The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-10-19


products has been taken from us. and has
gonc TO swell that of other countries.
10 recover our lost ground in this respect
July VIII be matter or time and vigil
lance. but the prospects justify the effort
Even In the matter of form and size or
package, we must learn what will best suit
the foreign consumer. Ii iswell understood
thar butter should. in all cases. be put up
originally In the package IN which 1T will
be sold eventually, thus avoiding the ne
cessity of rehandling. All these are little
things. but II Is by close attention 10 these
little things that farming can alone be
made profitable. We must in all things
seek to cater 10 the tastes of consumers,
trst consequence that In foreign countries
the name American" should be synony-
nous with honesty and healthfulness.
Among other needs of American agri-
culture which L regard ae urgent is
thorough and systematic inquiry into the
coil. climatic and market conditions of all
portions of our country, TO the end that we
may thoroughly understand to what special
crops or particular line of agriculture each
section Is best adapted and what products
WILL in each section, reward the.farmer as
being the most readily and probably dis
posed Of We must understand what
methods of cultivation are best adapted TO
the several localities. with a view TO COM
Dining successful production with economy.
OTHER Things NECESSARY.
Other conditions urgently needed for the
full frutiOn of my antcipations as to the
future of American agriculture undoubted-
~ exist. many of which must necessarily
depend somewhat upon the natural growth
of the country, and the various changes,
especially in regard to questions of labor
and capital. which such growth must in
evitably bring about. For instance, rela-
lively to the profits of agriculture, farm
labor is far more costly than in many other
Industries. The remedy in this particular,
however. cannot DO forced. and must await,
necessarily, the change in conditions W hich
Will attend the general progress OF the
country.
Somewhat analogous in it's condition to
this question of labor is that of capital. At
present 1t is thought that of all industrial
occupations agriculture offers the least IN
ducement to the investment of capital.
The principal remedy for this state of
things We must necessarily look for In the
general tendency OF an abatement IN the
profits of speculation which time Will
bring about.
In course of time in this country. as in
other and older countries. capital will be
moro and moro disposed to seek security
population increases the amount of Guilt
vatable lands necessarily remaining sta
tionary. the ownership OF land Will natur-
ally be more greatly desired.
As rybody now has come to under
stand fully. it will not be great many
years before ell land av valuable for agricult-
ural purposes without special preparation
involving o very considerable expense. will
DO in the hands of private owners. just as
soon as that period is reached. We may
look for considerable rise In the value of
laid throughout the country this being
accompanied, as / Opine it will, by re-
striction of the many opportunities which
now exist for the employment of ca Dital in
various ways affordiDg comparatively
high rate of interest.
The attention of capitalists will then be
directed more and more to the possibilities
of agriculture, which, though atfording q
comparatively low rate of interest on the
money invested. will at the same time af-
ford, in the ownership of land and its
steadily increasing value, an element OF Sc
curlty. as we'll as of ultimately increased
value of the original Investment.
These conditions will undoubtedly also
be accompanied by many Others III the nat.
ural development of the country. such rs
the extension To country districts OF adj
vantages and facilities now difficult to OBJ
tain outside of our towns and cities. which
will remove many of the objections which
now exist in the minds of many persons to
residence in the country.
1t is from such convictions as these that
am led to call the attic ton of our Amer
lean youth to agricultn as one of the in
dustres most worthy of their attention in
considering their future career. say I'M
hesltatiDgly that the young men OF our
country who will bring to agriculture the
education and intelligence. the industry
and perseverance, essential to success in
every career. whether mercantile. indus
trial or professional. will. in the course of
the next twenty years, attain q far greater
degree of material well-being on the aver
age than awaits them i'm any other calling.
believe that twenty years from now the
now almost universal desire of youth resi-
abandon
those brought up and trained in city life
will look forward to life in the country as
the most desirable. uniting the prospect of
ample competence with independence,
health and enjoyment