The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-06

which will be readily granted. That
Involves discount charges. There are
also storage charges. transportation
expenses. and many in%cidentals which
Will cut considerably into the aggre-
gate sum received by the farmers.
All sorts OF estimates have been re-
ceived in the past Of the net returns
Of the American farmers as a result
OF their marketing of the harvests
for n one year. Should the net
eturns be no greater than ten per
cent. then the American farmers will
have to the good between nine hun
dred million and a billion dollars.
What that means for general pros
perity It is not necessary to explain.
south for the past ten years have
made much Of the industrial and COM
mercial growth Of that section posi-.
BILE.
A Ten Billion Dollar Nation.
When Thomas b. Reed was q men,
Der OF the lower house Of congress he
replied to a criticism directed at the
magnitude OF his appropriations by
an eptgram which has passed into
history. this is a biliion-dollar coun.
try" II some Of the estimates which
money value of the harvests Of this
year are justified by the event.. then
we can properly speak of our country
as a ten-billion- dollar nation.
Conservative estimates. or. at least
estimates made by conservative bank
ers in the central section Of the coun-
try. now fix the money value Of the
crops at about 39.050,000. 900. The
detailed nature OF this estimate sug-
gested by the figures $50, 900, 900 in
dicates that the estimate is a com
putation or calculation based upon in
formation, and is not mere guess
work. This is the estimate made by
President George Reynolds. who has
in Chicago built up one of the great
est banking institutions Of the Worid
VA TINS city estimates have been
cron aithnm ade OF a o
mo-, " = ''ousn tneee hsuIes are oaseo
u uro eonainua.aon OF the favorable
matur;ty az tha eesa s.oS
nlgn llmati Influences. and an i'm
~ '.e"t IN the condltion OF n cot
~ tha ~. ~ WIN tne latest
Al sr uil hnt e~s.llnates.
tho har..e. ena. the money value OF
ROW. atei. eco M y nn VIII DC ap-
~ maaee's greater than
1a11 Thssa fs" VI the naIVest IN
es,im.,a no.. nsuses are u to the
ance Of traG G maze ia OF the tisloIe nai,
Ctotee Fo~ At.
san,es ~ TOR TN TINS ea,endar year. although
Senra. tns %sst!lnates 90 not PUT the
WE nisher man seoo.ooo.0o
Mi,h tme creatlon OF an interna-
no ona Nisluie traoe balance. approx
ITn,tass saual to the estimates. the
LIZ STATES VIII De IN position to
rona very sreat credits IN Eu.
lnese ereolts can be utilized
rreatar nrnnn eins OF some OF the
propositions now planned.
aney VII undouotedly, although in
on ,n1,ree. way. serve to aid in the
srsat necessary for the new
SUBWAY systems Of the greater city
ne" YORK.
James j.. Hills View.
Whether the aggregate money ,,.,,,e
to the producer Of The harve.tso ~ th;s
900 more than hat neverths1es. 0I ~
amount is far under the estsmate
made bv lanes ! G,n &c 1etl'a.e
farmers of the United States sho,,I,II
year receive for Their crons o NJ
Hill is understood 10 have sid NJ
quite a wear AGO when ~ az no.
made Of the monev vaIue ~ sh.s
round numbers that nc v:o ooo' o oOT,
about ona.haIf of e"'s ~as oMly
farmers should rec.,,,a a., aJney inc
age each vear NJ IA, om ene aver
cording to remarks a%ttrihutsS hv
friends to him, that the crops of thu
United States should now have n
money value of at least sI5. 600 q =
900. He e bv this statement
that, through Improvement in The
methods of the cultivstion of the sn,i
and sowing n harvestsne n adentl
ing possible economics in the prodne.
ton of crops. In ann,v;ne nrtaotnie.
of science. esneciaTv ~ cSan,;a.s, 60
agriculture. and in he conn,,ast ~ ~
new lands so that thav co,,id he maSa
available for crons ,he rarn,er.. nne
for douhi,n1 the vas r,v ~
turn is unauestioned "" fe-
Favorable Climate h.. =, .,,...
been The chief .cu .s ..
the realization ~ wsae HEM IN
be bumper crops this ~ear This con ~
dition. however. is in bart due to inn
nroved II ~ p1I. 1ue - IM-
Skilled a%rtisanshtn caa 'n ha lasn'y
accessorv of az yreot ,,oi,n a ~ ~
Tarma..S VI 10 great Value 70 the
machinerv aur;cni,rna p".nSroao y.
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