The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-11-03
HON. THE FARMERS HAVE BEEN
BENEFITED By REPUBLICAN
RULE

h farmers of South Dakota ana
their brethren in other states have
prospered greatly under republican
rule in the state and nation, and at
the election in November will vote
to continue such rule. not caring to
experiment with Ineffective democrat
lc rule in the lower house of con-
gress, which always has been follow
ed by a period of depression and low
pricse of farm products.
Congressman Martin, in a speech
delivered in congress last May, call
ed attention to striking facts disclosed
by a table prepared by the de 'artmen
20. -, .-S.Ce ana iaDof, the
purchasing value OF Il unit OF farm
p%roeuots in 1897 as compar d with
the same purchasing value in 1909,
expressed in almost all commodities
that the farmer must buy. Mr.. Mar
TN spoke in part as follows:
This period of 1897 repr SCENTS the
termination of the experience of the
country under the Wilson German ar
iff, the only democratic tariff for fifty
ears and the beginning of the era
of republican tariff under the Ding
ley bill and now continuing under the
Payne tariff bill.
IL will call attention to a few
items only. Wheat has less variation
III PolSlaslilS NoiuC toNtS tS SOlllId
ed With otner commodities than. any
other article produced OH the farm,
as the table shows.
The market given-because soma
market had to be selected-was the
market value in New York. A bushel
of corn, as shown by this table, in
1897. would purchase Z pounds Of
sugar. / do not give the fractions.
The same bushel of corr will now
purchase 1G pounds of sugar. or moro
than double the quantity. \. bushel of
corn would purchase in Illuminating
oil. according to the table twelve
time it will purchase IL gallons. EN-
pressed in purchasing value in coffee
in 1897 "a bushel of corr would pur-
chase ) pounds of coffee, and in 1903
9 pounds OF coffee. In barbed wire.
a bushel of corn in 1897 would pur-
chase Is pounds, and at the present
time it would purchase SO pounds.
"A bushel of oats in 1897 would buy
5 pounds of sugar, now 10 pounds. 1t
would buy gallons of oil, now I gall
Ions. 1t would buy . pounds of cof-
fee. now & pounds. The bushel of
oats would buy Il pounds of barbed
Wire in 1897, now - pounds of barb
ed wire. a sheep in 1885, would buy
40 pounds of sugar: now the sheep
will buy So pounds of sugar. 1t would
buy % gallons of Illuminating oil, now
it will buy e. gallons. The sheep
would buy ~ pounds of coffee i in 1897
and now it will buy 81 pounds of cof-
fee. Then 1t would buy 100 pounds
of barbed wire. now it will buy 173
pounds. The average hog in 1897
would buy ~ pounds of graduated
sugar. now it will buy 1872 pounds:
the hog in 1907 would buy So gal,
Ions of illuminating oil. now Il will
buy 129 gallons: in 1897 it would buy
116 pounds of coffee: then it would
buy 227 pounds of barbed wire. now
1t will buy asa pounds. A comparison
of the purchasable value of the av-
erase horses'in 1897 and 1909 sup
plies some most int .restins figures. In
1897 the horse would buy 700 Doun Is
of sugar. now he will buy 2.27a
pounds. or more thar a ton: he would
buy 1.754 pounds of ba rbed wire in
1897. now he will buy 1856 pounds,
and so on through the list.
Surely the farmer has at length
come into his own. These relative
conditions are likely to continue. The
vast areas Of native fertile soil in the
humid regions of the United states
are now Largely appropriated. The
utilization of new lands suitable for
agriculture can scarcely keep pace
With the increase in our population.
we must depend in large part upon
more intensive cultivation of our farm
lands and the reclamation Of limited
areas by irrigation and swamp drain
age to meet the needs of the people
for food supplies"
South Dakota has prospnred under
republican rule to "A greater extent
than any other state in the union.
This is why the people are thorough
lN satisfied and why the voters at
the polls on Nov. 8 will by an over
WIDENING majority declare in favor
of a continuation of wis. and con-
~servativc republican rule.
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