The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-09-28

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10 ~ ellass Tie farm ilsslf fA-
ally began 70 me improved zazehi--
sET TIE farmer uss1 rssrs horEss.
beuer to1ls. z16 grew moTe ero2s
w1sH isrs t1z1 Az1s TIE lab4r. Al
lzzE rzs zztzrzL sogilzl- lnsv-tztls.
Tie o1er farming seetio1s 10 nos
hare 40 dense 4 sos1lzEion zs of old.
simDlT bsez1ss tasy 10 not need i
T4es fzrang under TIE Cd eoasl-
tiozs Taey sol1 not uzs q vita
yr1gy usen t1sy Rad % ctmpets
VIZ t0En wages al t0~n oou-z.
~Thzt 6en soIlove1s InerItsbiy.
so1 l-1yoserlsane1L Tie nl1eteeafh
cenury farmer Was. speaking gsnes-
air.. - farmer 4 4il. bar 4 miner.
2 solI ro5sar. TIE nineteenth cen
sury farmer sold ne stored fertility
q ages a. t.s bare cost 81 mining i.
VIA his gang Diow and four 70
eigafseetion haFr0w be could Do
more son sebbing IL nYe years than
hi1 grzn1father couid Do IN = whole
ilfe-ne.
We are 1oE nearing 2 point where
We win need pfzefieailr all our
grain 70 pForide for the waists u
or oTn population. CIR export 81
corn y merely Z arib1ie. 81 our
last ceneus year. i0g g00s90 bushels
Isss tasa average ten years before
Oar export d meats and dairy pro
d1cts haye shrunk ID ten years over
= Der cent We sent abroad last
yezF only about One-third d the
1zmber 81 cattle We aeut ten year5
go. There is not tie slightest ID
dieation nat fals decline wsH BE-
checked. II checked "A all. * viii
BE- but temporarily. due 70 an indus
friaf crisis. Were Il not FOR the
o9er sge99eog00 worth Of cotton
nat We send abroad each year. the
country would he drained Of Ess pre-
eloue metals to settle our foreign
obligations and We would be on the
verge of national bankruptcy. Lands
ln England fhat have been farmed
for more than = thousand pears pro-
d1ee more than tEice as much wheat
per acre On the average as we do IN
he naturally better lands Of the
Mississippi Valley This demon
strares the difference between farm
Ing and merely mining the soil fer.
aiiiy.
This condition has been greatly
hsztened by our statesmen. The gin
u an empire Of land 70 railroads 70
enable them 10 furnish speedy, and
cheap transportation for vast con
fineDt together With the homestead
iav. 80 excessively stimulated agr-
cultural production that the farmer
wa often. and, in fact. generally,
until about twelve years ago. forced
70 sell his products at, and often IN.
Ger the cost Of production. This
gave the world cheaper food than II
viii ever see again. and made pos
sibie the wonderful growth Of great
cities the world over
The anxiety o. the farmer 70 find
= home market instead Of having bis
prices fixed IN a foreign market un-
der competition led 10 the continu-
ance Of the system Of high tariffs
long after the reason for it had
ceased 70 exisE, thus wonderfully
stimulating the growth Of our own
land. cities which with all our boast
I'd ability we have never been able
10 govern decently. When this un-
due stimulus Is removed, as It viii
and must sooner or later be our man.
ufacurers viii have TO take the same
medicine which sickened the farm
ers in the 70's. sos and early s0's.