The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-01
.his way in two year. and /, all cnme from the

and $50 900 in cash into the company as its share
Of the proh,s during, the Same year l could
| farms out on the bleak plains. where only but
tolo grass ever grew were valued at 600 s2 OO0
and S3.OoO by tho agent and how good hard
| money was loaned upon them at such valuations
Inc same lands were never NJ for more IN an graz
, nYs, s sH hor 9ne OF The farms Is wS inh
lot OF men asked for loans Of 5000 on their farms
and were asked by the agent TO take 81, 600. inc
agent deducted his commission OF lO per cent
S' ,hs money put on The property When the h many
a the ever money nSa wn sk loaned H When us
Eastern mortgage came 10 find that his interest
| iorfriturcs had accumulated Tor several years
| n generally abandoned the investment as worth.
were some ops s and ho Ss
who paid lot moro money for foreclosure and
then paid taxes toI six and seven years, all tho
| some day and the land might become once more
worth az least the extraordinary valuation put
| have lately been abandoning the land and let
| ting II go for taxes.
loans made ioi Eastern people is that the investors
| themselves had phenomenal confidence In loan
y had Ihsy so sd Of N
| the tales told them in letters from agents on the
scene Of operations Very few Of the peorle who
had ever been Nssi Of Il The MiS:issippi Enow
all the money he and his wife had saved in forty
| years ~ economy and hard labor tu man whom
ssdR 20 snSs
had never been even west Of buffalo, and he had
Nrrtisciucnt in the Albany man 5 UNCONVENTIONAL
newsrsIcr In two weeks the Albany capital
u wild grazing lSndS T uV%n Which ' The sSnSt,ct
| had built thirty dollar shanty and had poug te,i
lou, n Or my fs s s I sr ms b l9'T,ss. "sF
| money, but when the crash came the old gentle
man came gu, here and saw tina, all his money
The mos, G}nscrcu,e cs,tm,- Of the loses
! ,n Eastern holders Il bnds issued by western
kansas banks, cities, and street railroad electric
light water and gas companies IS now, Htvgi
| s2l ,oOourO hu, the beet estimates nrr largely
have nov vanished and banks and corporations
| hay- gone away n the air So there - often
| nothing 20 tell what amount Il buuds wrr- Sld
| ~ who bought ihcm The era 81 si"ndng The
| money obtained from Eastern mortgages, the
| the kos' - immigrants all bro, an era " -Ntaya
! gHno- and enthusiasm Thus the demand fuf
ia'ish pubic impr 'rnlrnt, came naturally To
! the niushr"m io"n- on the hNinS one I'm.
! pruv-Meni led 80 another IN strides toward city
imy"r,snrr When Vie now towns .as how
, snapped NJ hv Eastern h,uNS and ht9k-iS It NAs
easy g. have hu.iy eluipi-d city IN short o'dr.
,ht- tiSry * sfaniss ard nst iine %,y y ns i'm
/ ST. U'D Wofih 4 bonds -id ~ New York city
s~~e-- WITH S5S ~ MOTE VI hands I'D IN lsrs,or
/ NrS- tl'y. which "a, entirely guGr hy lhGS ST
$40 CO.. srh,.lhnus. a $1,000 city H.ll and
So go N water works and --prf~ from her
rra N1ni i,s,.--C Garden ,it Win $50 - ,p3r
t,t .t'--t iAIr,Ad ihNi Mould have t~cn credit
fu ,Iy IT up -, ~ ~h-n ,h~ Sns SO years
o.. f-i S,an,s,y.l n,s.iS ~. G,,,irn ,i,y has
ur Ro"E lsIAnt RNll'.Ad. sAi~i from u r~cp-
:" ~" n r,scuy rli.~'~~u months and 80
~-u-sS All stT--i railroad b-caus~ EA,'"fu - ~
hUghl Silver ~ y nt~ silver Nrw a. uut
.er- R.,.r.rt wuo,r has q Rtan-d ,r4
c"trrs & otn~f lill- 1u~, itAt S~f- hun -4irg.
hrying Np,'s N v-,,"rn kAnsr, q iS,' 'nd
i-.o hey och hAt 'hr,' gy h,!l' - -tau-
ant p'rS'r-l hr,ck, uih E.gsh-' 81. 'I''i'G'-
and mirror -u'dsu'N thsir arG-'r 9p~fH D.. .-s-r
snt public hnls With 81 ~ IN ~ ~--.'l-.
is~Ir vaST vu's'. Ant s"m~ 49, 'ir~~i 'nlf. 81,
+ reaching rn.!r no iFn out un 30 a'rs.' T'NSN
w. Purs. = .trn ard Nbory '4.'t all 't---
B ruV.uv"u"rtS m ~ rlA.rs frtNy p. Grrs
b., ~ A. ,or~,' sl-ta-,--- AL -.Ais-' b-a'~n
hs.a!lass rusty IN .nt ~ 80 -~F~r; ,la~
NLL.. ard q - - t~rny~i hs'4-~- fvuar ~
vi 'he story ~ ..r, taai u~,~ urc- M uaNr,~l
. - oii ant Iur .'uE.rg cr'r rIr.a-. IN ~ nsi
SyraEaeid IN Scar" onur'y I-ag-t from +.
c1ss"y rAHp :" ~'r,N o.. Ind t.r,iAtL2n
e. k.nSa, 10 issS H-r $40 10 -rfs - T~-
o-pt -Tniy -, ,2nt, a. 20, a.
