San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-07-31
..Our Goo dly alerlsuge."

| ''Our 0OO0uy uuertto8e'"
In the June number Of the Interna'
tional Review. Robert p, Porter has
an article Of wide scope on tho above
subject Of which the following ia q
brief summary: Within half q century
ten million emigrsnts have landed on
our shores. These have spread, over
the West and South, moving the
centre of population westward 400
miles. With the movement Of the cen.
tres of population the centres of pro.
duction also advanced, so that the
North, Middle and Southern groups
Of States do not supply their home
demand for wheat. The South aud
and Middle States have a small sur
plus; the Ohio valley y surplus nearly
equal to halt the crop, and the West
ern groups produce nearly four fold
more than their home demand. The
wheat crop Of 30y'rs ago was about lC0,.
600, 900 bushels. divided into equal vol.
um es by the 8lst meridian. Last year, the
crop must have reached o total Of 49,
600, 900 bushels divided equally by the
Goth degree Of longitude west from
Greenwich. The original thirteen
states have extended to q territory se
vast that only 5000 miles less territory
has been given to building system Of
railroads to connect the Atlantio and
Pacific, and the Lakes with the the
the Gulf. Comparing the year 184s
with the year 1877 the production Of
corn alone has increased in the States
of OHIO, Indiana, illinois, Iowa, Mis-
souri,, Ksnsas and Nebraska from 2l4,
56l 1878 to 84S, ,0OO,OO bushels. This
crop is one Of the widest distribution.
being found both in Minnesota and
Texas. New Jersey and Nebraska
Taking all tho States the production
Of wheat is as follows: Used for bread
228. .S77, ,97S; used for seed, 48, 1872 $40;
exported. 147. 1857 ,649. The progress
Of corn growth may be slow, as Hi
nois produces one fifth of the Nationo
crop, but the progress Of wheat grow
ing will be much greater, extending
over large areas of plateaus and noun
tam valleys in the Far West.
Since 1849 the Atlantic coast proper
ton of the entire wheat production hsl
declined more than half, that Of ths
central belt gained one-ffth. and that
of the Mississippi has trebled. Ten.
nessee was once the great corn growipi
state, and it is not impossible for lths
South to regain her pre- eminence al
the corn growing section, notwith-
standing the increased production o
cotton. The excess In the production
of cotton during the FIRST ten years o
free labor over the last ten years o.
slave labor was G, ,495, 1903 bales. Th'
value of the last ten crops. two thirds
of which was exported, was probably
three thousand million dollars. Be
tween the years 1865 and 1879 the in
crease in the following productions
was as follows: Wheat, bushels, 3OO.-
2O2 III; corn, bushels. 8lO.56l ,237
oats, l39. .OOO. .sO5 rye. 4.l03,595, bar
ley, %, 1872 .9l4 cotton. bales, 2.76l ,4O(
tobacco, pounds. 200, ,742.706 /; hay, ton,
12,llO.260 potatoes. bushels, 1871,
0O5. The increase in expectation hal
kept pace with the increase in produc'
ton. while the expectation Of live stocl
has increased ten fold in the last two
years. The expectation Of corn is only
St per cent Of the crop. hut q large
part OF the corn crop is exported in q
different form-;hst Of spirits spd
stock. The osly hope Of the British
and Russian farmer is the high rstf
Of freight hope that or railrosd
magnaies FOnId lain zee realized
Oar agrscultaral resources are rrac-
tieslly iaex xhaustible. Tor shea the pop
sl.tioa presses upon the uacccupied