Cañon City record., 1904-09-15
Effect Of Republic ican P.Iicies ia the Corn Belt
and Wheat Growing States.
VALUE OF LANDS GREATLY INCREASED
Prices Of Cereals in 'Lean" and "Fat'' Years
Market Demand Affected by Action of Ma
tonal Adminstraon-RIse in Values


ocratic writers and speakers to attribute
the extraordinary prosperity of the last
eight years to Providence, and to deny
that the Republican party could be espe-
cially allied with Providence.
In answer to this contention President
Roosevelt. In one of his campaign
speeches in 1900 made the witty remark
that the Democratic party had fused
with about everything except Provi-
dence."
In relation to the remarkable increase
In the agricultural prosperity of the
United States during the years of Re
publican rule subsequent to the last
Democratic administration QS93-1S9O,
i. is the Democratic policy to sneeringly
ask il the Republican party produced the
bountiful crops, or had anything to do
with the droughts, the rust, or other in
huences bullishly affecting the prices OF
commodities the farmer had to sell.
Such sneering remarks. however, can
not suppress the fact that while there
have been many vicissitudes during the
fast eight years in crop conditions, yet
there has all this time been a more or
less steady and big increase in the cash
income from American farms.
In 1901, for instance, owing to hot
WiluS uuu urOuHHl. tHere NNs u Iea'
year in corn. and yet the farmers of the
United States got 1921 ,555,76S for their
corn of that Republican year as against
$491 .O06 967 for their corn of the Dem
ocratic year 1896, which was fiat
year" as regards naturally splendid
crop conditions, but lean year indeed,
as regards prices. The Republican year
1901 was thus year in which prosper
ity for the Corn Belt farmers was pre-
served. despite a great natural disaster
to the corn crop, while the Democratic
rear 1896 was year in which there was
no prosperity in the Corn Belt despite
the especially bountiful size Of the corn
crop.
Dollar wheat Va. Fifty Cent Wheat.
AT THE PRESENT WRITING
THE CASH PRICE OF WHEAT AT
CHICAGO IS ABOUT s1.1O. In Au-
gust, 1903, 1t was TN to 90A cents;
in August, 1902, it was 6s1 to 10 cents;
in August. 1901, It was G67s to II cents;
in August, 1900, it was 71M to 76h
cents; in August, 1899. it was 60 to "A x
centsA in August, 1898. it was 65h to
70 cents; in August, 1897, it was 1914
to $1.07; in August, 1S9ti, 1t was 90 to
63H cents; in August, 1895. it was 5S$i
to u cents; IN AUGUST. 1894, IT
WAS 51h TO 5s1s CENTS.
AT PRESENT WRITING THE
CASH PRICE OF CORN AT CHI
CAGO is Sc CENTS. In August, 1903,
sit was 501a to So cents; in August, 1902,
it was so to 60 cents; in August, 1901,
It was 53A to 5Th cents: in August.
1900, it was 37H to 41A cents: in Au-
gust, 1899. it was 3O1a to 33 cents; in
August. 1S9S, it was 29R to 33& cents:
f,x
cents, IN AUGUST. 1896. 1T WAS
2O1a TO 25 CENTS.
Yard Stick of Repubiican Prosperity.
The general drift of these price fg
ures. covering period of about eight
years. has been of course significant not
merely of the size of the crops of these
particular years, but of the general
steady Increase in market demand.
Wheat Is not only ''staff of life" but
it is also, as regards its consumption. n
yard-stick of national progress. The
more people advance in civilization and
In prosperity the more wheat -four will
they consume. The present great awak-
ening amongst the Oriental races is syn
chronous with the development of an
enormous trade in Pacific Coast wheat
-four through the open door" to these ma
tions Of the Orient.
In the case of corn 1t Is certainly
fact worthy of much attentive interest.
that despite the high prices for corn dur
ing the last three years, the demand even
at these high prices has not abated And
notwithstanding We seem likely 10 have
this year crop of 2.50OOOQ,OOU bush.
els. corn Is now about 90 cepts per
bushel at Chicago. In 1896 the total
crop was 2,2S2, ,S75. l65 bushels. but he
price in August of that year WAS 2Ol,
to % cents at Chicago-nCt half what
II is now!
Per Capita Corsu m ption of Whe1t
Increases.
The Republican policy Of building M
the manufactures of the United Stntes-
of placing the factory besIue the farm-
accounts for the broader and better
market the farmer during the last eight
years has been steadily getting rur his
products. This is noticeable In tue case
of practically everything he has 10 sell
increasing consumption making prices
relatively better Lo matter what the size
of his crops.
Figures of the Bureau Of StoristIcs
show that the wheat consumption OF m.
United States in the fiscal year lgp4
was the largest in tho history Of tho
country. The table which follows gbows
the quantity OF wheat retained for con.
sumption Ia total and per capjta Ia s,ch
fiscal year from 1890 to and in,luiIng
1904:
- Wheat and wheat -four retained tor
Aome consumption:
Fiscal Total Pc, ,C.t,.