The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-08-28
DoLLARWHEATIN SIGHT


~HKys-gOSn Abundant ami Likely /,
NJ cheap ~ Farmers AdviAea 4,
Feed II Rather Than SELL
1--WE Will have dollar wheat before
the end Of tho year." h tho confident
prediction Of Secretary Of Agriculture
James Wilson, Tho secretary hns bael
making n careful study OF tho domestic
and foreign demand Tor wheat tllp
year and In view Of the crop estimates
which his experts have made locks FOL
rising prices When asked by tho
washington correspondent Of thu New
York Sun for 4 statement Of tho CROP
prospects and tho probable prizes of
agricultural products during tho pres.
ent year, tho secretary snldl
whe OutlOOA for good prices was
never better We have n shortage IN
tho American crop this ynnp which VIII
probably amount 10 ~lDD,DOO,OOD BUSH
als, This alone would serve 10 make
tho present Yield more valuable, Thnrp
apo additional ppnaonA, however, which
Incline mo 10 believe TINT Whnnl VIII
make u marked advance before IN pDi
OF TIN present Snnpi Tho primary
cause FOR nh advance IN the condition
and 0NtlOOk Of tho home mnptph
whla yenp tho demand for the great
bulk Of our crop IL M home, md tho
people have the money with which I'D
pay for whatever breAdstulrA They de.
sire, Not only will our people Dn thu
best fed people In Tho world during tho
present yenr, nm They hive DenD IN
years pnst, bul tlley VIII bo better ful
thRn they hive over boon In SAnps pAst,
They have plenty on money 10 buy all
tho Whoat they want fer bread ana VIII
have -four LEFT over for eaho II they
want 10,
MInpd times directly infect tho price
OF whont by Decreasing tho demand
and M the AaDlo time out or tho con,
sumption by decreasing The buying
power of tho people, lfOr example,
tho consumption OF WlloaI and WlHal
fiour In tlls country IN lsDl toll to
Bal bushels DNr lDtnbItant, IN 1900
N Increased 10 An, and In iADs u WINS
All, while lnHI year II Increased Ia
bDD bushels per onpltn This year tho
consumption OF Wl,ant per olpltA VIII
No above lnsl year. nDd VIII probably
ba nearer seven lllnn aIh BUSHELS boz
cause THIS yenp Tho people Dpo better
Abla ~ buy tllnn over before, NV tho
mills and factories np0 going every.
where and labor IN receiving moro
general nnd more generous nMplOy'
m0nt tlnn ever before, Moreover, tho
farmers themselves nle voting good
prices for NIL their products md VIII
not be forced tn stint themselves In
their food supplies and In their buying,
Tho shortage md Tho increased do
nestle demand VIII make foreign 0Ouns
tries which Will buy wheat pay moro,
and tho price must ndynlioe"
W'hen, would you advise farmers
who hive wheat on hnnd not 10 sollTo
WINS asked,
m'hnt OF course IN N matter Tint paOh
man must decide for himself"
Continuing, MI Wilson HaId TINT A9
thought llnpp would Do little Or no
vlae In the loo Of oorn, On tho oon.
tpAry, l0Wu prices might Do expected
for this 0npnnl, snl1 llpi
'The dOrll crop llla ynlp IN unusually
largo, Perhaps thnre Inns never bonn
u hpttor prospect for corn M ills tlnlu
Ut Tho year In tho country, Tho large
supply Will m0nll lower prices When
money IN plentiful and prosperity Nv
general, tho demand N always for TIN
higher grade Of fOOdatuIrA Our pnDplo
Will cat moro Wlont bppnd md losE
corn brNAd than usual this year, N
IA true TINT prices for both Wl0nt ntn
corn may b0 temporarily affected by
tho falling Ofr W tho market IN Tho
aAat, but tllIa trouble pnn b0 only tenn
p0vary, IN tho d0lnnnd for -four IN
there md In STEADILY increasing,
~ Will probably Do advisable for our
farmers IN feod much W their corn
thIa year. Into Aho0p, horses, onttle and
hogs, ~ thu prl0o Of meat IN hlgl, md
Tho 0ntl00A for n continuous demand
for our mpnt products both MI home nid
abvOnd IN @nkppllont u0pmnny 0An w.
Guide orr nlunt on whatever Drptext
slV DleaHon, but II slp IN going 10 fNed
meat IN Il0r sOldlarH IN ghlDH shp must
buy N In Chicago Moreover, our meat
IN tho host IN tho world,
with tho stimulus which our foreign
commerce N getting and tho Intro.
dudtlOn NJ our manufactured goods
Into other markets, the home demand
for NIL food products mist grow md
Increase. Moreover, WI mny
look for MI In0ranse In thu average
Dpl00 NJ our farm products from tllls
timD 0l FOR The same pNHHOD,"
Man Dtn~A In shirt waists