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About The Times-herald. (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 28, 1918)
A SHIP FOR EVERY FARMER WITH A CARGO OF FACTORY GOLD Chairman Hurley of U. S. Shipping Board in an Exclusive Story for The Times-Herald, Shows Cogs Which Turn for Our Greatest Prosperity This article by Mr. Hurley deals with the after-war phases of our rapidly growing mer cantile marine now here. Mr. Hurley hcpcs to stimulate the interest of faimers in merchant ships, indicating how ships and intei national trade ate of direct interest. Intelligent teamwork in restoring American flag to routes of the world, is the aim. (Ily Kit want N. Hurley.) Thousands of farmers through (Iip weit remember the Unit's In the eighties and nineties when rorn Wll worth BON to burn than to Mil, Our manufacturing output then was roundly $150 ner capita for tlu whole population of the United States; that Is. In 1890, the corn burning period. The value of n farm In 1890 to ut'Ii farmer tllllilg the soil wsm $2000. The value of product) that each factory worker made In 1890 was $2000. The average wages of the factory workers wero $4 90 pfr J ear. Then came the great industrial which has paused only once twice. In 1914 nobody would have thought of burning corn or any other farm product, foV farmers were prosperous along with the factory workers. By that time Wl were making 2 4t! worth of (OOdl per capita, or $30;:0 per factory worker. The fact ory worker'. iragM bad risen to JtiGO a year, and the result was learly shown in tlic value of a tarn hi. fa was then '400 for i'Vti person engaged In tilling the soil. 1 think this shows pretty clear!.' that the farmer'! market and his prosperity are linked closely with quoted these figures because I b" lieve 20 years from now the statist. -cans will be able to compare the factory output and wages and farm values of 189U with those of today and show perhaps even a more re marTiable Increase. Stnl at Threshold of QPMtStt IhNMiprrlty. Wo are now on the verge of an even greater Industrial advance than In 1898; an extension of pro duction and commerce In world trade to the American mediant marine and the new banking laws and other re cent legislation which will help us to put our ships on now trade routes nil over the globe. As a business man, the farmer has boti s direct and Indirect interest in I ships, besides his lnve tnient M an American. Mired benefits will come to hltU through direct sales of his products to foreign countries, breeding alit or mats to South America, fruit and dairy products to Europe and Orient, und the like. Indeed, the farmer, through his l a I'porntlve marketing organizations and fats government, can do much directly to promote new world market.;. Hut the Indirect returns of the . !' in merchant marine to the farmer win be even greater. By selling our factory good abroad, we can Increase the output. When you iBBTOaSQ the output ..f a factory, In most cases, you are able to reduce cost of production, ami also prices. For Increased output means that people have steadier work and that overhead expenses, such us rent, In surance, depreciation, etc., are spread over a greater volume of business. V.'lth world markets In which t , gW ' i Jfji HdESHrMRI I ( 1 U I m t sell, our manufacturers can keep their plants running through the EDWARD N HURLEY year. They can pay higher wage t. They can give factory workers more work each year. The American factory "worker lives well, (live him more wages, and the first expenditure he makes Is at the grocery store ami the butcher shop for more and better food. So the American merchant marine and world trade are about to put more dollars Into our factories, mid many of those dollars will go to the farmers for food. Another Interesting phase of world trade for this country, when our merchant marine n In operation, are pastured, nnf! Mils Is not equaled even f9 Florida, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona for any kind of pasture. Florida's period for woodland Is 10.8 months, and New Mexico's period for Improved pas ture is the same. Tho porlod for woodland pasture In Texas and for will be the now Insurance afalnut j Improved pasture In Arlr.ona Is 9.8 hard times. months; or wild pasture In Texas, I do not hollovo that we shall ever' 9.6 months; for woodland pasture in again have money panics the fed-1 Louisiana and Arizona. 9.6 months; eral reserve syteins has stopped for wild pasture In Florida and Col them. I ordo, 9.2 months; for Improved pas- It has prevented several panics ture In California, and Improved and since the European war began. , wild pasture In Louisiana, 9.1 But there Is always the possibility months; and for all kinds or pasture of depression due to decreased do- In Rhode Island and wild pasture In mand for our factory goods. I Arizona. 9 months. On the other Merchant Murine Will Itemovc Trade hand, even In northern New England Limits. I Htates and In New York, the uioiin With active merchant marine and j tains of Pennsylvania, In Minnesota a healthy, growing world trade how-' and North Dakota, and for woodland With conditions reasonably fai able, the yield of winter wheat year Is forecast as 766,000, bushels, which Is ho.immi.imio nil thsti the highest record. When the government called us the farmers last year for an ln rJ ed acreage of wheat the respa was beyond expectation. It Is flcUlt to cover-estimate the efl which the magnificent wheat of 1918 had toward tho winning the war. Facing the necessity of greatly creased exports In the coming y our farmers have again shown th patriotic spirit by providing fori larger wheat harvest In 1919. The American farmer merits respect and honor of his countr o Vttm'l Vos NmnI One