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Show American Agriculture. Pari., 22. M. Timid, minuter of commerce and agriculture, ttddresinK a meeting of the French Agricultural Society, said he was well aware that many intelligent men did not regard the agrictihural crisis as a passing one, and were scared by the huge increase in-crease of Americas supplies. He could prove, however, that a similar alrlm bad often previously spread, Novsr bad the wheat trado been subject sub-ject to greater variations and depressions depres-sions than under the eliding scale arrauenit nt which experience seemed to have cmdemned forever. Ho leli it lo experts to determine whether American competition was likely to be permanent an1 bow far the abundance of last fail's American harvest wa?, aa some alleged, ci-, ci-, ccptional. He would pay every attention to data furnished, but govtrn-ment's govtrn-ment's really (-Cecliva zo'.o lay in extending ex-tending the means cf communica- ticu, facilitating the use of improved ' implements and difljsing education which would encourage aancuiture more surely th;tn auy device of custom tantl. |