Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1913-09-25
NATURE IEACHES
: INVESTIGATION

FARM e SOF UNITED STATES DO
NC g ROBERLY BALANCE
a TION,S RATIONs.
(By Pc e Radtord, Texas Farmers
6. uninn.)
Fort s th, Texas, Sept. -22.-The
problem t confronts the American
farmer lin importance to distri-
button, is diversification, for what is
needed is as necessary information to
the farmer as where it is needah.
Many states and countries boast of
their povers of diversification, but
very few of them exercise it. In this
article shall uae .Ee0as to illustrase
conditionB which exist in all other
states.
Build a wall around Texas and We
would starve to death. This state
ment is made in defiance Of gilded
phrases used by orators and stock
expressions employed by sensational
writer's in picturing the glories! and
achievements of grand old Texas.
The idea that Texas is now an inde-
pendent indnatrial empire is phan-
tom thought that should be driven
from the life of this state. While
the Texas farmer is plowing his field,
he boards in Europe or takes his
meals with his mntghhors thousand
miles away. We should diversity
lour products SO we can dine at home
and enjoy the nnmforts and luxuries
uof home life.
have before me a balance sheet
eof Texas production and ;cnnsump-
,tion prepared By the Texas CONNER
,cial Secretaries and Business Mems
showing that out OF S3
agricultural products which we pro-
al1,ee, and of which we also consume,
wefhave a surplus production i'm tonly
amo-cotton and rice. We lead all
other states in the Union in the pro-
duction of cattle, yet our livestock
statistics show a net loss in consump-
tion cover production of 100000
per annum, due to heavy consumption
Of park and other naeat :prodncts
which are shipped in from other
states. What is true Of 1'aEas ;apphaa
with heal variation to al states and:
to the nation as whole.
Texas Clothes the World, But Buys
.B.sad From Other sls1ee.
Our civilization has charged Texas
with the responsibility Of clothing
20 per cent of the population of the
globe, but ,the burden Of providing
:raiment for 30o,o0o,0oo people is not
"a valid excuse for our begging bread
from door to door Of our neighboring
states. hold that every farmer
should live at home. We can and
should as rude, produce on the farm
all the things ne consume. - ven -
supply home markets. and when this
10 done we have made rapid progress
towards eliminating waste and inef-
ficiepcy in living. AS farmers ve
must study the pantry of our COM
munity and nation and see that its
wants are supplied
Empt, Shelves in Nations Lartier.
The farmers Of the Emitted States do
not properly balance tlRe nations ra-
tdons. Cur farmers csativate larger
areas and produce larger quantities
Of products per capita than the people
of any other nation on the globe.
We live in waste and luxury and send
. surplus Of ever a billion dollars of
agricultural products per asnum to
fonekm lands, and without sur ex-
ports the world would 80 hungry and
shiver with cold, We export 10,-
S76, ,oes bales Of cotton, 40.00s.O00
bushels sf corn. so.oo0,ooo bushals
Of wheat; livestock and its products
s1s6,0oo. 400, and miscellaneous pre-
dsets valued at $2s7.oe0.00o per an
mum. But notwithstanding the en-
v4able record Of the American farmer
as producer. the nations 1arder has
empty shelves. ss well ~ those that
overflow.
We cali upon foreign countries for
approximately quarter Of Q billion
dollars Of agricultural products an
nually which can and should be rails
ed in tho United States. will men
ton q few Of them:
Vegetables. $1s.000,ooo. itemized
AZ follows: Potatoes. $7,0OO,0oo;
canned vegetables. IS. 100000; beans
s1.s57.Ooo; peas, $1,516,00o; onions
31,2s4, 900; other vegetables, ST.
72s. 900. In dairy products we I'M