The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-08-24
THE WHEAT CROP OF DAKOTA
COUNTY.

We ouOAA euC 1ASS6slAk OulON 1OI nav
ing the courage to tell the truth about
the wheat crop OF Dakota county. It
says
Wherever this years crop has been thrssAsd,
the yield has fallen far below the farmers ex-
pectation, some pieces not Turning out mors
than three or four bushels to tho acre, while
other pieces which were expected 70 yield
twenty or twenty-five bushels, do not yield
more than seven or eight. There are, Of course
q few exceptional acres Of new grub land which
will yield twenty bushels to The acre, but the
average yield throughout the country cannot
be more than six bushels: There are. this
wheat, which at the above average will pro-
duce b9l. 666 bushels Of wheat, At the present
price will return our farmers e4l4, l66. 20.
Now, it is well known to all our farmsn and
wheat buyers that wheat cannot be raised for
less than four dollars per aero, at the very low
ing this years crop il 1304, -, which
will leave margin Of DIS. 672. 70 to be divided
among perhaps one hundred and fifty farmers,
who depend almost entirely on their wheat
crop for support, which will leave not FIR from
$50 profit to each fasmer. Now the question
lily on one hundred and fifty dollars per year,
even il he has that amount left, which y
rather doubtful, for four dollars per aero for
production is very low estimate.
We think it is too low an estimate.
We count it up az follows:-
Plowin8One acre, including feed of
team, wages. interest on money in teams
and wear and tear, $3.50.
One and one half bushels seed at
80 cts. per bushel 1876
Seeding and dragging 50
Cutting and stacking $50
Threshing bushels SIP 1-2c, rs
Hauling to granarv, and sundries so
Total ITO.
So that If the crop yields SIX bushels
of No l wheat, worth in Hastings to-day
IS cents per bnshel the farmer receives
1880 for what cost him $40! And
this takes no account of taxes on prop
erty, or interest on value Of farm, reap-
ers, etc. Exclusive Of these the farmer
OF Dakota county is at dead loss Of 3d.
60 per acre.
1t is a gloomy picture, but we do not
appreciate its darkest features, until we
remember that there is a gigantic and
successful conspiracy in Europe and this
country,t to decrease the value Of all prop
ertv and increase the value Of all debts,
by depriving silver Of its character as
money, a character which it has held
since the time OF Abraham: and that
Congress has adjourned without re-
monetizing silver; THE DEMOCRATIC
| HOUSE AND THE REPUBLICAN SENATE
both refusing to right this immense
| wrong.
Nor should it be forgotten that in this
conspiracy exists to drive out OF circula-
ton the peoples money, greenbacks,
and force the payment Of all debts in
two years and a half in gold not even
in gold and silver, Of which last our
mines are yielding large supplies; but
in gold alone, OF which there is not in
this country one dollar for 90, 900 OF
debts to be paid. And this horrible and
crushing wrong, perpetrated by thu Re-
publican party, the Republican Senate
refuses to repeal, even when the Demo-
cratic House has passed bill for that
purpose!
And Gov. Hayes, the Republican can
did ate Tor President, approves Of this in
iquity and says we ''muss take no steps
backward" on the march to universal
bankruptcy. And Gov. Tilden dances .
rhetorical jig, three columns long, on
the point Of needle, and no man can
tell whether he dances to contraction or
differentiation music.
And yet there are hundreds Of Repub>
licxn and Democratic farmers in Dar
kota county, with their six bushels 81
wheat per acre, and loaded down viii
debt and taxation, who will VOTE for
Hayes Or Tilden and whieheyer wins
Wall street wins, and - great work d