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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-14
FARMS MAKE US RICH
Secretary Wilson's Wonderful
Story of the Past Year.
MARVELLOUS CROP RECORD
What the Farmer Has Done to
Bring Prosperity.
HIS PRODUCTS WORTH BILLIONS
Science Has Helped Increase the
Yield and the Quality, But
Prices Are Higher.
HIS PRODUCTS WORTH BILLIONS

Secretary Wilson always writes very IN
teresting reports, but they ought TO ne
nublished before THANKSGIVING day every
vear in order to furnish material for
THANKSGIVING sermons. They contain a
review of the agricultural conditions III
tho country. the volume and value of dit
ferent crops. the development of new
ideas in farming and much other vaiu-
.b,e information on various subjects that
come within the jurisdiction of that
branch of the government. 1t would be
for the public welfare if the Secretary of
the Treasury should furnish similar
review of the financial conditions of the
country, and the Department of Com
merce and Labor would give us similar
facts concerning commercial and INDUS
trial conditions
Enormous Value of Farm Products.
Secretary Wilson has made twelve an
nual reports, more than any other man
who has preceded him in Office, and this
time he gives us review of the marvellous
advance that the farming community Of
the United States has enjoyed since he
took his seat at the cabinet table of PreSi-
dent Mckinley on the 9th of March, 1891.
One scarcely realizes that SO much I'M
provement has occurred. that the volume
of produce has increased to such an enor-
nous extent and that the value OF the
harvest and the profits of the labor that
has been spent upon the soil have been
so great and so general.
And each succeeding year since Secre-
tary Wilson commenced his series or an
nual reports has seemed to Surpass all
previous records. until the farm products
of 1908 have reached tho value of S1.IIS,-
Olo WO-'the most extraordinary amount
in the history of the world, or. as the
Secretary calls ii. IAN unthinkable
amount of real. tangible wealth as il ex-
lists at the time it leaves the hand Of the
producer.
IL L. about four times the value of the
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Greatest Crop Indian Corn.

