Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-09-30
! WILSON ON THE WEST
LIE PROSPERITY WAVE IS
|sAYo GENUINE.
So. Of Crop Conditions and Prices
pe 1 rorn Products Farmers Farmers. Al, In In
G0Ou illness Everywhere
4,ook Is Encouraging

ss,5sh the Northwest, rne ere can aa1% look
are in so0o If the darkness which has
abead o aud them the past years. Money
arrounueaua rf,I leaven for hard times
,Tsoor u spirits, and as the farm
aDd osp Getting largely increased prices
ers are n,bpat, corn, meats, etc., even
for 'n the effect is apparent. -, Not only only,
poT H., Tue the price of corn will rise still
IBIS Du' An increased demand for corn
ignel .oesorily occur, by reason OF the
viii I4 HSt of the wheat supply for
nSui l,+nffs The crops of both wheat
re''o arn will not, however, be as large
Do 'UlA tho West as many think. A
aFs ss+ pcaught by frost. Still the people
. ~ Torthvest have enormous guam
'., [n' Of corn left over from last year,
us' .Sis will share the advance In
l Us s THE general result of the whole
. 5t+ion is prosperity for the country.
r pI' farmer is at the bottom of it all.
rbe merchant, the laborer and the man
. ~ are directly dependent upon
for q market and if you give him
,-I incrpased volume Of money, you give
=, we'll TO them. The farmer, when
hos money. spends it freely. He has
san scrimping himself badly of late,
w now he has lots Of things to buy
nth his surplus cash. The merchants
+bu large cities are beginning to feel
bo effects Every little country cross
,oo1s store is stocking up to meet the
resent and prospective demand.
81 saw some few people with doleful
,ourtpnances," continued the Secre-
For "They were the pessimists and
tbpv realize that they are playing in
hard Iuck, with all Nature against
bpm heard a good deal, too, about
mckinley luck and that sort of thing,
hut the truth is that most Of the peo-
Ne are happy and thankful that the
noiorty voted for Major Mckinley,
bpoIzing the fact that while the direct
risq in wheat is of course not due to
Rppublican administration, yet that the
general confidence and prosperity all
Cyer the country are due to nothing
less than the return to power Of the
hrinciples Of protection and sound
money. | was much pleased with the
Interest which has been manifested in
SUGAR beets. Over twenty-five thou
j kand American farmers are now expert
&nenting with sugar beets in twenty
seven States. One item of considerable
Interest and Importance connected with
The beet industry is the fact that the
WASTE of the beet, after the sugar is
extracted is very rich in heterogeneous
matter and equally as good for mich
COWS as bran. The dairy business will
thus be simulated by the production of
beet sugar.
Even pessimist-ridden Colorado
comes along with reports of exceeding
pnSperity. The gold mining sections
Cf the State, it is said, will show an in
crease over last years production of
six million dollars. The increased value
of the wheat crop will be in the neigh
MrhOOd of four million dollars. The
irult section has double crop with in
creased prices over last year. The
southern part of the State will receive
Two and a half times as much for it's
: wool and lamb crops as last wear. The
eatte districts are booming as never be-
lore The northern part of the State
VIII Yield more of all kinds of agricul-
'ufal products than in any previous
ear The manufacturing enterprises
'ne State are employing more men
'A8H 'hey have for three years. Rail
EOadS are being built in the State and
ItamerleS, ice plants and factories are
FLHS put up in a dozen cities.
Inc general outlook for corn is full of
pro promise The price now stands about
= ven's IN advance of last year. The
u'Ssn demand has jumped the price
/ up SINCE July about 8 cents a bushel.
s1uS' On crop conservatively estimat-
~ 1' LSO0,0O0,000 bushels the increas-
S o '"'ue VIII amount to from $16O,OOO,-
wv 10 sl6o,0O0,00O. This mere increase
- TO half as much as the value
W. y, Tue Whole wheat crop of last year
'1u ~ equal to one third of the yalue
\. :. Tue enormous corn crop of last year.
r, ~%NeS 'he smaller corn crop of 1897
'V''u more in the markets than the
o ,M crop of last year. The most en-
tr feature of the corn market
ra Wax l"~ that Notwithstanding the I'D
,,a nu Iun IN prices, the European de-
Now u sun continues steady and the ex-
r,ors enormous. 1t is estimated that
iosa ''lan 2oO,OOO,00O bushels of Amer
oon n eoFn will be sold to the foreign
sr ~n'''eS THIS year. In addition to the
n,r SS crop of the present year, as COM
rsa .su with the yield of 1894 and prior
still hn sle sranaries of the West are
of Ios UuIuened with millions of bushels
timats year crop. 1t is difficult to es-
FARM" s the additional wealth of the
10 wb r's from this source. The extent
prs S".vh Europe is using corn is a sur
corn " those who have looked upon
pms+a AZ staple but somewhat un-