Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-06-26
BUMPER CROPS
IN MIDDLE WEST
Will Insure Return of Pros
porous Times in the Fall,
Says Percy B. Sovey.
TROUBLES OF RAILROADS
Record Crops Of Wheat and
Corn Now Assured. Winter
Wheat is Great.


are going to be good in the fall. The
farmers will have cashed in on their
wheat crop by that time, the corn
crop will be ready for harvest, and
the scare that has held back the
country will take flight. We get this
from dopesters with clean prediction
records.
Don't get the notion into your head
that the present depression in busi-
ness came in with the democrats.
Nothing to that line of talk. The
bottom dropped out of things in Au-
gust, 1911, and we've been going
slow ever since. Crops were below
normal that year, little better in
1912, and a whole lot worse in 1913.
AeountifuI Harvest.
Throughout this section farmers
are harvesting the greatest wheat
crop of record. Kansas, which never
before produced as much as 100000
600 husbels of winter wheat, will con-
tribute 135,OOO.OO0 or more to the
worlds supply Texas is out for a
new high mark, while Oklahoma,
which hasn't raised anything worth
mentioning for four straight years,
has wheat to burn. Colorado, Iowa,
Nebraska, Missouri and the Dakotas
also have record wheat corps.
The outlook for corn is equally
good. There have been timely rains
in the corn belt and moderate wealth
er of late has created ideal growing
conditions.
Saved by Winter Wheat
Winter wheat saved many . farm
er. During the winter wheat had
grown so well 1t was used for pas
ture. The corn crop failed last year.
so winter wheat provided providential
feed for stock. This pasturing on
wheat fields did not hurt the yield,
as is evidenced by the magnificent
crop now being harvested.
With an unequaled wheat crop and
good corn crop the country will see
return to normal business condi'
tions.
Troubles Of the Railroads.
Times would be good right now had
it not been for two main causes. The
crop failure of 1913 was one, and
the difficulties besetting the railroads
was another.
| Every railroad in America was
over-promoted, nd 1t was inevitable
that a day of reckoning would come
It has come, and an administration
with a good stiff backbone compelled
the roads to meet the issue squarely
The roads are fighting, of course, and
are exerting every effort to prevent
the lowering of rates. The nervous
ness in railway circles has been re
Elected in industries depending large
iy on the roads for business, and the
volume of trade has suffered thereby
The condition is improving.
Big Gain in Imports
For the three months recently end
ed there was a remarkable gain in
imports into the country, and for the
first time they exceeded exports
Something of this sort was predicted
by those who opposed the new tariff
but the tariff was only slightly tt
blame.
The rise in imports was due to oul
importations of corn and beef cat
tie. We had no corn, so drew or
the Argentine market. Likewise W.
went there for beef. This had nevel
previously been done, and the limo
walton turned the trade balancs
against us. Well have wheat ant
corn to export soon. however, ant
then we'll get even.
When there Is crop failure o.
depression in any line of trade, every
body who has a dollar hides it. Thu
people dearly love to become fright
ened But the day of panics is passed
We will do business on more rea
sonable basis. Profits won't be 81
great, but times will be steadier.
PERCY B. SOVEY.