Crop and Live Stock Gains of Over a Billion
Dollars in Value.
DIFFEREKCE BETWEEN PROSPERITY AND DEPRESSION.
' * , ' < A Marvelous Statement by the Department of Agriculture ,
Which Shows Why Farmers Are with the
Administration.
The United States Department of Ag
riculture has just Issued its statement of
the value of nine of the principal crou.s
of the United States. Comparing this
value with the value of the same crops
In 180G and adding the Increased value of
live stock already published , there Is an
Increased gain of over one billion two
hundred million dollars.
It Is the difference between prosperity
and depression between Republicanism
and Democracy.
The increase is given below : ,
Increa.e in Nine Crops $ 710,722,017
Increase In tlve Mock. . G01-i-l 1,47-i
Total Gala to Farm-
era $1,212,107,001
The value on the farm of the nine prln-
clpal crops raised in the United States
was $710,722,017 larger this year than
In 1890.
The figures arc supplied by the Department -
ment of Agriculture , those for 1900 huv-
Ing just been completed. The details by
crops follow :
They received nearly $10-1,000,000 more
money for their cotton than they did In
1SOU. This year the mills were open and
there wns a demand for cotton.
American farmers received nearly $42-
000,000 more money for their crop of
oats this year than they did in 1890.
They received nearly $22,000,000 more
money for their potatoes this year than
they did in 1890. People could afford to
buy potatoes this year , as the mills were
open and good wages were being earned.
They received over $14,000,000 more
money for their barley tills i > ear , and
barley is one of the smallest of the sta
ple crops.
They received almost $0,000,000 more
money for their rye crop , which is an
other of the small staples.
American farmers have also gained
over $500,000,000 this year in the value
of their live stock as compared with
1890 , according to the Department of
Agriculture's figures. Tims we hnvq :
Increase this year , $710,722,017 in nine
staple crops.
FARM VALUKP. Incrcnue in
1800. 1000. 100O.
Corn $51S,871OI2 $850,810OOO $345O38O88
Cotton 310.O70.437 483,750,000 103,773,503
Wheat 205,008,000 , 380,000,000 114,3O1,1OO
Oats 120,2-18,880 102,187,500 41,038,011
Potatoes 75,070,302 07.350.OOO 21,070,038
Barley 18,204,000 32,337,500 14,042,504
Kye 8,340,300 14,242,500 5,800,101
Hay 000,205,504 071,000,000 1,704,430
Huckwhcnt 4,031,424 0,380,000 1,448,570
Total $1,000,334,883 $2,7O7,057,50O $710,722,017
American farmers received almost
$115,000,000 more money for their wheat
this year , under Republican prosperity ,
than they did in 1890 under Democratic
depression. This year the people can
afford to buy bread. In 1890 thousands
of them were starving and begging for
bread.
The American farmers received $340-
000,000 more money this year for their
corn crop than they did in 1S9G.
SOUTHERN PROGRESS
AND PROSPERITY ,
Shown by the Activity of Railroads
and Factories.
The increase of earnings of the South
ern and Southwestern railroad systems
of the South and Southwest is an excel
lent indication of the improvement of
business conditions in that section of the
country. The advance since 1890 is shown
in the table below :
Earnings
in August. 1890. 1000.
Southern $0,581,205 $9,858,405
Southwestern . . 5,911,770 8,432,001
Total $12,490,0-11 $18,290,409
Money has loaned nt lower rates of
interest ; both agricultural and manufuc-
focturiu interests have been stimulated
thereby ; tmd what stimulates these inter
ests directly stimulates the business of
railroads. The out-bound shipments of
the raw cotton may not have been heavier
because more was used in the Southern
mills ; but the out-bound shipments of
textile goods have greatly increased. Also
the in-bound shipments of the luxuries of
life have increased enormously , and this
class of freight is the best paying of all.
Opening up new markets In Cuba , Porto
to Rico and the Philippines for the pro
ducts of the South has given great addi
tional stimulus to the Southern railroads ,
which , geographically considered , derive
unusual advantages from the expansion
policy.
The extent to which new factories have
been erected in the States of West Vir
ginia , Kentucky and Virginia Is shown
by the number of establishments started
along the line of the Norfolk and West
ern road during the past year. These in
clude :
Three new cotton mills.
One silk mill.
