The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-23

sarss ucc1 which they had fsvec and Ia
bored Il was Impossible Cor farmers IA
the os6 states 70 prcnrabiy sell sneir pro-
ducts In competition with these Of she
newer states grown upon lands wtsseA cost
rkselr owners nothing.
Referring 20 the impresssen that great
o. rates Of interest zre charged for money
lsansc upon farms thzn for that hs.-ea
on osner kinas OF real estate. Secretary
Morton states that tho rate Of Interest
charged OK mortgages upon residential
properly other than farms. averages ~ Of
! per cent less than the rate Of interest
charged sron farm leans.
Farm Products ExperteA
During the Hscsi year ended the exporseA
products % American farms aggregated
SIS. 500 ets. al Increase OF 81 90 oQ1 over she
preceding year. In spite OF this there was
o falling o. IN the percentage cs agr1cnl.-
uraI products exported 70 the total Ak
ports. bat this was due 10 the unprec@5snt-
I'd sale abroad az American manufactured
goo3s- The largest market for our pro-
ducts II admitted 70 be the home market.
fu; the export trade Ii IN. reguls tor, the
balance wheel FOR domestic trade 1T fol
lows that the interest OF the manufactures
- wei rs os the farmer ls found In the
mos; rapsc possible increase OF the export
or farm Eroduers- General prosperity de-
persds absolutely upon agricultural pros
peFtty, and any commercial system which
VIII increase with celebrity and extend the
exports % our farm products VIII be Of the
utmost help 10 agrfesIIarfsts. That pnligi-
cal economy. which best advances the in
t~Fexi Of the agT3cnltar1st. furnishes the
best impetus 70 the manufacturer OF the
United States. for his best customers are
farmers ans those who depend directly
for proslt apoz the prosperity o. farms"
To Mouopoifse All Markets.
Secrstar- Morton asks Il d nation which
Hike the United States. possesses the
greatest power and facilities for producing
and manufacturing things which the
woTi6 ders ads Is rot destined 70 gaonopo-
HIS tie markets OF the globe With the
masf favorable conditions for varied and
successful agriculture and the light burden
OF national taxation. what country, ne
asks. can compete with this in developing
iAe best results of human toll with mini
-nuEs OF human effort. wonderful labor
saving eontrtvaaces bssng applied 10
nearly every avenue OF production. The
wages paid 10 the United States, IN the
production OF wheat and cation, for In
stance. are Sd to loo per cent higher than
In the countries with which we compete:
and the wages paid In manufactures from
metal are from q to ld0 per cent. cent,
Eigser than the wages paid workers in the
sane Industries by other nations
Under the foregoing conditions about
1.soe.ap iaoorers Of the American farms
are constanrly employed Tn developing
agricultural products for exploration. Al
The same time. with a rapidly decreasing
export OF manufactured articles from the
United States the number OF iaborers en-
gagged in mechanical occupe tons. who
must depend for their steady employment
upon the demand which the world makes
for American goods. II constantly in
crezsing.
II is" he concludes. probably quite
SAFE to declare that at least two millions
OF American worknen on farms and IN
factories suhsist almost wholly upon en-
pioyment based upon foreign demand for
American commodities. And IN this con-
test Tor feeding and furnishing mankind
notwithstanding the fierce compettriou
which II meets ali over the globe--Au..r-
icAn agriculture. manufacture ana COM
msrce are steadily gaining more trade.
and thus furnishing an ENLARGED wage
fund on gold basis. out OF which some
millions OF American iaborcrs and skilled
artisans draw their yearly remuneration
and upon which they and their families
largely depend for employment and com
fort"