Telegram-herald., 1890-03-07
INDUSTRIES OF FARMERS
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PaOOUcTS
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of oOF Industries la general las not only
been insisted upon. but established oy tEs
stztesnAnship q believers Ii the AmeTl-
can system of protecting home labor, and
as . oorFolary Of establishing and sus-
taininx home markets, the great need Of
such diversincation u farm production
has received too uttle consideration. As
a consequences Of this lack Of integral
production We fnd ourselves laboring
under . deluge OF grain forced 70 seek
transatlantic consumers at less than liy-
ing prices. and such draught Of sugar,
wool. barley and other products Of tho
soil as 10 require hundreds Of millions OF
dollars from our taxpayers, farmers in
claded, 20 be sent out OF the 'coantry for
the same. These conditions are most
obvious In the west. where diversified
interests have not yet largely obtained.
and consequently farmers are suffering
from low prices for their products.
American political economy sscribes
those conditions principally 10 two
causes, namely:
Frst-To the too great production OF
limited variety OF farm stuffs, especially
cereals. and
Second-To the 100 small development
there. among the farmers Of diversified
mechanical industries, or, in other
words, Of a home market.
Senator Teller In recent speech re-
verted to the example of France giving
her ample monetary resources as the
cause OF agricultural prosperity.
The senator, unfortunately. in this
matter, has the cart before the horse, as
the ample monetary resources Of France
are not the cause but the result of her
policy Of protecting her home industries.
and the consequent Inauguration and
sustaining Of her varied productions and
home markets. In fact. had it not been
for the wise industrial policy Of France
il Is difficult 10 see how, with her wise
policy, of many great, frequent and de-
vastating wars in this and earlier centu
ries involving immense armies and an
overwhelming debt, she could have pre-
served her existence as q nation.
With US, conditions are cheeringly diff
ferent-with debt which trou oles US
only because our creditors won't take
their pay excepting at an enormous prem
ium-with an army hardly numerous
enough 10 man an army corps. France is
Haunted in our faces as such a triumph
of industrial, fiscal and social conditions
as to shame US by com parison.
Not only are her mechanical industries
diversified more than are those of any
other nation, but her agricultural pro-
ducts are similarly varied. Though
possessed OF a range Of soil and climate
decidedly inferior to our own, she out
strips us in the diversity Of her farm
products. Experts say that in wine pro-
ducing capacities we are decidedly ahead
of her. but how little have those endow-
ments been improved Starting at a cost
of dollar per pound in producing sugar,
she is now one Of the greatest exporters
thereof Her lines, her salad oils, her
sardines, her fruits. fresh and preserved,
and numberless other articles of Use and
luxury, find enormous markets with us,
although our protective duties are
largely against them. How stand we in
comparison? With two farmers as per
latest census reports TO one manufac-
turer, mechanic and miner inclusive, or
at least reverse OF the natural ratio.
those census figures stand thus:
Engaged In agriculture. c.s-.........-.. 1870 493
In manufactures, mechanics and mining ,s36, l12
OF course it is not surprising that in
- -
Oh, ,S05 of surplus agricultural products,
consisting Of
Paw cotton. s7, ,775 go
BreadstufIs --...---. -.-.........-.... l23.S66si
Manufactured tobacco ....... .... 1891 06s
Provisions, including meat and dairy
products ..-. ..-..--.---.-..... fo4, fee ~
Cattle sheep end hogs ss............... Il, ,3sa SEQ
Total az above .-...-.............. sSo2. .oi5 3o5
This total is "a near as possible double
the shipments Of 1850, which footed but
s250. .533, ,41s. All or most OF which
shipped surplus should have been used
or manufactured in this country, which
would have been less than $40 per head
Of our population in 1899. and If 1t had
been there would have been no cry Of
bard times from our western farmers.
That our farmers have not been en-
tirely oblivious TO the need Of diversif-
cation is evident from the earlier teach
ings of the Grange. whose uttersnces are
as much reverenced by its hundreds of
thousands. if not millions. of members
as those Of the Sanhedrim Of the Jews
were by the Hebrew nation.
Early in their formulation OF purposes
are the followin- objective points:
To diversity our crops and crop no
more than Nc can cultivate. To con-
dense the wr.. .ht Of our exports. selling
less IN the tnsnci and more on hoof and
in fleece"
"A showin- that those seeds - wisdom
did not fall oa barren soil may be quoted
The fact thar ths rportations q farmers
surplus, as cuanicied by the latest re-
port on the ro.eiCn commerce Of the
United States. page Ss. in value were as
follows.
fcsl S-esdsflufs .....-.-.- So - -
isss 6rsadstnfTs .-.--....---.-.-- ~ 81 's
Tossi trc--ss~ ~ shou' - psr cert s. "a 20
issi -F-vvisions. con p-isiar neat ard
i1ctS - - az zzs
$50 Provisions. comprising nest ard
asirT prcdscts- .-.......-....-. fo4 - 49,
TossI Increase Or ss.,,1. ~ p.r cert S.. So ~
fesf-Csftir seq srd hogs -.-.... ~ 20
isss--Cst5ie sheep art ho<s ....-..- =. ~ SO
Tetsl iucr-ass or shout 80 p~r cert tl7.as< -
O. course such progressive indi-aficrs