Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-04

Yankee HusbandmaE Is Real Dicta- 1. tor of World of Commerce.
 Professor w. c. Johnson managing editor of the American Agriculturist, who wrote the following article on the wonderful achievements of the American farmer for the New York
 Herald's annual financial review, says:
 Our American farmer is the wonder of the age Wall street trembled when he announced the value of his products for 1905 at $6,415.000,0 Railroad of ficials shook because of their inability to hand to him bill of lading in 1904, but when he asked for rolling stock to
 transport his crops at the close of the
 last harvest they were unable to speak.
 He requested cars for 2,109. .000. 900 bushels of corn. TAO. .OO0, 900 bushels of wheat, 1,000.OO0,0OO bushels of oats, 35,000000 bushels of rye. 150.OO0- GOO bushels of barley, 30,0O0,00O bush els of faxsecd, 250,OC0.0O0 bushels of potatoes, 2S,000OOO barrels of apples, 100000 bushels of onions, 910.0O0 bushels of cranberries, G50,O00.OO0 pounds of rice. 2SO00O tons beet sugar
 100000 bales of cotton, 5S,000. 900 tons of hay. 42.000000 pounds of broom corn and 156,000,00O pounds of to- bacco.
 Tn addition the farmer asks for transportation of milk, butter and ; cheese from 17,570.OO0. COWS. which products alone he estimates will be 1 worth in 1906 more than S6G5 000, GOO He values his cows at S482 100000, to say nothing of the 43. FOG, 900 other cat tie. worth in round numbers se63, ,000,- GOO. Just to make the figures even up. he says, add another s1 5000000O0 for |, horses and mules and cast your eye over 47.400000 sheep and swine in the barns and fields. As the general freight agent starts away. scratching his head, the farmer says provision must be made for handling and shipping 1,s00,- GOO. GOO dozen of eggs during the next twelve months.
 "When he closed the year 1904 the American farmer announced the value of his products at s4.900, ,000OO0. The general public was amazed at these unthinkable figures, but when he comes forth at the close of another season with an aggregate of over Sl,500, ,00O.- GOO more than the marvellous record of 1904 we wonder what sort of a man the farmer really is. All other classes when compared with him.
 '.All the gold mineral in the world ill the last 400 years could not purchase the farm crops of the last two years.
 Farm crops for 1905 are worth more than the value of the manufactures of five years ago. not counting the, mate. rials used. They represent several times the gross earnings of all the railroads in the United States.
 An occupation that produces such bewildering figures is deserving of more than passing attention A few years ago the man who tills the 6000,- GOO farms in the United States was called 'hayseed' or 'Rube.' Today he stands head and shoulders above his fellow eoworkers in other vacations. but we never hear him speak disre- spectfully of any one. He is the mas ter of the situation. Wall street con suits him and measures the successes Of the year by the contents of the farmers granaries.
 .The man behind the blow has deliv- cred his goods for 1905 and bids every body a happy New Year. His grana- ries are bulging to overfiowing his eel lars are packed and his larder is stored with the necessities of life. He asks aims from no man. He feeds the world. reserving first enough for him. self and family. No one dare deny the fact that the prosperity and wei fare of the United States are inti-i mateIy associated with the wonderful achievements of the American farmer. He has pushed ahead. keeping pace with the times. In ten years. from 1890 to ieo0. he increased the value of his products nearly @ per cent. but the most marvellous advances have been made during the last five years.
 From products valued at s3.T42. Oco.co0 in ls.o he advanced to s4.4so.- 0Oa.0OD in lg13 and s4.gon.Oc0.000 one year later. IL is hy no means admitted that these figures represent the full value of the farm products. Besides the value Of his products the real es- tate values of the farms have increas- ed over g per cent in five years.
 During the last few years the Amer lean farmer has accumulated larger sums of money than ever before. Tn many sections his deposits have been 90 generous that the rate of interest was forced down. Alert to these con ditionS. the farmer has now larger sums ia permanent investment than ever before He has shown his capac- fly as inancier. he Is founding many rural hanks. a movement of 10 unSts- hle character.
 For the nrst time is the banking history ef the sCuth there are deposits in excess of s1.enmoGco The man with one hand Sn the plo- keeps the . ether on the conbiBstiO1 of the vault contzfning his cash or securities. What the future has in store for the Aneri- 4 can farmer 10 man can tel but c0e 1 thing is sare-be never turns back. He Eo~s srr.iehs ahead. and nothing rsn ch.rce his belSef that his is not the