. 4 an Amy Il oUbtfactrr- and -I's n-n ia"V-d
~hA- ny oU,t'ur'et =. Sg"nSnsf lao
o.! 1000 I""I+- ard tNi = c~rtu'r ni! reN-'
d',n7'~i - NJ 'ts.s' A. W $50 . NtArrs
: u sro.Hr. II ~ ~ s'as~ sw"Hf NJ m,a
t1r- q Adam. --ss' -ys'rr Ar ~ Estsr
THusN N' ADAMS TlftT N-'Tfs - y Hsf's ~ ts
from 40 y'pu.AI"" 90 l"-1 :" =" ra~u ~"
} drought AT ''AaL." eaG'" gG'n srs'~'7 k.n'a.
t.rsfse orr,s,s.v- In l-1i X. ga - T..i s.ay
IN pam .rN..r~rs - : '~~ u~rss
,,f,i,t s; TN. .o r:,,-r ,-.,. ~. 49, S,.
- ling Snr- 'vag"'ri.i from "--,''n kanSNN
! hrv~ iarE"usn hall NJ n.r~. q s~~rs' ~
, a G--.-- ~ '-l~r 10 ih.-- -onh-'!ul d,ys -h-n
r701sy '-I'y 'Nlr-t ug.a - ". s"r- en- '.'l-
omaha 1r.i k-n-es ny o1' h~r- ~ ~ i irn.
ard hat 49, hst 'oiy f-Epn =. -.A' t..roy
, Va never 49, such eT-Ty i~uIi~ Nc .gs'
slu-ntrr-,i NE rnnn~y that e-r~ "ur NY jn>
. IN over - M~Nd" 'cri'e tod "it p ~ gnnS
rp.'1h1ri,'r .,nr- 3, IN .,r.r-- = - II ~ 80
-Nra." '1''. had thSr .'rui 30 I"nil"
nj i,,n..h~. -ih ~" NJ hn.., n,,. ~ liscs
gli-s nNlur~s That o. Ild = md ~ -. s.rH
Know - rrn Thn We cg,"(unEoh~'N m i'.-'
rnI ~ip tsrnm~ hsnarrs and t"Ar'r Nti' .r
cur1--. q SEQ ~" = y"nr hy ~ ti"y built
; si"o"1 no,.'~s enh t"uEh' n. 49,, furniture
h.r- l~~n YIN down. srd .oG~ have 'ufrri
~ With h'~ insurance on 'hr'7 n" -rt"rly
gan- g. O- -shuf4h md - South TL- annual
Interest h,il iiYr l"ts = ncw o',n,,-s ny IN ,h'
md when o." dr1Uth returned g. thi, ard '"ss n
,h-r" w''" nj enough cf.i" q" pny SO" II ~"
sour y-ry rnthsur ,slso rr~ iold NJ ,uu hard
.hig- Nnt suil"n l"nciy l,r"S thli mrrV 4 The
snS during The lns, ten ycnrs waiting f"r pro-,
I~rity {" c"rr thar Wrv They hrr men md
women hp LETT farm huiisr" IN itc eastern states
! and no, 81 ~ the plains ~ irrsH- l~cHLs- land
vsS cheap here and they t~ll",ed in time It you'd
h ~ vel 'e,'lrd ns pr|'qrtye and - valuable
rs Older lands In eastern knnsHE and NI's-0un
They inyrSi"d 'h"ir AL m quarter ~ half 80.
tion Of land. ,nd ..,'I.'i down q Int"r rnd to
wait Every l""nli'y out here hrs ~ hrrr~s
and its ierriu~s among this Glars ~ T~r;le The
long struEGle many = them hive mad" 10 keep
their farms On IN" pains. TO win success II labor
| and pinChing rCIn0'"y can accomplish u, and Ia
H. free oi debt ~ nGri'iiul - many touching
narrative q Action Some ~ the most - hrur
! hrr,-s rnd h~rDincs | rvrT knew I'D former
Senator John ingalls,, recently, 'liv'd IN tho
| rd houses md dug outs ~ western kHn>rs"
| An illustration ~ the priNnuuns thHt some
such sr,tlcrs in the md rrgi"r' 81 the west have
endured and the life they hnN" led ~ tho following
! Among the PEOPLE wh" went ~ live in lln'Srll
/ county in 1870 was a young farmer md his bli!r
The husband wna reared In n we'll to do iefmrr s
home in Ontario county, y. y, aud the hrd"
rns the daughter # rural clergyman in Osw, gu
county * s Both husband and wife Ind hHd
superior educntians. the former being gradual"
| Of Hamilton College. and the lnttrr 81 the State
Normal School ~ Albany They had some
So OOO between them when they married, and with
thnt thew started west 10 make their homo In n
new region, and 10 grow up and prosper with