The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-01-13

ducts is approximately $4,000. .oOO. GOV
or 81 0Uu H.. Zach farmer
! The liQuu. ..iGStry purchases every
year about $luu cuh 900 worth Of pro-
duce from the l..raIc.' Therefore the
! liquor industry consume Just one per
cent Of all that the tarm,: produces:
that il. $40 for each farmer ia the Unie
cd States.
Tho question is: What will III"
poor" farmer do with his $40 worth ui
produce which the liquor industry CAL
! not purchase wien 1t Is put out ot
business? He may BE- compelled to
feed some Of It to his Horses or cows
or pigs. Even in this case the produce
would not be a loss to him city
man who doesn't know the first thing
about farming knows this. It IL nbso-
lutely certain that he will never be
compelled to throw away this $40 wor-
, tn of material which is troubling the
liquor men so grievously.
The chances are that somebody else
beside the liquor men will find use for
the farmers grain and grapes and ap-
pies and cherries. To listen to the
defender of the saloon one would
think that nobody likes grapes and
cherries unless they come in the form
of booze What about the millions Of
youngsters. and nobody knows how
I ~, T<r ,;x.l,.
tually have chance to eat all the fruit
they want and really need? THEY
don't complain about eating grapes
and cherries. instead of drinking the
booze that these might make.
What will happen to the farmers
! when the brewers and distillers no
longer buy their products? Farm ex-
perts tell us that the day is fast ap-
preaching when the American farmer
will be unable to raise enough produce
to supply this country
The total product of the farmer has
! increased during the past forty years.
but the percentage of agricultural i'm
ports has remained practically the
same, while that of agricultural ex-
ports has decreased about thirty per
cent. This means that the farmer Is
finding in increasing demand for
his output in this country.
Labor-saving machinery has per-
mitted the individual farmer to cult
vate more acres, but he hasn't in
creased tho output per acre. From
1899 to 1909 the acreage in the United
States used for raising cereals-corn
wheat. oats, barley, rye, etc.-increas-
cd only 3 per cent. The amount ac-
tually produced increased only II per
cent. But the population of our
country during this period increased
twenty-one per cent, about twelve
times as fast as the increase in the
amount of cereals raised. Meanwhile
the value of these cereals Increased
seventy-nine per cent.
There are over twenty million fam
lilies in the United States which would
purchase the stuff now sold to the liq-
uor men According to a study made
by the Department Of Labor of the
United States, the average gorking-
| mans family spends annually about
$500 for food. This would make
total of at least $4,000. 100000 per
year for the 100000 families
Ii the 20.000,0O0 families were each
to increase their purchasing power
olc per cent or $500 per year, it would
| amount to exactly $100, 1000 .000-thc sum
of the liquor mems purchases from
the farmer. But let US assume that
the retail figure at which the average
| family would be compelled to buy is
| twice as high as the liquor men pay.
| This would increase the amount nee
| essary to be purchased to SO per year
| for each family. or about twenty cents
per week
There can be no doubt that with
the increased earning power and spen-
ding ability of the average working
mans family-due to the abolition OF
the liquor traftc-the average family
will easily wish to spend at least
twenty cents more per week for cherr-
les. peaches. apples, berries, and the
various forms OF grain, to say moth
ing about flour and bread and other
materials which come primarily from
the farm.
There is no need to worry about the
farmers Anyway. the farmers are
voting out the saloon every time they