The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-10-29
Prosperity Of the American
Farmer.
I,.s. b. Taylor IN >t. Louis Times

l.-se ~. Taylor IN i. Louis Times
Americas agricultural advance has
been she wonder II the century.
When - study 81! the farmers pro-
.re-s IL undertaken the figures h..
come staggering. II seems '.most
!mpu-sible 81 believe they rhu b"
nue, bus when the Departments ~
Agriculture and She t'usde bureau
promulgate them uo ruom ior doubt
remains rs g. their accuracy.
We may he qni.e y'uu: nut sUil
remember when an 'n.rw'.s p'r
rantaga O, sha farms u Fa' country
were resting under mortZHge : and
thr owners found - cheap aark !
Tor thcir products taat ,liJiUt I'll,
.ucumheraures seemed IN .ttccmln-
able distance IN She future. Now all
shi- Is changed. And IN" tarm'r Is
enlisted So She credit for tho change
H. has brought it about largely 10y
growing products that the wapi-
world wants and buys, IT, an- de-
yeloped farming asa scieuc" thus
being able 10 garner crops AnG grow
live stock that sop thu worlds mar.
kets. lie is reaping IA reward that
makes him Independents,
While this development has broad
enei the market, les w. look tor II
momens as she thinEs nt'namr shat
have helped she cause AMI Bothered
she local markets, lti ai, So vivid
80 many " us shat IN she drctie he
ginning with 1880 the farmer seemed
81 be under "a wave Oi increasing
poverty. Ruin faced aud elaine!
many owners OF large tracts IN what
was supposed TO be the hest land TO
be had.
BETTER THAN BANNING
With the eud OF this seeming insol-
cradle period there came .hr bright
sunshine OF prosperity. \ glance
ahOu. showed thas "a great Increase
in manufacturing, coupled With the
development OF she railroads ANA the
large increase In the number ~ their
employees, had created II wonderful
market for farm produgts - stars
ed the trend Of prices, ana All of Us
remember shat marvellous iiRure u
last year, when the farmers " THE
country brought forth 81 4l2 600.
600 Just stop ami think icr "a
minute One years crops 80 Haluanl'
shat 1t would requtre about eight
tImes all the national banking zap
isaA II the country 81 buy T., Who
pnvtrs ST." banker theaa day" surely
NOT the !aru"r,
The employees oi misunderstanding
plants ana OF rairoaas. together
wish .he!i dependent families, N k
mighty army 80 he iri, aud ta'
farm furnishes this fool
A. stated above, sht dersd~fl,low.
INK 1880 iouad many larmp!s e.t'u
up by incumbrauce. But tEr lay
ui steel rails into size aimO@t i;nlstes-
West and Southwest mad N .d~ayai!
anlp millions y acres ul tin rictIesl
OF hand st u figure that mao" II pos
7ihlr for the failed farmer to hp.in
all over agaia. II Is there, IN facE
that agriculture has reached -
highest Development. IL Is tnert
shat the farmer enjoys the luxurie,
of lie Is : there tina. she home /;
butt along modern architecture
lines, Is furnished with up.to dat,
arsiclps, is heated by furnace, Il
lighted wish gas and has bath
room with running water, just Ike ,
city mans. And these Farmers rid,
in husomobiles-a least a goot
many OF them do
Let Us yet down To figures On tn
subject. First and foremost, q
course. Is the fact that in the sever
years beginning with 1900 the va.u
OF farm property IN The country in
creased approximately IS 600, 900,
600. Mind you, the ilcreas' In valu
alone am .uni5 so Nearly nine time
tine az Irekate na.ionnl banking cap
ital 81 She nusiOn. This same IN
crease il III ere than oap-haii as larry