The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-06-06
lctten o. The Tribanes correspondent u

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this;
I'm 1875 therc were sc5. .lo2 acres cult
waited, and now there are Z. 5.ey0 s95 acres,
mainly In wheat; but. amazing as the
ratio ~ increase n. there is only ] per
cent of the entire area under tillage.'
Mr.. Atkinson calls attention to these
striking figures and then goes on 80 show
that these 10. 900 square miles Of Buenos
Ayrcs alone wouil suffice for the produc-
tion. At .ur standard pr acre, ~ 800, ,OOo,-
UOO bushels II wheat and 1000. 600 bales
of cotton. with third ~ the land
even then LIT over f.r other purposes.
The development ot agriculture in this
encrgetic republic will be something
enormous in the near future. Mr.. Atkin-
son knows IL a single firm which lfls re-
cr.i,,rl m order for $4,000 steel plows for
That country. The immense grassy plain-
Of Duenos Ayrcs have been fgltilizcd fof
years by the enormous herds uf sheep
and ,.l' lr that have bces. grazing cs,
them. Immigration HIS been pouring
into ~. country IL the rate ~ 20o.0p0 !,
year The ''pinprr labor" ~ Europe.
which .nr farmers will have 10 meet on
another ground AMI fi,m whose compe-
iifion Ir' possible higiltariif can protect
eur wheat'growcrS.
IA further indication that great
incr,isc a trnde with this part Of :~uth
AmcIic. Il expected In England. IL Il
nnlv necessary to state that one of The
principal cals's " the activity in dip
hulling Oh tn Clyde during the past
two on three years hiAi been the demand
for ships for trade with tho Arycntine
Republic. Th;it country will cvislcntl,
get even with lIs for our adverse legisla
fion.
We have excluded their wook says Mr.
Atkinson: we have depressed its price IL
foreign markets. W.. have protected for
eim manufacturers a. the detrimcnt o
our own. and now vur great manufac
turers ~ agricultural tools and ma
chincry arr sending plows. hrrows, hav
vcstcrs and the like in huge numbers 4
lie applied TO the cultivation II the whsss
under such conditions that there will b.
no present limit 10 the product cxcep
the amount ~ labor and capital whicl
can be secured for II.
Mr.. Atkinson is everywhere recoynizc'
AZ one Of our very ablcst writer's on ~cc
nornic subjects. fh the treatment q
statistics b. L. perhaps the first autlNrit
in the country. III view If this fact, AN
uf the correctness ~ his predictions a
stated above. the following words fror
him deserve thu most ecriors nttcntio
Of American farmers: In the vain effoI
a. keep up the price u wool. the Who'll
product Of which II not equal 70 2 pe
cent. of the aggregate product of ou
farms. we have forced the attention Z
these most dangerous competitors 10 III
facilities with which they can suppl
Eurorr with grain. and when that ha
hcn accomplished the next step may b
competition III cotton.
perhaps the farmer may present.
ask himself il II would not have bee
better "a leave things t. their naturs
course rather than to force c"mpetitio
in other countries On our most ilnportar
staples by refusing to buy from tlrI
wool. which is onc of the least iinportU
| prulucts IL our agriculture: especial
| since the more foreign wool we buy III
| better market and ths better price v
develop for our own"
Thc price of wheat with us is now
| low that distress among growers 10 n
| most universal. The ''homc market"
| fully supplied and the foreign market
| in great danger. Do our farmers wal
any more of such protection"