Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-09-07
THE PROSPEROUS WEST,
Fertile Fields Smile Abundant,y 9th
WeIl.Directcu Energy.


Well.Directcd Energy.
Philadelphia Public Ledger: .Appar-
ehtly there is to be no ebb in the
pfospefits ef the west for the next
yeah fhe eiisfnieusls bsnntiful crops
now being garnerea There are without
/ precedent. and. subject to fuller re-
ports OF the wheat yield in Argentina,
Russia and India, it is probable that
our western farmers will enjoy ut
least anathef Season of debt-paying
good times.' Allowing much for the
contingency of IA Heavy wheat yield
i'm other portions of the world, Whose
output must he reckoned With in fix
ing prices, the immensely of the yield
in Nebraska and Kansas will com
pensatc for Il moderate decline in
prices, il this should occur From
our western exchanges it appears that
| the yield of cereals ih Iowa. Missouri,
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nebraska. Kan
sas and Illinois. is so incontenicntly
prolific that it is very difficult in many
districts to find hands for lie harvest
fields, and phenomenal wages FOR this
| kind Of labor are quoted. The proba-
/ bilities are that The farmers OF the
broad wheat aud Gofn belts of the
country will soon be enabled to pay
off their mortgages and 10 enjoy he
comfortable assurance that they have
a deposit in bank sor the proverbal
! iaihy dry that sooner or later damp
ems The prospect i'm Mi callings.
According to tha estimate of the
| Chicago Inter Ote;ih tie Nebraska
corn crop of last year, l50GbUnao bush
/ els, wonderful exhibit, is to pr morc
than doubled. The Kansas bulletin is
also almost incredibly encouraging.
| In 1898 its corn yield was 130,O00,0oo
| The corr, prophets are claiming 3Oo,-
| 100000 Bushels for the state this year,
with reasonable margin allowed for
destructive agencies. The return from
this vast crop of single state will
reach gigantic figures and it will stn,-
ulaie trade in every direction. The
credit of the state will be increased.
| Hundreds OF mortgages held by east
ern mortgages, WHO have regarded
their holdings as desperate. WIN be rc-
demced i'm full. With more ready
money in hand the teemng west will
buy more. Eastern commercial and
transportation interests will receive
their dividend of the harvest. What
portaiioh interests is we'll described
i'm am interview with one of the corn
experts, published in the st. Louis
GlobeDemocrat. He AYERS that it VIII
REQUIRE 10000 cars to move the crop
gathered along the principal railroad
outlet for Kansas corn. At each OF
the ninety stations along the road and
it's tributary branches there will be a
demand for COO ears. Some of these
stations will need from 1000 to l.5o0
cars each.
With these statistics before us, cit
is not surprising that at times the
Transportation of cereals to the sea-
board is suspended for a season by
that certain accompaniment of a
heavy harytst-a car famine. A
third of the crop will be kept at home
to feed stock. The Chicago Inter
Ocean says tina: in nearly all the west
ern states the corn growers are also
breeders of cattle and hogs; 'if they
cannot get a decent price for their
corn they keep it and feed it to the live
stock. and sell the stock at a figure
that gives them good profit for the
corn and the work of converting it
into meat
The increasing price OF meat will
stimulate stock breeding. and more
corn will be used for this purpose.
Whether the scarcity of cattle be tic-
titio,ls and artificial or real, the high
er quotation for meat will invite more
western farmers INTO the business of
cattle raising. Prices must eventually
fall by this enlarged supply. The enor-
NOUS corn crop may have very inn
portant bearing upon this question
and operate for the benefit OF meat
consumers sooner or later. The west
crn prosperity is really continental in
its effects. Ii is impossible to fore
east how many millions of dollars arc
To be added to the available resources
Of the nation by the harvest of 1899
India. Russia, the Argentine Republic
and other wheat growing portions oil
the world are factors of the mighty
: problem. In amy event. the western
farmers will have abundant cause for
rejoicing.
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