The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-31

YIN u ~ " ~ II a W 4Oo u
tie show IN London he examined mo-
/ tor that he is inclined to believe will
revolutionize farming. He saw Il draw
| loads on the highway and drive all sorts
] Of agricultural machinery In an official
contest Il plowed 25E acres of land IN "a
! hours al a cost Of % cents an acre IN
GLIDING labor fuel. interest on the In
vestnent. and depreciation OF capital
Nevertheless. we think OF England sim
ply as > manufacturing country. Indus
trlally. commercially, and agriculturally
in some respects. Great Britain will con-
tinue TO surprise and challenge Europe
and America.
while giving some facts from foreign
( lands" Maj. Carson said, let me tell you
/ what another of our agents saw In Rus
] STA. At a factory employing 200 men,
| owned by Germans and run by an Eng
| lishman born in Vienna. were lathes from
I Hamilton, Ohio; crank planes from Provi-
dence. r. l.. woodworking tools from Gin
/ cinnau. and bulldOzers from Moline. H.
/ One of the products OF the factory was
machine for thrashing sunfiowers. Not
/ far away immense tracts OF oats were
being Graded by hand women were
binding the shesves and one-horse wag-
oas with wooden axles were taking the
grain from the fields. A strange contrast
you say. but II illustrates the universal
/ ity of modern business and its amazing
and tremendous sweep as well as the op-
portunities that remain for profitable de-
velopment in the future
Are American exports OF iron and steel
increasing?"
Making Steel ChenpIy.
Yes. We make better and cheaper
steel than Germany or England. Large
quantities of structural steel are going
abroad. and Americans recently com
pleted a great bridge IN India. getting
the contract in competition with Eng
! lish builders. However, We are doing but
poor fraction Of the business that we
could get in all kinds OF manufactures
were we as aggressive. for example. as
are the Germans or English
Does the United States import any
| thing that could be made as well and as
cheaply at home
Il have referred TO cotton goods You
must remember that our navy. our army
the cost. Of our entire government, in
/ fact is mostly supported by the duty we
collect on foreign goods brought into the
country. The value Of our imports last
/ year was considerably more than 1000
l 100000 The phantom wall that shuts IN
our coasts fails 10 prevent our own work.
men from losing vast sums in the matter
/ Of daily wages.
rs enough wheat being grown TO sup
ply the world with, bread?'
Personally, have no fear Of a scarcity
| OF -four. We are not cultivating our land
up 20 even a reasonable limit OF It's
/ NJ L. II.
/ from fifteen to eighteen bushels 10 the
acre. The German on poor land gets
/ twenty-eight bushels Wheat Is dear just
now because the harvests for several sea
/ sons have been below the average.
! Operating indirectly 20 reduce the grain
| crops in this country has been the I'M
paralleled prosperity Of cur farmers.
| Sounds paradONical doesn't IT. However
/ listen 10 my theory and then Judge FOR
yourself During the past three years
wheat prices in the United States have
ranged from % cents 20 $50 a bushel.
oats have ranged from Al cents 10 so
cents a bushel. and corn has ranged
| from 80 cents 20 50 cents a bushel For
| the previous decade the average prices
or all three grains were 90 per cent less.
| What has been the result? The farmers
are out OF debt and II is only human
nature for the farmer who Is out OF
debt 70 work fewer hours and with less
Intensity than does the farmer who has
I a mortgage at the nearest bank Thus
we can see why there has been a logical
diminution, relatively. OF our three stand
ard grain crops"
CottOn-seed OIL.
as II true that cotton-seed oil and
cheese are shipped to Europe and then
] -
with foreign labels?"
Il don't believe anything Of the kind
Is being done COtton-seed OIL IS going
abroad. but It Is consumed. and IS not
sent back. The cotton oil industry Is one
OF the romances OF modern business. and
I am glad you have given me the chance
| 10 say that seed, worthless only a few
! years ago. now is as four are 10 six in
/ the aggregate value OF our yearly cotton
/ crop. More than 100000 has been in
vested in the business. and $40. 0o0. 900 az
/ cottonseed prOducts-oil cake oil meal
and shortening for domestic uses-are ex-
ported annually. CottOn-seed oil ought 70
go on the bills Of fare ar all OF our best
hotels so that people could choose be-
tween It and the less palatable oil made
OF olives. When there IS. a shortage of
the olive crop cotton seed may be used
to ill the vacuum; but II IS eaten in
! Europe. and not here"
Tell me about the daily paper that you
/ publish"
''The reports OF our consular officers sta
toned IN every quarter Of the globe are
edited down 10 the bare facts. when re-
lating TO trade matters. and are mailed
20 1Oo0o business men in this country.
Under the heading Foreign Trade Oppor-
tunities We print specific information re-
specting chances abroad to sell particular
things. Thus Americans supplied the
Sultan OF Oman. a kingdom IN Arabia.
with a system Of waterworlIs for his
palace; steam blowing machines were
shipped 70 South America wireless tele-
| graph apparatus was sent 10 Europe and
Asia. and a man az gainesville. Ohio so
he wrote me some days ago sold sixteen
carloads OF machinery In Russia"
Are idols for the heather" inquired.
still being manufactured in the United
! Statesg'
That question, sir. is a reflection on
the piety of the American people" Mai
! Carson answered
Copyright. 1909. By James p, Morrow
"Cramp Ringsp
~, IN. U,,rdre A6ver+iear