Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-11-24

sions IL exceeded that figure. being in 1883
and 1885 more than six and one-half bush
els per capita, and seldom falling below
i've and one-half bushels. In the yea1
1888 however. during the depression
which Immediately followed the election
Of Democratic President and free
trade Congress the per capita wheat
consumption fell TO 4s5 bushels, in 1894
to 3.4i bushels and in 1897 was 3.SS bush
III. Immediately following the repeal
cf the Wilson tariff there was a marked
increase in the. per capita consumption,
its normal figure. being for that year
5.96 bushels per capita.
SHEEP AND WOOL VALUES.
1t Is not necessary to multiply Illus
power of cur people under the depression
witch accompanied low tariffs. but some
figures prepared by the Department OF
Agriculture, showing the value OF crops
and Of farm animals. indicate something
uf the tremendous losses 70 the farmer
which accompanied and were the legtu-
mate fruit of the low tariff expert
5nent Of iS,3-lS3l
lake the single item OF wool. The vii
Son law. as ~ Well known. gave the coun
try in tha item of wool an example Of
the effect OF genuine simon Pure Demo
,l "A ic free trade IL WAS To the free trade
frfnd the re- iSeTnins feature of that
act whose feeble attempt at retaining
shadow OF protection was denounced as
s,l1 evidence of party p1rhdN and as
honor nder that act irnportations "a
foreign wool which had never but once
reached 50 mHch as lFtFpVV pounuS.
were }u its very first year more than
hs8.GNlH4f p9ttn1s. and in It's closing Yea
,Nces,t.d $50 $4,000 pouuJs. As a conse-
0uencc wool tell nearly - per cent. in
Ma az. the October price of washed cloth
if.g Dgf8 fleece wool medium dropping
from IA cents Der rlund in tSQ2 10 10
cents in IS4f out increasing. 20 - cents IN
1877 immediately following the restora-
tfaf NJ thta protective tariff under the
3ataeiely law, and - $50 cents In the
month az October. I>ga
As a consequence OF the increased i'm
purtatiun ot foreign woods ana the aC-
cor1pauNing reduction OF nearly oDe-hstt
in price she number and value 81 sheep
pn farms was Sryatly reduced The num-
hcr OF sheep GA farms in 1855 was 41.@15.-
-5S and their value SIX. 900. @64 BY lSs6
tae number had fallen To 8. 2gS. 1S2. and
the value to SIS. ISL. 785 the actual value
l,.s wing thus been reduced about 0ne-ha II.
meaning "A loss in sheep alone eff nearly
$50 ESQ 0o to the f9rmer while the an
a,,s} loss in his wool clip during that time
N.ss Covrssp oHdfuEiX great The value %
me IorelSn We AZ e. - nae e. e.
M os0. p,,f n lSas h bad exceeded 81
~, A.,. Y, $50, .sx,,4ettast 60 f4aa o8 and If
- SO - - -. axr5Sf.-.,ss ~ fb.
,-s,'s., - -, S-e - fay $50 5-,+,crs
= e-.,,trr, 1noFf. 4. s,I.h Il, 1872 a r,,otIrf
~ Se- as,, M y,,.a,.a a, TSgs Ss 90 80 an
- a. t5s,,i ,.sSr fSa- SO - -
an e'iN
VALUE OF OTHER ANIMALS
W. -. 49,, 49, ~, 1850.
y - Iiot lu - ate'''5 20 sAS
$50 - -, Ss-'.s.s,, a-.,;SS,. ~
--s.,s -Tt, 800, -.
tetllpsiiis s ~ 49, - , - 49,, ~
ctsaSes-~ ~ i.tilti ~ pst 'S0 -
ne tts'IassF 't!sS.t' " ~ - IN etSh
NeG Asef - :" - ~ - 49, ~ ~, IL
Fafafls tS4l Ei9sl mora t4istil 5000 OF
january l. lNS- 70 s9tNve0.st9 IN ISso anu
Sss--SgSgya On S ,.l l. -, -, loss OF