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;:.'! ' ; , 1 ivl:- 1 THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, THURSDAY EVENING, .DECEMBER 7. 1011. 15 K 14 ;: V1LS0N REPORTS CROPS ABUNDANT; s VALUES NOT HIGH : 111 . i' " Secretary of Agriculture, in Annual Statement Says Na tion's Products in 1911 Sufficient for Al Needs. Washington, Dec. 7.-Sccrctary of Agriculture Jamoa Wilson made public today the fifteenth annual" report of Mb department. , In the dlBcusBion of crop production and values the secretary states that the climatic conditions of the eary part of the growing season of '1911 were adverse to agriculture throughout the country east of the Kocky mountains in a degree that exceeds all records. For a period of 60 days, beginning In May, a aeries of hot waves of marked se verity so early In the. season- followed one another In rapid succession, and the weather bureau Is quoted as declaring that It Is probable that during no previ ous similar period of 60 days has the temperature been so continuously and largely above the average over bo exten sive a region In, the last half century. At the same time there was a larg'e de ficiency of rainfall that added to the crop damage. . . Abundance of Oops. The secretary declares that "while the total values of the crops In 1911 are not so high as In, 1910. there is reat abundance for all purposes." For the first time in many years the total value of farm products has declined from that of the preceding year. The estimate lor 1911 Is based on the cen sus Items, and Is $8,417,000,000, or $277,000,000 under the total for 1910. The loss la chargeable to the general classes of animal products for which Increase of price Is Indicated. Eggs, wool, butter and poultry have suffered in farm price during the year. In con sequence of the decline of prices of farm animals and their products, this group is estimated as having produced a value of $2,913,000,000 In 1911. or $321,000,000 below the amount for 1910. On the other hand, the crops are' worth more than those for 1910, the estimate of their farm value being $5, 604,000,000, a gain of $44,000,000 over 1910. Farm prices of all crops are higher than for 1910 except for-cotton, cotton seed, and flaxseed, and this gen eral fact, notwithstanding the other general fact that production was low, makes about 10 crops of 1911 the most valuable ones of the same kinds that the firms of this country have ever produced. ff Comparisons Are Interesting. Interesting comparisons are made with official estimates In other coun tries of the value of products produced byf't.io farms in those oountrles. Au estimate of $1,351,000,000 Is quoted for Itsty. 4f $61$,000,000 for Japan, of $484,000,000 for Australia, and of $900, 00ft.ooo for Canada. With value more than twice that of the cotton orop this year and but little less than the combined values of the cotton, '. wheat, and oats . crops, corn is by- far the leading eroptai a wealth producer. The estimate of 2,776,000.05 bushels Indicates a production that ,bas beeji exceeded in only two years. The farm prlc Of Wrn Is now higher, than It has been since ths records of the de partment began In 1866, except In 1883, and this establishes a total value for ths, crop that reaches $1,700,000,000 and breaks the record. So preeminently Is corn the leading crop of this country that about three fourths of the world's crop is grown here. But the exports of corn consti tute one one third of the world's ex ports of corn. That a larg crop may be worth less to' the producers than a small one is exemplified by the cotton orop of this year. Commonly supposed to be the largest one ever grown, this orop has k reached a price that Is 6 cents a pound vt lint below that of last year, when the rop was much less In quantity, and for the same reason the price of seed has declined. Apparently the value of the fiber and seed of this year's crop will not exceed $776.000,000 an amount that Is below that of two former crops, although above the average of the pre ceding, five years. There Is no crop that this country pro duces that excites suoh world-wide In terest as cotton, for the reason tht t ths crop of the United States Is about three-fifths of ths world's production, Contributes two-thirds of the world's ex- pons, ana nas a ribor of a sort that has no direct competition in other countries. Hay Below Average Yield. A low production of 47,000,000 tons of hay Is far below the five-year average yield of 63,600,000 tons, and was exceed ed by the crop of 1884 and every year Since 1888. Notwithstanding the low. production the price has not correspond ingly advanced, for the reasons, prob ably, that there, was good and late fall pasturage and that the farms have a great deal of roughing to take the place of hay. The value of hay is placed at a little less than $700,000,000, and this is 1 $50,000,000 more than the estimated Yalue of the cotton produced this year, and $100,000,000 more than the value of the wheat crop. Wheat is the crop fourth in order of value and Is worth $600,000,000. The estimate of the department places the production at 666,000,000 bushels, an amount that would have been much ex ceeded had weather conditions been fa vors bio. This country produced one-fifth of the Piles Quickly Cured At Home - Trial Package Mailed Free to f- . 