Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-11-30
MAN With THE HOE.
Secretary Of Agriculture WlLOn
Grows Poetic 10 Report.
WEALTH PRODUCTIONS OF FARMS
AZ Present Rate Farmers VIII Have
Produced in Ten Years One
Half the Wealth Of
Three CentuFies.

Washington, Nov. 27.--"Wealth pro
duction on the farms OF the Unite
States in 1905 reached the highes
amount ever attained in this or an!
other country-S6,415, 200, 000."
In the first annual report of his thirt
term, Secretary OF Agriculture Wilson
presents an array Of figures and state
ments representing the products ant
profits Of the farmers Of the country
which he admits dreams Of wealth
production could hardly equal"
-Four crops make new high records
rs to value-corn, hay, wheat and rice
although In amount Of production the
corn crop Is the only one that exceeds
previous yields. In every crop the gen.
eral level Of production was high and
prices still higher.
Besides the enormous yield Of
wealth, the secretary estimates that
the farms Of the country have in
creased in value during the past i've
years to present aggregate Of $685.
100000. EVERY sunset during the past
i've years." he says, has registered an
increase Of $3,400,O0O in the value Of
the farms Of this country" This in
creased value, the secretary suggests,
n invested better than in bank depos-
its or even In the gilt-edged bonds Of
private corporations.
In dealing with the crop report
"leak" Secretary Wilson, after referr-
ing to the gross breach Of trust on the
part OF one Of the employees Of the bu-
reau Of statistics" says:
"This department acted with vigor
and dispatch when 1t got evidence Of
wrong-doing on the part Of its own
officials, but we have no evidence Of
disciplinary or preventative action at
the traders end Of the line, where
gamblers interested neither in the pro-
duction nor consumption disturb val
mes to the injury Of both.
Analysing the principal crops for
the year, the secretary says that corn |
reached Its highest production with
!. 7OS, 100000 bushels, a gain Of 420O0,-
boo over the next lowest year, 1899;
hay Is second in order Of value. al
though cotton held second place dur
Ing the two preceding years.. The hay
crop this year is valued at $6O5,O0O,-
BOO. Cotton comes third, with a val
nation Of $575,0OOO0O; wheat, $685.
100000; oats, $2S2,0O0,OOO; potatoes.
1918, 100000; barley, $5S, 000, 900; tobac-
%, S52,0OO,O0O; sugar cane and sugar
Seets, S5O,OOO,OOO; rice, $13,S92,OOO;
Hairy products, $685., 100000, an In
.rease Of $54,0O0OOO over last year,
With this enormous production, the
secretary says the wants Of 100000
Ieople have been supplied with re-
naming surplus constituting a geper-
'ous contribution to other nations.
The exported farm products during
he fiscal year ending June 80, 1905,
nd a value Of $S27,OOO,0OO which was 9
sss by $51, 100000 than the average re- 0
orts for the five preceding years. In t
counting for this the secretary says =
wing to the short wheat crop there
'as q decrease In the export Of that !,
ereal amounting to $41,0OO,0OO, Of =
!, 100000 | nthe exports of packing
ouse products and another 100000 =
! fruits and other minor items. The
lcrease included $0,S50,00 in cotton; a
100000 In oil cake and oil cake NEAL 0
!. 100000 In vegetable oils and S2,O0O,- q
% In rice and various minor products. n
During the last 10 years." the secre-
Try says. the domestic exports of D
Irm products have amounted to $12,- q,
$1,000. 90 or 100000 900 mere than n
Tough to buy all the railroads Of the
'Qptry at Their cmmercial value. s,
THE remarkable increase in bank :,
'posits In agricultural states, as well N
the increase in the number OF small
'untry banks, are directly and lndi- N
city because Of the profits that have
me to the farmers from the opera N
On Of their farms. The man with ="
. hoe has become the man with the As
lrvester and the deposition and share.
'lder- Of the bank" N
The report concludes: Should
ere be no relapse from his present IN
'sition a. wealth producer, three W
ars hence the farmer win ind that pl
farming element. about IS per y
Mt Of the population, has produced II
amount Of wealth within ten years N,
ual to one-half Of the entire ma
NAL wealth produced in three CEN in