Three knitting factories.
One pulp mill.
One cotton and linseed oil.
One coke bi-product plant.
Four iron and bteel works.
One hosiery factory.
One Hour mill.
Two canning works.
Throe peanut factories.
One furniture works.
Pour wagon and buggy works.
One handle factory.
One stave works.
Three planing mills.
Sixteen saw mills.
The future of the South Is in developing
Its manufacturing interests and there are
thousands of Southerners who already
realize this and who are alive to the
value of the protective tailff.
To Govern the Philippines.
They ( the Philippines ) will not be gov
erned as vassals or serfs or slaves ; they
will be given a government of liberty ,
regulated by law , honestly administered ,
without oppressing exactions , taxation
without tyranny , justice without bribe ,
education without distinction of social
condition , freedom of religious worship ,
and protection in "life , liberty and the
pursuit of happiness. " William McKin-
ley.
Increase this year , $501,444,474 in live
stock.
Total increase , $1,212,107,091 in farm
er's property in 190,0.
The farmers will not throw away the
substance for the shadow. They will
vote for a continuance of Republican
prospeiity as against n return of Demo
cratic adversity. They will vote for Mc
Kinley and Roosevelt. They will not
vote for Bryan and Stevenson.
PROSPERITY CERTAIN
AM LIBERTY ASSURED.
Views of a Noted Jewish Publisher on
the Country's Future.
As far ns human judgment can fore
see nt least so it seems to the writer
the next four years should be more pros
perous than anything this country has
ever before seen. There will be nn enor
mously increased demand for our natural
products , such as iron , ntul just now coal ;
and our manufactured products are also
rapidly making their way. In certain
lines , such as agricultural implements ,
tools and light vehicles , in fact whatever
it is necessary to combine lightness with
strength , we are nwny ahead of the rest
of the world , and it is only because we
have not cultivated the foreign markets
with sullicient assiduity that wo have
given our competitors u ghost of a show.
In other lines than those mentioned
above , mich ns ladies' fine shoes and
others that the writer could mention , wo
also form n class by ourselves superior to
the rest of the world. These conclusions
arc drawn from -personal observations in
many countries.
A second point which ought to be
well presented is thnt of expansion. You
no doubt are aware of the greater or less
persecution which the Jews have under
gone in all the countries of the world , and
are still undergoing to-day. Therefore
one of the things that we desire to see
established above all others is the univer
sal principle of the right of any decent
man to go anywhere where he thinks he
can improve his condition and enjoy nil
the rights and Immunities of a native ,
without being put to nny disadvantage
because of his religion. There are really
only two countries that give this privi
lege ; these are the United States and
Great Britain.
Wo know that freedom for all , equality
for all , and safety and protection for nil ,
are guaranteed wherever the Stars and
Stripes lloat ; hence we wore expansion
ists from the start and will be until the
end. "Wherever n country is practically
under American jurisdiction , it is n good !
thing for thnt country ; it is n good thing i
for humanity , and u thing that is so good |
cannot fail to be a good thing for the
country itself in the end , though It may
be costly in the beginning.
These are the points which we think
ought to be emphasized. The questions
ought to be treated in the very broadest
way ; details do not count.
LEO WISE.
Cincinnati , Ohio , Sept. 0 , 1900.
Kallroiul Men for McKinley.
Bryan and the Popo-Democratlc parlr
have been claiming the railroad vote this
year , especially out in Kansas. On the
train going to Topcka n few days ago the
conductor , brakeman and engineer were
all found to be enthusiastic Republicans.
Station agents along the line were also
found to be faithful Republicans and
working among their railroad friends for
McKinley. Bryan at any rate won't get
the whole rnilrond vote.
WILL YOU ?
You voted in 180(1 for prosperity
and ot it. Will you now vote ngaiiiat
It ,
PRESIDENT M'KlRLEn MODEL OHIO FARM
Not a Political Farm , but Managed in an Able Man
ner , and the Place Is a Noted One in
the Countryside.
President McKinley owns n farm. A
great deal has been written about Mr.
Bryan's farm , but heretofore no descrip
tion of Mr. McKinley's broad expanse
of corn fields , meadows , cow pastures
and orchards , which comprise 102V4 acres.
