Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 August 1902 — Increase In Farm Values. [ARTICLE]

Increase In Farm Values.

The increase of farm values under Republican administration is not accidental. It is a matter of history that rural- prosperity and Republican rule are coincident. It is equally a matter of record that agricultural depression, mortgage foreclosures and low prices for farm products accompany Democratic administration of national affairs. The proipsrity of the farmer depends upon the pros- ' perity of all other industrial elements of our population. When 1 the industrial classes aYe employed at American wages their consumption of farm products is on a liberal scale, and they are able and willing to pay good prices for the necessities and luxuries of life. Under such conditions there is a good market for all the farmer has to sell. When the reverse is true and workmen are idle or working scant time at cut wages. They are forced to practice pinching economy and the farmer necessarily loses part of his market. The American farmer is prosperous when well-paid workmen are carrying well-filled dinner pails, a condition which has accompanied Republican supremacy since the birth of the party. Idle men, tramps and souphouses, familar sights under Democratic rule, furnish but poor markets for farm produce. The records for the last four administrations which alternated between the Republican and Democratic parties, show that the farmers received for their crops ULder Republican administration than under Democratic administration.