The greatest of all crops is Indian corn,
the priceless gift of the Indian, which this
year amounted to 2,643 100000 bushels,
valued at $1,616. 100000 This alone, the
Secretary says, is enough to cancel the
interest bearing debt of the United States,
pay for the Panama canal and build
fifty battleships besides. The value of
the crop this year is by far the highest
ever reached and is an increase of 5000
100000 over the crop of 1907. In 1896
corn was worth 21j cents a bushel: to-
day it is worth 63.5 cents. In comparison
with the average of the preceding five
years. the quantity of the crop of 1908
is 81 per cent greater, and the value is
42.6 per cent higher.
Csually the hay crop comes next to
corn in value, but this year cotton stands
second. because of large yield and the
nigh price. The hay crop lost it's rela-
i've place because. although the produc-
ton was great. the value is, low The
price this year at the farm is more than
81 ton less than it was a wear ago.
and although the number of tons of hay
harvested is the largest ever known in
this country, and the total value. $6o1.-
COO.OoO. has never been exceeded but once.
II is still second to the crop of cotton
Values of Various Crops.
The wheat crop is 6tNOO0 900 bushels.
and has never been exceeded while its
value is S62O.oOODO and was never equal
ed nor approached nearer than S66 600 600
The oat crop is smaller than usual
because of protracted drought in certain
sections. and the total is $50 600 600 bush
els. valued at s321.OpO 600. which is GA
per cent below the average of the last
five years.
The crop of rye is 167 900. 900 bushels.
worth $S6.O00O 900 at the farm: the pro-
ouctlon being IL per cent greater and
the value 20 per cent higher than the
average for the preceding five years
The barley crop is 3O.OO0OOO bushels.
valued at $o2,OOOOOO. which is 3 per
cent increase in volume and II per cent
the last five years.
The rice crop is 39.OOO. 900 bushels and
is worth $1SO0O.OO0 an increase of %. Z
per cent in volume and 22.7 I'm value
above the average of the last five years
The combined crop of cereals pro-
duced in this country this year is 1929.
OoooO bushels, valued at 1904 OOO. 600.
an amount more than $500, 600 900 above
the total of last year.
The value Of the cattle crop. the ami
mails sold and slaughtered during the
year, is nearly So OOO. 600 900.
The value of the dairy product for the
last year was nearly $sOO.OOO. 600 and
Secretary Wilson says that the eggs and
poultry produced on the farm this year
are worth as much as the cotton or the
hay or the wheat.
Prices Are Much Higher.
1t is not necessary for him to tell the
housewives of our cities that there has
of farm products, because they are only
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The wages of farm labor have increased
3S per cent without board and Al per
cent with board: harvest wages 10 per
board. and ordinary labor by the day
81 per cent with board and Sc per cent
without board. Secretary Wilson says
that in the matter of wage increase farm
labor has Jared better than the working
men employed in the manufacturing in
dustries
Relieved of the weight Of debt and OF
suffering under Improbable prices. 1.-THE
farmer felt more responsive than before
to the help offered by the Department of
Agriculture through the experiment sta
tons and other sources during the period
under review. Thousands of learned in
vestigators worked for him. Thousands
more talked to him repeatedly Thou
sands of demonstrations taught him how
to do by doing. Many boys were educated
in agriculture. Hundreds of millions Of
copies of publications were sent boadcast.
Value of Science to Farmer.
Both the science of breeding plants and
animals and practical methods have made
remarkable advance. During the past
dozen years breeding has passed the unor-
ganized stage and has come under the do
main of science. Rapid advances are be-
ing made in the study Of the laws under
which Incredibly operates. The exceedingly
great value of the rare INITIATING plant or
animal which has the power to project
its unusual individual values into its
progeny and thus produce valuable
new strain has come to be appreciated AZ
the most important source of creative
breeding
| have no space TO tell of the other
branches of the work OF the Department
of Agriculture, which Secretary Wilson
describes with enthusiasm-the work OF
the forest bureau and tree planting:
the search for new plants in foreign
lands: the study Of the upper air by the
weather bureau: the experiments in dry
farming on the great plains: the work in
the south, which Is becoming more and
more important and effective every year:
the improvement of corn and other crops:
the improvement Of the highways; the
destruction of injurious insects: the pro-
lection of game: the enforcement of the
pure-food law: the inspection of meat:
the survey of the soil; the fight against
diseases among cattle. All of these SUBJ
jects receive attention and add to the
interest and the value of the report.
WILLIAM Z. CURTIS.
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Meeting Of Sunday School Workers.

p IT. BristoW. chairman OF the local
committee in charge of the arrangements
for the worlds Sunday school convention
TO be held in this city in June. 1910. has
announced that the mass meeting of Sun
day school workers Wednesday evening
will begin at 80 instead Of at s O'Clock
as first stated, in the Calvary Bap-
fist Church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-14

MOUNT VERNON, ILL.,, December a.
Three men were killed by an explosion in
the Rend mine near here. The damage
amounts to $4,000. The tipple and air
pump we're wrecked. making rescue of
the three men impossible. The explosion
was due to a windy shot and gas that
had escaped from sealed-up entry,
which was damaged in a former explo.
sion.
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10000.
Farmers Advantages Improved.

Secretary Wilson says: THE farmer
has as many reasons for his Thanksgiv-
ing in 1908 as he had in recent former
years. He has reaped well as sown.
He has obtained more of the means with
which TO improve his farm, to increase
his capital. to become more generous
consumer of the goods of other producers,
and to add to the things that count for a
better living and more pleasant life
Secretary Wilson gives an interesting
review of the changes that have taken
place in the condition among the farmers
in the country during the twelve years
since he entered the cabinet. ''Momen-
tous changes have occurred he says.
Features of great import have been In
troduced. Forces have become operative
whose results are already enormous. wNh
the certainty of cumulative and ao-
CELEBRATED future consequences for the ma
tons well being The farmers work and
harvest have had the benefit OF more
varied knowledge and more effective in
telligence. His life and living have i'm
dergone transformations which increas-
ingly make the farm preferable to the
town.
This period has developed an amazing
and unexampled prosperity for the farmer.
His improving financial condition has been
both an effect and cause-an effect
partly of his own efforts Joined to those
of public agencies, and also the means Of
making his life and the lives Of his wife
and children the better worth living.
More wealth has been invested in i'm
proving the farm home and In the current
expense of farm life. With better houses
filed with modern convenienceS. the fam
lily life has developed in strength and in
enjoyable living. Through the introduc-
ton Of machinery, the betterment of
buildings and appliances and the improve
ment of methods the farmers labor is
rapidly becoming less in physical stress
and the burdens Of the household are be-
coming lighter Child life on the farm is
entering upon a realm Of favoring condi-
lions in the home at school. and in farm
ing. and home-making apprenticeship is
rising to a higher level
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-14
Reports Widely Circulated.

