Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-09-05
Aner.esa V. Easlisa Asrlenllare.

The London EcononiS. in relation 10
the sdyant 'ge Of the American farmer in
competition with those Of England sa:s:
Il IS scrnewha; surprising 10 md that
wheat crown in the far West sill pays as
much freight before il can be placed in the
English market as the rent charge amounts
10 a; home. The average yield II m acre OF
land in England is thirty bushels, agains.
thirteen in the Nestean States. The Amer
lean farmer must therefore cultivate two
and one-half acres, before he N sell as
much produce as Is grown on single acre
N EqLl5nd. This, however. he does at IN
Incredibly snail outlay. The diiIsreace in
iilaer IS most striking. An English farmer
accustomed to drive three or four horses
painfully ever 4 sniff clay. can scarcely i'm
agine the ease with which Ugh, p!ow rams
through the Ei7h lolni Of Western State.
In Northern Minnesota. the Red River set-
tlelnen is Jus, being opened mp. A fErrow
may be drawn across the alluvial pIairic
without meeting 4 hill. a tree, or a stone.
I Various estimates OF the cost of labc. fer
,il.age and harvest & have lately been pah-
/ liShed. II these are correct, IN acre OF
wheat in America can be cultivated for
bcut aae-half the expense in iahor of c,.i-
i:va:iug an acre IN England. We do not.
| however place impli il elianc. % such eS-
tn!ctes. The American farmer, Is rule,
does his own work, or the wages p7id N
actual money is conipa atir ly small. II he
cultirates liiy acres ofwhect, and has grow
lag sons, h may Manage without any help,
except At haTvcs; time, whsn ne hires IN eX-
tra hand for month. u he has no family
to ASST him, he will proba'y hire hand
for year :; twelve Oh hftsen dollars
month. In L cases board and wages are
included. the hired MEN sitting down to
rle-.s with the farmer end his family. We
may fairly estimated the capital OF (, Il
required by an Ergh'h rrnerto cultivate
properly single acre oil land viii not rlore
than suffice to purchase and cultivate the
two and half acres which will yield the
same amount of whe in America. Up 70
this point neither competitor has decided
advantage and. if anything. the difference
is, in our opion on II side Of home asri-
cu,turalist. But The heavy yield in England
is only obtained by the application, Of cost
IL r.anures. and this outlay IS spaced tn:
American grower. A; present only inerJz
est lands are cultivated, ard the eai \ w
her ircre Sc without any assistant,
hands. OF course this will not lasf
In twenty years time al the M
lands will be token up, and evel
be exhausted by uccessive en-
fornia the average has alread
twenty 10 fourteen bushels.
States 1t mas long been neea
TO a rotation Of crops and tl9 "a
fertilizers. But until this state dr. ZION
Is reached in the Western States, the English
farmer will require something more Than
the set-oif of freight against rai, charge.
This protection the Americans them elves
gave him until recently. The Morrill, tariff
imposed an exces i've duty on iron, and the
construction and maintenance OF railways
was thereby rendered SO costly that it was
necessary 10 muict the producer in freight.
Ais the cost Of living was ar;iiicialiy raised
by duties imposed on every article of ranu-
facture. Prior to the war comparatively
free trade policy existed in the United
states. Had this been continued agricul-
.are in the Ms issippi Valley would years
ago have achieved the prosperous position
il hos at lenght reached by the cola Sc OF
the manufacturing industries in the Eastern
States. The prostration Of every branch OF
manufacturers he's been so great that prae-
tically the tariff has bcca in allegiance for
the last few years. Should these revive the
cost of living will again be raised, and to
that extend the former protection restored
to the English produces. But this conin
gency is too remote to arrest the impending
fali in rents II lies entirely a; the opt De Of
the Ian lords whether this shall be wholly
given in abatement of rent. or parity take
the form Of security of tenure an pro;ec-
TO 10 the cccnpier's capital For the sake
of the country al large, ii is to be hoped
they viii choose the later alternative.