Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-11-23

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Legislation. he says. "can
NEITHER PLOW NOR PLAN.
The intelligent practical. and success
ful farmer needs no aid from the gov
eminent The ignorant. impractical,
and indOlent farmer deserves none. 1t
/ is not the business of The government
/ TO legisate in behalf of any class of
citizens because they are engaged in
any specific calling no matter how
+ essential the calling may be 10 he
/ needs and comforts of civilization.
. Law makers cannot erase natural laws
nor restrict or efface the operation Of
economic laws. IL ic a benehcient ar
raugement of the order of things and
the conditions of human life that legis-
lators are not permitted to repeat,
amend or revise the laws of production
and distribution"
Referring &c the stress of COMPETE
ti0I which the American farmer is COM
PEELED 10 endure. Mr. Morton calls at
tention to the fact that nearly 100000
farms Of eighty acres each
WE'RE GIVEN AWAY
by the government under the home
stead act of 1866. during the past thirty
years. and TO the amount donated I'M
der the timber culture law, equivalent
to over 550O more farms of the same
size Lands long titled and rendered
partially barren could not of course
enhance i'm value and sell in COMPETE
tiOn with virgin soil donated by the
government No legislation relative
10 the public domain has been so di-
rl,a hn1
bought ard paid for the lands upon
which they had lived and labored.
It was impossible for farmers in old
States 20 prohtably sell their products
i'm competition with those Of the newer
States grown upon lands which cost
their owners nothing.
Referring 10 the impression that
greater rates of interest are charged
for money upon farms than for that
leaned upon other kinds of real estate
Secretary Morton states chat the rate
of interest charged ON MORTGAGES upon
residential property other than farms
averages eighty-four hundredths Of one
per cent less than the rate of interest
charged upon farm loans
/ During the fiscal year just ended
THE EXPORTED PRODUCTS
of American farms aggregated S570.-
100000 am increase of $1,000. GOO over
the preceding year. I'm spite of this
there was a falling of in the percent
age of agricultural products exported
20 the total exports. but this was due
TO the unprecedented sale abroad of
American manufactured goods. The
largest market fer our products is adj
mitted TO he the home market. but the
export trade is the regulator. the bal
enCe wheel for domestic trade. Ii fol-
lows thar the interest eff the manufac-
turer rs well rs of the farmer is found
In The most rapid possible increase Of
the export of farm products General
prosperity depends absolutely upon
agricultural prosperity and any COM
merCial system which will increase
with CELEBRITY and extend agriculture
and an interested in its extension
Political economy which best advances
the interest of the agriculWrist furn-
iShes the best impetus To the manufac-
turer of the United States for his best
customers are farmers and those who
depend directly for profit upon the
prosperity of farmers.
Secretary Morton asks If nation
wh I'D. like the United States. possesses
the 1c-etest power the world demands.
is nor
DESTINED TO NONOPOLIZE
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