Sentence:  It may be an exaggeration to suppose that the country deliberately injures itself a little in order to hurt the <WSD>goodless</WSD> town more, but it is certainly true that the peasants, farmers and landlords (where these survive) refuse to regard it as any part of their patriotic duty to make the least effort, [...] 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Without goods or property; destitute.