His well-kept barns , corn cribs and wag
on sheds show care and thrift. The woolen
on the backs of 200 sheep shines with
cleanliness , for McKlnlcy's farm Is n
model one and n modern one. Unlike the
famous Nebraska farm .of the Democratic
candidate for President , the public
knows little about it. Two miles from
Minerva , one mile from Bayard , Ohio ,
it stands on n sloping parcel of ground
surmounted by the orchards of Baldwin
apples. The Cleveland and Pittsburg
Railroad crosses a corner of the farm and
the Big Sandy canal courses through the
field at one side of the main road.
calves Is also nn occupation. Ten fine
horses are constantly employed. These
are all draft horses. Two hundred sheep
graze on the hillside. One season 175
sheep were sold from this place. This
shows what a good market there Is for
the wool and mutton which comes from
the President's farm. The chickens num
ber more than 200.
The man who has charge of Mr. Me-
Kinlcy's farm Is W. .T. Adams , formerly
of Canton , but who was raised in Penn
sylvania. He is a' farmer who under
stands his business , and it is said , in the
vicinity , that there Is not n more prosper
ous farm In all that section. lie has a
half interest in everything. The fences
are all kept up and there Is an appear
ance of neatness which marks his work.
Mr. Adams has lived on this place for
the post twenty years , and Mr. McKinley
is delighted with him.
THE MAIN BARNS ON PRESIDENTMCKINLEYSFARM.
McKinley's farm is a profitable one.
In any season when crops are good it
yields richly. This year's potato crop
will probably aggregate 2,000 bushels.
The corn fields have been known to pro
duce ns high as 3,500 bushels In a single
year. Last year the meadows produced
100 tons of hay. The oats crop this year
aggregates some 700 bushels.
This is apple butter making time in
this section of the country. Many of the
apples on McKinley's farm , just at the
present time , are being made into apple
butter. The large orchard is an impor
tant part of McKinley'B farm. One good
year 1,700 bushels of Baldwins were
gathered and as many more of other
kinds kinds , making a total yield of near
ly 3,500 bushels. Part of the produce of
the farm hns been shipped to Canton
from time to time to the McKinley home ,
but none has ever been sent to 'Washing
ton. Canton is about twenty miles from
the farm.
Selling milk is one of the industries of
the farm. There are twenty-five head of
rattle. There are nine milch cows. Some
of them are blooded stock. Raibing
The residence is a two-story structure ,
built sixty years ago. It is now getting
quite old in appearance. 1't shelters eleven
rooms. The porch Is about the size of
McKinlej's famous front porch at Can
ton , and then on to the upright part there
is a wing which is a story and a half ii
height. The lawn Is well kept , and
morning glories grow upon the fences ill
one side.
Besides the house , there are six build
ings on the farm. There is the mail
barn , the sheep barn , the two large wag
on sheds , the scale house and the pig pen
The accompanying picture shows the
main barn to the right and the mail
wagon shed to the left.
The McKinley farm Is visited eacl
year by people who , on passing througl
that section , hear of the President's farn
and are curious to see what kind of i
farmer he Is. One visitor once asked foi
a fence rail for a souvenir of his visit
The Adams family has become used to
kodak fiends and fully rcali/e that to re
side on the President's farm i to be , ii
a sense , in the public eye. W. Frank
McClure.
Dlngley Act
ol 1897.
Horses and Mules $30 per head ,
Cattle 1 year old or over. 27J4 per cent ad. val.
Calves ( under I year ) . . . 2 per head.
Sheep 1.60 "
Hogs 1.60 "
Barley .30 bushel.
Buckwheat .16
Corn' .16
Oats .15
Wheat .25
Potatoet .25
Onions .40
Beans .46
I'easgreen .40
Peas , dried .30
Cabbage .3 each.
Other vegetables .26 per cent ad. val ,
Apples , green or ripe. . . .2 bushel.
Apples , dried .25 Ib.
.6 doz.
* Poultry , live .3lb.
Poultry , dressed. .Gib.
4 Bacon and ham. . .6lb.
Lard .2lb.
Issues Are Now Just the Same as They
Were Four Years Ago.
WHY HE WILL BE UHABLE TO MAKE ANY SPEECHES.
Jryanitcs Get No Consolation from the Former President ,
Whom They Claimed Was Lukewarm in the
Campaign.
