Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-12-27


ducts in America during the year
Just closing reached the enormous
total of S6,7o4,Oo0, 900. This cx-
ceeds the rccord-breaking product of
last year by 1924, 900, 900.
The value of the farm products of
the nation during the last twelve
months would duplicate the entire
railroad system of the United States,
rail for rail, tie for tie, car for car
The American farm products of 1905
and 1906 would pay for every rail- |
road in the world, including the
entire equipment.
Whatever else may be the cause
of the movement from the country
to the cities, it isn't the unproduC-
tiveness of the farms nor the un-
profitableness of farming. Prob
ably among no other class of citizens
has there been such an advance in
the material comforts and the gen
eral prosperity as among the
farmers.
The total value of the farm prop
critics of the United States is esti-
mated by Secretary Wilson'S de-
partment at S2s, 900, 900, 900. This
is an increase of So, 900, 100000
since 1900. 1t is more than twice
the capitalization of all the railroads
of the United States, and four and
a half times their real value. The
earnings of the farms for the year
amounted to nearly three times the
net earnings of all the railroads.
A f-,r
the foundation of the domestic
plenty that pervades the land, but
they are the source of the nation S
credit abroad. The foreign balance
due the United States on agricul-
tural products for the fiscal year
of 1906 is S433, 900, 900, while the
balance on all the other classes OF
exports is only $85, 600, o00-
In the last seventeen years the
American farmer has piled up the
enormous credit of six billions OF
dollars, while the pampcrcd manu-
facturcr, with all the stimulus OF
protective tariff and other govern
ment favors has a balance against
him of $3.50, ooO,o 600.
During the year 1906 the ex'
ports of agricultural products
touched the high-water mark o
Se76, 900, 600, or $24, 600, 600 more
than other exports of the previous
record year, which was in 1901.
Secretary Wilson notes the fac
that the chief increase in the valu
of farm products during the yea
was in horses and meat cattle. Tn
crops about balanced with the pre-
vious year. The greatest crop wa
corn. as usual, its value be1n
S1,1oO, 600, 900. Next in line cam
cotton, with total of So4O, 600,
600. while hay, much ignored b
writer's on national wealth, wa
nroduced to the value of 5000, 900,
600. Wheat, with total OF $3.50,
Ooo,OO showed falling Oft c
about $50, 900, 900.
An astonishing result is reporte
in the beet sugar industry, whic
amounted to $34, 900, 600, agains
$1,000, 200 seven years ago.
There is a curious note in tn
fact that, despite the furorc over tn
hacking house disclosures, the e.
ports of that industry exceede
those of the previous year by $37
600, 900.
The secretary's report deals
detail with the work of the dcpar
rnent, but the prepondcrant intcre
70 the mass of Americans must
in that portion that tells the r
nance of the wealth wrung fro
American farms. Secretary Wilse
says in part:
Taken at this point in productio
at which they acquire commerce.
value. the farm products of tn
year. estimated for every detail pr
sented by the census, have far
value of SO, 7o4, 600, 600. This
s4a5, 900, 600 above the value
1905, $685., 900, 900 above 100
1917, 200, 600 above 1908 and s.
OF, 900, 600 above the census
1899.
The value of the farm produ'
of 1906 was per cent greater tn
that of 1905, 10 per cent over 100
Is per cent over 1908 and "A !
cent over 1899.
Analysis into items OF the era
total of wealth produced discov'
that most of the increaes over 1e
is due to horses and meat anima
- and this is so partly because of
denartment's much increased es
mate of the number of these a