The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-09-11

NV prophecy is founded on the fol-
lowing facts: Sixty per cent. of the
neoule of the United States live in
the country and in towns of 5000
inhabitants and under
The trade in these towns and viii
Isges is dependent upon the prosper
ity of the farmers.
It is also a well-admitted fact that
when the farmer is depressed and
ceases to buy implements and to build
that trade the large cities suffer.
At the present time farmers every
where are hopeful, and even jubilant.
talked to 5000 farmers at Ames,
Iowa, the seat of the State Agricul-
tural school. In the audience We had
students, teachers. professors and a
good many prosperous farmers.
The sentiment of the audience was
that farmers were to get bigger and
better price for their products for the
next year than they have in the past.
Wheat will be a dollar, or a dollar
ten, before Christmas; corn will be
so to SIS cents; oats will be so cents.
Farmers will be getting 10 cents for
hogs at the railroad stations; cattle in
proportion.
Wages of all kinds are going to be
higher. Farmers in Iowa and Illinois
have been paying So and 81 day to
harvest hands. At Ames | met a
man who had just hired 100 students,
husky country boys from IS to %, at
sia day and board, to work on thrash
ing machines and dig bitches for tile.
High wages means good business
for dealers in clothing, boots, shoes
and all sorts of living commodities.
The fact that we have bumper
crops in every line and that prices are
high means that the farmers are 60
ing to build; also that they are going
to buy agricultural implements on a
scale that they have never done be-
fore.
The only depression that exists in
America is in the big cities. The
towns, villages and country are hope
tuL
The United States, Russia and Ar.
gentina are the three great grain-pro-
aucing centers. Russia's wheat crop
Is below the normal, whereas our is
above.
Europe is absolutely compelled to
look this way for food.
Argentina has good crops, which
means that her farmers will be in
me market for vast quantity of goods
which heretofore have been purchas-
60 largely in Germany, Austria and
France.
and South America will look this
way for agricultural implements, ma
enlnery and commodities in thous
and forms.
me trade from South America will
Y shifted largely from Europe to the
enited States. The prosperity of
soath America will also be doubly
Vafs Tor not only will we share in the
prosperity Of South America. but we
WI thrive through the fact that prac-
ucaily all Europe has quit productive
"Osk IN order to destroy.
We are now harvesting our cotton
ssOp' which is worth approximately
sl5a0Oe,OOO.
ine factories of France, Germany
4lu austria are closed, but manufac-
'nang In England will continue as
Assef before. 1t is not at all prob
a9is that England will be invaded,
-Aa treat Britain will see to it that
pathway across the sea is kept
0ar' and this will mean that a good
atlty OF our cotton will be ao-
s0reed IN England.
uieat Britain is the best foreign
a.'omer Of the United States. Great
lam buys from US every year goods
le extent of $500, 100000. We buy
ssA nom Great Britain goods to the
went Of s2OO,OOO,OOO. This means a
100000. y ~
siand does not produce enough
@ take care Of her people. and
we next year she will make big
ands on US for food products. But
slil purchase from the Continen.