Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-02-25
\ rANit ron FAnMEns.

\ BANK ron FARMERS
Returning tn the banks. one ~ the
quvcrost financial institutions NJ Para
quay H. the Agricultural bank This iH
managed by the government n ia u
sort ~ combination ~ a bank uud an
agricultural department. IT, business
IN to help along agriculture by intro
ducng seeds and tools AMI by lnaning
money tn farmers on farm property. u
has "a capital OF about half million
dollars. guld. n loans ON about hnlf
the usaoHHpd value Of the property,
charging what II here considered the
very low Interest rate ~ per cent.
Connected with u there iH q warehouse
which ~ filled with farming imple-
mrnts and seeds The officials say the
institution H. u success, although such
banks ~ other parts NJ South America
have ended w failures, Thir bank o.
one NJ the methods by which the Para
ruayan government " trying 10 build
w ltH farming Interests. The govern
mont also offcrr Inducements o. limit
grants. giving each new settler some
agricultural machinery. eighty acres ui
land and loan of u cents n month for
seven months for each adult and .
cents Tor each child. II gives each Inn
migrant milch COW. oxen ana seeds,
and also agrees 10 pay his passage
from iucnos Ayers M TO AHuncion.
the above Fifia by which tho imml.
grants pay back IN inntallmenta for all
they receive outside the land.
THE NAUGHTY HAYES COLONY
AND THE WICKED GOLDEN
RULERS.
The immigrants who come 10 Para.
guny'scttlc Ia colonies. ana not upon
their farms. There are scattered over
the country perhaps a half dozen colo
niles composed ~ different nntlonulltlcH.
There IL one not FAR from Asunclun
called San Bcrnardlnu. populated By
Germans There ~ another 81 AuHtrul-
iluH. who got up n htnthrily love
scheme and came a. Paraguay a. live
after the Golden Rule. They began on
Enthusiastically. They chartered u ship.
each aclllng hla property Into the gene
ornl fund In order to cut down tho
expenses they divided tn" work on the
voyage among the different members VI
the colony. They had hardly LEFT AUS
tralln before the Golden Rule was
kicked higher than "A kite. ana when II
fcli II came down In thousand pieces,
These brothorly lovers and EiHtcrly low.
err acquired u pleasant way Of throw
Ing the dishes at one another durlnl
the trip. and by the time they reached
Asunclnn they were puarrcling as DIS
cofdantly 40 20 many strange parrots
IHfI NANNU NfiMNllf NN"hhNA'l WIN
themselves and their lands have nov
been re-divldcd.
Another colony NJ special Interest "a
the United States ~ Just across ths
river from Asuncion. In the chac0
This was named after President Hayes
hccaupc he decided u territorial queH'
tion Srtwcon the Argentine ana Para
quay In favor of the latter. The colony
II called villa Hayes but they pro.
nnuncc II here A. though II were spelled
villa Eyes. Tor that II the way The
spnninrdH pronounce Hayes. This cnl'
ony. named after our good PRECEDENT
who. II win be remembered, nhuddercd
when they talked ~ putting Roman
punch on the white House table. u
largely engaged IN cultlvntlng sugar
cane and distilling IT, juice Into run
20 vlllalnous that Il viii XIII NJ forty
rods. InnHmuch NJ rum II an article
that n In demand IN all parts ot Para
quay nj all times. the colony " prohnb'
~ Ia a good financial condition.
FRANK q. CARPENTER.