1 All in Plain Wrapper. "Many cases of piles have been cured by - a trials package of Pyramid; Pile "Remedy -without further treatment. When it proves its value to you, get more from your druggist at 60c a box, and b sure you get , the kind you ask for. amply 'fill out free coupon below and mall today. Save yourself from the surgeon's knife and Us torture, the doc tor and his bills. f FUEB PACKAGE COUPON PYRAMID DRUG COMPANY. 400 pyramid Bldg., Marshall,- Mich. Kindly send ma a sample of Pyramid pile Remedy, at ones by mail, FREE, In plain wrapper, -v k', J' , ' (' " i. , V'r '':::' ':-:ni''y'. ', Name' i-... Street .,..................... City.. State. BaMMSBsassassSBJi world's wheat crop during the last five years and contributed about one-eighth of the world's exports. . : Weather Hurts Oats. The yield of the oats crop Is estimat ed to be 874.000,000 bushels, a low amount caused by adverse Weather. Its value Is placed at $380,000,000, or five per cent more than the five-year aver age. About one-fourth of the world's oats Is grown In this country. , The potato crop of $82,000,000 bush eds is about 90 per cent of the average production, but the farm price has in creased to such an extent that the to tal value of the orop la the highest of record and amounts to $213,000,000. Barley la another crop deficient 1 In production. The 146,000,000 bushels are 12 per cent below the five-year average, but the total value of the' crop Is about $125,000, C00, and much above the record value of 1907. -i " "I ' -,' Tobacco Crop ,. tower. Ths. tobacco crop is estimated to be about 800,000,000 pounds, or two per cent under the five-year average, and to be worth about $76,000,000. or 8.3 per cent under the five-year average. The tobac co grown In this country during the last five years. Is 81 per cent of the world's crop, and supplied other oountrles with a quantity that is 42.3 per cent of the world's exports of tobacco. ' The production of flaxseed tHls year has been exceeded many times, but the total value has never been equaled. The crop of 22,000,000 bushels has a farm value of $47,000,000. Rye has the low production of $1,000, 000 bushels, but the value, $26,000,000 is 12.2 per cent above the five-year aver age. The sugar beet crop, which for several years remained close to $20,000,000 In value, has risen to .more than $24,000,000 this year, an Increase of 23 per cent above the five-year average; This is a crop to the growth and establishment of which the department of agriculture has directed some of its best efforts. Hop Crop Valuable. tlo other crop exhibits such a high in crease of value over the five-year aver age as the hop crop does. It is 140 per cent This is because the price of hops, which has usually been 10 to 20 cents a pound, has risen to 38 cents. Conse quently the crop value has become $16, 600,000. The production, on the other hand, has fallen off 16 per cent from the five-year average. Nearly one-fourth of the world's e-ports of hops go from this country, and a little over one-fourth of the world's crop is produced here. Rice is one of the five crops that have a production above the five-year aver age, but the amount, although a little over 1,000.000 pounds, has been exceeded twice, - The buckwheat crop has beon exceed ed in production by only two crops since the sixties, and the value by no year subsequent to that decade. Means Used to Measure. As a sort of measure of the year's performance In agriculture, the bushels of cereal are added together and com pared with totals of former years. The total for this year, 4,622,000,000, is 3.4 per cent below the five year average, and the secretary adds: "While It Indi cates that the agricultural year of 1911 was below par, It Is far from indicating any degree of calamity. If the great cotton crop be taken into account, the total crop production is below the aver age in a less degree than the cereals suggest." , Although sugar making belongs to manufacturing, it is asserted that cane and beet production can best be treated through the- sugar made from them. The secretary says: "I am gratified to see that the beet sugar tonnage reaches the figure of nearly 600,000 short tons. It indicates that we can make our sugar." This is the largest amount ever mads in this country by about 80, 000 tons and is 24 per cent