Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1912-08-16

compelled 70 furnish the oysrsser
with ! certain number of chickens
aud eggs. and certain amount OF
peaches. nuts. ngs. hemp. and nax. in
proportion 70 the amount Of land he
rented
The ovsrseer claimed. also. just 40
the overload did IN the days OF feudsl-
lam. the rights 20 the labor OF the
peasant and hla on cart for : certain
part Of every year. His children were
expected TO work "a servants In his
household NJ = nominal price. The
overseer sold the crop OF the tenant
farmer. and. after deducting all that
was coming 70 him. for rent and other
charges. returned the remainder 60
the tenant farmer As his share OF the
years work
II Que case where. a. a result OF
the revolt of his tenants, the middle
man was driver out. the tenant farm
sF. under he direction OF the socialist
leaders. undertook 20 rent the land
directly from the landowners. II was
found that the middle man had been
appropriszing nor less than ss per
cent. Of the profits. which. under the
new arrangement went directly into
tbs hands % the nnsn who titled the
soil.
In recent years. cooperative organ.
iEstion of Ill kinda have muitiplies
among the small farmers Of northern
81 4<e
chasing supplies - vol - Tor dis
posing OF the produeM Of the small
farmers: the most important Of thess
societies have been. perhaps. the co
operative credit organizations. BY
means Of Witch the small landowners
have been able 10 escape the burden
OF the heavy interest charges they
were formerly compelled 10 gay.
There 10 much 81 the history OF tho
sxYiculsnraf- lahoSeYs Of Hungary ana
Itaiy that - inseresssne 20 any ore
eho has studied the condition os the
negro farm lsboYsr In tho south. IN
many respects their history has been
the same There -. however. this
difference. waen The sssfs w<re freed
IA Hungary. 80 In most other parts ~
Engops. provision sas made 90 gsvs
them land. though 20 , very large ca
tent they ~ere denied the pclisicsi
privileges enioyed By the upper
classes. In italy also II ~as tnsen6
I'd. in giving the sesfs freedom and
again vhen the vast estates Of tho
church ~ers taken over BY the stasss.
20 create q large chase os small own-
sfs and 20 give them Land 20 shs ps0
pie ~ho tiifed u
IN both esses, hc~ever. q vss hut
few years before the greater 20.
ficn OF the peasant owners we're
wiped out ana thsif lands had b<sn
ABSORBED snsc the large estates. A.
the pr~sens time. the email land c~a-
ers. nnd<Y TIE Influence Of sdneasioa
ana agriculture organisation. are gain.
Ing ground. ana both countries IN the
the interest Of agriculture. are eesa-
ine 60 encourage this movement.
The ease Of ths negro vss susas the
opposite when the masses Of the -
gro people we're turned loose from
slavery. they carried IN their hand.
the ballot that they ssd not know hos
20 use. buf they took no property eth
then. AZ the present time. believe.
By . conservative estimate. that The
negroes Ia the south own not lees
than twenty million acres Of land. N
ares greater than that % the four
New England states OF verusons. Mas
sachuskefts. Rhode Island and Connec.
sscus. On the ether hand. the ncGroes
have largely Loaf. ~ least temporarily.
many OF the political privileges Which
we're given them II emancipation.
The experience % the psssanse OF
Europe. :aet ~ the experience Of the
negro IN America. has served TO con
arm ~ opinion have long held.
namely. that Il 10 very hard for .
man 70 keep anything that he hse sct
earned or does not know how &c use.
and. In moxf cases. the best way and.
ia fact. the only way. 20 insure any
people IL the possession either OF
property or political privileges. 10 10
~ them by education 20 use these
gifts for their own gooo and for the
highest good Of the community ~
which they live.