The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-06-23
OF the Chicago Board Of Trade.

demands 100000 bushels annn my eApIhr,
Increase IN the number of hogs Slaughtered |
y, y, tu'Vy ~, w representing, at low esti
q IS. slaughtered the increase has been co., |
OOu representing 60,000.OOO bushels Of corn |
8 ao ye estr IN ID beef This makes a demand for
lteMs-a splendid Increase over the require |
ment OF i've years ago. Concurrent with |
ans, startling Increase ln tue consumptlvs
mas been, let Ii be remembered, no inercase
In the volume of production.
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Our crop In 1889 was ., t12, 5000 bush. |
els; in 1895. 2,151 100000 and in 1900 il
fell back to 2,lo5,O0O,oO0 These hgures
show 4Oo0oo,oo0 bushels increase In the
demand for corn in the last Ave years.
Wnoily apart from the Increased demand
Ior tae yellow cereal as an article OF hu,
dretion. All Of these comparisons between
supply and Increasing. demand take 70
SUMPTION
Very little acumen is required to see
from this showing that we shall never
again return to the old prices for corn,
In my. opinion accent corn will represent
the minimum figure for the future. Con.
trast this with the fact that '06 corn was
crlbbed by Investors in Kansas and Ne.
braska Mt 10 cents to 10 cents bushel.
or course the country was then suffering
from general and acute financial depres
sion into which other elements entered,
but IL may be set down with emphasis
mands Its rlghtful figure. as 1t will in the
future. prosperity VIII he far more general
and the suffering entalled from financial
depressions much less acute.
The farmer side of the corn question may
may be stated In a sentence; The farmers
in the corn States of America are more
prosperous. have more ready money, better
homes. better farms and enjoy more de-
sirable social conditions than the farmers
in any other agricultural belt in the world
~
Tho value of the country's corn crop In
1905 was S751 100000 at faro prices: the
total wheat crop was valued at S32l,OO0
coo. and the value Of all the cereals 90
the United States, including wheat and
excepting corn, was S5S5,0O0 600 THIS
shows the oyershadOwng importance Of
corn to the American aglicplturist as no
amount of talk can show It. No country
In the world has at any time produced a
cereal crop Of any kind equalng the corn
harvest Of the United states In either vol.
ume or value.
Now let us look at another phase Of Tue
corn question On the basis Of the normal
production in recent years, the 10 cents a
bushel which has been added 80 the price
Of corn, as tSrdy recognition Of the rap
idly changing relations hetwaen supply and
demand, has added $200,0O0oOO TO the an
nual income of the corn growers of Amer
this sum distributes as folows Fifteen
million dollars to Indiana, SlQ0OQOQO 70
OHIO. S3o,OOo0O0 TO Iowa, SlS,WNioo to
Missouri and S20.000,0O0 each TO Kansas
and Nebraska. Do we need TO look fur
thor than this for the real basis Of the
improved agricultural conditions In Amerl-
ca during the last i've years.
In spite of the fact that this great cereal
crop furnishes the basis of our agricultural
prosperity, and therefore of ON National
prosperity. ami also In spite of the fact
that no country would dispute our SUI
premacy In corn production, the United
States government has never unti last
year. lent itself to any effort to promote
the interests of this cereal In connection
with the Paris exposition the government
provided for a limited opportunity to dem
onstrate to visitors the food value Of corn
products. During the exposition more than
100000 people secured at the american
Corn Kitchen" their first taste Of corn
prepared as human food. This enterprise
was organized by Hon. Clark f.. Carr OF
to Denmark, and Mr. p. W. Snow, the
well known corn expert. The energy and
devotion with which the corn interests
Of the United States were promoted at
tba paris nyDositioD were curiously evil
denccd by an amusing Incident which at
tmcted. perhaps, more editorial comment
from the Partisan papers than dld any
ether episode connected with the great
exposition.
The opening of the kitchen was attend
cd by the highest officials Of the French
government. the commissioners represents
ing other foreign government, aud by An.
bassador Porter. When the corn dAinties
We're served to these distinguished guests
II was found that the force OF waters pro
| yjded hv our government was wholly made
! quate. There was no time IN waich 10
summon. outside help and Colonel Garg'
| quickly excused himself from his guests az
! the table wrapped his ample form IN q
| white apron, and with his silk we, SUI
| on his head took d. position behind the
| counter and played the part Of chef IN
/ serving the guests The latter included
! such distinguished persons as the Danlsh
! anha ssldor TO France and his Wife Count
| and Countess Rahen of Denmark, Mr.. and
/ Mrs Potter Palmer, and Mr.. ana Mrs. John
| Monroe of the American Ranking, house IN
! Trnnrris nress observed that: "No person but
an American would dare do thing OF, rms
/ kind and in the race for commercial su,
4 aqoinst a country whose diplomats VIII, IN
| order to promote Its trade possiblilties' pnt
on ar apron and assume temporarily the
TOT only short time previous to this Colo.
mol Carr had, while attending conference
in Paris of the United states mlnisster s
abroad received Official coH Mbe n+a aTe
aroused by the American corn Kitchen was W.,
ca great that lie Temps published an edi-
toral urging that France SEM, SEM ststcs 70
itnvestigate corn production. and 70 see
a. II we're not adapted to southern France
! ae a means of furnishing that asricultnra,,
section With a novel and satisfactory loou
product.
~
Tho opportunity to distribute corn literal
rre AZ the Paris exposition was untortu-
notalv neglected TO a large extent, so far
a. onr government was concerned the
| ,..t,aI vrorl, done in this direction was
| fhrough fine enterprise of the, engage Snu
| Nn,.thNestern railroad, which tufnlshtu
H,hnnsands of copies of a careful and com.
ynroSensIve statement Of the corn produc!
~ tSo Tfnifed States and It's uses MOI
~. jeosf attractive feature of the Ameil
toS ijtchen was the "Old southern
Nanny" who, In plantation gar9' aus
Ianeed iohnny-cake. corll-pones ana hof
ppste 10 her delighted visitors, among Wh'i,
nc+sro distlnCuished members OF toyAlt9 q
n mvrv school for corn cooking was con ION
ttr two hours each morning before tn'
lor 10y nnhiir was admitted. These claSssse.
sara attended by chefs from tne le ~
49, w. families and restaurants IN fails
pIg5t'tsS as I am Informed, the only Of
asJ,,afion existing for the purpose OF pr
| si,un, the interests or corn u $50 49,
n,ooHHns UTay Is the American MAIZE ~,
nia ~ ur organized by Mr. u. w; ~
p,S5 CONDUCTED without pront, purely as
I'M missionary movement
Hampstead Happenings.
} 4omnstead. Texas, June 22,-Partles we''
T., The city yesterday comforting with tu