The Monticellonian., 1895-09-13
YEARLY GAIN


 oaop Field. bu 7aiue per oM per 6n Corn.... p0.9e0o10 s2ae e863 6t0 {14f .36 oo01oo Wheat S35 000990 5.gg3 l2l 4 lG 10 55o Rye ...... 1500060O 6.6J405O 4 7s20ol Barley sooj099} r l43,o01 D 2oio0@
 Tons Ton
 Hay ..... 29 4ooooO 2l5,65O s6o z34 ll7elooo0 +Straw. . 45 900 GOO .... 5e01 '09 Annual gain on agrleultI products s4!7753o oJ3 .Gain at s4 a ton +Gain at 85 ton.
 DOMESTIC ANIMALS MEA1)
 Mss Msh .ss SqH & 55 ssG s a5 Ss ss E E @ 3ss s's Sheep .-.-.10 2G5a17 4.5s9.lf0 S4 11og5 l46 Hogs ..... .25 09S,275 ,515 II 26dcJ Jll Gain h value of meat animals .... STA IA 99s Yearly gain one-third Of sbove.-.... 38,a5s 333 ''Tho sixteen states above referred to have total area In improved farm lands Of i99 328S7G acres The increased yaue Of the productions Of these lands will be s4o5. 5.8090 0)l annually an Increased annual earning of E. .33t5 per acre fl the market value Of land depends upon It's earning power, and tne ratio ot ln- crease of value be taken at four times the in- crease In yearly earnings, then the improved farm lands of these sixteen states wit iu- crease in value 8933is per acre. or st.s63 e199@ as the immediate result of the opeaiEs of the Maritime canal of North America
 Vast as this sum appears, It is a partial statement of the gain to the west resulting from deep draft navigation to the Seabolrd. because it is based on the short crops of 1891 and does not take account ef truck fraits. small grains, dairy products, poultry, ergs, horses and nules and wood timber bark, ate neither does tt take aeeeunt Of mine products and manufa 'tures, or the increase h values lu city and manufacturing property.
 This movement has received the in dorsement of most of the United States senators from the west.
 Last winter the legislature of Minne- sota memorialized congress in support of this measure. Senator McCleary, of Mankato. is gathering data from Can ada and the United States with a view to urging it in the northwest and in congress.
 The east has no transportation ques ton. Her manufactured goods, worth perhaps thousands of dollars ton, are not perceptibly affected by slight diff ercnce in freight. The farming dis tricts of the west are vitally affected when all profit in their crops is eaten mp by the carrying charges. As a ma tional question it should be borne in mind that the manufacturing east re- celves 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 west. 1t should also be remembered that the enormous cash balance annually required abroad to settle the foreign exchange must be provided in the main by the western and southwestern farms or by goIc The pressure is urgent. The naviga- ton cannot be provided soon enough if commenced now. The convention at Cleveland will be marked by the pres enee of many specialists with specially prepared papers 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 it may lead to fuller in formation and quiclsened interest. In particular, desire assurances of sup port which can be shown at the proper time as evidence of popular sentiment. Address. A. l.. CRocKER,
 Minneapolis Board of Trade.