The circulation of daily consular and
,rade reports has more than doubled in
he past two years. The report says the
publication of the consular reports on
commercial, industrial, economic. scien-
.ific and educational lines requires the
tarvlces of men with editorial training
md experience and technical knowledge.
Annual reports are being issued for each
:ountry and publications are otherwise
icing systematiZed, generally improved
mi their issue expedited.
Special Investigations We're made during
ie year inc cerain foreign markets for
slass and glassware. silk goods and
lost OF other products. and these inves-
legations included South America Cen
Tal America. Australasia. Asiatic Turkey
ma Europe. Reports on trade conditions
various countries will be transmitted
- Congress The result of the work Of
special agents. This work. says Mai
arson, has been generally approved
lere and abroad Several governments
Hho are commercial rivals have arranged
similar systems. The report recommends
extension OF this special investigation
icrvice and appointment of expert agents
assigned certain geogra phicaI boundaries
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-14

In addition to this increase of prices
cotton production has increased ~ per
cent. corn IS per cent, wheat 40 per
cent rice sos per cent. barley 9S per
cent potatoes IS per cent. tobacco : per
cent, beet sugar .4O5 per cent, and other
crops in proportion.
The yield per acre has kept pace with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-14
Wages Are Much Higher.

the increase of the value and volume OF
crops in nearly all the states and with
nearly all the products.
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products Of the mines of the United
States. including coal and petroleum.
During the last ten years the wealth
production of the farms Of this country,
the Secretary says. has exceeded the
fabulous amount of sixty billions of dol
larSt''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-14
WHAT WE DO FREE

.. II leather goods
over Csc stamped free
of charge with name
OF initials.
All jewelry costing
Csc and over engraved
with initials free OF
charge.
All umbrellas cost
ing 9Sc or more en-
graved with initials
free of charge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-14

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Qunine Tabletu.
Druggists refund money il It fails to cure.
E. W. GROVES signature Is on each box. 2So.
0c5m,tf
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Prices Then and Now.

Secretary Wilson gives a surprising COM
parison between the prices of farm
products at the time he came into the
cabinet in 1857 and the present day, as
follows:
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PUSHING AMERICAN COMMERCE
OUR GOODS NOW SOLD ALL OVER
THE WORLD.
s1ureau of Manufactures Report
Shows Increased Demand for
Machinery of All Kinds.

