Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-09-12
The Swift Specific Company, Atlanta, O.

The Swift Specific Company, Atlanta Ga
account, But II Ii no less true that
it II our economic policy as regards
the tariff and finance which has en-.
abled us as q nation TO make such
good use Of the individual capacities
of our citizens, and the natural re-
sources ns i country. Every class
Of our people IL benefited by the pro-
teotiye tariff. During the last few
years the merchant has g the ex.
port trade OF this country grow faster
than ever In our previous history. The
manufacturer could not keep his fac.
tory running IL II were not for the
protective tariff. The wage worker
would do well to remember that II
protection Is robbery" and Is to be
punished accordingly, he will be the
first to pay the penalty; for either he
will be turned adrift entirely, or his
wages will be cut down to the starya-
lion point. As conclusively shown by
the bulletin OF me bureau OF labor.
the purchasing power of the average
wage received by the wage worker
has grown faster than the cost OF liy-
ing, and this in spite Of the continual
shortening of working hours. The &C.
cumulated savings of the workingmen
Of the country. as shown by the de.
posits in the savings banks, have in
! creased by leaps and bounds. At no
time In the history of this or any 9th
or country has there been an era SO
productive of material benefit alike to
/ workingman and employer, as during
the seven years that have just pass
ed.
The farmer has benefited quite as
much as the manufacturer, the mer-
| chant, and the wage worker. The
most welcome and impressive fact es.
tahlishcd by the last census Is the
wide and even distribution of wealth
among nil classes Of u eountrymen.
The chief agencies In producing this
| distribution are shown by the census
to he development Of manufactures,
| and tho application Of new inventions
to universal use, The result has been
AN increasing intardcpendence OF as,
| rienlture aud manufactures. AgricHl-
tura il now, ms It always has been,
the basis OF civilization. The six mil.
| lien farms Of the United States,
operated by men who, ~ a class, are
steadfast, single minded, and indus
trious, form the basis of all the other
achievements of the American people
md are more fruitful than all their
/ other resources. The men on those
six million farms receive from the
protective tariff what they most need,
and that Is the best of all possible
markets. All other classes depend
upon the farmer. but the farmer in
turn depends upon the market they
furnish him for his produce. The All
nnal output Of our agricultural pro
ducts is nearly four billions of dollars.
Their increase in value has been pro
,dtgi0ils, although agricultural has Ian
! EHishad in most other countries; and
the main factor in tins increase Is
the corresponding increase of our
manufacturing industries. American
farmers have %prospered because the
growth of their market has Kept pace
with the growth OF their farms. The
additional market continually furnish
Cd for agricultural products Ivy dnmes'
Tic manufacturers has been far in OK.
cess Of the outlet 10 other lands. An
export trade in farm products is
necessary To dispose Of onr surplus;
and the export trade Of our farmers.
both In animal products and In the
plant products, mas very largely in
creased, Without the enlarged home
market TO keep this surplus down. We
should have to reduce production or
else feed the world at less than the
cost " production. In the forty years
ending in 1900 the total value of farm
property increased twelve and q half
billions OF dollars. the farmer gaining
even more during this period than the
manufacturer, Long ago Dyer-prodItc-
ton would have checked the marvel.
Gus development Of our national aEri,
culture. but for the steadily increas.
ing demand Of American manufacture
srs for farm products required as
raw material far steadily expanding
Industries The farmer has become
dependent upon the manufacturer 70
utilize that portion Of his produce
which does not KS directly 70 food
supply. In 1900 fiftystwo per cent,
or a little over half. OF the total
value Of the farm products or the ma
ton was consumed In manufacturing
industries as the raw material Of the
factories. Evidently the manufactur.
or u the farmers beat and most direct
customer. Moreover, the American
manufacturer purchases his farm
supplies almost exclusively " his own
country Nine.tenths Of all the raw
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