The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-10-08

The Loss on Othcr Crops.
The value Of the potato crop Of 1896
is given as S72,1S2,350. At the prices
of 1873 the crop would have been
worth $152,OO0,OOo, or ss0,0OO,OOO more.
AS the potato crop, however, varies In
price from year to year more than
most crops, 1t will be safer to take the
average for number Of years. which
| would bring the price about half way
between that of 1873 and 1896, or q
loss Of 100000 instead OF $S0,000,-
COO. AS compared with the price OF
1898, the loss would be $75,0o0,O00.
The loss on tobacco from fall in
price as compared with 1873
has been ....................S $4,000, 900
And MS compared with 1898 80. 5000, 900
The value OF the hay crop OF
1S00 at the price OF 1873
would have been. ........... $500, ,OO0, 900
Value ut prices In 1893 ..... COS, 900 900
Value In 1906. 9G................. 3SS, lac, ,014
Loss as compared with prices
in 1873 .................... 4II,Ooo. 900
Loss as compared with prices
III 1919 ........ ............ lZO,OOO,OVO
The hay tonnage for 1893 was 49,
613,469, and for 1895 59.2S215s.
The decline in the value Of dairy
products can only be estimated.
We next come to the cotton crop.
the principal crop of the south. and
the crop more largely exported than
any other.
The crop OF 1896 Is given as 7,50o,-
900 bales. The value Of the crop OF 1899
at 6.6 cents. the average price OF New
York, would be S247, 900. 900 at the sea-
board.
At the price of cotton in 1873 (20.l4
cents) the crop OF 1895 would have
brought over s75O,000.o00. or more
than $5O0.0oo.0oO more than II did
bring. At the price OF 1898 (s.24 In
New York; the crop of 1895 would
have brought 1907, 7,s75. 900. or ss1. 1.s75.-
900 more than 1t did come to.
Total Loss to Farmers Since 1879.
lhe gold price Of wheat In 1879 was
$1.15. and the average gold price from
1873 to 1882 was s1.O4. Compared
with the price Of 1878 the loss to farm
ers on the several crops from 1873 to
1895 has been s3.19s, ,00O, 900, and the
loss from 1888 to 1895 S2,03b, ,000, 900.
Putting together the known losses
on farm animals. on cereals and other
farm products from the appreciation
OF gold, and we have the following:
Loss ON farm animals. .... s1.220. 900 900
oh cereals ''''''........... Ooo'ooo'VOo
On c0tton ......... ........ OOO,OOO,OOO
On other crops and dairy
products .................. 4Bo.OOO.O0o
Tetai ........... ...... S3,l0O, ,O00.OO0
From this should be deducted, OF
course, what the farmers gain by
lower prices ON what tney buy. But
the absolute loss to them In 1895, from
fall OF prices. cannot have been less
than $1,000. 900 .O0O and II the average
since 1873 be taken at S750,o00,000 a
year, the total loss in 20 years would
amount to over $4,000, ,000, 900; and At
is almost certain that. II the prices OF
1873 on all farm products had been
maintained, that the agricultural
classes would now have from $4,000
100000 to $4,000. 100000 more out OF
the total OF $4,000. 100000 of wealth
in the United States than they now
have. And, II we add to this the losa
OF labor In other fields, from the fall
in the prices of their products. we can
form some idea OF the power OF an ,ap-
preciating money to transfer and oon-