. l
am interested in Redwood county;
live here, own and work my farm-ny
family here; 1 expect to die here; and
want the honor of living in a county
that is an honor to itself and an honor
to person that lives. in it, and hon
orable people to live with. Our record
in the past is certainly written too full
on the court dockets. We all bow our
beads in shame; we can furnish GRIM
inals from the poor renter up to our
officials. This all has the one tend
ency to destroy the confidence of man
in man, which is the cause and the
only cause why money is scarce here
in Redwood county. Thousands Of
dollars here to-day, but people dare
dot loan it. Why do the owners and
holders refuse to loan? Simply a lack
of confidence of man in man. Am [
responsible for this lack of confidence
in Redwood county? Yes. Are the
farmers responsible for it? Yes. Are
the bankers responsible? Yes. Are the
business men responsible? Yes. Are
the people of this county responsible
for this lack of confidence here? Yes.
Then how can we restore confidence in
our county, ''This land of Plenty?"
Simply by every man being a man.
These stringent times have given me
time for reflection. l am ashamed of
myself; ashamed of my neighbors;
ashamed of my town; ashamed Of my
county. Have seen dishonorable
things transacted which destroy conf
dence and have assisted them by my
silence, others have done the same.
To-day you can place meas the school
children say,upon the Roll of Honor" T"
l ask every man in this county to get
there at once. A neighbor of ours
that has been to town and purchased
goods in the same store with us packs
up his little all and comes and asks us
to take load to the midnight train,
as he is going to skip. We help him
off, saying it's none of our business,
which is not trne. This store bill in
our store is not paid. The store man
finds his customer gone, his confidence
in man is weakened and that much of
his property gone; his experience and
loss renders it advisable for him to &C.
commodate less people thereafter.
That store man is crippled and may
be the one next year that cannot get
trusted when I need it, and I will nev-
er skip but how is the store man to
know it? That man skipping and my
silence has weakened the confidence
of every business man in this county
in man. Another man goes to Red
wood and gives mortgage, another
business man in the same city finds it
out, and as soon as this man threshes
his crop he, unbeknown to the mort
gagee goes to this man and threatens
costs, etc, unless he draws in this
mortgaged grain and gives him the
proceeds of this mortgaged crop. That
business man taking the proceeds of
this mortgaged crop hurts every man
in this county that wants to borrow
money and destroys the confidence of
man in man. Another business man
goes to renter which renter owes him
an honest debt and he knows the man
is on rented farm paying a share of
the crop as rent, and by threats he
scares that renter to draw off q por-