Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-11-10 | Page 6 | Crops worth Billions

CROPS WORTH BILLIONS. The. farmers contributed five and one-half one-half billion dollars to the wealth of tho nation this year, all previous records having been broken. The unprecedented unprecedent-ed wheat crop comes at a time when the world Deeds flour and the billion bushels grown will fetch something more than a billion dollars. The corn crop, which did not reach high-wabm mark, is easily worth two billions more, the value of the other staples being plaoed at two and a half billions. While the United States is a grat manufacturing country, the figures show that, it is also the greatest food-producing country in the world, as well. We might also add that it will continue to lead for Some time to come. The contracts for war munitions, motors mo-tors and supplies of alt kinds for the vast armies now devastating Europe have added to the prosperity of the 'country, but that prosyerity is built for th-e most part upon our agricultural development. de-velopment. If the crops of 1914 had even partially failed there would have been a financial crash and much suffering- among the poor during the winter months. Had there been a failure this year the hundreds of millions of dollars spent for a m munition would not have saved U3 from disaster. The Christian people of the United States, therefore, have reason for responding to the president's presi-dent's proclamation and returning thanks to the Giver of all good that we are at peace with the whole world aud that we have been blest with such bountiful harvests. We cannot lift the veil and see what lies beyond, but we are satisfied that the soil of the United States will support sup-port more than double its present population pop-ulation and that with irrigation, dry farming, drainiug of swamp lands and intensive agricultural development this year 's record crop will be small when compared with some of the crops to be harvested in the future. But perhaps we should confine our attention to the present and not indulge in speculation as to our future greatness from an agricultural agri-cultural standpoint and prfai for an I other record crop next year while re-' re-' joicing over the good things frovidem-e , has bestowed upon us in the year u; our Lord I'.'l