Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 September 1894 — Too Poor to Buy Corn. [ARTICLE]

Too Poor to Buy Corn.

In 1867 the consumption of corn in the United States was 23.52 bushels for every individual In 1892 it was 80.33 bushels, an increase of 6.81 bushels ppr person, during 1 the good protection timea Directly the threat of free trade came the consumption of corn fell off, being only 23.66 bushels per capita in 1893, just the same quantity as it was a quarter of a' century ago j •