Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-10-29
THE FARMERS TOOLS.
Efficiency of Agricultural lmple.
ments Greatly Increased
Since 1878.

The silver advocates have had so many
of their pet theories absolutely dembl.
ished by collision with hard facts that
they are now resorting to deliberate mis-
representation in hope of breaking the
force of the various exposures they are
meeting. They have attempted to make
much capital out of the decline in the
price Of wheat during the last few years,
and when attention has been called to
the cheapening in the cost of production
by the use of new and improved machin-
cry and the rapid enlargement of the
commercial surplus Of wheat in other
whea t-growing countries than the United
States they have undertaken to deny
both propositions.
In a speech at the Central Music hall
on September 10, Gov. Altgeld in at
tempting to answer the arguments pre-
sented by Carl Schurz in an address in
the same hall earlier in the campaign,
speaking Of the decline in wheat, said:
1.-The truth is that there has been SCARCE
raising and harvesting wheat in The last
twenty years.
Such statement is a severe reflection
either upon the inventive genius of
American manufacturers and the pro-
gressive spirit of American farmers or
upon the sincerity Of Gov. Altgeld him
self
The truth is that the greatest improve
'ments in farm implements and machinery
Nineteenth century have been made
since 1873. Not only has the retail, price
OF all classes of implements used on the
farm been very much reduced during
chat time, but the efficiency of the ma.
ts.hinery itself has, been even more ,enor-
mlously Increased. Taking the harvester
alone it has been so improved during the
CT tvs hof
accomplish what required the labor OF
five in 1873, so that instead Of there
being "scarcely any Improvement in ma
.chinery" for harvesting wheat, the i'm
provements in the harvester alone arc
4 shown fully. In other words, it today
only requires one-ffth Of the labor cos
to harvest grain that it did twenty years
AGO. s'r%fs ~"
To entirely overthrow this last perver
sion of truth, with which silver men are
trying to bolster up a losing cause, re
tail prices Of some of the principal farm
machinery have been secured from lead
ing manufacturers showing the cost Z
AS the wheat crop begins with The plow
take the following statement from fh.
OLIVER Chilled Pow works Of South
Bend, Ind, and see how the cost o
plows has been reduced.
1--WE manufacture plows alone and il
the year 1910 chlued splOWS OTathe mum
beers 80 and 40 we're the leading pat
ferns. The same numbers are Yer,
largely used at this time and our com
PARSONS are accordingly based on them
In 1878 the retail price of the No. 80 wa
In 1873 the retail price of the No 40 wa
$40:
The same plows now retail at $3.50 each
Cast shares for these plows in 1873 re
tailed at 80 cents each; now. retail at 9
cents each. =
4olnters for these ,plows a 1873 retaied a
$3.50 each; now retail at 81 each.
Wheels for these plows in 1873 retailed a
$50 each; now retail at 81 each.
Clevises for these plowst in 1873 retailed a
81 each; now retail at % cents each.
And other items in about the same ratio
The construction and quality of tn
goods are far better than in 1873"
d. NJ Osborne and Company of Au
burn, N. Y, the great manufacturers Q
sharvesting machinery, quoting from thei