The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-09-13


Com -y.ocpolo "a. 5000 scn 10 10000
Wheat 10000 l5s. y lei .. y 5000
Oats -sroslv-o Is5 .s.s.7s- - s go 90
Re- s,,,.v $685. ,ssS 49,. sssss !: $3.50 500
Potatoes si"DnoD sdGs3.5 s. $4,000
Toas T0s
sHay 49, essoco siscos0 7a ii.s0.co
Annual Taiuoi. Azricli-'l products sszs..5JOco
s0asn a. "a ton -sa.1 A. IS ton
DOMESTIC ANIMALS CxEATl
yuris<r Fake y Ct Ccis
Mich cows ssss III SIS, SIS - u 81 30 90
ye., e. ttie r. 81 Du 0ls 80 e. ~ 81 -rss :
sheep -. 10 2ss.<s As---iI9 q looso.is6
Hcrs -.- s$ue rs - 0-l5l5 ~ 20 s6e.ylI
Gain IN value Of meat animals ---- sii4 80 sse
Yearly gain one-talrd o: above 800. 3-o5- 81
The sf1seen states above referred 70 have =
total area Il. improved farm lands OF 100 ri 80
acres The Increased value OF the productions
Of these Lands will be Sss5l soJ.cJo annually. al
increased annual earning % - D. per acre "
tie market value % LAM depends upon
It's earning power. and the ratio OF In
crease % value Be taken AZ four tlrnes the In
crease in yearly earnings. thea the improved
farm Lands OF these sixteen states vlll In
crease In value ~ 81 per acre or 81 -sesoo) 90
a. The immediate result OF the opening o: the
Maritime canal Of North America
Vast as this sum appcars- IL Is q partial
statement o. the gain 20 the vest resulting
because IL Is based on the short crops 81 1894.
and does not take account OF truck fruits.
small grains dairy products poultry. eggs.
horses and mules. and wood. timber bark .tc
neither dos IL take account 81 mine products
IN. raanrsa lures or the Increase In values II
city and manufacturing properly.
This movement has received the in
dorSement " mos. Of the United States
senators from the west
Las, winter the legislature Of Mime
sofa mcmorialized congress in support
Of this measure senator NcCleary. Of
Nanka.o. i gathering data from Can
ada and the United States with view
TO urying Il in the northwest and ir
congress
The east has no transportation que>-
-ion. Her manufactured goods. worth
rerhaps thousands Of dollars ton. are
no, pcrceptibIy affected by slight diff
erence in freight The farming dis
.ricts Of the west are vitality affected
when all profit in their crops j. eaten
ND bv the carrying charges. A. ma
.ional question il should be borne in
mind that the manufacturing east re-
ceives her raw products largely from
the west: also her cheap food supplies
In turn she finds her best market in the
farming states Of the vest II should
also he remembered that the enormous
cash balance annually required abroad
20 settle the foreign exchange must be
provided in the main by the western
and southwestern farms or By gold
The pressure is urgent The naviga-
sion cannot he provided soon enough
IL commenced now. The convention at
Cleveland will be marked by the pres
cnce Of many specialists with specially
prepared paprrs covering a wide range
Of public matters As chairman of the
executive committee. respectfully re-
quest correspondence with commercial
bodies public officials and the papers
If in any way il may lead to fuller in
formation and a quickeacd interest In
particular. desire assurances of sup
port which can be shown at the proper
time rs cyidencc Of popular sentiment
Address. A. r.. CEOcKER.
Minneapolis Board Of Trade.