Gen. Benjamin Hnrrlson Is emphatlcal-
y for the reflection of President Me-
Klnley. He silenced nil statements to
: hc contrary by milking his views known
through the medium of nn Interview.
"Is It true , general , tlmt yon have con
sented to make some speeches In the
campaign ? " he was asked.
Cnmpnlii > liiK Pnyn Over
"No , thnt stiitpinent hns not born au-
thprl/ed by nip , " wns his answer. " 1
linvc mild to everyone who hns spoken
or written to me on the subject thnt I
could not do nny more campaign work.
[ began to make Hepubllran speeches
the your I began to vote , and Jinve hnd
n laborious , If unimportant , part In every
campaign , State and nutlonnl , since until
1808.
"In 180(5 T submitted myself to very
hard usage , and then made up my mind
and so said to my friends that I would
do no more campaigning. Following this
conclusion I declined to take n speaking
part In the campaign of 1808. My retire
ment dates from that year , not from this.
Ills Work for 1'nrty.
"Few men have made more speeches
for their party than 1 have , and no ex-
President , I am sure , has made more.
Since I left Washington my retirement
from all participation In party manage
ment has been complete. All that I
have left to others , and 1 think they have
very generally and kindly accepted my
sense of the proprieties of the case at
least between campaigns.
"In n word , I have vacated the choir
loft and taken a seat in the pews with
n deep sense of gratitude to my forbear
ing fellow countrymen. "
"nut. general , it Is said that you are
not altogether in accord with your purtj. "
As to I'orto Hlco.
"Well , I have heard that my silence
was imputed by some to that cause. Now ,
the only public utterance 1" have made in
criticism of the policies of the party was
contained in the interview , consisting of
one rather short sentence , that 1 gave
to the newspapers while the I'orto Rico
bill was pending.
"It was , In substance , that 1 regarded
the bill as a grave depiulmo from right
principles. I still think to. I do not
believe that the legislative power of Con
gress In the territories U absolute , and I
do believe that the revenue clause relat
ing to duties and imposts applies to 1'orlo
Ilico.
Is a IJCK < U Question.
"These views , I know , ore not held by
many able lawyers. It is a legal ques
tion one that the political departments
TUB CATTLEMAN.
How It Helps the Northwestern Stock-
Raiser to Compete with Canada.
Every one In Cnss County , S. D. , knows
James S. Landers of Argusville , and he
is pretty well known in the State. He
has lived here some twenty years , is a
most successful farmer , and attends
closely to his farm interests. Being of
English descent , however , It would be
natural that ho might favor free trade
Ideas , but he has evidently been studying
the effect of protection and free trade on
the farmer , and he semis in the following
Jotter for publication , which is worthy
of close perusal by all.
Argusville , Oct. 5.
I came down to Fargo to hear the Hon.
.T. D. Scanlan , and his speech wan the
best argument I ever heard on a political
topic ; there was no t'i' n" l o wind
just solid facts.
I can give you a good illustration of his
arguments , which I picked up on the
train going to Fargo ; it was a freight ,
and on the train was a cattle man from
Manitoba , and he wns along with 102
head of 2-year-old steers , lie had ship
ped these from his home , eighty miles
west of Winnipeg , to find a market In
this country. It had cost him $000 for
duty to cuter this stock ; his freight was
23'Xs cents per hundred from Neche to
St. Paul , and then he had to reship to
Chicago. He had iieen live days on the
way when he reached Fargo.
Now here is the point for my brother
farmers to study n little : This Manitoba
farmer ships his cattle from the other
side of the line to Chicago , pays heavy
duty , pays the freight , feeil thiee times
on the way , suffers heavy shrinkage , and
then sees a better profit at the end than
he can get at home anil after paying all
these expenses.
Here Is where wo free trade farmers
are blind to our own interests , when we
want these cattle to come in free , and if
this was allowed what would we get for
our stock ? They would not be worth the
raising and we would return to beggary ,
where thousands were before , under free
trade.
Now , I nm Interested In cattle , and F
have been considering starting In stock
raising In the Canadian Northwest , where
you can raise a steer until he Is three
years old for about $10 , but what can
you get for him then ? lie is worth about
two cents a pound , and he has to be a
good one to bring that.
Oh. no , I guess I'll not try thnt , but
I'll stay In North Dakota and vote for
McKinley and protection. That is good
enough for me ,
JAMES S. LANDIS.
of the government cannot fully adjudge.
