Daily Republican., 1890-04-05

Statistician Dodge Of the Agricul-
tural Department at Washington in q
pamphlet just issued gives some idea
OF the immense crop of corn and
wheat raised and on hand in this coun.
try and which more than anything
else shows that overprocuctiop the
is the cause OF hard times for the
farmer. The whole crop Of corn TOR
1880, In all the United States and terri
tories amounts to 2, III, S92 900 bushels.
OF this immense body of corn there
has been consumed LIES, 7l3 $50
bushels and shipped out of the coun.
ties where grown 1874, 17S,670 bushels,
leaving as stock on hand yet. 0G9, 93s, :
$50 bushels.
Some individual States show sur
prising results in corn raising. Iowa
leads with $40, 96G, 600 bushels and
then follow in succession, Illinois
with $50, 125. 900; Kansas with 240,.
sos, 900; Missouri with s1s,S4l, 600:
Nebraska with 140,5i3. 600 and In
diana with LOG, G56. 900 bushels. Even
Delaware had crop of 1906, 900
bushels In 1889, OF which there was
stock on hand March /, of /, co., OSO
bushels.
The largest crop ever raised in this
country was raised last year. 1t ex.
ceeds the crop OF the year before, the
next largest, by 1876, 000, 900, and there
wers 1888. 600, 200 more on hand on the
LIST OF March this year than there were
last year at the same time. Mr.. Dodge
estimates the understandable part OF
the crop on hand, 302, 1874. $50 bushels,
ut an average OF 1879 cents per bushel.
BY States the highest is ir Maine, 80
cents; California. 81 cents; New Hamp.
shire, So; Utah, "a; Florida, 32; South
Carolina, 81, Colorado and Vermont,
80; Massachusetts, Rhode Island and
Alabama, 2S; Pennsylvania, New
York. Mississippi, Texas. Arkansas.
the two Virsinias, Maryland and Con.
necticut range in price from % to 2S
cents. Delaware is put down al 20
cents. The lowest prices are for Ne.
braska, 10 cents: Kansas, 10; Indiana,
10; Iowa and Missouri, 16; Kentucky
and Illinois, II, anu Ohio and Mime
sofa, 10.
The merchantsble crop on hand is
estimated at 27.9 cents per bushel on
the average, the lowest being 5 cents
in Nebraska and Kansas, and the
highest being ca in California and Ore
gon, where little corn is raised. The
Delaware crop of merchantable corn is
placed at az cents per bushel.
The wheat crop Tor 1889 reached
480, $4,000 bushels, Of which there
was q stock on hand March LIST OF
1856 49, 300, In the great W heat prow-
ing States of the Union the prices OBJ
tanned were Ohio, 76 cents; Michiga
"a. Indiana and Wisconsin, II; Ne.
braska. SO. The average price OBJ.
tanned in twelve OF the Western and
Northwestern States was 1913 cents
per bushel.
We reproduce these figures that the
farmers OF Delaware may have some
idea OF over production oil crops, and
the consequent depression in the
prices. No tariff or free trade measure
could bring relief desired under the
circumstances. The simple TACT stares
the farmers in the lace that there are
not enough people In the United States
TO consume what they raise and they
cannot ship ii abroad to the markets of
the world 60 much talked Of 10y free
traders, because that On account of
cheaper labor, and productive soils
Other countries gel their supplies still
cheaper.
The most feasible way to relieve the
rmers Of this country is 10 establish
Aanutactories, employ more hands
dhAenen up more home markets.