Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-08

| products to export which the country
! had offered to other nations of the
| earth in years preceding: but, however
| this may be, At Is u fact recognized In
| the exporting trade that the prices Of
| farm, products In the fiscal year 1910
were high enough, to prevent that free
| export movement which before ex-
| isted."
Cotton was the principal item of ex-
| port in 1870 with value of $3.50, 1929.
and packinghouse products followed,
with value of 135,959.373: third in
order are grain and grain products,
valued at sl3332o.41S: after which are
tobacco, s3s.115.3s6: oil and oil-cake
meal. s19.25l.O12: fruits. s1S.5O4.59l; live
| 1909 there was a decrease In all of the
! PRINCIPAL Items except cotton. for which
| the increase was about s33. 900 000
Farm products as an element Of the
| value OF domestic exports have had a
| decreased ratio from about 50 per cent
| at the middle of the nineteenth century
| to Sit per cent in 1900 IS I per cent In
] 1909. and 500 per cent in 1910
The imports of agricultural products
have constantly increased In value
throughout the history of this country's
international trade The fraction for
1910 is AL per cent of the value of all
imports.
In absolute instead of relative value.
however. the imports Of agricultural
products have constantly Increased I'M
til they reach the enormous total of
| 1887. 4S61Ss In 1910.
The moro prominent items and
groups Of agricultural imports are
packinE-house products (mostly hides
and skins). sugar and moiasses, coffee.
silk. WOOL vegeta BILE fibers, tobacco and
fruits.
IN fho of
0546o2 were exported In the fiscal year
1910.
HIGH PRICES.
High prices receive considerable at
tention in this report. In the case OF
milk, in rs cities distributed through
out the United States where the sub
feet was Investigated by the depart
ment. the farmer received a scant so
per cent or one-half of the price paid
by the consumer The railroads get
about per cent, so that the remaining
43 per cent Is received mostly by the
retailer.
THE milk wagon of the retailer has
long route. so there is n great waste
of effort and Of expense In the distribu-
ton"
The farmer receives hardly more than
half of the consumers price In the case
of poultry; GO per cent In the case of
eggs: cabbage 4S per cent when bought
by the head and 65 per cent when
bought by the pound: celery, 60 per cent
when bought by the bunch.
The apple grower receives Sc per cent
| Of the consumers price when the pur-
! chase Is by tho bushel and sc per cent
when by the barrel; the stra wberry
| grower gets 40 per cent of the consum-
| er's price In purchases by the quart and
| 76 por cent when by the crate. When
| the consumer buys n peck of onions at
| n time the farmer receives IS per cent
| of the retail price, when he buys II
| barrel the farmer receives 5S per cent.
| SO. In the case OF oranges. when the
purchase is by the dozen the agrower
receives 20 per cent of the consumers
| price. whereas. when the purchase Is By
| the box the grower gets SO per cent.
| The rule seems to be, the smaller the
retail quantity the smaller the farmers
| share OF the consumers price.
Among the many other products rep
resented In the list are oats. with 74 per
cent of the consumers price going to
the farmer when bought by the bushel;
melons, 80 per cent when bought by the
pound: pnrsnips, 60 per cent when
bought by the bunch: potatoes, SO per
cent when bought by the busllel; string
BEANS so Per cent when bought by the
Darrell sweet potatoes. 81 per cent when
bought by tho barrel: turnips. GO per
cent in purchase by the bunch; water
melons. 81 per cent when bought sngly.
Four tbs of the coffee imported into
the United States In the fiscal year 1910
came from Brazil About OIL OF per
cent of the coffee imports are from
Alden and are the nominal Mocha cof-
fee, and 1.3 per cent of the imports
are from the East Indies and are the
Java coffee. The import values, plus
the ocean freight charge, Is from % to
40 per cent Of the principal range OF
prices paid for the coffee at retail.
The case Is simihr with regard to tea.
FARMER NOT. RESPONSIBLE.
The secretary of agriculture declares
that the conclusion Is inevitable that
the consumer has no well-groundea
complaint against the farmer for the
prices that lie pays" lt
The secretary suggests that the prob
lem of high prices il one for treatment
by the consumer. why do not con-
sumers buy directly from the farmer"
he asks. "a distribution of farm prod
ucts in this simple way has already
begun In England, where cooperative
organizations Of farmers are selling by
direct consignment to cooperative or
ganizntions OF consumers In Cities
1t is estimated that there arc about
$4,000, 900 horsepower of water that IL
capable of Being harnessed on the ma
tional forests, only an insignificant fruc-
ton of which has been controlled
STOCK ON FOREST RANGES.
The total of livestock of all kinds
| Which used the national forest ranges
during the year under pay permits fell
Off 2.75 per cent In comparison with tho
previous year. This Is the first year
since regulated grazing began that
there has not been an increase. The
cause of the drop is to be found in
the reduction of the available range