above the five year average. The value has, or course, soared and amounts to about $90,000,000, including- vaiue oi , puip. the highest previous value being about $60,000,000 for 1909. t Cans Sugar Production. The cane sugar production of 1911 is estimated to be about 380,000 short tons of raw sugar, or 6 per cent above the five year average, with a, value of about $45,000,000, or 68 per cent over the five year average. Both kinds of sugar combined, the production equals about 976,000 short tons, or about 86,000 ton more than the record production of 1909. The factory value of this sugar and the beet pulp, which Is used for feeding purposes. Is about $135,000,000. or about $41,000,000 mora than the record value. The year . 1911 was a poor one for record breaking crops, since . the list includes only cotton and beet sugar. Apart from these two crops, not a crop reaches a place that is next to the highest production of former years; corn and rice win third place, and buck wheat third place sipce the sixties; the total of all cereals occupies fifth place, and the other crops are farther down the scale. The tale Is reversed when the value of the crops Is considered. The crops that have won first place make a for midable list in spite of the fact that they have previous very high values to exceed. The list is corn, barley, rye, buckwheat (since the sixties), potatoes. hops, flaxseed, sugar beets (or beet sugar), and cane sugar. No other crop reached second place in order of value in comparison with other years, but the total value of all cereals and of all crops did. The crops that reach third place are hay, cotton and tobacco. Wheat Is fourth In value and has been exceeded In this respect In three years. The crops of this year compare with the average of the previous five years more favorably than they do with sin gle years "when results were highest. In the list of crops that had a production above the five year average are cotton, rice, buckwheat, beet sugar and cane sugar. In value of crops the five year aver ago was overtopped by corn, cotton, hay, oats, barley, potatoes, buckwheat, rye, flaxseed, hops and beet and cane sugar. Economio Besults of Cold Storage. Feeling that there should be more knowledge of the cold storage of foods, the secretary caused the first lnvestlgar tion of the econpmic features of cold storage to be made during this year. Information was obtained on schedules filled out by warehousemen. It may not be generally understood that cold storage warehousemen who do a public business rent space to the owners of commodities; in private warehouses, such as are owned ana used by the meat packers, the commodities stored are owned by the proprietors. Many of the warehousemen made their re ports after weeks of laborious efforts, and with very few exceptions their dis-. position was to nake ' reports and to give publicity tit the receipts, month by month, of quantities of foods reoelved into cold storage and the quantities of deliveries to owners month by month. The investigation covers fresh beef, fresh mutton, fresh pork, dressed poul try, butter, eggs and fish. Besides obtaining reports from ware housemen, experts,ln the bureau of sta tistics exhausted the resources of the libraries of Washington In collecting wholesale rice quotations of these com modities in cities throughout the Unit ed States. The first-quoted price of each month was taken as far back as October, 1880. ' This Investigation discovered " the time during which- these commodities are kept in cold storage,' Warehouse men were requested not to Include In their reports . commodities whose own ers Intended to keep them in cold stor age only a few days and to make no re port for a'warehouse doing only a tem porary, accommodation .. business. . . No reports also were to be made for fresh I meats In coolers, nor was the time passed in coolers to be added to in time in cold storage proper. wo years coverea oy nn niveau. gatlon began with March, 1909, for dressed poultry, eggs, and fish; with May, 1909, for fresh beef, mutton, pork, and butter. Meat la Cold Storage. The principal months when fresh beef Is plaood in cold storage are Septem ber, October and November; mutton, ! August, September and October; butter, June, July and August, and sometimes May; eggs, April, May and June. Pork is wel) distributed throughout the year. Poultry is mads up of divers elements; broilers go into storage early In the spring and roasters in the early au tumn; November, December and Janu ary, , and - sometimes October are the heaviest storage months. With regard to fish there seems to be no regu larity in the heavy cold storage niohths; most of the fish is received fresh and is frozen, and after the lapse of some time is .sent to warehouses at places of consumption, where it is stored again. These two periods of storage are com bined in this investigation. During the three heavier cold storage months of 1910-11, 47 per cent of the fresh beef placed in cold storage during the whole year was received Into the warehouse; 69.S per cent of the fresh mutton, 69.2 per cent of the dressed poultry, 70 per cent of the butter, and 79.4 per cent of the eggs. It' Is established by this investiga tion that 71.2 per cent of the fresh beef received Into cold storage In the year 1909-10 was delivered within three months; 28.