The Hard Times

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Excerpt from The Hard Times: Agricultural Development the True Remedy The writer of the following papers has personally never had any interest, direct or indirect, in lands of any State, or in stock or bonds of any Railroad or Land Company, that could be affected in the least by enterprises such as are herein proposed - excepting the ownership of a few U. P. R. R. bonds, sold ten years ago. The topics herein discussed are by no means of late interest to him. Twenty-one years since, he wrote as follows: - [Correspondence of the "Boston Daily Journal."] Columbcs, 0., Dec. 13, 1856. "Thus this railroad enterprise (the Illinois Central) has made marketable to both government and the company, a wide territory, while land ownership, the greatest boon to the poor, is offered to the poorest." &c., , &c., Again, in 1876, the subject was agitated in the "Richmond Enquirer": - [Correspondence of the "Enquirer."] Boston, Jan. 27, 1876. "I have recently been so much oppressed by sympathy for young men out of employment, that a thought in their behalf suggests this communication. The inquiry presses, What is to become of them? In primal California days, companies of such young men aggregated their capital, loaded ships, and sailed for San Francisco, many of them becoming successful and honored citizens. The mayor of San Francisco, recently deceased in honor and competence, was a schoolmate of the writer, in Boston, thirty years ago, " &c., About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.