The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-06-30

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average % saese wsssssg families sw-
cxsSs IN cash aaa aaHAie Eors nos*y
- cne wesk Ehas sAey sseA - A.sAIe
II = .kuss geA~. Thaz ssstss@eas ass-
plies 10 tie easA sA~y received AZ
hsadiee ard nos 20 she aavaness
made ~ tie Essrxaaas- II tie ss~
growing to~ns and esstoa-mlIi VII
lsgss school eon9isoas. ekareh Co.'S
tasioas. sanitary eoa1Isions. ana evsry
other eoa6ltIoa ssrronndsng hnmaa
life have eeen innaitsiy lmpruvea
The movement % these sx-farnerx
fron The farms To The factories Aas
not opiy benefited themselves. sus
has largely relieved TIE comr<tIson
Ia cotton production. % that tho@s
9ao are pet left o. the farm are get
ting Is cents for eotton instead % :
cents. the old price But tAis 10 rot
all the advantage 10 those left On the
farm This new factory population
furnish cash markets for perishaeie
farm products. and now the farmer
who Ii left on the farm may not only
make cotton A. = profit. but \ great
variety OF farm products. for which
he fnds markets among the factory
populations. There 10 stili another
advantage The new industrial con
dition help TO support better trans
put many perishable farm products
into Northern markets. Thus the
land has a triple value over and
above what IL used TO have. The
staple crop brings a better price. the
factory populations makes a better
local market for perishahie farm
products. and the better transporta-
ton facilities make truck and frui'
farming profitable
This tells briefly the story of why
+ farm products are high, and this Ii
why living is high: IL is the scarcity
and the high price OF labor on the
farm and the demand for farm prod
ucts that this mill aud other skilled
labor has created. No better Illus
tratfon of this demand can be had
the Board OF Trade OF Winston-Sa
lem. town in my district. which wal
published in the Winston-Salem Jour
nal of April 18th, which is, in part
as follows. which is but a repetition
and a reiteration of like facts from
all ocalities throughout our State
where such records and statistics ar,
available:
Following is the story OF farm
products imported TO this town las
year: Eleven thousand three hun
dred barrels OF -four. 101 900 bush
els of wheat, 4,145 tons of bran an,
ship stuff, S7,100 bushels of Iris
potatoes, 6,025 bushels of sweet pc
tatoes, 1851 bushels of apples, Is
J 500 bushels OF onions, 2,616,00
!, pounds of cabbage. 100000 crate
of green peaches, 1870 tons of ha,
200, 600 bushels of rye. 141, $50 bus
/ hels of oats, III, 400 bushels OF corr
$500 dozen cans of kraut, 1895
cases of cheese, 10000 dozen car
/ tomatoes, 5000 dozen cans beam
cttuVo pouhdS oit1o apPiCS, cow
: en- cans corn. 1850 cans homin,
$4,000 pounds dried apples, $3.50
, pounds dried peaches. 1.725 bushel
lima beans, 246.352 bushels navy an
J white beans, zoos barrels vinegar
2,74S,S0O pounds pork. 1,657.00
pounds lard, 191. $50 pounds bee
| 2,250 dozen brooms, 800 dozen wash
: boards, $4,000 pounds tobacco. 81
500 pounds canned meat, and 426
600 pounds meal"
When we read such a report a
; this, when we know that we hav
: 100000 less cattle, sheep, and hog
in the United States now than te
, years ago, with IL, 100000 more pee
pie to feed, who have the means wit
which to enjoy better living, Is 1t an
wonder that prices are high?
To sum it all up in a few word!
the demand, the supply, the abilit
to pay the price fix the markets, Will
while the tariff makes or unmake
the opportunity for the laborer I