Show Tariff and the Farmer F B7 HOLBHOOK a wellknown Michigan statistician has paeferrcd a record of the total cereal production of the Untod States the last decade so far as given 16SO to 1SS3 in the government table It gives tho total production the area of crops and total area of crops in each of those years The average for the nine years Is 3759337073 bushels 13373358 acres and 1288564350 The table taking 1SSO as a basis ehows that the farmers have raised on an average 41143573 more bushels tilled 12812298 more acres but have received STS SSSSM less money During this period the gain in consumers was 20 per cent the gain In bushels about 10 per cent and tbo loss in the nine years G564001SG in money And yet the fortune makers of tbe east are everlastingly declaring de-claring that agricultural interests are improving year by year |