The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-01
KANSAS ROBBED THE EAST.
FAKE REAL ESTATE noon ENoI-
NEERBD By MORTGAGE SHARKS.
Eastern Investors Sent Their Millions so
Freely That tho Sharks Had to beg the
Kansans to Borrow-Towns That Disap-
pearsd When tho Boom Broke.

Eas' 70. ar. es.... n, A.. o- a.,
Iro .. un.r.,.-T.,-.. IT,. .,,.
...d when the poom Rror..
P0"
GARpENCiTf' han.' NOV oo hho'n mort
gage debt oil hahsas mas oecn reduced because
Of unusual corn and whea' yields about soo'ooo-
900 during the last hree years over ssooooooo
Of Eastern money mas pcen hopeiessiy sunk IN
mortgage ana oonu ioans IN western Kansas
and Nebraska and eastern COLORADO said former
State Auditor SEQ" inc o'ner Jay for instance
Cornell University a. i'h.e' Az l" mas recen"y
abandoned socanod farm iands In western ran
sas TO which u oosHaheo ueeu by foreclosure OF
mortgages, and has 'nofepy gwen up nope OF
ever getting back any oil inc 20 onioaned mere
in 1880. ! know savings oank In BROOKLYN
that hsdurins 'nclas' siN MINUS 'e' w ioi
taxes lands upon whioh " once Ioaheo upward
Of 100000. and then paid s4o'ooo more 10 get
deeds and to Keep UP annual 'aNos over az
Boyes City man last mon'n oough. YAK uuo
for $500 TO the whole aic OF oy' "nefo Twelve
years ago some sloo'ooo OF 'onnecueW money
vas spen, In municipal improvements. SUCH as
water works and sewers and electric hshe In
the northwestern kansas counuoS oil Morton.
Sevafd. Haskell ana Meade 'nero nave ooch
abandoned during the ias' ie" years nuhdteus
ct thousands oil acres oil lana upon Wn''h peop'o
IN New York. New England New Jersey ana
specially Pennsylvania loaned Thar money az
the rate u 50 and u an acre len years nave
demonstrated that the region OF 'ho grea' central
rlanS west ot the twenty second parallel ana oos'
oi the tsenty-eighih parallel can never DC mace
fans except in spots where the land hes lust
night and irrigation Is praencaoe' Inc vast
area - prairie land between these parallels never
h.s hccn other than grazing land. and In some
y-ars It has eecn mighty poor Tor even mat Inc
reckless waste OF hardehned Eastern CAPITAL
b. ugSrupuous mortgage sharks and land I'M
r'a,-rcu, companies out here has orcn some
Ting ''iSAuul Eastern Kansas ana Neothska
are s'nu~i ideal for growing cereals PORK anu
e.nsf, farming. hut II Is only "nhin aie" years
that Eastern money lenders nave ~cn ao'o 'o
d,~.rIriaAtc between the arid and The ferue parts
c. hes States
n aaby NJ region In The United States has
sIrr.l-uced greater Nicss1tudes ot fortune an'o
i>S han western Kansas Twelve years ago
rs'- we're sores Of towns Of 1000 and 2Soo pop
uau IN western Kansas, with up'o da'~SchoolS
,1t pubic buildings that have entirely ~i'heTcd
.T,y In iS>s and 80 there we're eleven towns
G. l7cSi 1000 p>cpie on the Wind swept plains
,i r~s'ern Kansas and to-day loss than nty
,-.r,. r~-aAln on the site ot any 81 theSc com
-.a!a-S They had sill the Embellishments 81
r.-i7pa Ways and each bah- fair 10 b>comc
rg.s r, 500 And 10 co population h-ior. the
--v 100 Thousands Il men in the plains con
.B.-,d themselves worth SO go and SIS 90
,s.7- Years ago and they bad made their COT
,,-. rom tew hundred dollars in hall dorm
y,.-> some men were almost mali nnAif-s on
r,-,- In the following nu years ihe Er-arr
rg-s-r 4 them have h--u IN dir-7i poverty AMI
NAV 4 them have suh-asted With iheif iamiil-~
ca ber.srs fare Nov after long distress ant
r,,r.uors ,ha, most people know uoiains o.
