El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-19

w II ASHINGTON, D. c., May 20
VA Secretary Wilson is the
w mightiest of all the slaves Of
Uncle Sam, the modern Aladdin. Our
patriarchal uncle rubs the lamp ana
Mr.. Wilson moves the world to his bid
ding. He waves his wand over the
deserts. and ten blades of grass spring
up whore none has grown before he
puts on his Fortunatus cap and flies to
the Atlas mountains, bringing back
rnacaroni wheat which adds billions or
loaves to our national bread basket
He scours the earth for new nuts and
fruits, and from China and Japan
brings rice which yields a thousand
fold on the lowlands Of Louisiana and
Texas. He shakes his magic rod and
the nitrogren of the air is harnessed
to bacteria, which make Mother Earth
produce as she has not produced be-
fore He shows the farmers now 70
double their corn and planters how to
add millions to the value of their cot
ton. He is the friend Of the helpful
hen and the little red apple, and, IN
short, the mightiest genii of all those
in the employ of our national ruler
Uncle Sam, Patriarch.
Eighty Thousand Million Dollars.
first met secretary Wilson when he
had just taken his seat as one of the
members of president McKinley's cab
met That was II years ago, and he
has been working wonders ever since
He is a plain Scotch farmer, but he
deals in sums that would stagger a
Morgan or a Guggenheim. During the
past 10 years the proceeds Of our
farms have been more than eighty
billion dollars.
Eighty thousand millions! It means
enough to give $4,000 to every family
or $500 to every man, woman and child
in the whole United States. That sum
has come out of the farms within 10
years and yearly the product increases
When the present secretary took
charge of the department Of agr1cul-
ture it annually amounted to about
four billions of dollars. In 1910 it was
almost nine billions and when the
present schemes of farm Improvement
and new crops have been generally
adopted we shall be rich enough to buy
Mexico and Canada and to- inaugurate
peace movements throughout the
world.
Eighty thousand million dollars!
The sum is beyond human concep-
tt is ten millions more than all the
wealth of Great Britain and Ireland.
1t is more than twice the value of all
Russia owns, four times the total
wealth OF Austr1a-Hungary, ana over
Is times that of Holland or Spain.
| One Years Farm Crop.
Coming down to the crops of single
] year. secretary Wilson tells me thai
during 1910 our farmers yanked almost
nine billion dollars out Of Mother
Earth's pockets. That sum would come
/ within 10 percent of the governInen'
revenues of every country on earth
and it would pay nine-tenths of all the
salaries OF those governments, includ-
| ing their armies and navies and every
other employee, from the kings who sit
on the thrones to the women who scrut
! the palaces and public offices.
Nine thousand millions OF money
year means just about s30,0oo,0O0 fol
/ every working day. 1t means NOR.
/ than 81 000, 600 for every hour. $4,000
! for every minute and over 1898 fol
every second Take out your watch ant
/ look at its face. Follow the SECOND
| hand as it measures the minutes
Every time it goes around its LITTLE
! dial our farmers are adding $4,000
to our national wealth. Now put it t.
| your ear and listen to the ticking
| Every tick means more than $780, an
that $500 is added with every tick. da.