Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-12-19
FARM PRODUCTS.
According to Commissioner Loring's Re-
port-A Plea for the Forests.

THOR Value Reaches Far Into tho Billions,
According to Commissioner Loring's Re-
port-A Plea for the Forests.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.-1n the report of
the Commissioner of Agriculture submitted
yesterday it is shown that the value Of
meats has increased from $500, 600, 600 to
$500, 000, 600; corn, from $500, CSC, s7S to
1904, s1s,s04; wheat, from 1924, 635, 545 to
ss4S6, 9os, 463; hay, from S15s,671, 16s to
$s409, sos, 7S3; dairy products, from $152, $780,
600 to $685., 500, 600; cotton from SILL
516,625 to Sa71, e36, 121, and other products
in proportion, more than doubling the az
gregate value and increasing it from ST.
600, 900, 900 to So, GOO, 0oo, 900 in round num-
bers. With good prices the current pro-
duction of the agriculture of the United
States can be little short Of 81. 600, 0OO, 900,
and the values are those of the home mar
kets, II not Of Eastern commercial cities
or ports Of expectation. The Commissioner
said:
qu1rements of consumption in this and other
countries as to depress the price to u point
unprecedented i'll recent years, favoring at
certain points the use OF wheat in feeding for
pork production. The cause of this supera-
%bundance is two-fold. First, the extensive
settlement In the Northwestern pralies and
the dry plains OF the Pacific coast; and, sec.
ond, the extraordinary period OF comparative
failure Of European wheat for several consec-
utive years: The progress Of settlement must
followed by comparative plenty. These facts
OF products and prices point to the sharp ne
cessity. OF adapting the production to the con-
imported; to give remunerative employment
TO agricultural labor. and food in variety and
cheapness to
The commissioner says that the destrlc-
ton OF forests is alarming, but he finds
cause for qualification in the extensive
planting of young trees in the Western
States. lie says that the destruction of
forests for lumber is greater than the legiti-
mate demand, and has resulted in burden
ing the market Further discussing the
subject, the commissioner says:
'The great pine forests of the Northwest
are nowdepleted to such an extent that South
ern pine is brought into competition with 1t in
the Chicago market, and a pe,ceptible inroad
has been made upon those vast forests which
cover SO large q proportion of the Gulf States.
The same reckless and wasteful methods Of
numbering are pursued there which have so
rapidly consumed the Northern and Western
forests. This condition OF things makes it
more important every year to cndeavor to
preserve the forests which form a part of the
public domain, and to SO guard and control
them by law as to make them of the greatest
and most lasting benefit to the country"
The bureau is now investigating the
culture of silk in accordance with the act of
Congress which made an appropriation of
$4,000 for that purpose.
The political campaign was pretty
lively in New Mexico, Judging from the
following attack on Judge Prince, made
by a Spanish paper published in Santa
Fe: ''Judge Prince is a diabolical being;
he belongs to the Masonic fraternity, in
consequence of which he stands oxcom-
municated. Guard yourselves, 0 New
Mexicans, from giving your vote to
Judge Prince, if you do not wish that
the fires of Heaven. descend on your
heads. Vote, oh! vote for Hon. An
tonic Joseph, who will know how to be
grateful for your votes, and who will let
no means stand in the way of his guild
ing you with firm steps to the temple of
and Immortality