Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-12-27

New York Herald
\ glance at the recent official stats.
tics of agriculture in this country reveals
some very remarkable facts Of command.
ing interest to all Americans.
In his recent message to congress the
president stated that ''thp exports OF ngri.
cultural products from The United States
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1872
attained the enormous figure OF cigb
hundred million dollars ia round mum.
beers, being ISL per cent Of our total
exports For the last iscnl year. end
ing June 30, 1898, however. he adds.
This aggregate WAS greatly reduced. bu'
nevertheless reached six hundred and
fifteen millions, being T51 per cent Of
all American commodities exported %
This decrease Is marked and for the
fiscal year ending with next June q viii
doubtless be heavier. II should never.
thcless be noted that the aggregate Of
exports for the year ending 1891 was
only six hundred and forty-threc million
dollars mot far from The average hruc)
and that The extraordinary export EN-
phnaicd by the president occurred In II
year Of superlntive hountilul and golden
harvest IN America. conteinpuraneous
with poor crops and famine in extensive
portions of The old world.
The presidents figures, therefore. are
AAAN'i HAE hNAANNHAf AN NhNNAlia lIlt immense
value Of American agriculture. The ev-
ports of any nation are the measure Of
oil its increment Of wealth derived from
foreign sources. Comparing with ON
agricultural exports tn exports of our
manufactured goods, the latter appear
very inconsderablc. In the year ending
with June. 1891, the total of all manu-
featured goOds expoEteds from the United
States was only one hundred and sixtv-
Hins f1lt.tae In
despite the Mckinley taril. designed 10
h,lp manufacturers, It fen on to one
hundred aud ffty-une millions During
the three years ending with 1872. the
value of exports Of British products trnu
sistine almost exclusively of mnuufar-
uwcd goods and the products of mines
and ishcresl averaged annually thGtcen
hundred million dollars, though Z fell IN
ls02 to eiOYcu hundred aud thirty-iVc
millions. While the value az orr cv.
ports Of manufactured goods is msignih.
cant hesile that represented by these
colossal figures, the value Of our ayr
cultural products snld during the same
triennial period In foreign markets Is by
no means contemplate In the compnri
son. Tho splendid returns Of our soil.
even under adverse seasons, and though
che farmer Is not helped hut hand'eap-
ned, by the existing so-c0llcd "proioc-
tive" tariff, afford nboundmg encourage
mont Tor tho future Of American agrl
culture II the artificial burdens are rr
moved
While, however. the prospect Is bright.
for American farmers, who, as the nreJ-
dent s,atcs, represent ahout 0nc-half tho
population Of ihe United States, The
present year has becn one Of exceptional
trial for this prep1nderatiug class OF cid
gems.
The government crop report for Deem
her, dealing principally With Tho prices Of
farm products sold on the farm or PLAN
tation or az The nearest local markets.
elbows TINT this years corn crop brings
to tho farmer only about 81 Gents a bush
el This Is ~ cents less than the cor
responding price % last year, which was
osilnhtr1 at 1914 cens IN tho decade
frlM 1850 to $50, inclusive, the avera 20
price OF corn was 3o.S cents per hushci.
The department Of agriculture esti
mates that De average prize II wheat al
points OF production Is h91 ceofy nor
bushA. This Z. The lowest price Tor which
wheat has been sold N the lnitoa States
since 1870 or since any very comnrehen.
slye official statistics were Collected. nm
averagp farm price for whcii d, 1881
to lSS9 was 81 ceafs pee lnshl with.
for the three years, lS)O to iSls i, WIS
tH6 cents, Thus /, Viii he srrn mar
since 1879 the farmers nf the United
States have had to qoatgni with rapid