Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-09


evs-Y gn6pcs r11rs mat. but Tor IRE
tix1r ro1eT eszd41IGns- T. world g
ssiG3 z31aer- Apparently tae farmers
II rne lard are enjoying grprses-
tssrre1 5rcspsr1rY FaY sEea. sTs1
~ implication. suzxssC that sor1e-
/. TING may re wrong Ufeh our zgri-
e1firIrs. ara rasC ne trouble may 5s
c1r-.-nn5eated y CTR manufactures
ard cnrnnercsT Psocle III the cites
ara tIspcsed 20 tsfak t.a- II there
- anything Trorz t. - II tns cites
where TODD - selling n sUcE aigh
prices ard ac- II the country waere
THE ssn6 is p-o6gce1 But seth saraz
and city students II zaE.oEaI 1ro6-
Isras zee N rhe present Agricultural
Situation certain conditions rhscG
give cause far rsaI cnnrsru 20 avery
lover u his country
Intelligent o5scussior
Ar Intelligent discussion II 1zr
agriculture a. the present tErae a-1sr
take Hote AZ what nas happened si1ce
the middle II zsE cer-1rT 4.
ira. tlnze = aZ1e rr3ra! civilization "a
5een 5EIir - =asr II the N.ssstasl1c
-.QA~. WITH OHIO r she rear- cc -r4
enru 5etr ard standing N zhc,Gc ire
sar.se relation Ea tEe ag-icglr3-z "a
tEac taF tka1 Iowa Sands ro6ay
Tie Agricultural t--nrIer FAD Beer
pushed beYsnG the A.ssissi1p., and
abundant fnoG was being raised =
Ss1rcrr he giving III. .srr.al ia
II IRE East
TIE canae re Cl7I War. ard IA
owing L tae -Eac wssreru n1Ez
Ton Iac1 tne ter-.Ie. cper pia.cs q
what "a Sow tie Central Tesr
Throsga tae homestead ax ghe xos-
erza-euc gave 4 farm II re r1cFz@sr
and II cre world TO every raaa VIC
wanted 1Ae. Railroads xers bssgr,
Ere 1rair1es uere ploVs6 1I. ard a..
lacsC overnight the agricultural zrn-
1Ec1lo1 es zee United srares x.
creased ~ afry Ger csn- Grains
were 5ro1scac ard sod AZ cae bar
ersr Il Gt!lzsnz the SOL. aat the
faraers Il the cider s-z-es III IRE
@a-s- rsre snaochere4 6T rn.s so19 "A
cheap grain TIE ozIg -a.rg TIA.
crH-St D. 9ore WIKI fa.s s7.Der.
Abundance u food was 70 bg4II1
etrses or. II T. Ana z-ea. ctct@s xs
IA bEiI<. rat only n tae T-at-e,1
1tates, bat acroas The seas. The
wo-iG has never seen, ard probahly
RAY never again see, s11rh TARIFF
. IN pulse toward city building Oh a
vast scale IA that watch vas x.vz-
~ TIE ever p-ctzcrlon If fam, Ere.
f1zcts during th@ latter part II tbs
Nineteenth century and III r-s- "a.
Jears II IKE txentIeth-
Farm Grown Imports fr>r.sss
" hat Are ordinarily dun statistics
VIII sfE1kIngiy ilIgTnine rhe sfrus-to,-
Whicn have beer trying 70 convey
In re feca1e from 1870 70 1910 rhs
cftT population If the Ca..ed SITES
increased thirtyave per cert. willis
ne rural population increased ea,y
eleven per cent The number n
Farm Utilities probably increased
1888 but ~ do kaor oaacssfly INA,
fh@ city Population increase. r7or,
. than three tines as rapidly a. the
ruFa! population The figures ars
rot yet compiete for the decade end.
iHS this 7ear. but SUFFICIENT report,
have been Published 70 give ia a YER
dependable eztirate TIE tudics.
tons are that no increase VIII hs
SHOWN in the number o. rarrns and
no increase in strictly farm popula.
'3on- In all probability. da-E,z
frcna 1921. We shall estimate Gu,
arm population az thirty per cent
q the whole while The urban popu.
iasIon Eiii make Up the other seven.y
Der cent
AHcther interesting fact TO reveal
] tae danger in changing conditions
OniV few decades ago. indeed from
the Very beginning, the export. NJ
,nf United States were soiI-grown n,
farm produced materials On ,h-
o'ner hand. most Of our import.
were manufactured articles. In thu
.ast half century. year after yea,
me exports Of farm-grown product.
nave decTeased-excepr during .b.
world Tar-ant exports Of manu-.
iactursd products have increase
until again we are rapidly reachins
the Zero mark from the s.aodr.otn.
o. agricultural supplies to the world
IAch year our imports show large,
and larger Quantities Of faru-rovy
products and the time 10 almost Wit,
us when the imports Of farm-eroxr
products will exceed the exports II
short. when our farm pooula,.n,
VIII not be supplying the product,
necessary for our own pesopIe
Forced to Grinding Economy
: The farmer suffered during ,,,,
changing period. Over-produc+to-
means low prices. and he over-pro.
duced with vengeance. though ),
was an inevitable part Of the schem.
OF American development. He va,
Obliged to practice grinding scono.
my. and TO live as far "A posssb,.
from his own acres. He did live &c.
sentiaiiy within his own productfr.
ity. and the farm was the factor,
Tor the agricultural home. Land
poor was a common expression m
the farming country. Many. an1
especially the ambitious boys. aban.
doned the farms and added them
selves to the growing r,onu,s,,o, y.