$ per cent of the fresh mut ton, 96.J per cent of. the fresh pork, 76.7 per cent of the poultry, ' 40.2 per cent of the butter, 14.8 per cent of the osTffa, and 86.5 per cent of the fish. Percentage of Bsoelpts. 1 The . percentage of receipts delivered in seven months is 99 for fresh beef, 99.3 per cent for fresh mutton, 99.9 per cent for fresh pork, 96.1 per cent for poultry, 88.4 per cent for button, 75.8 per cent for eggs, and 64.9 per cent for fish. "The Important observation to be made," declares the secretary, "Is that the receipts into cold -storage are en tirely or very nearieSchausted by the deliveries of cold storage within 10 months." The fresh beef received into cold storage during the year beginning with May, 1909, was kept there on the aver age for 2.3 months; the fresh mutton, 4.4 months; the fresh pork, 0.9 of a month; and the butter, 4.4 months. The poultry received during the year beginning-with March," 1909, was kept on the average 2.4. months; the eggs, 6.9 months; and the fish; 6.7 months. The costs of cold storage are running against the prices of stored commodi ties month by month. The owners must use good judgment and take their goods out of storage before the costs of storage, added to the ' original cost of the goods and perhaps bo me profit, will raise the total amount of cost above the market price. It is a prob lem of the future. The warehouseman has a rate of charge for space for each commodity, in some cases for storing for the sea son, and in others by the month. An other cost of storage is- Interest, which is not always a theoretical cost, and a third cost Is insurance. If these three costs are combined they amount to 0.437 of 1 cent per pound of fresh beef per month, or 8.5 per cent of the mean wholesale price of beef during the heavy cold storage months of 1910; for fresh mutton the costs are 0.352 of f cent per pound, or 3.8 per cent of the mean wholesale price; for poultry, 0.446 of 1 cent per pound, or 2.8 per cent of the mean wholesale price for the largest class of poultry; for butter, 0.671 of 1 cent per pound, or 2.4 per cent of the mean wholesale price; for eggs the costs amount lo 0.693 of 1 cent -per dozen, or 3 per cent of the mean wholesale price. It Is evident that as the time of storage lengthens, the costs and their percentage of the wholesale price must bo multiplied by the number of months If the storage is for 15 months, for instance, the cost per pound ranges from 6.273 cents for fresh mutton to 8.672 cents for butter, and is 8.898 cents per dozensfor eggs; the coss for 16 months range from 36.5 per cent of the wholesale price in the case of but ter to 67.5 per cent in the case of fresh mutton. The cost of storage for the aver age length of time during which these commodities are in cold storage are 7.9 per. cent of the wholesale price for fresh beef: 17.1 per cent for fresh mut1 ton; 3.2 per cent for fresh pork; 6.8 per cent for poultry; 10.8 per cent for butter; and 18 per cent for eggs. Ap proximately, the wholesale prices of the commodities mentioned are in creased by cold storage to the extent of the percentages just given. Cold storage has interposed to change considerably the relative monthly con sumption to make it more even through out the year. It has also changed the relative monthly prices throughout the year. These two facts have raised the price level of the commodities covered by this investigation, for a reason apart from the costs of storage. In two ways, then, cold storage has raised tho cost of living. The prices that wero compiled Indicate a tendency toward uniformity of prices throughout tho year, after cold storage became a largo business, for butter, eggs, fresh mutton i and poultry; but a tendency away from uniformity of price for fresh beef and fresh pork. , These conclusions are sub stantiated by two methods of treating the price compilations. Belltf Is Supported. ' This cold storage Investigation sup ports a belief that there has been much speculation in some years by the men who keep these commodities In cold storage. One illustration is given The egg year 1910-11 had 29 per cent more eggs In cold storage than the preced ing year, and yet the price index num--ber went much higher than usual in the months when It is high October to January and much lower in the months