The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1916-02-10

During the year of peace we sold in
breadstuffs to Europe $1S1, 4S4,OOO
worth. In the year of war we sold
$567 ,607, 900, gain of 213 per cent
In the year of peace we sold to
Europe horses to the value OF $3,l17,-
900. In the year of war we sold them
horses to the value of $S2,276,OOO,
gain of 2,490 per cent.
In the year of peace we sold to Eu-
rope mules to the value of $622,OOO.
In the year Of war we sold them mules
to the value of $1S,041 900, a gain OF
2, 795 per cent.
During the year of peace we sold to
Europe hay to the value Of $79O,OOO.
During the year of war we sold to
Europe hay to the value of $2,263, 900,
gain of 233 per cent.
During the year of peace we sold to
Europe meats and dairy products to
the value of $13S, 10000. During the
year of war we sold them meats and
dairy products to the value of $243,-
O9s. 900, a gain of 70 per cent.
During the year of peace we sold
to Europe sugar to the value of $4,-
341 900. During the year Of war we
sold to Europe sugar to the value of
$36,S16,000, a gain of 74S per cent
Why should not the farmer of this
country be prosperous when he is feed
ing the greatest armies that this world
has ever seen? Does the Democratic
party think that there is farmer in
all America that can be deceived as to
the reason of his present prosperity
or that has forgotten the conditions
that prevailed in this country the year
before the war and the first year of
the Underwood law upon our statute
books?
What Its Mines Got.
But we are told that the mines of
this country are enjoying great pros
perity also. 1t is true that we are
selling vast quantities of the products
of our mines to Europe They are
needed for war purposes.
Taking the same dates heretofore
used-that is, from September, 1913,
to September, 1914, the year of peace
and September, 1914, to September,
1915, the year of war-and official sta
tistics tell convincing story.
During the year of peace we sold to
Europe 2,S70,000 worth of goods
manufactured from aluminium, brass.
lead and zinc. In the year of war we
sold of the same products to Europe
of the value of $66, 100000, a gain of
419 per cent. Zinc is necessary in the
manufacture of shells. In this one
item alone our sales increased from
$7S5,0O0 in the year of peace to $780,
$4,000 in the year of war, gain of
1888 per cent. Is it necessary to
stop to explain the reason for the
prosperity of our mines?
Manufacturers Helped by the War.
They tell us, too, that our wooden
mills are running, while many of them
were closed down the first year of this
Democratic tariff law. Is there an ex-
PLANTATION?
In the year of peace we sold to
Europe wooden goods to the value of
"a, $4,000. In the year of war we
sold to Europe wooden goods to the
value of $32,057 900, a gain of 574 per
cent. Is any further demonstration
needed as to the cause of the present
condition of the wooden mills?
The leather industry, they inform us
is no longer depressed as it was before
the war. Let statistics give the an
swer.
In the year of peace we sold to
Europe mems shoes to the value of
$9,6O3,OOO. In the year of war we
sold to Europe mems shoeg to the
value Of $22,669,O00, a gain of 267 per
cent.
In the year of peace we sold to
Europe goods manufactured from
leather to the value of $43, $3.50 900. In
the year of war we sold to Europe
goods manufactured from leather to
the value Of $90,S04, 900, a gain of 100
per cent.
In the year Of peace we sold to
Europe harness and saddlery to the
value of $793,000. In the year of war
we sold to Europe harness and sad
dlery to the value of $1S,434, OOJ a
gain of 1928 per cent.
Is there anything mysterious about
the increased activity in the leather in
dustry?
Steel Industry Got Some of II.
In the steel industry there has been
great activity also. Steel is the one
thing that enters more directly into