Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-10-03
- vALuE on FARM I'D.

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Fotas att0r Of TIE Rsoil,s-:
Su-I see IN in yours Of September
9th farms advertised for sale oy Nes-
SitT Devine ofvopr citv. These farms
are Cose 10 Wheeling, and more toan hatl
Of tenn lay east OF the city IN Marsnat
coury. distant 70 o miles. Ihey arc slo-
uaft in the best farming DISTRICT IA tue
comfy and have easy access 70 the HONE
MNlET of BeuWOOu and Wheeling lnoy
sayJhey have a number OF cheap lafnS
Iorsale aud lots Of money TO loan IN Slea-
or arEe sums. Twenty 70 JWenly-AVo
yers ago these farms could not De oougnU
30 any reasonable sum or money ialsg
noes were paid for many or them, anu
say they are offered % 20 80 per cent
lss than FIRST cost and the parues WnO
rVu them arc willing 20 retire from Tue
id bomesteaI and make this wonoeriuL
aCrthCC 70 get rid of them so Lney eau pay
aelr debts and engage in other business l.,;
Here, too, is the bOasted nome market
that was 20 increase the value OF Ia'uIlus
land by making o market for every proo-
uct the farmer has 20 sell, aud thus OulIQ
up mis- occupation and make him happy anu
prosperous. Thoy advertise money 70 Loau
and as real estate is the safest, pest sec utL-
" that can De had, we would natural!
suppose that these men who own Lns-t
farms would be the first 10 0u5r TINS ssCCI
ity and save themselves from rum anu lLe
loss of their farms. But interest is an eau
ing nav. and they say their business WI
NOT Justify. that 2 per cent. IS more luau
tnev can clear upon their farms ana luey
can't afford 20 pay 6 per cent Tor money,
as that runs them further IN ueoI
in a little while and only makes
The situation worse They say the ooasteu
'houe market is worth but Att!e Wleu
men nave nothing % do as has oeen ~, ~
case almost constantly slRce 1870. ne
produce man who buys cur surplus goOus
aud sends 10 10 the la00rer refuses 10 guy
for he cannot convert 80 into cash, anu tue
larOrer who is idle AID sends his basket 70
market and buys on tine is unable 70 pay
and we Sllc have numerous Dad debts Lua1
As urc1II ecta1Ie. III we refuse 20 SSH o4l
prc8lcrs it soon becomes stale, or, III We 80
into crowded market we take uu- ts-1o
for our produce from those WnO can Dc!
This same state of AFFAIRS has existed Sue
l~-3 al. over the United states. Il no Tar
mon is made the dCp6 and sCapegoaJ OF
protection lt was made % drive MN INTO
serfi0m and ruin his occupation so as 10
better the condition Of Otner c-aSseS'
BE finds that he has been paying more
for everything be buys 10 luo
market aud sells in competition WlJn tue
wOr.d-beaus, peas, cabbage, melons,
strawberries glut the market before MS
for his productions that is profitable. Flour
and corn meal come from Minneapolis,
where the cheap wheat Of the DakotaS and
corn Of Kansas are manufactured ana sent
90 market and sold for less than 10 is posi-
bic FOR him 90 raise the wheat and nave 10
ground into flour or the corn into meal. ne
sees the long stream of beef and pork IN re-
fr.gcratOr cars going East that stpPles
this country with meat OF all descriptions
hn nWnNurn H. EbEU
lands iu this section is assuming the same
attitude they dOin Maine, Vermont Mas
psrtusetts. New Hampshire, COnneClcuL
pernsvIva1ia and New York. In the
ANAL towns and farming districts or
al. these States the wealth has largely
decreased and the farm lands nave
met with terrible reYerSes. We take
the State Of New York. 10 IS the most
popu.0us, has as fertile land as can %
31und-Once the largest I'm agricultural
products The Genesee valley was the
Fra1arv of the country aud supplied our
export trade long before Minnesota was a
state or Dakota had name Her Orange
county gave the name % the first standard
brands of butter ana Herklmer the same %
cheese. All this long before the war
Her old great city approaches 1,uOO,UOl
people, Brooklyn LOCO, QUO, Buffalo 220,JyJ'
Albany 100000, Syracuse and Troy tS;UUU,
,Wbi.a RHmlsgqlus GtbeyS Eee.aSc.n. {try one Of
Nher large towns is a manufacturing center,
and throughout the State, close 20 every
lone OF the old farming Centers, extensive
factories, mills aud workshops have as
BUred 20 the farmer whatever the advau-
( JGges the best possible "home market can
give. New York Is prosperous, has IL
creased no wealth as a whole, her vineyard
interests have increased in value
and so has fruit culture. Her farms are
worked and but few are leaving them,
withal they have decreased in value, and
the farmer does not share the property.
The New York Tribune, Republican, says:
'WOOds and Williams State assessors,
are making their annual visits TO half the
counties IN the State. They make these
visits every two years Albany and
Schenectady were visited Saturday. In
al the counties visited we ind a general
depreciation in the value Of farm lands.
said Assessor Woods: City property
grows in value whilst farm lands grow less
and less ia value. No one wants % buy
farm lands here. They can't get their
money out Of them. Iu few years you
viii see the present owners or farms ten
ants on them" The Home Market Club,
of Boston, has secretly brought these far
uers 10 the verge of ruin by constantly
inducing them 20 vote for protection
as the only salvation they had 20 keep
uu prices Of farm products. Maintain a
home market and prosperity is yours. On
che other hand they said 20 the manutac-
tgrer, buy where YOU can get your ueCes-
sar.es cheapest and this high protection, IL
maintained, viii work as we have predict
et, 20 give you cheaper raw material, re-
ducod wages, aud give YOU cheaper living.
ol can maintain prices by forming
trusts, contro.tUE production, and oy thus
acting YOU have the markets both ways
This state OF affairs is now maDifeSting
Itself about Wheeling, and from the same
causes that has broken down the farming
industry I'M New u Or., and the New Eng
.oll states. The same state OF affairs ex-
listed 'u 1876. the OutgrJwtl of high prOteC- |
lion instituted Fin 1872. A revenue tariff
similar to the Wilson bill. soon brought
prosperity ont of chaos, and farming lands
advanced JOS per cent, labor 100
per cent 10 started up commence.
ana our vessels were flu01 i'm the worlds
markets eAclanE.rg our products from the
YARN all shops with those of the world
faclores doomed, farmers were prosper
Gus, -Aaor was employed and nothing
Jagged. 30 Twill Ue under the Wilson
bill
We are on the right course We have
battered down tle Chinese wall that has /
SMUT us no Tor thirty years. The SIM is |
shining IRON clear sky, and the dark and /
mOuru[ul procession that has bas, r,e,r} \
lug 90 the music OF Nick.uleviso, he -,C7,, /
under another banner. aud it'bss aIressv I
brought new state OF affairs The rTIse /
of Industry has been touched. and on ever,
side leaps forth new light that onir,,srs
the step and puts new lie into rre STii /
form that had so little animation Saf~-s
Hurry, skurry, here, there. evervwbers ia
the order; wheels and sp.ud.es are min,
that have been IDLE for years and months
New Industries are. spriugiug up and new
life enters all alike The tide Gae t--.,S
aud with 10 the measures that p'ars fs-,,
ing lands on the same solid basis rbav %
cupied from $50 % 1867. To will brine an