Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-09-16

II has been quite customary for Dem
scratlc writers and speakers to nttribut,
the extraordinary prosperity of the las
eight years 10 Providence. and 10 den,
that the Republican party could Be espe
eiaiiy 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 Proyi'
dencc."
In relation 10 the remarkable increas.
In the agricultural prosperity OF the
United States during the years OF Re.
publican rule subsequent TO the last
Democratic administration lso3-ls9I1.
I. II the Democratic policy TO sneeringiy
ask II the Republican party produced the
bountiful crops. or had anything to do
with the drouEhts. the rust, or other In.
nuences bullishiy affecting the prices Of
commodities the farmer had to sell.
Such sncerins remarks, however. can.
not suppress the fact that while there
have been many yicissiiudcs during the
last 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
winds and drought. thcr. was q lean
year In corn. and yet the farmers OF the
United States got 1921 .55J. 1GS for their
corn of that Republican year as n.sins,
eto1 .ooJ.0JI for their corn OF the Dem.
ocratic year 1896. which was "fat
year" as regards naturally splendid
crop conditions. but a lean year indeed.
as regards prices. The Republican year
1noi wa. thus scar I..-~ts.S.. E.o-Is.-
ity for the Corn Belt farmers was pre-.
served, despite a great natural disaster
60 the corn crop. while tho Democratic
year 1906 was year In which there was
no prosperity In the Corn Belt despite
ths especially boantiful sixs Of the corn
crop.
Dollar Wheat ~.. Ptuy centwhrat.
AT THE PRESENT WRITING
THE CASH PRICE OF WHEAT At
CHICAGO IS ABOUT $i.io. In Au'
gust. 1908. II was IIh TO 90h een,s;
In August. 1900, II was Gsi. to 10 cents:
In August. 1901. Il was GGas to ~ cents;
In August. 1900. ., was 7is. to IGh
cents; In August, 1899. Il was 60 to Iin.
cents: In August. isos. Il was G,i- to
70 cents; In August. 1897. II was I5h
70 Sl.o7: In August. 1897. !, was 81 10
63M cents: In August. 1895. 10 was 5sa.
20 ~ cents; IN AUGUST. 1891, IT
WAS 5iis TO ssh CENTS.
AT PRESENT WRITING THE
CASH PRICE OF CORN AT CHI.
CAGO IS 80 CENTS. In August, 1909,
Il was 50ii to 50 cents: In August. 1907.
Il was so 10 90 cents: In August, 1901.
Il was SJ7. TO 51ii cents: In August.
1000. Il was 3Th to Az cents: In Au.
gust, 1890. II was 30ii to ~ cents: In
August. ls0s. II was .o5, to 33s. cents:
In August. 1897. II was 26is TO 3ass
cents: IN AUGUST. 1896. IT WAS
COZ TO IS CENTS.
Yard Stick of Republican Prosperity.
The general drift OF these price fg.
urcs. 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 tho general
steady increase In market demand.
Wheat Is not only n staff OF life but
II Is also. as regards Its consumption. n
ynrd.stick OF national progress. The
more people advance In civilization and
In prosperity the more wheat -four will
they consume. The present great nwak.
eninI amongst the Oriental races is syn.
chronous with the development OF an
enormous trade In Pacific Coast wheat
-four through the "opcn door" to these ma.
tions OF the Orient.
In tho case of corn Il is certainly n
fact worthy OF much attentive interest.
that despite the high prices for corn dur.
Ing the last three years, the demand even
st these high prices has not nbntcd. And
notwithstanding We seem likely 10 have
this year crop OF 2.oOOOOO,OOO bush.
els. corn Is now about SO cents per
bushcl Mt Chicago. In 1896 the total
crop was 2,2S2, ,sI5. .l6J bushels. but the
price In August OF that year was 2Ois
20 % cents at ChicagO-not half what
II IL now!
Fer Capita Corsum ption of Wheat
Increases.
The Republican policy of building up
the manufactures OF the United States
OF placing the factory beside the farm
accounts for the broader and better
market the farmer during the last eight
years has been steadily getting for his
products. This is noticeable in the case
OF practically everything he has to sell
increasing consumption making prices
relatively better no matter what the size
OF his crops.
Figures of the Bureau OF Statistics
show that the wheat consumption OF the
United States in the fiscal year 1901
was the largest In the history OF the
country. The table which follows shows
the quantity OF wheat retained for con-
sumption in total and per capita in each
fiscal year from 1870 TO and including
1904:
Wheat and wheat -four retained for
home consumption:
Fiscal Total Per Capitn