Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-01-09
UNCLE SANS eRANJlRN.

Probably there has been no factsr
tending to quiet the fears Of the peo-
Pc Of the country touching The psasa
bnfty Of the proiooGatton of the nIcceaat
financial furry and the approach az
hard times equal to the inspiring and
optimistic annual report Of Secretary
James Wilson Of the department of
agriculture, wherein he makes public
the enormous addition to the material
wealth OF the country as the result Of
the agricultural operations Of the year
10U. This total he places at $7A12,-
OU,OOO, which exceeds the value Of the
1905 crops by over $6OO,OOOOOO, the
crops Of the years 1904 and 1906 by
over a billion dollars each and is
81 per cent greater than the value
OF all crops raised in the country in the
year 1899. How stupendous is this
source Of the country's material wealth
Is the more fully realized in Mr.. VII
sons own language when he says that
the crops of eight years, If equal In
value to that of 1907, would pay for
duplicating every mile Of steam rail-
roads In the country, including their
terminals. rolling stock and all other
property. In thirteen years their value
would equal the present banking pow
er Of the country, including capital.
surplus deposits and circulation, white
in seventeen years they would replace
the banking power Of the world"
Among the several items which join to
make this stupendous grand total corn
stands at the head with q value Of
$3.50 00O, 900, cotton $675.Oo0,O00, hay
$780, 1000, wheat $500 o0;0oo oats
100000 1000, potatoes $1,000 100000, bar
Icy $4,000 900. atfalfa 500 100000,
sugar, molasses and sirup $92e0o00o,
tobacco 81. 90. 600, beet Sugar $o0600,-
600. durum wheat $300O0,O0O, Aaxseed
$28,0oo,O 900, rye s23. 100000, rice &c.
100000, buckwheat $1AO00yOo0 and
hops $5.000,O0O. Besides these items,
the value Of dairy products Is placed
at $800,O00.O0O, Of poultry and eggs
$600IO00,O0O and OF animals either sold
from or slaughtered on the farms Of
the country $1,270, 100000. The ex-
ports Of farm products reached q total
value Of $1.O55, 100000, passing the
billion mark for the first time in the
history Of any country and exceeding
by $79OOO,O00 the high record Of the
previous year. Referring to the prog
ress Of irrigation, the report states that
the area now under ditch is 11,OOO 900
acres, surface equal to the improved
farm land Of Georgia or Michigan and
equal to one-third Of the cotton area.
Continuing, the report states that, in
addition to rendering every possible
service looking to an increase Of the
grain crops Of the country, the depart
| ment Of agriculture has had super
vision Of the pure food law, has waged
warfare against the green bug, the cot.
ton boil weevil, the cattle tick, tubercu'
losis in hogs and cattle, in addition tc
numerous other plant and animal pests
and diseases. Secretary Wilson is one
Of very few public officials who seen
to possess the faculty Of making theil
annual reports interesting. The one If
question Is the most SO Of any which
has ever been issued by the depart
ment, and this not alone because Of thu
marvellous showing which it makes
but also because of the manifest en-
joyment which Secretary Wilson de
lives from performing the task. Ev