Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-24
MARCH or PROSPERITY.

Globe Democrat: This country Is send
Ing steel rails to Ireland and India and an
electric railway equipment to London. The
outlook for our manufacturers is better than
ever before.
Minneapolis Journal. This Ia the farmers
prosperity, His products are the first to adj
vance and are advancing FIVE or six times
more rapidly than any others. All the con-
ditions work together for his good and the
agrculturists Of the country are going to
feel the return Of good times sooner than
any other class.
New York Mail and Express; Foreign
buyers took 1900, 900 more bushels OF
American corn in July of this year than
they did in the corresponding month of 1896,
and tho chances are that the shipments will
increase still more largely as the season ad-
vances. The old world is only beginning to
appreciate our corn, and when the merits
Of that cereal are fully understood II is
bound to become one of the most popular of
all American products.
New York World: Dollar wheat means
great and enduring good to the whole coun-
try. 1t means an average of more than
60-cent wheat to the farmer, and that, on
our crop of 500 900 900 bushels, means $500.
900, 000 Moreover the farmers still hold
nearly the entire crop. A week ago they
had sold only 10000 900. or only little
more than one bushel in seven This means
that the farmer is to be well off again.
He will pay his debts and buy all the nee
essaries he wants. 1t means that the viii
lage merchant will thrive and stock up"
again as he has not done for years. 1t
means that the wholesale merchants will in
crease their purchases OF the manufacturer
1t means that the manufacturer will en-
poy more men on fuller time. 1t means
that the butchers and bakers and groccrs
| Will sell more goods to consumers and in
their turn buy more for their own use. Dol.
lar wheat means return of prosperity to
the entire community.
Chicago Post: AS this years crop OF
wheat will amount to about 500 900 900 bush
| els, 1t follows that at present prices the
| farmers will realize $500 600 600 in addition
to the sum they received for the crop of
| 1896; for not only is the price almost
double, but the yield is at least Is, 900 900
| bushels larger. The advance in corn is also
| contributing a sum-besides that added by
wheat to the farmers wealth-Surprsing in
| lis vastness, considering that the gain i'm
| it's price compared with last year is only
| Z cents a bushel. On about $500 900 900
| bushels, however, which will approximate
| the amount Of this years crop together with
the quantity left over from that of the previ-
| Gus season, Z cents a bushel would be $780,
| 100000. The rise in oats, barley and flax
| seed will also help to swell the vast aggre-
| gate of this seasons excess of agricultural
| wealth. Flaxseed alone. which, compared
| with wheat and corn is as the small change
of the coinage to $40 and $50 bills. has ad-
vanced 40 cents a bushel in the last sixty
| days; which, on a 10000, -bushel crop,
| means 900 more than there would have
| been at the old price to distribute among the
| farmers. What the result will be to the
| latter of such a stupendous addition to their
| wealth and its ultimate effect upon the we'll
| being of the whole community can be easily
| foreseen. To one class only will it prove
disastrous-the calamity -howlers' occupation
| will be gone.