New? ever, we shall he In a wholly dif ferent position. Now, that we are about to really cause world trade wlih our own shltm and bankers, and salesmen, II will be possible to discount hard times at home. Should hastaSM fall off hero we can go to other countries where tlines are gooil and times are al ways good somewhere around tlej worl"l and sell our factory SUfptVl We will have customers in other countries, and salesmen, and liriin h hanks; we will have ships to serve those customers. The greatest business In this country Is farming, Tho farmer's business, however, Is linked up with that of the manufacturer. Also the farmer depends absolutely upon transportation for bis markets and profit. The American merchant marine lion enterprise undertaken l this country since we built the traus 'icntal railroads It Is hound to Increase and sta bilize the farmer s bttStal For that rUSSOfl he :;. well sup port It in good business. pasture In Wyoming and I'tah the pasturing season lasts hardly lens than 0 months. o TIIK WIIF.Vr AtOftBAGS. The federal department of agri culture reports an Increase of 1,710, 000 acres, or nearly 10 per cent winter wheat sown this fall alio. -the acreage sown In the fall of 1917. Indigestion, Mlllounueim, bad br g:", const IpkI'ou or any coudli arising from a mats of undlgsi (OOd In the stomach needs i aimed attc tlon. Foley Cathartic Tabl are ttlld aud ;;.,. , but sure In 'Ion. Cause no ::rlpiug, pain nun a. ( lean Dowels, iww mIoiiuo h. i .1 ton.' up liver. Soli Rat d Uroi. vi.i AM) tWKKYtv; CAPAC1 TV OF I'ASTl I'.KS. e sWat ycflrOycMMp&um ID sMt 2r-T- -. V v. ,Wr Tvkt - : av y&.--r-y c rs f ,: i -VWW ( - X : ' - !-i;K:'V,n WX3', ft ilY LA .5 ' d i HSJS C'J- 4 Ffl - it i -) - ' ! li-Jh-tf- , : p J , l! mz- x1-. & frhJ1'--. 1 THE HOUR YOU WAIT before placing your line of goods before the W public, is an hour of the public's time wast- ed and a month's profits for your own regis- 1 ter gone, not to come back. S 3 The advantage of Advertising lies in the S jr. ability of t. :e advertiser to place his product j before the people when they are most apt y to want his merchandise. . J If sales are low; advertise to stimulate busi- 1 ness if sales are high; advertise to keep $ S the proper amount of trade coming not only 8 temporarily, but permanently. I Advertising is the arch through which $ I the dollars pass into the Merchant's 9 PRIVATE CIRCULATION g v m 2P . - viK Ma l V .. . m.r.- MS&t z3lL2E -' ! (.A L i it Vi.4 ;MMiiMivMiiM Public surprise Is often manifested at the size and value of the buy crop, and now it probably Is tho turn of the farmer himself to be surprised at the Information that the annual value of the pasturage of this country Is over $1,000,000,000. At any rate, this Is Indicated by a recent Investiga tion by the Bureau of Crop Estimates of the II. 8. Department of Agricul ture. The farm value of tho hay crop itself did not reach this figure until 1916. l'aslurage value has never been as certained by the Census and never In cluded In totals of farm pioiim d wetlth, hut pasture area was re ported on the agriculture schedule of the Census of 1910, and was tabulat ed by the Office of Farm Munuv in nt of the Department of Agricul ture in 191V To this information has recently been added an estimate of the cattle carrying capacity of thla :na mude by the ilureuil of I Kstlmai' I'er 100 acret Of all kinds ol tuns, the carrying capio Ity i. L".t i 'uttle in the uveruge for the United States The leading State Is ludluim witli 52 cuttle, tho second Is Iowa with 51 csttio, Tennessee Is third with GO cattle. Illinois fourth with 48 cattle, Wisconsin fifth with 47 cattle, Louislunu sixth with 4J cattle, anu then follow four States in each of which 100 acres of all kinds of pastures, on tho average, can carry 0 cattle Minnesota, Missouri, Neb raska, and Idaho. At the other extreme, only 8 cattle can be carried on tho average 100 acres of pastures in Arizona, 9 cattle In Nevada, 10 cattle In New Mexico, 11 cattle In Wyoming, 12 cattle In New Hampshire. 13 cattle in Mon tana and Colorado, und 14 cattle in. Oregon. In tho Culled States Improved pas pusturo can curry about twice us . many cattle as woodland and other pastures, the uverago for the lmprov-! ed being 4 5. 0 cattle, for woodland pas ' turn 25.4 cattle, aud for other pus lure 23.1 cuttle. Thu hlgest figure! for Improved pasture in any State Is 7o cattle per 1000 ucres In New' Mexico, after which follow Indiana I Willi fc,". cattle, Tennessee with 62 cuttle, und Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Louisiana, and Idaho, saab with oo cattle The wild pasture of AlifOnj MM carry bill (J cattle per loo acres, or 1 ..I tO 17 in !, and thai Ol W mi N'eviulu, Montana, New Mexico, j Colorado, and Oragop cun carry but 7 to 10 i utile on I utl ui res. That the aggregate yearly value of the paslilrago of the United suites should be $1,000,000,000 and more1 JJ, I need not bo entirely unexpected when i m hiiijwii nun ii is utilized lor more than half a year. Improved pasture has an average of 6.9 months, other pasture 7.7 mouths, and the For nearly a whole year, or 11.5 average of all kinds is 7.4 months. aseaths. the wild lands of Montana THE UNIV2RJAL CAP Look out when I iviiur ym.r Ford car repaired that the enoinoFord parts or materials are used. Then :ire many "botfus," Imikatii i ..;, or counterfeit, so callod Ford parts of No BogUS wuJ,y inferior Qli- ty on the market. Ford Parts I5e warned against them. Buy Ford Here ',artH and nave youf Ford car repaired by the authorized Ford dealer as this is the only way to guard against ' 'bogus" parts. Bring your car to us for service. Come to us for Ford parts. Ours is an authorized Ford place. 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