Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-06-11

aon OF price advance, a trlne less
lhan W, 1000, tl0, Oth THAT sum wnH
paid by the consumers Ut tionr nnd
miatnes ana henns ana lard ana II
IOng Hat uf other eatablea, ana IL
charged by many Of them 10 the NAL
ian influence Of the tnrin, the wlcknd
m%arhiNatiOna at the trusts or the rap
noily Of The railroads.
We have no quarrel with our az,
soil, hui N any honest search for TIE
facts OF lhe existing economic hitlh-
,lon IN any fair investigation " tho
oalses Of the plaacnl hph cost Of Nv
Ing, lhia tOrca IN price mnltnE mnH,
BE made prominent, comparison OF
returns for individual years Ia unfair,
hnt the method il unavoidable IN cen.
sns taking,
On a broader basis tho percentages
are changed, hnt the fundamental fact
remains nnaltoreh, Thus the aver
age wheat crop t0r the iVeNonr pert
oh, lSnS noe, was d1a0o0, 900 mshtls
and for me i've yeNrperi0d ten years
later, mos lala, II was Ud' O0o,oOo
bushels, an increase Of about 4 per
cent nut the farm, price Increased
90 per cent, from al average OF 90
cents q hnAhel to an average OF 10
| cents, On ,ha same basis corn shows
an increase " "a per cent IN guam
ti,N ana ~ ner cent in farm price,
and potatoes ot 40 per cent IN Onan
thy AMI 40 per cent in price, Up 10
date details Of price and PREDICTION are
not available for tho many farm prod
nets that are Included IN the list OF
articles OF daily household ronsnmp
ton, but the h~0nsckeoper does not
need Ia he told that she " paying
Mlly ID 10 40 per cent more for fresh
fruits, vegetables, huttot tsgs, cheese
and numerous Ntner commodities that
she did ten years ago, although many
~ those who Nay the hills do not
seem TO know that a large part or
their money g0ea to the worthy farm
ar rather than to the hanetnl trust,
The hgures concerning heef cattle
and the conditions Affecting the sale
Of heat on the block quite effectively
prohibit any accurate presentation ~
| the influence VI farm values in rela,
lion 10 hlock prices, hut cattle appear
to he worth about oNethird more than
they were ten years ago, The change
In price OF lard, hams and bacon a
he more definitely located, A hog on
the farm ia worth a good bit more
than twice what he VAS ten wears
ago, Our cotton goods cost us more
money NOW than they did ten Years
ago. largely by reason Of the fact that
the plantation price OF raw cotton has
In that time practically deNhled,
The latest census statistics Of the
! production Of dairy products AM ad,
mittedly meXact but the general state,
meNt is made that the combined
farm and factory production OF butter
was lelAalA,NNA pounds in 1000 and
| 1,aQl, TN 900 pounds in 1899, an in,
crease vi only Sc per cent in QNanti,
", to supply the requirement. Of a 81
per cent increase in population, 1t
would make no difference in the price
of the commeaity, for the reason that
there is no appreclaMe Surplus sup
ply in any other country, but batter
should certainly SO on the fCee hist,
for moral effect il for no other rea-
son, The egg situation is 70 some an
tent eNpla med by the statement Of
| the bureau that "The average vaNne
a dozen a. reported by the Farmers
Increased hNm $NilN to 50 tA&." The
egg crop, partly estimated, is report,
ed as | ,aa& e62, Ans dozen In 1899 and
| 1,A9l,Sl1&7t dozen IN 1909, the re
! spectiVe total values beng Sl44,a +e,
AL ana SSN&, ass, $50 1t Is to be re
membered that prices aNetea here are
! prices on the farm and nnt IN the
store, A part OF the Increase IN the
cost Of clothes and blankets @ay Ne
| attributed to the faet that the aver
age price of a pound Of Wool was
| SO, eA IN 1894 and $Aaa& in tSa9
In thta light the faraer appears as
a netaele beneficiary OF price IncFease
in recent years, but it is as NatrGe
that all Of the Increase has gone into
his bank aeeeNet or his assets as II
is that the duty on manufactures goes
only tntn the pockets OF the nsaA@fae-
tareps.
The attitude Of the present COR
9ress, with it's promised aewRwsrd
revision Of the tarte, toward the agrs
ealtNral schedule will be watched
Swith as mach interest as It's strsss,
fgAes vita the wocfea schedule, the
cotton and the metal and eAeafea
schedules -Leslses Weekly.
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