With millions of dollars involved in con-
tracts made as the result of information
furnished through the foreign trade
opportunity service with a great volume
of home trade developed, with special
Investigations carried in every part
Of the globe, and with the consular serv
ica abroad bending its efforts to boom
american commercial interests, the bu-
reau of manufactures has had busy
year, according TO the annual report of
Maj. John NJ Carson. the chief of the
bureau. The great need of the bureau.
according to Maj. Carson. is additional
help Ia meet the growing demands made
upon ii by manufacturers and others.
Many thousands of letters and reports
a-gefy exceeding the business in pre-
vious years. were handled by the bureau
with resulting considerable increase in
expectations.
American water works were supplied for
the palace of the Sultan of Oman at
Maskat steam blowing machines were
placed on South African prairies, wire
less telegraph apparatus shipped broad
cast and power machinery orders received
from Europe, Asia and Africa. Many
American engineers and architects Sc
cured contracts for public and private
works abroad. As the result of informa-
ton culled and disseminated by the bu-
reau, opportunities have been presented
To American interests for the construc-
ton of railways both steam and electric,
i'm Europe. Asia Africa. Central America
the West Indies. Mexico, Canada and
Australia. The volume of work is SO
steadily growing Maj Carson points out.
that provided with sufficient force the
bureaus efforts in connecting prospec-
tive buyers in foreign countries with
American producers must become a po-
tential factor in the extension of Ameri-
can commerce
Larger Appropriation Asked.
The sum appropriated for the fiscal year,
the report says, was $4,000, of which
about $4,000 was expended. For the
current year the sum provided is $4O,
Oo0. which is not sufficient to continu-
ously maintain six agents in the field.
In consequence of this reduction it was
deemed advisab BILE to dispense with the
services of one special agent on July L.
Ii is respectfully recommended that $j0,
M be authorized for the next fiscal
year. and that authority be given for
directing special agents. upon returning
from abroad. to visit industrial and COM
mercial centers to confer and advise with
manufacturers and merchants. Similar
provision should be made for consular
officers. 1t is further recommended that
congress be asked to extend this special
service by providing for the employment
of commercial agents who shall be as
FOR their respective operations. and who
shall periodically return to the United
States and visit industrial and CONNER
aiaI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-14
Prices Are Much Higher.

ii is not necessary for him to tell the
housewives of our cities that there has
been very large advance in the prices
Of farm products, because they are only
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-14

New 1909 models with entire
waist formed of rows of dainty
cIuny lace inserting and cluster
t1lcking; new long sleeves trimmed
around with lace and tucks; lace
stock. All sizes. The prettieSt
Lingerie Waists ever shown at
81 GO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-14
Wool
Waists

Made of best quality wool nuns
yelling. with dainty tucking finish
ed with handmade French knots,
or fancy yoke style trimmed with
bands of black taffeta; long
sleeves: fasten back. All sizes.
Black only. Worth $500 and $50.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-03-31

II there had been more radicaiism
twelve years ago there would be less
today. Reforms should have been
attempted when reforms were easy.
DO not stop the low OF radical
ism lest all be overcome In a food
or radicalism.
Finally. almost pleaded Mr..
bryan. "entrust the protection OF
TINS country to those principles OF
liberty and equality on which this
government was founded. and which
VIII be the protector OF your chill
dren's children"
A storm OF applause broke loose
when MIR. Bryan finished. Many
pressed about him to clasp his hand
and with the greatest difficulty he
made his exit from the theater.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-03-31
49, 49,! 1 2g.gga0ito|kSNesHI,
MARCH -, 1908.

