Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 November 1900 — WHAT FARMERS HAVE GAINED BY PROSPERITY [ARTICLE]

WHAT FARMERS HAVE GAINED BY PROSPERITY

Increase in nine crops $710,722,617 Increase in value of lire stock 632,960,801 Total increase . $1,343,683,418 Tb'is represents the difference that farmers bare gained in one year under a Republican administration. The gain in the value of live stock was distributed as follows: Jan, 1, 1897.« Jan. 1, 1900 Total. Tot-il. Horses .... $452,649,396 $603,969,042 Mules 92,302,090 111,717,092 Cows 369,239,993 514,812,106 Cattle 507,929,421 689,486,260 Sheep 67,020,942 122,665,913 Hogs 166,272,770 245,725,000 $1,655,414,612 $2,288,375,413 To appreciate what this means to every individual stock owner, note the change In the average price per head of each class of animals: Jan. 1, Jan. 1, Inc. „ ‘ * 1897. 1900. Pet. Horses $31.51 $44.61 42 Mules 41.66 53.56 29 Cows 23.16 31.60 36 Cattle 16.65 24.97 50 Sheep 1.82 2 93 61 Hogs 4.10 4.99 22 The details by crops are: FROM DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE’S REPORT. farm value-'. a Increase in >BOB 1900. 1900. Cora $513,871,912 $859,810,000 $345,938,088 Cotton 319,976,437 483,750,000 163,773,563 Wheat 265,698,900 380,000,000 114,301,100 Oats-, v 120,248,889 162,187,500 41,938,611 Potatoes 75,670,362 97,350,000 21,679,638 Barley 18,294,096 32,337,500 14,042,504 Kye 8,346,390 14,242,500 5,896,101 Hay 669,295,564 671,000,000 • 1,704,436 Buckwheat 4,931,424 6,380,000 1,448,576 Total $1,998,334,883 $2,707,057,500 $710,722,<117 American farmers received almost $ 115,000.000 more money for their wheat this year, under Republican prosperity, than they did in 1896 under Democratic depression. This year \be people * can afford to buy bread In 1806 thousands of them were starving and begging for bread. The farmers will not throw away the substance for the shadow They will votj ler a continuance of Republican prosperity as against a return of Democratic adversity. They will vote ‘for MoHinley and Roosevelt. They will not vote for Bryan and Stevenson