Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-24
Big FUTURE FOR FARMERS
Consumers Increase at More Rapi.
Rate Than Producers.
DEMAND FOR ALL PRODUCTS
ID. Glenn Deaver Tells Why This 4,
the Opportune Time to Secure
Farms and to Rsise Cereals
for the Market.

The present outlook for farming is GER
tainly bright for the reason that care
ful analysis of business conditions points
TO the fact that there is today smaller
percentage Of people engaged in produc-
ing things good to eat than ever before
in the history Of this country" said D.
Glenn Deayer, head of the homeseekers
information bureau Of the Burlington
road.
Transportation has become so cheap
ened throughout the world that many OF
the farm products are now considered
worlds products in all parts of the civ
liked world. For example, butter made in
Nebraska and Denmark is sold in Lon
don, matches made in Norway are sold
in all American cities at one penny per
box. canned goods produced in the United
States are sold in all parts OF the civilized
world. Likewise farm machinery, mining
machinery and many products too nu-
merous 10 mention.
I'VE have today in the world 6s5Op
miles of railroad, more than one-half OF
which has been constructed during the
last twenty-six years, and We have count
less thousands of miles OF trolley lines
throughout the United States, the greater
portion of which were built during the
last fifteen years. These railroads and
trolley lines now employ thousands OF
consumers. The steel business has
grown immensely and employs thousands
Of consumers that do not produce things
TO eat. The oil business has grown
equally great employing thousands Of con-
sumers that do not produce things to eat
and the happy thought for the farmers
is that q good amount Of his farm prod
uets today Will buy more transportation
and more oil and more steel than ever
before and with the percentage Of con-
sumers growing faster than the percent
fsee OF producers, the outlook for the
farmer in getting good prices for many
years to come is very bright.
Consumers Increase.
"A little thought will show why the
consuming population has grown SO much
faster than tho producing population.
For instance, in the farm machinery line
one company employs $500 agents.
Breakfast foods are only recent innoNs-
ton, also package goods. Yet We find
breakfast foods and various kinds OF
package goods on every store shelf In the
United States, and this industry employs
countless thousands who are consumers,
hui do not produce things to eat. The
automobile business has grown up dur
ing the last twelve years. This Industry
EMPLOYS many, many thousands OF con-
sumers that do not produce things to eat
An examination OF the last census
shows wonderful growth Of the cities
The building Of these cities required the
services OF large numbers OF skilled me-
chanIcs and also persons employed IN the
lumber business, sawmill business and
cement business, plumbers, etc. Last
wear 100000 barrels Of cement were
made IN the United States. These are all
comparatively now industries In the mat
ter Of employment of large numbers.
we also have a very great increase IN
the number OF persons engaged In the
picture business, this being recognized as
the picture age az well as the cement age
Employe. Are Increasing. st
.The increase in the number OF con-
suners employed by express companies
nv che limited States mail service. uni
yersitIes, correspondence schools, muniei-
nal employees, travelling statesmen, etc, Is
enormous. The people employed In cleo
,ric,ty work, which is also COMPARE
lively new institution, are consumers thS'
do not produce things TO eat.
Another new industry that has en-
Moved many consumers is irrigation con-
struction. During the last twelve years
practically aOo,no.oOO has been spent In
this way.
we have also n very large Increase
in the number Of people employed as
doctors. lawyers, politicians, insurance
and bond brokers, hotel and restaurant
keepers sightseeing companies and ~
tired farmers, and the farmer who farms
must feed them all.
The acreage available for crop pro-
ducing is not increasing very fast' ou'-
side Of the increase in corn acreage !"
the state OF Oklahoma, during the last
period of ten years the increase IN the
United States was only little more
than 1900 acres cultivated to corn. one
state alone showed a decrease OF N5'Z' /
acres cultivated to corn.
Less Cultivated in the East.
Other eastern states that showed an
increase IN population showed very
marked decrease in the cultivated area
This industrial population has grown so
great in the eastern states that the dairy
men of the east find such poor market
for milk that they are not producing as
much butter, proportionally. as formerly
Therefore, butter producing has grown
more in the west than in the east.
The method OF one-year renting
throughout the Mississippi valley eoun'
fry is having the effect of robbing the
soil OF its fertility and cannot be con-
tinued.
The last census shows that there are
less cattle in the United States than ever
before. There is also at the present
time a scarcity Of hogs in the United
states and the sheep Industry has been
somewhat injured.
Taking all Of these matters into con-
sideration, there can be no question
about future good prices for everything
produced by farmers, and this should be
an encouragement TO persons contemplate
Inc ,bsg b,tsfnass"