Leave SECS a. m. for Roanok.
norfolk and all points on the shen-
1nuoan ulVlsion. pullman Sleeper
noanoke TO New York, via Hagers-
,own, tuiiman Parlor Car Roanoke
To Norfolk.
w. 10 n. m. for Roanoke. Rich
mond, Norfolk. Pullman Sleeper.
0lnins Car to Roanoke. Parlor Car
Roanoke To Norfolk.
200 y. m. FOR Roanoke and Lynch
burg aud intermediate stations and
tDe shenandoah Valley. Philadelphia
ana New York. Sleeper to PhiladeI-
phda' Cafe Car Gary and Roanoke
JAS p. m. for Roanoke. Lynch
burg, Richmond. Norfolk. Pullman
sleeper to Roanoke and Pullman
sleeper Roanoke to Norfolk.
Leave Blueeld $40 p. IN. for Ken
oVa, @VIumbus and all points West
ana Northwest. Pullman Sleeper for
columbus and Cincinnati. Cafe Cars
S;l5 n. m. Pullman Sleeper for
Columbus. Cafe Dining Car.
leae 1903 a. m. and 2:25 d. m.
daily for Taaewell, Norton and Ali
stations on Cllnch Valley division.
Arrive from Norton and points on
the Clinch Valley division at 2:4O u.
m. and 7:i0 p. m.
Leave q; 10 n. m. for Kenova and
intermediate stations via Wayne.
Leave q: 10 n. m. and 2:4O ID. M.
Tor Welch and intermediate stations.
Call on agent Norfolk and West
ern Railway for tickets, maps and
additional information.
w. II. BEVILL, G, p. A..
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OF our ius><2al waterways would
save so.oo0.Vee to the people an
nuaily.'' This. he said. was fully
proven by the national waterways
convention In st. Louis not long ago.
Tumultuous cheering again inter-
rupted MIR. Bryan when he stated In
his sweet. suave manner that the
tremendous popularity of Presid,V,t
Roosevelt was due TO the fact that
he had borrowed Democratic ideas.
Twice defeated" said Mr.. Bryan
after a dramatic pause. 1.-The DEM
ocratic party is today strong enough
to dictate the policies and to dom
mate the principles OF the admins
tration."
Mr. Bryan told of his fight In
congress for the income tax and de-
clared that at no time since II would
have gone into effect was there a
year In which he would have es-
capped. He, however. said that he
was at all times willing to pay his
share.
Mr.. Bryan's closing theme was
easily the best of the entire lecture
or about an hour and twenty min
utes. He declared that TO attempt
TO stop the growth OF radical ideas
would be like attempting to dam a
stream.
Let the river flow freely by and
all will be we'll, but attempt to stop
II with an obstruction. and build Il
ever 80 high and ever so firm. the
pent-up flood will finally break
through.
And then" said Mr.. Bryan. with
an emphasis which sent a thrill to
the most remote corner of the thea.
ter. the height of your wall meas
ures the terrors OF those in the low
or portions OF the valley.
80" said the great Commoner.
when the applause had died down.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-03-31

ton and I VIII deny that there Is
any proof that goods are made
cheaper under the monopoly plan.
The principle OF private monop-
oily is indefensible from every stand
point. 1t destroys business and i'm
provements.
Competition spurs every man to
do his best, but monopoly tends to
grade him further down. 1t has no
defense from an economic stand
point, and 1t has no defense from
social standpoint.
"The Republican party says we
should trust one selected by the
President as his successor. If you
can accept him, let me tell you wha.
he says. He says he doesn't agree
with Mr.. Bryan to exterminate all
trusts. He says they should be reg
ulated. Some think by the extermi.
nation Of a trust you exterminate
the industry. That is not true, you
will establish the industry on a firm
an illustration. Suppose there is
trust owning ten factories in ten
different states. How shall we ex-
terminate them. Compel them TO
sell enough Of their output until
there is no longer a monopoly. The
result Is that instead of having one
corporation we shall have several
corporations competing with each
other.
To-day the men at the head OF
the trusts charge extortionate prices
that reduce consumption by reduc-
ing the number OF employees. This
forces the laboring men to compete
for Jobs. When competition Is re-
stored prices are reduced. Then We
can buy more and there will be
needed more laborers. Then the
corporations must enter the market
and bid for labor Mpplause.)
Secretary Taft says we should
control the trusts. How long must
we experiment with something b.
fore we find out its value? The Re
publican party has been controlling
trusts for eleven years. daughter
The result Is that the trusts have
controlled them. More laughter
and cheers)
1--WE have more trusts now than
we had eleven years ago. The birth
rate Is larger than the death rate.
Gaughter) The trust family IS one
that should measure up to the pres
ident's idea. (Laughter.)
''They say TO regulate the trusts
Why haven't they regulated them?
Because they can't regulate a pri-
yate monopoly. There is a billion
dollars OF water I'm the stock OF ne
United States steel corporation.
Two-thirds OF the capitalization Of
the capital stock doesn't represent
a cent OF money invested. The steel
trust can give Che Republican party
100000 to It's campaign fund
because II It can keep II in power 81
can make u back ten times over
That IL more than the Democratic
party could collect from 10000
Of people for running a campaign
And that is only one OF 200 trusts
Are you surprised regulation is diff
( fcult?
There is not a trust magnate in
the pen yet (Applausa.) Yet we
know trusts exist, but there Is in
the statute books Of the nation
law which provides a penitentiary
sentence for conspiracy IN the for
nations Of a trust.