The final and controlling word upon this
question is with the Supreme Court 'of
the United States. Cases Involving the
question arc , I understand , pending , and
a decision In which we all must acquiesce
cannot be much deferred.
"I think , therefore , that voters ought
to vote with a view to the right decision
of those questions that are directly and
finally In the control of the president
itnd Congress.
Firm Against Ilrynn.
"The general reasons I gave In my Car
negie Hall speech In 1890 why Mr. Bryan
should not be elected still hold good with
me. Ills election would , 1' think , throw
governmental and business affairs into
confusion.
"We should not old the election of a
President who would , admittedly , If he
could , destroy the gold standard and oth
er tilings thnt we value even more , upon
the deceptive suggestion that he has been
bound and that the Republican party will ,
after defeat , still have strength enough
to save the temple.
"It will be much better not to allow the
man with destructive tendencies so much
.us to lean against' the pillars.
Quo t OH IVom the 1'nst.
"Perhaps it will nave you much trouble
If I give you , and underwrite as of this
date , this extract from my Carnegie Hall
speech :
When we have a President who be
lieves that it Is neither his right nor his
duty to sec that the mull trains are not
obstructed , and that Interstate commerce
has its free way , irrespective of State
lines , and courts that fear to use their
ancient and familiar writs to restrain and
punish lawbreakers , free trade and free
silver will be nppropiiatc accompani
ments of cuch an ndmlnlstratlon'and can
not add appreciably to the national dis
tress or the national dishonor. '
Prosperity Is Cltod.
"The economic policies of the Repub
lican party have been vindicated by the
lemarkable and general prosperity that
has developed during Mr. McKinley's ad
ministration succeeding a period of great
depression. A change of administration
this fall would almost certainly renew
conditions from which We have KO hap
pily escaped.
"This full dinner bucket Is not n sordid
emblem. It has n spiritual significance
for the spiritually minded. It mean *
more comfort for the wife and family ,
more schooling and less . .work for the
children and a margin of savings for sick
ness and old age. "
IM I !
IVARNIM TO THE TOOR.
Only Demagogues Will Try to Incite a
Contest of Money.
1 see in those vehicles which carry to
the people bcntlmentH from high places ,
plain declarations that the present con
troversy IH but a strife between one part
of the community and another. 1 hear it
boiisted that the poor hate the rich. I
know that under the cover of the roofs ,
of the capital within the last twenty-
four hours , among men sent here to < le-
vls-e means for the public safety and tho-
public good , it has been vaunted forth n
a matter of boast and triumph thnt one
cause existed powerful enough to sup
port everything and to defend every
thing ; and that was the natural hatred
of the poor to the rich. I pronounce the
author of such sentiments to be guilty
of attempting a detestable fraud on the
community ; a double fraud ; n fraud
which is to cheat inen of their property ,
and out of the earnings of their labor by
first cheating them out of tliolr under
standing.
The natural hatred of the poor for the
rich ! It shall not be until the last mo
ment of my existence that.I I will bellcvo
the people of the United States capable
of being effectually deluded , cajoled and
driven about In herds by such abominable
frauds as this. * * * I admonish the
people against the object of outcries like
this. I admonish c\ery industrious la
borer in the louutry to be on his guard
against such a delusion. I tell him the
attempt is to play off his passions
against his Interests and to prevail on
him in the name of liberty to injure and
alllict his country and in the name of in
dependence to destroy thnt independence
and to make him n beggar and a slave.
Daniel Webster In the United State *
Senate , Jan. 151. 1831.
Urlbed hy Prosperity.
Mr. Bryan went to Salem , 111. , the oth
er day and his remarks there have called
forth the following letter from n Chicago
man :
Chicago , 111. , Oct. 1 , 1000.
To M. A. Hanna , Chairman Republican
National Committee :
Dear Sir I notice In Mr. Bryan's Sa
lem speech that he says "The Republi
cans are going to buy every vote that
can be bought and bribe every voter that
can be bribed , " etc.
That interests me , and from my very
humble walk in life 1 must confess I have
been bribed myself. The three > enrs of
unparalleled prosperity has bought my
vote. Cull It what jou please , but I
guess that is about all the bribery there
need be in this campaign , O. E. C.
Irving Park , 111.