The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-07-19
AMERICAN FARMERS LEADERS
IN ENRICHMENT OF NATION.
DOLLARS BY THE BILLIONS
Annual Value Of Farm Products In
the United States Greater Than
tho Output Of the World'a
Mines.

into economic subjects. According to
the government reports issued cover
ing the years up to 1905, the total
amount OF capital invested in manu-.
featuring In the United States Is w.
Gs6.265,673. During the year 1905
there was produced OF manufactured
products sl4,S02, l47.0S7
The same authority gives the In
formation that the farm values OF the
United States reached the enormous
sum OF s2O,5l4, DOL S6, and to this
which Is the land value. must be add
ed sl3,ll4,492, 056, which represents
farm improvements. II is needless
TO give the value OF miscellaneous
| stocks, etc, but II Is sufficient to say
that during the years 1905 and 1906
that the annual production OF the
| farms Of the United States amounted
TO $4,000 100000. 1t will be seen
| from this that while the value OF
farms and improvements is very near
! " three times the amount invested in
manufactures, that the production of
the farms annually is only about one
half of the value Of the manufactured
products; but when It is taken into
consideration that the farm supplies
more than so per cent. Of the articles
that enter into the manufactures, 1t
shows how important is the Amer
lean farmer.
Last year the wealth produced by
American farms was Ave times great
er than the value OF gold and silver
produced In the United States for the
year. II is estimated that the gold
produced in the world since the dis.
covery OF America by Columbus up
to the present time is approximately
s11.36S 900 600 During the same pc
Rod the production OF the silver OF
the world was sl2,420,000 600. Thus
Il can be seen that about every four
years American farms bring wealth
into the world greater than all the
gold and silver that has been pro
duced since Columbus time. The
wealth of the United States is now es
timated at $4,000. 100000. American
farmers are adding to this wealth al
the rate OF between s6,000,000 900 and
1000 900 900 yearly. The total wealth
of Great Britain and Ireland is placed
at $50 200 100000 At the present
wealth producing capacity OF tbs
American farmer, in less than ter
years the wealth he produces woult
aggregate more than the total wealth
OF the great kingdom OF Great Brit
ain and Ireland. The total wealth o
5 all of Italy is estimated at 100000 600,
900. Every two years the American
farmers produce enough to buy th'
9 kingdom OF Italy, and every yea
J, American farms produce wealth SUI
= ficient to purchase all OF Belgium.
+ Outside of the 10 original state
in adding TO its possessions expended
sS7,O39, 7GS. This includes the Louis
u lana purchase. the Mexican purchase
3 Alaska the Philippines and all Unite
States possessions, covering 2,O3G6l
d square. miles OF territory. The cor
i corp Of the American farmers eac
year is valued at 1Oi times the amour
u that was necessary for the Unite
n States to pay for all its great posse!
II sions. The cotton crop alone Tor l9U
+ was seven times enough to reimburs
" the United States for its expenditure
I on account of the requirement OF tn
d vast territories purchased. II is nee'
n less to further make comparisons, tn
1t American farmer is the great weait
n producer of the union. Upon his wor
20 is based nearly all the manufacturer
g and II may be said nearly all the cor
IL merce
While tho farmer Is a great wealt
+ producer and is one OF the most i
dependent OF American laborers, !
n has perhaps just reason for complain
T. as to compensation received for h
10 efforts. While the results OF h
10 labor has given employment to
army OF millions of workers, Il
American farmer has also been su
feet to the operations OF combin
10 tons that directly oppose his best
teres;s These are the great trus
y. that control the marketing of VIII
Ut the farms produce. None will del
but that distributing agencies a
necessary, but when these agenci
70 become oppressive and make extC
Tomato charges for the handling
IT. the produce Of farms. they become
situations that are oppressive. II
m the American farmer to great exte
lie appears to be responsible for t
We building up Of such combinations.
m his prosperity he has ignored SIM
principles recognized in business n
mt which are important to him. Pre-
ng dent Mckinley in one Of his address
es' made the statement that to locate
as factory near the farm means
ed greatest economy and the high'
ne prices for farm produce; in otf
words, the factory makes the hoi
market For years farmers in the
ricultural sections OF the Unit
ser States have not alone contributed
ily ward the support of the stock ga
I've blers and the managers OF the truS
but have assisted In making posi-
the building up Of mammoth aggre
lions OF capital In great financial C
IAu | fora and this canitai has been used