Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-07-04

butter and cheese markets Of the
world both fore and AFT.
FLOUR.
In 1922 we exported s7S,4o4.s47
worth Of -four. In 1895 only ssf,6sr.-
/ oas worth. Over $4,000. 900 gone.
there.
FRUIT.
In 1892 we exported s1r. saSa
worth of fruit. in 1895 sg.sIs, are|
worth.
HAY.
In 1899 We sold ssSs. SIS worth Of
hay. and in 1895 we sold 5000. oao
worth. Here we captured an increas-
ed sale of hay Of over $Il6.oco. says
the free trader Yes, but in ISoa we
only bought from the foreign farmer
$7I5.15r worth. while 10 1895 we
bought sI,4s3.7I6 worth from him.
While we were capturing the hay
market Of the world to the tune Of
sII6;ooo, the hay market Of the world
was capturing us to the tune Of SIS,
600.
HOGS. /
In 1899 we sold hogs to the value
of s3o4.osi; in 1895 to the value Of
$7a,424.
In 1892 the value of hogs in the
country was $24r, osr.4r6; in 1896 |
only sIs6,sa9,74s, loss there Of over
So, ooo.oo
HORSES.
In 1892 we had Is.4os, 40 horses in
the country worth $I.oo7, sos. 656; in
1896 we have IS, Ia4.os7 horses, near
~ as many, but worth only $500. 40, /
1856, about half as much as ia 1902.
MULES.
In 1892 we had a,3r4.6oo mules
worth sI74.Ssz. 90; in 1896 a,a7s, o46 /
mules worth $Io3, ao4. 4sz. or some.
thing over $7l, oop. 900 less.
OATS.
In 1892 we raised 66I. os5. 600 bush
els OF oats on 27.o62, $50 acres Of
ground, the product worth 5000, 2s3,
Oil; in 1895 we raised S24. 44s, s37 |
bushels on ~. 87S, 100 acres Of ground /
more than 81, 200 more acres sown,
more than I63, 900, 600 more bushels
raised and harvested: yet this increas-
ed crop was worth only Sl6s. 635. DOS.
or more than S45s 900, 900 less than
the crop of 1892. Why9 Simply +
because the protection. prosperity,
and home market OF 1892 gave the
farmers an average price of nearly
thirty-two cents per bushel for his
oats, while the free trade policy Of
1896 cut it down to twenty cents on an
average over the country. so that he
might seek the markets Of the world.
POTATOES.
But look at potatoes. In 1892 we
raised $50, 600, 600 bushels on 2,4II,
500 acres, worth 500, $50, 900. In 1895
we raised 2o7, 237,47o bushels on a,
o54,os2 acres, worth ouly SIS, oS4. oof.
Nearly twice as many bushels as in
1892, but the whole crop worth over
81, 900, 900 less.
Hear what the Democratic secretary
of agriculture says in last September
crop report. The most serious com
plant of the potato grower this year
is the low price of the product, par.
ticularly in the northwest. The re-
port from the department agent in
Wisconsin and Minnesota represents
that in the latter state the tubers do
not pay for digging. He states that
the yield is enormous, on an average
three times as great as in previous
years; that hundreds Of acres will not
be dug and that much Of the acreage
will go TO feed stock.
Here is the highest Democratic au.
thority to illustrate how the potato
raising farmer has captured the mar
kets Of the world And it is a straight
out Democratic free trade market, for
he tells Us substantially that potatoes
are free for the digging and hundreds
of acres could not be dug at that free
trade price. And speaking Of prices
it can be demonstrated by accurate
statistics that in this same year 1895
the farmers of America lost in COM
parison with the prices received by
them in 1892, On an average, 36K
cents bushei on wheat, f7zcents d
bushel on corn, 10 eents bnshef OH
oats, rs cents busfel on barley, Az
cents bushei on rye, Sr.z5 per hun.
dred pounds on cattle, 90 cents per
hundred on sheep. As cents per hun
dred on hogs. one-haIf Of the value of
every horse. AN cents per bushel on
potatoes. 10 cents per pound on wool
Q cents per pound on butter, on
cents per bushel on beans, and Az
cents per dozen on eggs.
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Account Of the Democratic Nation.
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