Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-19


tress or execution that he now has or
may hereafter have by virtue Of any
law Of the state exsmpting personal
property from seizure and sale, and
execution Of distress for rent; and SAID
first party shall have, upon Tho terms
OF this lease In addition to the lien
given him by law, lien upon all person.
al property owned by the second party
during the term OF this lease. whether
said property IL exempt from execu-
ton or not, and said party hereby gives
the first party fun power and right to
tsk re and se,.c any personal property
whether exempt by law or not, and sell
the same, or aAy part there -. in salts
faction Of said rent hereby agreed to
be paid.
TX. The second party also agrees 20
pay and discharge ell c,sts and atture
ney fees. Or any expenses that shan
arise from enforcing any OF tho coveNs
ants Of this lease by the frs, paftyo
ana Il IL fur:her agreed by ana %.
tween the parties tnat q! the crops
growing ur N the stack crib or gran
ary on sail premise shall he security
for all sums due or K besone iiue from
party Of .he &c: oni part TO parry 1t
the first part, as evidence by book ac-
count or note held by party Of the first
part
Let us take . look at section s. How
can man pay rent and not sell any.
.hing2 Just as soon as the renter sells
one load Of grain the rent all becomes
due and the landlord can levy and at
ta,h everything and stop the moving
Of the grain ana make the renter 80
on and buy other feed to feed tho
horses he used to grow the crop. And
that very thing was done in Calhoun
county across tho road from where
lived and all the renter could do was to
sit there until the first party took .
notion to let him move the crop.
Section 8 means that II you have hog
cholera or crop failure or hail or $500
worth Of sickness and haven't got the
crop 20 pay the rent the landlord will
sell the COW that furnishes milk for
your babies and your harness you pull
tho pillow with and everything else to
get his rent. It means that II you are
on an impoverished farm that don't
happen to produce the rent the land
lord can sell your wife's cook stove and
your overcoat to get It. I don't blame
tho owner OF the land. You see It -
like this: The landlord should be safe
and the party Of the second part can
look after himself The general as
sembIy Of this state has plainly said
that they will look after the landlord
TO tho detriment Of the tenant.
Open the code. Look under Land
lord and Tenant" Tho owner Of the
land shall have q landlords lien on
all the personal property Of the ten
ant used or kept on tho premises dur
ing the term of tho lease for rents I'm.
paid, ETC.. etc. etc.
Now II 1t OCCURS to you OF anything
more that could be put In the lease
or law to fix things moro favorable
to the party Of the first part than 1t 10
now, I wish you would mention 1t and
I win give It my close attention.
can't think Of Q single thing more
to add to section 8 except that the
second party Nigh, wave the right to
the society Of his family II he did not
get the rent paid. And they might
put II In the law that II he did not
farm the premises 70 the satisfaction
OF the hgst party he cosld bes put -
jail until he did farm properly. Do
you say that's foolishf Well its no
more foolish than TO say man must
not sell any produce until the rent IL
fully paid. How - he going to pay the
rent? With the chickens? am try
Ing in my best way to really show why
tho most fiourishinS business In Iowa -
buying land and living apart from
It and renting It to parties Of the Sec
ond part who are compelled to grind
out Of the soil with all the modern ma
chinery OF today all the possible
amount OF fertility that they can year
by year TO get money to be invested In
more land; TO advance while rented
year 1t Q time to renters who are
forced to grind all OF tho fertility they
can. The Almighty spent thousands Of
years putting the fertility In this land
but It il not taking that long to get It
out. But the land lord is not to blame.
| I, IL the system we have.
Formerly when moved on . farm
would go about and pick up all the
glass and tin cans and bury them;
gathered up all brush and rubbish and
| burned It; hauled the ashes and manure
away: Strengthened up all tho fences:
got rid Of all barb wire laying around;
sold of all the old iron, etc. The next
year the place rented for 5000 moro and
1 had to move in q March snow.
storm at zero. pick up no more glass.
When the fences fall down just sell
the cattle. That would not signify
anything because do 1t but it signi-
J fies millions when thousands and thou-
sands OF other renters have had the
same experience and are taking tho
same course because they don't care to
have the rent raised on them because
they worked for decency and better
surroundings. And when people 30 by
/, now they look over in the yard ana
say as you have said: II don't sec why
renters az class are so shiftless. Tt
always was . mystery to me why far-
mers don't seem to have any idea OF
management" "Just look at the
manure in that yard and the cockle-
burs." Wen that manure was made
during tho last twenty years BY fifteen
different tenants.
Another speed nend goes BY and
looks over into the yard At the risk OF
| turning over and says: III didn't use
more management In my business than
these farmers do would bust up IN
six months :. .
| You would. would you? WIN ten
| you what tho farmer II doing every
day that you couldn't do for two weeks
He sells everything on earth that he
does sell for the price tho buyer sets
and buys everything he uses at the
sellers price. Can you do that! How
long would drug store or the Inter
national Harvester company run II they
sold everything TO buyers who set the
!..sce. =. farmers sell their hogs and
i corn to BUYERS who do set the price?