Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-12-07
Venerable Cabinet Member,
After Record Breaking Ser.
vice Of 16 Years, Sums Up
COuntry's Advance. wn
WEALTH PRODUCTION =
INCREASES l4l PER CENT
Present Year Most Productive
in History of America;
$lO5,0O0,O0O Grand Total
of Farm Wealth.
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Washington. Dec, 6---After slyteen
y"ars, record OF servlco In tho cab
met secretary OF Agriculture Wilson
hihmttcd today to President Taft
the last annual report no will make
as head uf tho United states depart-
m"nt of agriculture, The report n
n"r" than review of me past years
work; II contains u summary of the
agricultural advance of tho oountPp
during the Vcncrs bio sccrstary's term
ur public service.
The record Of sixteen years has
been written" no AayA ''It begins
with u yearly farm production oe
Sl"00, 100000 and cndB with 9a,kHs.a
""o, ,000. SlXtocn yoars ago tho enfun-
80 was u joke OF the cRrlcaturint; n0VR
ho TX like the stone that was ratooke0
hy the builder and has became the
head stono az tho corner" Tho eiiloEn
of the soil wcro burdened with debts,
hc adds, hut prosperity followed ana
grow with unexamplcd speed. Bagans
nlngs have been made In a prod,io-
tlon per HCrG increasing faster than
the natural increase OF population.
turc and OF country life. r.
During tho past RlAteen yeArn the
farmer hnH steadily Increased tho
wealth production year BY year. with
The exception OF 1871. During tho
Elneon years tho farmery, wealth pgq.
duction Increased 1il per cent
Most productive Of AL agricultural
years In tho country hnH been 1913.
TIL" earth has produced its GTeateRt
nnnrnl dividend, Tho sun ana tha
rain ana the fertility Ot tho s0l1
needed not the human controverAlea,
hut kept ON working In corporation
with thu farmers efforts to utilise
them. Tho prices at tho farm arc
generally profitable ana will continue
the prosperity that FARMERS have on-
Joyed In recent years. The total pro-
duotlon or fnrm wealth In the highest
Yet reached by hnlf n billion dollars.
Tho grand total for 1912 ls estimated
10 he SO,532. 900 900. This in more
thun twice tho vnluc OF the farm
wealth In 1891"
More than tlO6.OOO. 100, 900 In the
grand tota Of farm wealth produce
tion, tho report Huys. during the past
sixteen years, an amount equal To
about thr"u-uuuricrH of tho present
nntiunul wealth,
The most "ffcctiy" move toward re-
duccd cost of living IN the production
or greater crops, says the secretary.
ana this move no declares IL due 90
ih" work of tho department Of aGri-
culture colleges and experiment sta
llons and to tho help OF the press
IN publishing every movement to help
the farmers. Tho Nation, hO ndda
forgot lts farmers In tho general
scheme nf education OF past years
nnd few philnnthrnplsts thought nf
them when giving for education, but
they arc waking up and thinking for
Themselves and congress has been
good To them.
/ Tho secretary ilrst takes up tho
/ work nf the various bureanR or his
department In tho past year and then
tells Of tho growth In some instances
from their foundation OF these bu-
rcnus during tho timo no has heen
head Of the department. ITO praises
highly tho experts who have worked
under him.
THE great ana growing movement
carried on by the department for az
riculmrnl bptteTment," no declares,
Inns not been sustained solely by one
mum nor by n fcw mon. a choice
corps of scholarly experts In their
Hpeolol lines OF OndeagoP has been
growing IN mombershlp, n breadth
OF Wow. ana In tho practical appIicn-
ti0n ~ their efforts.
Tho department IN prepared "a
contlnu" and Increase itA public HoFv-
ico. During slxIoon years "a 'haH pro-
grcssod from the klndaRgaFton
through tho primary. middle ana up
per grades Of development until now
II han u thousand tongues that speak
with authority" h
From u department With a,ltl en-
ployes In 1897 and an appropriation
of $S,272.003, II has Increased 20 iS,.
SOS employees at the beginning OR the
present fiscal year with an appgopFla.
tlOn this year OF almost $4,000, ,0A0.
whereas there are now Se,OeB 20
quests every week for department
publications.. th6ro were hue SEQ n
1897; and during this period 1gN10e.-
O0O copies have been dielEthnloa ~
soil Investigation an area AZ o1e. 0eo
square miles, equal 10 thea pf der
many France, ureat Britain trolan6
land Italy has haan asovan1.a n ~