when it is low March to July follow ing. At a time when mere was plenty or eggs in storage, the wholesale price of , many women who have passed through eggs soared to 43 cents in Boston in the ordeal of the divorce court, as well November and December and to 46 H cents as the countless thousands of deserted Jr. Monr vorir foi nearbv state j wives who are not divorced, know, in New York roi nearDy state e8-8"s.down deep jn their hearts, was the real There wa an apparent mistake of thejeus,, 0f Ciieir trouble, storage men in overestimating the con- If you suffer constantly or only oc sumptlon of the publio at - exorbitant ! caslonally with the ills peculiar to price's, because so large waa the unsold MFttoluMW'ttflZ quantity at the beginning of the, next pending danger. Our Home Treatment egg year in the spring of 1911, that the is especially prepared for the speedy rle"lPTCJ J. I8'.' "1 i 18 V4 cents in Boston and New York, and the storage men dumped on the for. el gn market tho greatest quantity of eggs ever exported. from this country In a year. .. ' ' From tho returns made by the ware housemen it Is Inferable that the fresh beef, mutton and pork, the poultry, but ter, eggs and fish received into cold storage In a year amount to a weight of at least 1,000,000,000 pounds and very, llkelyvto a quarter of a billion more. The eggs received Into storage In a year are approximately 13H per cent of the farm production; the fresh beef Is over $ per cent of the commercial slaughter of caltle; muttoi, over 4 per cent of that slaughter of sheep and lambs; .and fresh pork,-1 Mi per cent of that slaugh ter of hogs; and Gutter, 25 per cent of the creamery production. , , ; . The' secretary closos this . feature Of his report aa follows; u rib j is no Indictment of th men who 4 keep foods In colj storage, except tn so far as they sometimes speculate, nor need they be Indicted for offenses in order that the publlo. economio Interest in tneir Dusiness may be made to ap- pear. The foregoing matter, It may be supposed, establishes that. The man who places food in cold storage is some what In tho situation of the man who forestalls the market.' He may not at tempt to do,- but the power may be a temptation. "The affairs Of suoh a business as this should have publicity. The publlo ought to know how much goods are in storage from month to month and what the- movements of receipts and deliveries are. "The food warehousemen should be re quired to send tj Washington monthly reports containing the desired informa tion.. Here thebe reports could bo promptly aggregated and the results could be given to the public on a pre viously announced day of the month, somewhat as the crop reports are." The remainder oC the report is de voted to the work and affairs of the various bureaus of the department and the secretary's opinion of this work is that "the study of agriculture is pro gressing along scientific and practical lines and the work done Indicates better mental equipment." . The report contains a series of short paragraphs of much national importance. They are reprinted below: When the cattle fever tick is de stroyed in the southern states the coun try will get much more meat from that section, and the producing of. it will build up the farms there. The -hog cholera serum developed in this department is successful where It is properly made and applied. Every country in the world that has diseased, plants that can not be sold at home can ship them to us. This results in great loss. The chestnut dis ease here is an illustration. After years of experimentation we find we can grow Egyptian cotton in southern California and bulbs In the Btate of Washington. Seven hundred and fifty million dol lars Is the best estimate for poultry products this year. ' The day is not far distant when we will cease to Import potash. The phosphates are abundant in our country for all possible uses. Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee and Idaho may be mentioned as depooltorles. If good roads from the producer to the consumer were general, the benefits to both would be considerable. When a foreign insect invades, our scientists seek its enemy where it came from. The natural enemy of the boll weevil was an ant that could not en dure our winterj, but the native ant la getting busy. Beet Buffar Production. Six hundred thousand short tons of beet sugar were made last year In 67 factories. There is an estimated wdrld's shortage of 1,600,000 long tons of sugar this year. The consumer pays a dollar for food; tho farmer gets less than 60 cents for it. Who gets the rest? All government agencies that con serve public health should be grouped together in one bureau. Our systems of renting land are faulty and result in soil robbing, where the renter can not provide domestic ani mals, the owner should