Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-03-20
A.acultursi Dspsssssos.

-. 81 Inst agriculture y suffering
=. de,ssssios, has It last got into Con-
-. "a uns high body propose = Govern
counission 70 take into coz
.,.-.ssa and thoroughly iryessisass
{ =. vs,ied causes which. 10 their
.-a.ueus, may relate 70 the present
..a condition Of the asriculturaI
-. Of the country; and 70 re-
- that body mot later than ninety
t,om the date Of ito appointment
-. commission will be able in that time
..c,r,.in many facts Of undoubtsd in
~, bearing upon the question, but il
-, 40, uke quarter that time for most
,.,.I beaded farmers to hsurs out pretty
...,,,.ety one Of the great causes OF this
..,,.,.ion. They Vary, no doubt. but ASIDE
-, local variations there 10 likely - be
80 general Law which is responsible for
80. coalition Of things. II IL condition
y. alone Confined TO our country Tor sny
=. 1t all familiar Nth the facts is a~ars
.v,;culture has been depressed" In
v,.l.nd for the past four years
.aeb degree as vas never before known
!. N iu bia.ory. Great Britain IL free
,,.d. country. so that the talk Of those
.su which would blind our farmers to
:. real condition Of things that this de-
.....io, /. caused by high protective taTih.
=. vo.fully mistaken. The effect Of tsrif
!. w.. trade does not fully account for THE
,.,,...ioo a. il i. condition Of AFFAIR." 1t
.....o, existing in countries in which the
,.1s theory /. applicable in every variety.
a., the silver men assert that the din
IN, il mainly due to the gold standard Of
,,Ia.,. vhic, 10 surely not ansvefab's for
ID. whole Of the trouble
The one RIAL. sensible cause OF this de-
,,s.sion 10. without doubt. over-pfoducuon
N. volume Of our crops is so large in the
.su.g..e that the market for our great
.,.,s cereals, corn and wheat, Is constant
!, o,srcrowded, and in consequence
n,es, are corre.pondingly lo~. Look
:, the sau.eu given in an srtieie in another
.,.,s IN this number, and then think IL il
ali strange that this condition exists.
Nearly one half Of the corn crop yet
1, farmers hands. and 50 cheap that
thew are using 1t for fuel Nine hundred
and seventy million bushels Of corn, and
oos hundred and Aftysix million bushels
At ,heai yet on hand--the largest amount
ava, reported in March and this
/. . par, Of the largest crop ever
,.i..d BY our farmers. Nov II the western
,.,msr, 10 into the markets Of the world
With their corn and wheat they must meet
III, competition Of the world. while the cost
NJ TRANSPORTATION from the farm to the sea
board msy be more than the value OF the
c,on After it 10 marketed. IL ii hard to find
u. cause Of agricultural depr sssiont
But thi. fact 10 apparent: While asricul-
nre has pretty nearly found it's level in all
nr,s Of our country, and various sections,
Nv reason Of facilities for immediate trans
,or,s,ion and other causes. are more nearly
mon an equality than formerly, it is true
bat the East now suffers less from this de-
p,,,.ion than the West. and our own good
8ute feels the general depression least Of
~. This il largely due to our diversified
Industries and their aid to agriculture. of
which We propose to speak at another time.
Mainline se want our farmers and read
IN generally to ponder well the fact that
Maine 10 today suffering less from agri-
cultural depression than any other section
q this vast country.