Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1888 — Burdened by Mortgage. [ARTICLE]

Burdened by Mortgage.

The Case of Hard Times Among Farmers Diagnosed by The Farmers’ Review. Chjcago, Feb. 26.—The Farmers’ Review summary reports from correspondents on the subject of farm mortgages. As only part of such reports are based on estimation of county records, the balance being estimates of correspondents based on their knowledge ot the general condition in theb- respective counties, only an approximate correctness is claimed for the figures given: Ohio —Forty-five counties average 23 per cent, of farms under mortgages; sixteen counties report farm mortgages on the increase; twenty-four counties that they are decreasing. Indiana—Thirty-seven oounties report 26 per cent, of the farms mortgaged. Eighteen counties report mortgages increasing and fourteen decreasing. Illinois—Seventy-five counties report 27 per cent, of the farms mortgaged, thirty-seven counties on the increase and thirty-three on the decrease. lowa—Sixty-nine counties report an average of 44 per cent, of farms mortgaged. Fourteen coun- j ties report on increase j and ten on the decrease.

j Nebraska—Thirty counties rei port an average of 51 per cent, of the farms mortgaged. Twelve report farm mortgages on the increase and seventeen on the decrease. Wisconsin—Twenty-five counties report pel cent, mortgaged. Eight report inert using, «iul seventeen decreasing. Michigan—Twenty pix counticw report an average of 50 ner cent, of farms mortgaged. Eleven report mortgages on the increase. Kentucky-Eighteen counties report an average of 23 per cent, of farms mortgaged. Eight report farm mortgages on the increase and ten on the decrease. • Dakota—Tweuty-seven counties report 59 e r cent of the farms mortgaged. Fifteen report them on the increase and twelve on the decrease.

The Diffeerncb in Wages Explained.—The I igh wages in this country, as compared with the English schedule, result from +he fact that the American craftsman does more work than his British fellow. In this country a cotton-weaver earns from 80 cents to $1 daily, against 65 cents earned in England. Tariff gets the credit for this and deserves no part of it. The average result of *the American operative’s week’s labor is 1 200 yards of the same cloth of which the English mill hand weaves 710 yds. Thus for each 100 yards the Englishman is paid 6*l cents and the Abiet ican only 40 cents Put an American operator in an English mill, with the facilities to which he is accustomed, aid he would leave the plodder far behind. He simply gats the bigger per diem dr«.w because he earns it.—Omaha Herald.

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