arrange to fur nish them, so that rotation of crops may ! be had, and hay and grains may be fed on the farm. Irrigation will bring maximum crops while the land is new and -full of plant food, but where the crops are sold year by year Irrigation will not of Itself as sure good results. Alaska will some day provide farmers In lower latitudes with grain seeds su perior to what they can grow at home. The corn crop Is moving northward by seed selection. Uplift the farm home through the education of the farmer's daughter toward greater usefulness and attrac tiveness in the farm home. Save all the liquid fertilizers on the farm. In cisterns, to be applied where crops are to grow; this will recover the greatest farm waste of our times. There is great promise in the fact that whole classes of graduates of ag ricultural colleges go back to the farms, having learned how to make them prof itable. Our foresters are learning by experi ments how to, reforest 30,000 acres in a year; .10 times as much must be planted annually to coVer all the bare acres in a generation. It will be done. There should be publicity regarding the cold storage of foods, through monthly reports to some federal author ity that would give them to the press, to the end that the people might know to what extent foods were being with drawn from consumption. Why Men Desert Wives A Large Per Cent of the Wife De sertions and Divprce Due to Female Weakness. This is the story of one who knows: "I should have taken better care of myself. 1 suppose. I was sick, suffering and despondent. No one but a woman who has suffered as I have, can ever know how terrible was my suffering. 1 was Irritable, nervous, and could not be to my husband the loving, carefree, pleasant dispositioned wife that I once was. "He tried very hard to persuade me to rrmke some effort to throw off this horrible affliction that was fast rob bing me of a loving hUBband, friends, health and all that is worth living for, but in vain. I now see that I am all to hlame. We drifted apart. He sought his pleasures elsewhere at the club, the theatre, at his office. He left me alone to nurse my accumulating self-inf llctod sorrow. Finally there was nothing but the divorce court tnat could seine our differences." su'cVas" Leucorrhoea" (white.). Irregu- iarities, Inflammation, and congestion or tne womo, uiuermiun oi ino vagina, hot flashes and nervousness. Also piles from any cause, or no matter of how long standing. 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At the Eastern the Christmas showing of wearing apparel and all minor dress accessories is immense and complete. "Buy early" is our urgent request. You can make better selections now than when the real rush is on. We can give better service, undivided attention and prompt deliveries. Even the alterations are executed more carefully and accurately. Don't wait, buy early. HOLIDAY ATTIRE Ladies' and misses' Suits, Gowns, Dresses, Coats, Furs, Hats, Skirts, Waists and Petticoats, garments truly fit for holiday wear at moderate price and on terms that diminish the burden of cost. DAY FOOTWEAR Ladies' and misses' Shoes, shaped and styled in the newest lasts, made of the best obtainable leathers and by expert shoe crafters, guaranteed for comfort and dependability at prices you pay for inferior kinds. '., f ' fill f! ' M $ r ' f h THE BIG MODERN CREDIT-STORE VOR THE NEWEST VISIT THE EASTERN HKT SPE $6.50 Plain tailored Skirts, panel front and back, some fasten at side, back, others on hip. Have kick plaits on side, thus having greater fullness and yet keeping the straight line effect. Belts of same materials, button trimmed. They come in serges, worsted and tan and gray. Sold to $ 12.00. Saturday at only C7 K? BY II 11 II The Best Clothes Made Yet For men and young men. The Suits, Over coats, Raincoats we now show for the holidays are in a class by themselves, they are standards of designing, fit and workmanship guaranteed to hold shape and color. They range in prices from as high as $40.00 to as low (flA ft A as only .j)aVlUU MINOR ACCESSORIES Articles you may want for yourself and appro priate and acceptable Christmas gifts for friends and relatives. Shirts, Neckwear, Hosiery, Un derwear, Waistcoats, Sweaters, Bathrobes, Hats, Shoes, Suspenders, Arm Bands, Garters, Umbrellas, Suitcases of the latest types of style at very moderate prices. Clarge Accounts During this month, when the Christmas pur-' chases rather "increase one's expense and drain the pocket book, our liberal credit system is of vital convenience. By it you are privileged to get ypur goods and remit later on in weekly or monthly payments to suit .your convenience. No charge for credit,' simply a cgurtesy. ." aste: OUTFITTING CO. 4 f mixtures in blue, brown, Friday and '. . . $6.50 YSTEI Solicited WASHINGTON - STREET AT TENTH