Evening journal., 1920-10-11
AMERICAN FARMER FED THE WORLD.


from this country during the nve-year war period Is
shown by statistics gathered and published by the he-
publican Publicity Association, through It's president Hon
Jonathan Bourne Jr in setting forth phase Of the part
which the American farmers played in the winning OF the
World War He calls attention the fact that in his ad-
dress at the Minnesota State Fair. Senator Warren g.
Harding dwelling on the ordinary dull statistics, con-
cernng the disparate OF city with rural popua
tons 1900" paid his tribute to tho farmers in these
words 1.-THE splendid part played by the farmers OF the
nation during the probably never will be understood
or fully appreciated by people. They took to heh-
selves the responsibility Of feeding not only our own
people, but also allies the sea The story ot
what they did written by one who understands H.
will furnish Of the most glorious chapters In Amer-
can history"
With view to presenting a phase OF the part played
by our agricuuralisis during the war the following
ordnary dun statistics have been deved from the official
figures Of the United States Department OF Commerce.
showing exports. The European war broke out 10
the latter part July 1911 and the Versailles treaty was
signed by the plenpoteniiares June B 1919 PracueaS
this period includes fiscal years Of our foreign trade
i95-i99 inclusive The figures do not include vast guam
titles OF products supplied armies while over
seas to devastated Europe and those which for
strategic reasons were recorded In official statistics
as they left our ports,
During these Ave fiscal years, Mr. Bourne says, the
value OF our exported breadstus S3is0OOOO TRey
Included iO7OOOOOO bushels OF barley 5s0OOO POUNDS
of bread and biscuit 100000 bushels Of buckwhea 2O9
100000 bushels Of corn 100000 barrels Of cornmea asa
600 bushels OF OATS OOO000 pounds OF oatmeal Io
100000 pounds OF rice s0OoOOOo bushels OF rye 2oou
barrels OF rye nour 795Oo0OO bushels OF wheat VOco
barrels OF wheat -four, and 10000 tons OF Dran ana u
dnss mlll> feed and malt sprouts Vegetables ioiaeu
stai oooooo I'm value and included 100000 bushels Of
dried meas and beans 100000 bushels OF potatoes; %
ooo oo mounds peanus Seeds tOialed value OF SoVor
600 including i27OOoOOO pounds Of clover, timothy ee
Hay i2sOOO tons; hops 100000 pounds malt i'oooOVO
bushels.
Tho meat and dairy products export bill was s2l6ioo-
OOo Il included 3ooOO00oO pounds Of fresh peer
lbs 10000 OF fresh pork a 10000 Of mutton; o0O"U
Of bacon ham and shoulders 34i2OOoOoo OF oleo mar
rarlne lard etc 95OOO0OOO Of prepared meats The value
Of animals exported was s299O0OOO including 100000 cat
ue 1900 hogs; over 100000 horses &6 600 mules 49,
900 sheep Uncurod hides and skins 100000 psunds Vi
dairy products exported 100000 pounds OF buer
S29OO0OOo Of cheese; 7i3OOOoO pounds OF milki iiV
10000 dozen egss .... 49,.
Fuiits came to s209OOOOOO which included 222oooOW
mounds of dried apples aprcos and peaches; 2o3OOoOV
or prunes POI Of rasns Also l7lOOo barres
Of apples 95OOO boxes emons 7s2s0OO boxes oranges
sss67OOO worth OF berries and s0oO0o worth OF cameo
fruits
6s 500 900 gallons srup and moasses u 79OOOOOO pounu
glucose and grape sugar; 100000 honey Also oSio'
600 pounds Of table and other starch -
OF cotton we exported 3O2i6aOO bales, worth sS3SoOo
600; oil cake and oil cake meal 6SoooOOOO ponnos' TWO
,hrds Of which was cottonseed oil cake and Vescsnl
m oils Valued at si63526OOO included O23SS3oOO pounds
N cotonseed oil
1h value Of tobacco exports was S503OOO0oO in whic
were included 2i22 100000 pounds Of unmanufaciure
tobacco; 635O0OOO OF smoking and plus; 100000 cigar
and 3iOOO0OQoO cigarettes
These figures, agsresatlng roughly siiOOOOOOOO
value OF officially recorded agricultural exports estif
'e to the tremendous contributions to the great whc
10 came from American farmers.
e In the course Of these operations the farmers lahore
under severe handicaps The cost plus system adopte
by the Wilson administration resulted in unheard
all wages TO labor and nurng large numbers OF hands lro
ed the farms to the factories Il utterly impossible Il
the farmers To compete with government contractors
of wage scales and for every dollar which these cost pu
ed contractors paid they received profit OF
mt cents from the government which raised its funds Il
discharsing these obligations by Federal taxation.
the same time great many thousands Of young men we
exempted from the draft the ground that they we
M engaged essential industries, while the youth employ
on the farms and needed by the farmers to husband q
W. soil and reap the haryesis accorded no SUI
=, exemption.
or course the exhaustion Of soil fertility conseque
upon the fearful drafts farm lands during the pa
nve years can not be measured in dollars and cents
win II be restored by the si6OOoooO spent by the admin
iralion on nitrate plants which have never produced
pound Of product
Senator Harding has pointed TO the necessity for a
finite agricultural policy which will put an end to
plotting our agricultural resources FOR the bsnon OF
industrial and commercial lie, and he warns us that
we are to build up self-sustaning agriculture here
nc home the must be protected from unfair co
petition from those countries where agriculture is S
ing being exploited and where The standards Of living on
lat farm are much lower than here.
The Republican candidate, Mr. Bourne asserts has c
mi reciy sensed the situation which threatens In
the last protective year the value OF Imports OF fo
stuTs aggregated ~SO60OOOOO 1920 fiscal year enc
June 90 they aggregated Si5iiOOOOO0 an increase
Int g3 per cent while population increasing per &C
This was under the Democratic policy OF free trade
Tor farm products to which policy the party OF MIR Cox
once more acknowledged eaty in the San Francisco p
cen FORM To TINS poley MI hau'ns resls'es MS ulu
fed opposition saying 80 long America can prod