Fort Wrangel news., 1898-08-03
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There IEH lH AFW HsH-IaHI t5aHn utHH- NatI farms. tac value ai which has Has To Il minimum lu1 yearly tar number af us=isctsl uerHz. once fraaf- nd aaI ths leaf- oi fHe t.et aal mast ..sr4tir sto,h America an- known. k .neael,Ias ra zHca an ezfrut taat raetab.r aa4 immediately uppliaa- lle rr4ely l- lon.el foe.
 S#>ty ycare aEl taerr Nils scarcely q ,a0tat lfm Ia lll NpW Eu-laul, 1nl t.efe wees veey tvW that were hot eul- uvafel hy tAeoWuefs. fary were ytr- J'lafr hauysteads. where oue family Lad lived fug generations. uud where ilt head of tae house Nvas t4e sturdy luel-warklue uIn ot integrity, coa- I.aa sruse and uucoamon -AreWdaess. Vho aas h,7.u passing away for Il hali century. and k seldom seen. except n literature and tlc drama. Ills success -ir k the tenant. Vlth 10 sentiment ip ulnd a,m to the lud. aud very oltrn his utsencc mraus acres returning to their original coalition, auu houses and laras ialline latu decay. All through New Eulluta are farms wrcsted ffou tae forest i'y thp IN. w.lcA Tor -cucra- toas have htea lone over year after year Wita scytAe and WArr, again the -aaal ot tst aN !+ beard us lt tr.ls tae amher taat neglect has allowed 10 ssoA.
 NY are these farms vacautf There are n New England 23a.uuu acres of laul. once under d Aigh state If cula- Natiaa, that have been strangers tu tue ploU9aare for Aeals. Nhy are they abandoned; His question aas been asAel hy railway mauuEegs who look for business n the Transportation of tarm products ard " mca interested ln the sc.cnee If sotid cconumie~, Wifh 2. view to philanthropy to WAieh some urudt may Accidentally te attnc4rl.
 "l8ruiae Gur5 uet pay the son Of tAe sturdy Nc0 Lnelnnd furmcr tells Is. If il does pay II all, tt pays best on thc rich stouo.ess urairiea ot tAe West ulany Who LaNc gone tacrc tcll uS. Thousands loru md reared ou New EnElaud farms haye taken Horace G.ttlry's advice and gone West. They lrgt no one behind interested in the f4rn. FatAcr and mother have left tho 0ll homestead to strangers; ur worse, to the elements, Tenants interested only in the ,reps have taken the.r places Yory often carctalieV to looA liter the buildings k left, und often t4ere Is LII abandonment, and sumac Ind icrn thrive uumulested where once valuable grain Was planted. raised and harvested.
 The urban reputation has inereased, while he rl.aI has decreased rAa daughters Of tae New England farm ITS aa"e preferred 10 marry city uea. the sons have esav!tatcl 10 the centers ni population. and the old farms have Teen abandoned. They have become nearly worthless, bat none wants them. The selling prices of lands have heea ut in two, three and four times. The falling off h tAe rural population has meant fewer to support, the ha1.lets and crpss-ruad settlements have sui fered. the miller the storekceper and tbe hlacksMtth have been, through ne cessity, carried by t5e human r!le to thc cities.
 The beginning of an effort to change the present conditions has been lnqn- curated hE the New England Realty Co. and it's promoters lay great stress on the philantArop!c side of tAelr yen ture.
 'Ts II not strange" said A. Willis Llghthourne secretary of the New York wool exchange and president of the company, that there should be % CU unemployed men in New York City and tens of thousands of acres Of fertile land within q few hours journey. where honest, healthful employment ~an be had that will give happy. com fortahle living, with q market for the products of lator within easy reach: These abandoned acres should be for these men. Many Of them. with a nt- tie money, who are actually st.ug.llng and suffering here, could be really hap py and comparatively independent on n little farm right at our door, in Con nectlcut, or q little beyond In one of the other New England States.
 ''Coonizatlon schemes have been started with the best of intentions, but have too often ended with GSstcr lis- appointment for both phlianthropic projectors and intended benedclaries. This is because thousands of men. ig- nOrant of farming, have been simply nut on land and been allowed to shift