The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-01-12
VOLUME IL.
NOT TIE REAL CAUSE.
= he OVERPRODUC TON THE
DRY EXPLODED.
u Circulating Medium Sufficient to DO
the ii"~ mes, of the Country ON !, Cash
I;as:s is What is Nccde,I-t:oncral Re
form Measures.
Truth Will Triumph.

Truth Will Triumph.
The crushing defeat tina. the Repui,-
itcans sustained in the recent election
has caused many thinking men of that
party to pause and examine the s.;r-
Arun.!ings. to discover Just where they
are at. and we believe this is a good
line to continue the camnaign OF edn-
ratica, writes William hamse, in the
-Idrptntn.
.efore the election. when asked the
cause OF the low price OF farm products
III" "answcr Wa, usually overpruiuction.
] was met with this argument so often
that carly III the campaign l deter
mined to find ont ust how much truth
there WAS III tile :: cIlcnt Accord
lnglv | wrote y friend at Junction
City to ascertaii, of the pro .er officers
1T Fort Riley VIA cons i.utcI a .Iav's
raticns for Il soldier, OF flour and pork.
The answer was eighteen ounces of
t.onr. OF twenty ounces Of bread, All /
two-thlr,is pounl Of pork. then
wrote Secretary Eu,k to know the
amount AT the w.iea. crop for 1921:
also number OF fat hogs and fat cattle
marketed the same wear. Ac,ur.,in.slv
| received 4 IL, IL from Mr.. Dodge.
government staiiS lean. AID learned
lhat .he estimated wheat crop for
1891 w..s Gll 900. coo bn,hcl~. but could
not give the number of either fat hogs
or cattle marketed. but sent me a CEN
s,us report from which | learned that
the entire number of hogs, sh2a;s and
pigs Oh farms and rancues WAS II U0O,-
900 for 1891. Will; this data [ began
my investigation. bv reducing the
amount of wheat to flour bv allowing
thirty pounds TO the husllel and allow
ing sixteen ounces or one pound as
!. ration of flour. ana computing the
population Il. to,onO,0oo. by ascer-
tanning the number Of bushels 70 sup
ply one day, then multiplying tina. by
tao number of days in the year. got
the exact facts, and was surprised to
lind that it wouii take the entire
wheat crop for that year and nearly
lS, 600. 900 bushels more tn give each
lnhahltant sixteen ClInces rcr day.
Eut some say that there are so many
children that it would be impossible to
consume so much per capita. Deduct
the $50, o,OOO,U 900 from the amount for
hat year. ana it will not be much over
twelve ounces lcr day for each intal,i-
tant. Then leduct the amount eN-
orted, ani we find that tiIe people Of
the United Sta'es do no. cons1me over
rne-thirtl Of the ration Of -four for q
soldier.
The investigation OF the pork ration
was still more surprising. in view of
the loud noise made in forcing the Amer
4 & IL =
II pound per day for each in!lahitant
would he nearly $4,000. 900 pounds, per
lay. following the same rule as with
the flour. Multiplying the number of
lays il Tie year would give tn'al NUM-
bcr of pounds. Allowing that each
hog reported i'll the census was feI out
and ,iettel 125 pounds of bacon. it
wonld take every ho-: raised and -.
,'Do, DHo besides 10 give q soldiers IA
iions to each inhai,itant. Well, We
;ion'i al eat pork SO | reduce the -
lDb, COP hogs to beef carcasscs of 800
pounds each net. and | find il Will take
besides all The hogs Is 300, 900 lead OF
beef cattle averaging 800 POM Is ne.
to supply to every inhabitant a soldiers
ration.
In the kGn>os Fdfnrr is Il report of
tie Kansas CITY stock var,is. civir" an
account uf rccei IS for the wear, and |
find ti.ere IL statement III regard to the
number of cattle marketed at the four
great cattle markets of America. VIZ. ::
Chicago. st. Louis, Kansas City and
Omaha. and form. the great total for
III" year including calves, stockers,
etc, to he i tion, coo bead. or only one
third required 10 feed the popula ion
for Il year. Then VIZ must remember
that over 900. 900 of the very best of
these We're exported to foreign conn
tries. requiring 100000 ,0GU to he SUD
piled br the butchers of the towns and
villages Of the country. Does any sane
man believe that such n vast number
is supplied by them? Nay, verify. it
IS not oyerproduction, but under con
s1lnption.
The more investigate this subject.
The more I am satisfied tl,a. ii We had
circulating medium sufficient to do
shc business Of the country on cash
oasis that we would not have any. or
very little. surplus wheat or flour for
aXport. Then one more fact and /
Hose. The wheat crop of 1892 is about
10000 900 bushels less than the crop
IF 1891, and sill the crop has been
sold for from 90 10 30 per cent. less
ilian that of last year, and it is Of /,
much better quality.
Push the educational department.
Truth will finally trinmnil. The peo-
pie are investiga ing IS never before.
Will the Democratic administration af
ford us any relief? No, they are now
ignoring the demands Of the people
by talking of tariff reduction and
lowering of expenses. The people de
mand more and cheaper money. the
free coinage Of silver and governmen:
ownership Of railways. and they viii
not he side-tracked by tariff nonsense
or anything of the kind.