The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-09-07
PROSPERITY OF FARMERS.
SECRETARY WILSON on THE CONDI-
TI0N or OUR AGRICULTURE.
Addresses the Farmers OF siArt County. Ohio.
at Canton on the Opportunities of Farm
ins-CoIIoges 20. lie Says. Should GO Into the
subject More EatensIyely-Our Live Stow.

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CANTON, Ohio, Sept. e-Secretary Of Agri-
culture wilson Of President Mckinley Cabinet
addressed the crowd at the Stark County Fair to-
day and spoke at length on the advantages
Of scientific farming. He urged instruction.
especially on the soil and its products. In the
schools and college,, and said none who GTc
learned In such branches ever want lucrative
employment. He also spoke Of the prosperity
Of farmers az a GLASS during the past four years
and Of their bright prospects for the future,
dwelling at length on what products Of this
country the people Of our new possessions
can consume and what they can furnish 10 this
country.
The college and university Of our day make
ample provision and spre1ds ample repasts
, for everybody but the farmer. II tie young
man Is TO cultivate the soil he knows there is
nothing on tho intelleCtusl table that VIII help
know more OF the droug htF that affect 80 seriously
our staple crops and how 70 iortliy the sou
against them by keeping Jul OF organic matter
that makes Il retain moisture.
The movement Of moisture In different sons
and IT, conservation require much pore study
luton Of NJ, Tnited States or the way Of
? ship In the sea or a serpent on 2 rock Much
has been observed and a good deal written
and laid away IN libraries, but very niue Is
taught In school or D~ractised on the lar1ni
proughts shorten crops, dry up pastures and
destroy the hopes Of communities while four
or Ave times s much rain falls durlng the year
as crops require. Is Il not very .singular tihlt
more attention IL not given 20 II by scholnrsl
II one college would make the movement ~
moisture In the coil a speciality, and turn a iull
faculty toward ia denvonstreuou from overy
standpoint, II would bless the country more
than any university under our rag The south
will probably have 2.0uQ.OO bales loss cotton on
account Of drous.ts Kansas vii. have 2, .oni
yet the South has from Fifty 70 sixty inches Of
rainfall. while Kansas has i've TINES as MUCH a.
a So fun SSr6 G or G, car t'7e' 4 e }SlSgf y na STqs3l e Ss
about what the crop use4. the rest is wasted
The United Statee will have ~lco,O"o.o"o or more
bushels Of wheat lesS than an average crop be-
cause WV DO not conserve mois nre.
oo Ws buy ot ne "! PFfE S. &sT of ms iS ( fT f5e P 9fSS-
81 skli to other Countries. and We sell raw ma
teria, the product Of cheap labor, within, our
own land A. study Of THIS condition q Al
fairs will lead MS to set a correct estimate
Of our standing COMPARED with other coln-
tries While We sold '1e2 sii tsS worry. Of DO,
1900, we bought .35S,5is,ss worth Of nsricnl-
turh products durtng tho same year. We
g1id $780, }ST h tG1 'S sTf .t! 100 ,ss,o sSr ,o SSn Tor
SIX. s7S. oco.n mo for lbres,. sl',0co.oo for truits
and nuts, $1,000 900 for tobacco 100000 for
tea, and $4,000 for wool which, howeyer'
i. only half as much wool as We bought In 1895
seversl Of, these things We Gan pr"dns
not GU account OF climatic prohibition We
can proouce our own sugar, we can produce
GONE Of the hbres We buy. and much Of The
ITullN una HuN6 NlAiN VIC llllINAh a hh'AN y "
only a question Of time whom We can pr9duoe
as nne tobaooos IN some nGrts o. the IhitGa
States as are PRODUCED anywhere IN ne En- wUT,G
favored varieties which We cannot produce
We Will belp our brown men N the Pacific Qeean
we can produce our own tea Extensive e5-
e A" s ssSslIRS SSsrs a. rn4 IT, g. Bis% 1srt6 S%sSeT II Gs:.
s eiGSiiRTs stations q al u. 6fS,o,:: states e
a diSnSe i tRs, H we can h Sfod RS' 'F our =" own 0a'H v o9ii
Of all kinds, and " are getting pretty
veil along toward doing II esytnS rqs so the I'M
The great activity now existing in all de-
partuents Of Industry In The United States
has had a posi beneficial effect on the prices
The total Increase IN the value Of the farm
sniEals Of the United states from Jan !. 1872
tSs number ROY Sf hofse: dSSips the las, three yosIs
has bean, pronounced, Alth2ust Il Is becoming
l Gs1ss..ssn and l,s lees ,s ssysss.Y yfanf ,;sg Pq L Was i's sss 9 'sso; a In
ises K was .os Tss in 1870 II was ;ss,oot and IN
ieo the decrease in number q horses In the
brought about BY the d~lsOouIaseront 70 TIE
breeding OF horses resulting from low prices
S9 f%d Ina g gai"s and II e T Is onIS q %Gus. NO. u q T tine
when an ~increase will begin again. We sold
e4,rce hqrses last year 20 tore!gn countries and
demand n foreign countrie. tf"r horses q ali
KINDS especially the more valuable ones.
The priQCipa reason 1Ot uNs petteE prices
for domestic animate is that our people are at
work everywhere. Good wages are being paid.
We are sending consiRnments Of dairy products
20 European and Asiatio countries. A few
wears ago shipplsnts OF tat Kind would havo
the American workman USES our butter ard
paws such good pIioes that Il really docs not
pay 10 send these goods away from home.
During this administration the flag OF the
United States has been carried as far as tho
China Seas and has given us a great centre.
q great vantage ground and distributing point,
from which American mmer In the future
will be dealt out % the millions Of Orentls. Our
export trade with Cuba. Porto Rico, Hawaii,
and the Philipptno Islands has been growing
very rapidly In 1896 1t was tl3.tss, as. Qf
which over t6.Ooo.ooO was N agricultural prod
ucts. In 1897 II was $l4,Tl.1s5, OF which over
100000 was Agricultural In ises II wa
flhelaqs2 Of which over ", 600 pO was aGricul-
t1ral. In 1929 Il was $50, $50. PSI, u which over
sl1 100000 was agricultural, In 1900 IL was
Vas, co,so7 Of which over t2O 10000 was agricul-
tura.
This shows whore our new markets are, and
the extent 20 which the American farmer is
already Interested in them, before they are
fairly quieted down and made familiar with
the nev condition Of affairs. The United
States can sell goods 70 ross Islanders at lower
rates than other nations can and offer them
better markets than other nations can ofpr,
The farmer Is Interested In the prosperity
Of our factory people. American ingenuity
has so perfected machinery that the home
market can be supplied, II II IL In operation
about half the time. We must eNpand our
markets or shut down our factories part Of