49, western Kansas S~,ter- are hayias o-rtsin
p--.--r,,y II ,helr herds and rcckS ant q pre-
s,-.ras sort q farming OF lou nd damp lands
-A-r.r.. x-,Ai many ia-yy,-, ~ = sou --s,-
80 E..S.. AN, 10 have the y ct e1i.aurd a,r.'
,.l .-,,,. boz, any r-s1oa n ih- plAlEs ever
=, q, -.,-,,l 49,,
sh-v S'ue p~"pt- a-'t'r " '" "''N ~
isgv- sfI Ola~rs b"Ae1e II cane from sI'ni
., ,-s,l,-.,... - invade IN. vs., and N er-al-
-, - -. -. .,,,,l., 4, 49, 4,
iA'I2- hh' HA~o HNo7 "'''' u'A ~
lii auIs NiS~ouri .at !ouA Sun others aAy that
a.. i.rt ia, when n.rl-l Manning Secretary
:, - -. =, 4. =. $40 c,orD n,
"H PHt :,
"o'-fh!7ra' . HS Az '''''i VIC me- .,al
f. $50 Zee Eastern %. seItnt u.vn kanSaa
=. ,s- 49,, sl.r in ~h.es u ipvs.; he nosey
y : - S'ed Payments and sh1y 'heFeeJ e'eern
a. gaaaiurh demand 'or rel --tat- -~suriues n
,.,,k,A b,.n known in all xe,xrApa.e- a. n.
-, ~, ......-,1v =.
Great American Desrft bu' We o"rnm"1 ny
o,vs,! oyinion nowadays u that the -on.ieriu
- -, 80. -, go. 80 <.b,,.L.
u -" ANA :" ''ne etehs''e p'.''u'"s 81 o.
a. ~ NJ STATE ard the aSurdAnor 4 muury 10
o.. E.st-., TANK. ali rnn,,, It'd toward tb. er..
- a -. =,
th u We o.-n 81 NoSSth NAi-A1-' HH''A< va
l,fs.r ~izhl~S. u hapI~ned that a. ihaI gEae -,
k..v,.s, JAIN. eve, L,oan ,,t1n III. Ard rS.!r,
$50 - -, -,
y" 'Af"r SUCCESSIVE S'A'S an" W. "''',
s-'1s! that ihe phrA~e The Great AU.sTlean DIRT
vs., -,i.r5r,-y that the Whit man Rad nns con
-, -. :, =, -, = ..,,,I :,
e'''N' "N '"u'AS' An HH' '''. ~ ""''''A
e. ~ rIssi - grown and a. murh ronry made
r. -. rae,u ana uuhi,r land, a III. llAIn. - q
-. : : -, ., 49,.
" % 1911 AI' I''7F'r"'Ns pn' -
Fr'H''H 'hN b-om IN western hAhSAH organ
R-s~rl N-arasAa and eastern Colorado 10
49,. . r-..., t.s..s. =, IN. .,,r. t,rs- F,yr
-, "a, ,Iu,,i,,,In a s..,eTn X an "A.
- 7. ~ % > ~ 49,, ~ =, s,n - -
1919 A. ~, ", ~: -sD,, r,',,
t. -. o., - - III. nd. 81,
i-.- as -, ~ -. a. - a d,,.r, II
nm A. - = ,...,,T.t', C,y.rt,Sp r,,,,,
IT, ,s,, o.. -, =. 80 a, ..-,s,r
E.gs.. 10 ... - ~ an -, -. 49,, ~.
NJ '..,,... 49, r.snt.d ", a.. ,.e.,rrr dy..r,
Eg44.. ~ .1.,t... 80 81 $685. .b.,. IN.
e., -, - $50 4. E,l,-sd -
= U,t -. -. 80" n,i'r.y,.I ,nr
- 49,, ,,o., - . - ,,',,ni.i,gr ~ 80.
w., ,,t IN 49,, g., . ~ s"d me- ,
- % W. ,.'''A ~ 49, 49,