Comparing the situation of the Cossack population in relation to debts with any class of the Empire, you involuntarily come to the conclusion that the latter are in incomparably better conditions, since, not being burdened with general service at their own expense, they can never owe as much as a Cossack. Only a Cossack is in eternal bondage of debt, since he fell into it in one way or another: through thoughtlessness, misunderstanding or due to a combination of some unfortunate circumstances. Even such an act of the Highest mercy as manies does not apply to the Cossack in this regard *), since the war
*) With the exception of the manifesto of November 14, 1894, according to which 562,490 rubles were collected from the Cossacks. 33 kopecks for the loan of grain issued during the hunger strike of 1391, and the Highest Commands of July 28, 1892 and October 29, 1893, by which it was allowed to collect debt to the treasury for a loan of grain per pound and at a reduced rate against the procurement prices of 1891.
social and social capitals, where he belongs primarily, are recognized as class capitals. Taking into account the fact that most of the remaining debts are owed by such persons who, due to their extreme poverty, will never be able to pay them, and that many of these debts were inherited from their fathers and even from their fathers, it would be fair and even beneficial for the army to add up the shares in the military capital and public sums from the poor. Apart from the burden of maintaining accounts in the villages, in the departmental administrations and in the military economic administration, they will not give anything, because there is no way for impoverished debtors to get out of poverty. Even the relatively decent harvests of the last few years could not particularly benefit from improving their financial situation, since many of them, Due to the lack of labor, they either sowed absolutely nothing, or lost very little grain. Meanwhile, the collection of debts would have revived them to a new life, instilling hope for a better future. Now, passing from father to son, these debts weigh heavily on the population, killing all the Cossacks’ energy, any desire to work and start a farm. The village residents themselves will indicate which of the debtors need to pay off their debts. village societies, which in this case can be fully relied upon.