The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-04-07
FARM THE FARMERS
Wonderful Reforms Proposed for
Their Benefit.
Crops" and Help Them to Raise Things
That Can be Grown Here.''
lSchillinG'S AdNaroS.l

A Washington dispatch tells us that
Secretary Of Agriculture Wilson. said
that as soon as the beef certitication
regulations, which took effect on the
18th ult., got into regular working or
der and were properly understood by
the shippers, the matter Of the treat
ment Of our agricultural products
abroad will be taken up.
Col. J. II. Brigham, the incoming as
sistant secretary Of agriculture, in an
interview expressed the opinion that
the agricultural outlook was very
hopeful and that the president, con-
gress and the department.. would thor
oughly cooperate in the interests Of
the farmers. He said:
"The administration Will in every
way possible encourage the diverSitica-
tiOn Of crops and make determined
effort to secure the growing in the
United States OF everything needed
here which it is possible to raise. We
are now buying large quantities of su-
gar, wool, eggs, hides, beans, barley,
potatoes and ether products, while all
these things are almost everything
that we need for ourselves should be
grown here. There is too much over
production Of corn and other products
If the farmers enter on this policy Of
divcrsitication they will reduce these
unproftably big areas and products
and so avoid a surplus to bear down
the market, and then they will get
more for their cereals than they get
now. If this years crop were only
One-half Of What it is there would be
much more money for the farmers
AS to the foreign countries, III they
impose restrictions to the detriment
of our agricultural interests they un-
doubtedly will be met with retalla-
tion by this country. II they don't
give the products OF our country q fair
show they will encounter similar con-
ditions here. That much is certain
ard positive. An effort will be made
early to adjust the matter Of restric-
tions now imposed by Germany.
1.-The president will make the agri-
things to be considered in his admin
istration and he will see that it is
properly projected and fostered.'
Now farmers, isn't the adminstra-
tion real good" to you? What more
can you ask than retaliation against
fore gn restrictions and discrimina-
pork, why blast her VIC won t let her
bring any of her toys or other GIN
cracks over here. And then how these
politicians will instruct the practical
farmers in their business. Some years
ago these pen and mouth farmers told
the real farmers in the DakotaS and
Minnesota that they were raising too
much wheat-they ought to raise, bar
ley, corn, oats, potatoes and such
things.
And lots Of the farmers who thought
the wise stateS men must know more
than poor farmer because they have
time to study and think while the
farmer can only drudge, followed the
advice.
But when they got eight cents a
bushel for oats, eleven for barley,
seven for corn and could not sell the
potatoes for any price, the farmers
concluded that "diversificd crops did
not pay any better than wheat at 30 or
40 cents, the states named being bet
ter adapted in soil and climate for
wheat raising than any other spot in
the world.
And it must be aggravating to an
Intelligent, practical farmer to be told
by lot Of political farmers (the fell
lows that get rich by farming the
farmers) that they shall raise sugar
ley. potatoes. etc, when year ago the
farmers let their potatoes rot in the
ground because they could not get
enough for them to pay the labor of
digging and hauling, while in some
places they could not even sell them
at any price.
They have been selling beans at half