The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-09-11
HALCYON DAYS OF
FARMERS ARE
COME
SECRETARY WILSON SAYS UN.
BOUNDED PROSPERITY is
NOT WORK or CHANCE.
NOW WEARING DIAMONDS
And Buying Pianos While the Bumper
Crops Swell the Already Fat
Bank Accounts Which Are
to Grow Larger.

! Washington, Sept. Secretary
Wilson of the department of agricul-
ture. after an extensive tour through
the west, said today that he believed
all records for prosperity on American
farms would be shattered in 1906. And
he added that this prosperity of the
farmer, which will always be the basis
for good tines in this country, was
not a matter of chance, but the result
Of more scientific methods, and that
he saw no reason why these condi-
| tions should not be permanent
Marvellous is the only word that
can describe the conditions of the
crops today" said Secretary Wilson,
| And they are not chance crops
| either The farmer knows more OF
soils and crops and their relation 10
/ domestic animals than ever before.
ward the element OF chance in his
business Is being eliminated We can
confidently look for great crops every
year, and as they are the real founda-
lion of good times. | see no reason
why present conditions of prosperity
should moi continue indefinitely"
As prophet Of prosperity Secretary
Wilson occupies a unique position. At
the head Of the great department that
has in its keeping the farming and al
lied interests of the country, he knows
what he Is talking about. He was
farmer before he became cabinet
minister and he II still farmer.
Corn Record to Be Broken.
The $1,000 900 which the govern
ment expends annually in fostering
and encouraging the work OF the
American farmer. he believes. is the
most profitable investment made by
the people of the United States and
has resulted in laying the foundation
on which rests the limitless wealth !
that exists In the United States today. |
AS to detailed information about the
great staple crops. he said. II was too |
early to give figures.
Corn seems to be making n rec.
ord he said. "'The oat crop is heavier
than was expected. Hay was cut short
by dry weather in May but that only
means that more corn fodder must be-
cut. which is easily done. And a ton
Of corn fodder is as valuable as a ton
Of hay. Wheat also bids fair 10 have
record year.
Good Times Come 10 Stay.
but what impressed me most Is
he prospect that the prosperity that
we are now enjoying is here 10 stay. {
can see no reason why the good
lines should not continue indefinitely.
.or they are founded on the prosperity :
II the farmer and this is becoming
more and more an assured fact. Good
'rops can be counted on almost to a
certainty because the farmer has
earned what to plant how TO plant.
md when 10 plant H.
The prosperity in the farming sec. J
ions Is causing wealth To accumulate .
where IL is earned The banks OF the J
vest are simply gorged with money.
The money that is going west for the
oovement of crops Is western money. ?
Is being sent back from th caste,
enters Of finance whore it had been '
laced temporarily y
The governments fifty-Hve evperi. '
rent stations are constantly engaged y
advanced research work. aiding the
.Fmer to come into his own. These
ations are doing a work in every :,
ranch Of activity that pertains 10 the :
Irm. The press Of the country Is nav. I,
z more attention to the results Of :.
us work for the reason that there Is
ore done now than ever before that r.,
crth printing. The agricultural press =,
edited by abler men than ever be. 81
re.
Great Days For the Farmer. ,s
Rural free delivery is bringing the IN
lily papers to the farmers door and dp
q farmers know more what is in a,
e newspapers than any one else be-. m.
use be mas more time 70 read them IN,
le telephone is economizing the time ma
rmer and inventions are giving him pai
tter machinery every year an,
The great value Of the agrieultur- Of
prosperity to this country has more the
DO with manufacturing prosperity dis
IN most people suppose Our work f0n
; people are the best FED on earth GOO
nee they are the best wOrtmen B. fun
world The farms produce the the
mites on which onr armies of fac Bot
, employees subsist They duee tari
m in quantities and quai.t equail ed
no where else in the world. An
We are prosperous because oar p-ol
ne market is the greatest market due