Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-09-14
YEARLY GAIN.

Corn. -. .y2oeo00Jo s2a9. .9oaeoo sa41 ts6,ooOOoo Wheat. .335 .00000o l51 93 l2l q I6,7900o0 Rye ...... l5.000,G00 6,634000 A 73000o Potatoes Potatoes sl.oo5ooo oa as csa$7s .55 ooooS .Hay..... 25 5.4eo0oo 2ls.s5osoo zsa ll7olo,ooo
 Annual gain on agricultl products s4s7.75o, ,Ooa
 sGain at s4 a ton +Gain at S5 ton.
 DOMESTIC ANIMALS tAEAT5
 Number Kalu& p. ct Gatn Mich cows 4Ssaiz SEQ so5 2s4 F ses sss sa4 Sheep ...... 10 ,265,947 445SS. li0 24 10005. 146 Hogs ..... 25,006275 l8907i,515 IA 26,469 91i
 Gain in value of meat animals .... SILT 098 Yearly gain ene-third Of above .... as,o5s ,SS3
 ''The sixteen states above referred to have ! total area in improved farm lands of l99 326, ,676 acres. The increased value Of the productions of these lands will be S4e5 s03 ,O00 annually, an increased annual earning Of S2. s31s per acre If the market value Of land depends upon it's earning power, and the ratio of tn- crease of value be taken at four times tho in- crease in yearly: earnings then the improved farm lands of these sixteen states will in- crease in value S9 335 per acre. $1 866 GOO 019 as the immediate result of the opening of the Maritime canal of North America
 Vast as this sum appears. 1t is 8 partial statement of the gain to the west resulting from deep draft navigation to the seaboard, because 1t Is based on the short crops of 1894 and does not take account of truck, fruits small grains, dairy products, poultry, eggs horses and mules, and wood. timber. bark, etc neither does 1t take account of mine products and manufa lures, or the increase In values Tn 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 Mime sota memorialized congress in support of this measure. Senator McCleary, of Mankato, is gathering data from Can ada and the United States with view to urging it in the northwest and in congress-
 The east has no transportation ques- tion Her manufactured goods, worth perhaps thousands of dollars a ton, are not perceptibly affected by slight diff erenee in freight The farming dis triets of the west are vitally affected when all profit in their crops is eaten up by the carrying charges. As a na- tional question it 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 west. It 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 gold. The pressure is urgent The naviga- tion cannot be provided soon enough if commenced now The convention at Cleveland will be marked by the pres ence of many specialists with specially prepared papers covering 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 quickened interest. In particular, I 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.